When a high-volume processing line stands completely idle for a manual product changeover ahead of events like the 2026 APA EWTA Info Fair, it isn’t just frustrating, it is cutting straight into your plant’s profitability.

Modern engineered wood operations require absolute speed and agility. Yet, off-the-shelf industrial equipment constantly forces mills into costly bottlenecks, safety hazards, and maintenance headaches.

At Globe Machine Manufacturing, we believe your machinery should adapt to your goals, not limit them. That is why we are heading to the 2026 APA Annual Meeting and EWTA Info Fair from October 24–27, 2026, at the Omni Amelia Island Resort in Fernandina Beach, Florida.

As a proud, long-time member of the APA | EWTA, we are incredibly excited to join the main gathering this October to collaborate on the solutions shaping the future of engineered wood.

You can find our leadership team at Booth 57, ready to discuss how we can get your operations off the downtime treadmill and win back your throughput.

⚡ What We’re Bringing to the APA EWTA Info Fair: SmartRip™ & Automation

We hold ourselves to a strict standard on every line we build: Engineered for Uptime, Built for Throughput. At Booth 57, our team will be on hand to discuss our latest advancements in high-speed, automated systems:

• The SmartRip™ Quick-Change Saw System: Our newest innovation delivers rapid, automated changeovers for I-joists, EWP, siding, and other advanced panel ripping applications. Your line stays moving, not waiting.

• FANUC Robotic Integration: From our facility in Tacoma, WA, we partner with industry leader FANUC to build fully integrated, end-to-end automated solutions. These systems keep your lines clear and running flawlessly from the initial press exit to the final packaging bay.

• Custom Material Handling: We design custom-built machinery to automate material conveyance, precision trimming, edge profiling, and robotic stacking. This directly mitigates safety hazards while maximizing your daily yield.

With installations running smoothly across North America, Europe, South America, Australia, and New Zealand, our custom designs are proven worldwide.

🛠️ Serving Every Sector of the Building Products Industry

For over a century, Globe Machine has been a foundational partner in the building products sector. We build tough, reliable, and custom-tailored finishing lines that adapt to growing industry capacities:

1. OSB & OSL Finishing Lines

We design and manufacture complete systems located after the press unloading phase, covering everything from cooling, sawing, and grading to edge sealing, wrapping, and packaging.

2. MDF & Particleboard Systems

Our custom solutions take raw boards from the press and process them through cooling, storage, sanding, sawing, and packaging with maximum reliability.

3. Plywood Manufacturing Systems

Plywood machinery innovation has been at our core since our inception. We supply heavy-duty trim saws, specialty saws, pre-presses, and glue spreaders engineered to perform for decades.

4. I-Joist, LVL, & OSL Lines

Our patented I-joist Assembly is completely controlled by a central computer. This allows for unique parameters and individual setups without the need for time-consuming manual readjustments.

📈 Protect Your Profitability: Technical Inspection & Maintenance

Minimizing sudden equipment failure requires proactive partnership. While you are visiting us at Booth 57, ask our leadership team about the Globe Technical Inspection & Maintenance Program.

This comprehensive program is designed to protect your investment through professional audits of your mechanical systems, electrical controls, safety compliance, and spare parts inventory. Partnering with Globe for regular inspections helps your mill achieve:

• Increased component life cycles by catching wear and tear early.

• Decreased operational downtime and reduced probability of sudden machine failures.

• Optimized equipment performance tailored to your unique plant layout constraints.

• Lower overall costs by eliminating unnecessary emergency maintenance or repairs.

• Better preparation for governing body compliance inspections.

🤝 Let’s Connect at the 2026 APA EWTA Info Fair (Booth 57)

Your plant floor has its own unique layout constraints, production goals, and bottleneck challenges. We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all solutions, and we want to help you design the exact line you need to future-proof your business.

Slots fill up quickly during the EWTA Info Fair. Secure a dedicated consultation time with our leadership team before you travel to Florida.

Schedule a Consultation with Shawn Koren

To discuss your plant’s specific layout constraints, saw system goals, or to schedule a meeting at the show, contact us directly:

Shawn Koren

Director of Sales – Building Products

📞 253.339.4753

✉️ shawnk@globemachine.com

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The International Woodworking Fair (IWF Atlanta 2026) is back. The manufacturing world is heading to Georgia. Globe Machine Manufacturing is proud to announce our attendance once again.

