Bohlke steps up investment in new technology

(M. Bohlke Corp. facilities located in Fairfield, Ohio)

Fairfield-Ohio / Rietberg (Germany), in October 2017:

“Our strategy is to maintain a technical head start,” says Manfred Bohlke.

Manfred is the founder and President of the successful American company, M. Bohlke Veneer Corp. Today, the company is investing even more in cutting edge technology to take its equipment to the next level. The newly developed cross-feed veneer splicer Kuper ACR with EVB (end-splicing and trimming machine) has just been put into operation.

“We originally wanted to purchase a Kuper CrossRunner, but we decided in favor of the higher capacity machine. The benefits for us were compelling,” says Manfred Bohlke. The  machine ensures more flexible production at a consistently high standard. The intelligent control system of the ACR allows perfectly coordinated processes.

“The ACR also allows very fast processing of narrow and wavy veneers,” says Marty Jones. Jones is the Product Manager of Kuper’s North American sales partner, Stiles. He adds, “That is possible due to the infeed transport belts that take the pre-glued veneers, align and measure them, and transport them to the splicing zone. Depending on the strip width, the integrated first strip pull-in facility switches on automatically.”

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New warehouse expansion is complete

Last month, M. Bohlke Corp. saw the completion of our new lumber warehouse.

Construction began September 2016. At 75,000 square feet, there is plenty of room to store our ever-growing imported hardwood inventory. It will also house a vacuum dry kiln, a 55-inch bandsaw, a resaw edger, and an 18-foot slab planer. Our extensive inventory of imported square edge bunks includes dozens of imported species, and our live edge slab inventory is pushing into the thousands of individual slabs. You can also browse a portion of our live edge slabs inventory, and learn more about our other lumber offerings here.