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Date: August 01, 2006
PCS VacDry USA, LLC™ was formed in June 2006, to be the parent
entity for the VacDry Kilns enterprise, which is engaged in the
manufacture, sales, and installation of wood drying kilns on a
worldwide basis. The original VacDry technology, which utilizes a
vacuum drying technique, is currently protected by a New Zealand patent
issued as of September, 2005, and certain other newly developed
technology is subject to certain patents pending worldwide.
The managing members of PCS VacDry USA, LLC™, a Delaware
Limited Liability Company with Headquarters located in Jersey Shore,
Pennsylvania, have named Mr. John J. Stephens to be its Chief Executive
Officer.
Mr. Stephens comes to PCS VacDry USA, LLC™ with a 40 year
background in Finance, Engineering, Timberland Management and Forest
Products Manufacturing, having worked in an executive capacity at
several major companies, including time spent as the Group Executive
for Wood Products and Resources at International Paper™ and the CEO of
Roseburg Forest Products™.
Mr. Stephens holds a BS in Engineering from Virginia Military
Institute and a BS in Business Administration from Youngstown State
University. During his career, John has founded and continues to serve
on many charitable foundation boards. Mr. Stephens resides in New York
with his wife, Anna.
Mr. R. Lynn Forsberg has joined PCS VacDry USA, LLC™ as its
Manager of Operations. Mr. Forsberg has a long background in
Engineering, Forest Management, Forest Products Manufacturing, Sales
and Facility Installation worldwide with major companies such as
International Paper Company™, FibreForm™ Andinos, Central Andean Fund,
NB Hunt Trust & Marubeni America Corporation™ - FFGC, as well as
having worked as an industry consultant on raw materials and resources
internationally.
Mr. Forsberg holds a BS in Engineering from The Colorado School
of Mines and a BS in Forestry from Colorado State University. He also
completed graduate work at Oregon State University in Forest
Engineering. During his career, Lynn has been an active member of the
Pacific Rim Trade Association, Forest Resources Association and WWPA.
Mr. Forsberg will work from his office location in Ridgefield,
Washington handling international sales and overseeing equipment
fabrication.
Mr. John Corneby has joined PCS VacDry USA, LLC™ as its
Eastern Area Sales Engineer. Mr. Corneby has a long-term background in
forest product manufacturing, facility installations and plant
engineering.
John has worked in the forest products industry most of his
adult life. Upon graduating from LeTourneau University with a BSME in
design engineering, he joined Whitesville Wood Products (WWP) in
Whitesville, NY as a partner in the family business. WWP produced
hardwood furniture squares for the furniture, textile, and stair
industries. John worked in primary and secondary processing and was
directly involved in Whitesville's vacuum drying projects which
utilized WoodMiser™, Vacutherm™, and Cigomak™ vacuum kilns. While with
WWP, John was instrumental in starting Clockworks (an advertising
company), Cryder Creek Wood Shoppe (a mail order company), and
Flowpower Systems (a motorcycle parts distributor).
After a fire destroyed the main manufacturing facility of WWP,
a new plant was built, and John and his brother Norris went into the
hardwood veneer business, slicing veneer from lumber. Later a high
speed rotary veneer lathe was added. With the untimely passing of his
brother and nearly 30 years in the family business, John left the wood
industry and became the Plant Manager at Strong Industries™ which
manufactures high end swimming pools and hot tubs. After an
interesting, learning, and challenging stay at Strong, John decided to
return to his major field of interest, the wood products industry, with
PCS VacDry USA, LLC™.
Joining PCS VacDry USA, LLC™ from New Zealand, Mr. Brent
Nielson has been named Installation Technician. Mr. Nielson has a
background in Engineering and Design. In his new capacity, Mr. Nielson
will do site planning for potential customer installations and will
facilitate the final installations when the VacDry Kiln equipment is
delivered.
Mr. Nielson has a Diploma in Engineering and Design, and is a
Trade qualified Fitter and Turner. Brent has experience in a wide range
of engineering, including materials handling, structural engineering,
heavy automotive engineering, and agricultural engineering to name but
a few. He is looking forward to his new direction for the installation
of the PCS VacDry USA, LLC™ Kiln units and other products.
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