We have been attending IWF for a very long time. We are truly proud to be a part of it again this year. This trade show is a cornerstone event for us. It lets us connect directly with industrial decision-makers looking to eliminate operational bottlenecks.

If you want to maximize your throughput, reduce costly downtime, and scale your operations, we want to meet you. Come visit our team at Booth A9946.

Unveiling Our Smart Rip Saws: The Quick-Change Saw System

We are thrilled to showcase our latest innovation at the event. Globe is introducing our new smart rip saws. This Quick-Change Saw System is built specifically for high-capacity environments.

It is now available for several demanding industrial applications:

• I-joists & Engineered Wood Products (EWP)

• Siding Panels

• Custom Panel Ripping Applications

This system removes manual adjustment delays. It gives your mill the ultimate edge in flexibility and operational efficiency.

Over a Century of Heavy-Duty Innovation for Core Industries

For over 100 years, Globe has served as a foundational building block for the building products industry. We design custom, heavy-duty machines built with toughness in mind. Our systems reliably serve plants for decades.

At Booth A9946, we are targeting the exact needs of modern high-output sectors:

• OSB & OSL Finishing Lines: Custom systems for cooling, sawing, grading, and stacking.

• MDF & Particleboard Systems: Tailored finishing lines built for modern continuous presses.

• Plywood Manufacturing: Heavy-duty trim saws, pre-presses, and automated glue spreaders.

• Advanced Materials: Fully automated fiber cement and MgO board manufacturing lines.

We also bring 20 years of FANUC robotic integration to the table. Our custom robotics solve complex panel handling, veneer layup, and packaging challenges.

Schedule a VIP Meeting at Booth A9946

Trade show floors get incredibly busy. We want to ensure you get dedicated time with our executive leadership team. Let’s discuss your upcoming capital projects and automated factory goals.

To schedule a private consultation during the show, please contact our Vice President directly:

• Contact: Ron Jacobsen, Vice President

• Direct Phone: 253-732-7103

• Email: ronj@globemachine.com

We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta. Let’s partner together for the next century of manufacturing excellence!

Watch How Globe Future-Proofs Your Factory Floor

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Implementing custom factory automation solutions is now the primary strategy for modern industrial plants looking to scale throughput, mitigate labor shortages, and eliminate costly production downtime. This month, the center of the industrial robotics universe shifts to Chicago for the Automate Tradeshow—the premier global event for robotics, vision, and motion control.

While Globe Machine Manufacturing will not have a formal exhibition booth on the floor this year, our leadership team will be on-site, active, and ready to collaborate. We are attending to connect directly with forward-thinking manufacturers who want to transform their production lines with custom, rugged, and high-performance factory automation solutions.

Over 100 Years of Engineering Excellence, Driven by Robotics

Globe Machine has a rich history spanning more than a century. Our machinery serves as a foundational building block in industrial manufacturing. Every system is custom-built to maximize customer production, quality, and profitability.

For the past 20 years, we have integrated advanced robotics directly into our legacy systems. This expertise solves complex operational problems for factories worldwide.

We are a certified FANUC authorized system integrator. Globe designs rugged configurations for heavy industrial processing. Our engineering team builds automated cells for precision welding, machine tending, and material handling.

Our custom robotics automation sector specializes in high-impact applications, including:

• Machine Tending: Automating part loading and unloading for CNC lathes, mills, and forge presses to optimize throughput and protect skilled operators.

• Material Handling: Advanced pick, pack, and palletizing systems for heavy, structural, or flexible goods.

• Precision Welding: Tailored automated welding cells combining FANUC robotics with industry-leading Miller welders.

• Heavy Industrial Processing: Tailored solutions for complex sectors like wood products, advanced composites, and pulp packaging.

Watch our custom heavy industrial automation seamlessly execute complex panel handling for our client, InventWood

Let’s Discuss Your Production Bottlenecks in Chicago

Automate is the perfect backdrop to step away from the daily grind and look strategically at the future of your facility. If you are experiencing high operating costs, frequent line stoppages, or customization constraints with standard equipment, let’s grab a coffee and brainstorm.

Incremental adoption of automation can easily be scaled around your budget and schedule. We can help you identify low-hanging fruit on your shop floor that will yield the fastest return on investment.

Schedule a Consultation on the Move

Our Director of Robotics and Automation, Adam Schmidt, will be leading our delegation in Chicago. Adam brings deep technical expertise and a practical, ROI-driven approach to factory floor design.

