[SML] Pylon source?

[Bill Conner]

forgot link https://www.panelworldmag.com/swanson-acquires-olympic-panel/

On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 2:32 PM Bill Conner <billconnerastc at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Swanson bought that Olympic mill (in maybe 2016?)  Planned to close it
> briefly and upgrade line - I think the piece that roll coatsthe ply and
> hardboard and presses it.  A lot of delays and then pandemic.  I have heard
> in last 6-12 months Swanson has reopened that mill, but have not verified
> it.  (I'm retired and don't keep up on that stuff.)
>
> In my last project (just a stage floor replacement started in 2017,
> shelved twice, and then recently bid - surprise - projects budgeted and
> funded in 2017 are over budget when they bid in 2022) I listed Olympic
> Products Plyron, Roseburg Rigidply, and Eagle Plywood Industrial Plyron. My
> understanding is Eagle basically oems it for Weeks Forest Products Inc, a
> major midwest supplier,and am led to believe that began when Olympic mill
> was closed by Swanson.  Again, I use to make a round of calls on this (and
> PPG Break-Through V90-50 Wrought Iron) every 12 to 18 months, but have
> stopped.
>
> I suggest you try calling Olympic (some same people and nos. now at
> Swanson), Swanson, Weeks, and Roseburg.  I never had any luck contacting
> Eagle.
>
> And make sure you get plyron made with tempered class 1 hardboard both
> sides.
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 11:27 AM Bruce Bennett via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>> Happy New Year,
>>
>> Plyron is made by Olympic Panel Products and your local sheet-stock
>> supplier ought to be able to get ahold of it.
>>
>> Bruce Bennett
>>
>> "A society grows great when old people plant trees whose shade they know
>> they shall never sit in." - Greek proverb
>>
>> > On Jan 10, 2023, at 10:51, Bill Potter via Stagecraft <
>> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Happy New Year Listers!
>> >
>> > Looking for a source for Pylon to cover (and protect) our new sprung
>> dance floor during our Spring Musical.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Bill Potter
>> > Arts Technical Director
>> > St. Paul’s School
>> > Concord NH
>> > 603-229-4696
>> >
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