We invite you to reach out directly to coordinate a meeting time while we are in town:

• Contact: Adam Schmidt, Director of Robotics and Automation

• Cell Phone: (253) 732-5236

• Email: Adams@globemachine.com

Slots during the week are filling up quickly. We highly recommend reaching out via text or email ahead of your arrival to secure a dedicated time with our team.

Why Partner with Globe Machine?

In today’s highly competitive digital and manufacturing spaces, success requires more than a vendor relationship—it requires lifelong collaboration. Globe protects your investments by offering complete transparency, innovative custom engineering, and an unparalleled 24/7 technical support and maintenance network to eliminate sudden equipment failures.

If you are attending Automate in Chicago, let’s unlock the next step in your facility’s operational efficiency. We look forward to seeing you there.

Can’t make it to Chicago? You don’t have to wait for a trade show to optimize your facility. Contact our automation team today to request an operational efficiency consultation or a custom factory audit.

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The aerospace and defense sectors are hitting a critical inflection point. Demand for rapid deployment and mass savings is growing — and the traditional autoclave cycle is becoming a bottleneck. Globe Machine Manufacturing is bringing its RapidClave® composites manufacturing system to Seattle for SAMPE 2026, where we’ll show how out-of-autoclave production can meet flight-critical performance standards without sacrificing speed.

We’ve spent the last century building a reputation for reliability. Today, we’re leveraging that heritage to lead the OOA revolution.

Why the RapidClave® System is the New Standard

Our patented, production-proven RapidClave® system is designed to emulate or even improve upon traditional autoclave process conditions. By implementing evolutionary tooling and thermal management, we’ve unlocked:

• Faster Cycle Times: Significantly increased heating and cooling rates compared to traditional methods.
• Application Flexibility: Technology that has evolved from mid-volume automotive parts to low-volume, high-SKU-count aerostructures.
• Thermoplastic Empowerment: Our Seamer system and Thermoplastic Workcell (TPWC) enable high-volume adoption of continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (CFRT) tape, offering critical mass savings and improved physical performance.

See how it works: RapidClave Process Simulation

Innovation Through Collaboration

We provide a setting for confidential process innovation. Through our partnership with the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI), we’ve installed a RapidClave® system at the Composite Technology Center (CTC). This allows our clients to:

• Develop low-cost/high-performance tooling.

• Conduct material and method process development in a supported environment.

• Demonstrate specific applications with full engineering and strategic support from both Globe and UDRI experts

Connect with Globe at SAMPE Seattle

• Dates: April 27–30, 2026
• Location: Seattle, WA

Whether you are a material supplier seeking complementary product offerings or a converter of semi-finished materials, we invite you to brainstorm mechanized solutions that improve your operational safety and efficiency.

Contact Jim Martin, Director of Advanced Composites Equipment:

• Mobile: 518.369.5701
• Email: jimm@globemachine.com
• Learn more at: Advanced Composites – Globe Machine Manufacturing

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Building product automation is transforming the manufacturing industry, and Globe Machine is leading the way. Globe leadership will be attending the International Builders’ Show (IBS) 2025 from February 25-27. The 2025 NAHB International Builders’ Show | IBS 2025

If you’re looking for automation solutions to improve production efficiency, product quality, and cost savings, schedule a meeting to discuss our custom automation systems, including FANUC robotic solutions for composite panels, engineered wood, and other building materials.

Why Automation Matters for Building Product Manufacturers

In today’s competitive market, manufacturers must keep up with growing demand and labor challenges. Automated production systems help:

• Increase throughput without adding labor costs
• Improve product consistency and quality
• Reduce material waste through precision engineering
• Enhance workplace safety with robotic solutions

For over 100 years, Globe Machine has helped manufacturers implement automation solutions that optimize production and improve profitability. Whether you need material handling systems, robotic integration, or fully automated production lines, we deliver solutions that fit your operation.

What We Offer at IBS 2025

✅ Custom automation systems with FANUC robots for material handling and production
✅ Precision-engineered equipment for composite panels, engineered wood, and more
✅ Turnkey automation solutions to streamline your manufacturing process

See you at IBS 2025!

📅 February 25-27, 2025
📍 Las Vegas Convention Center

Schedule a meeting with Ron Jacobsen – Vice President
📱 Mobile: 253.732.7103
📧 Email: ronj@globemachine.com

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