Jackson Ships Equipment to South Africa

Jackson Lumber Harvester Company employees recently manufactured machinery destined for South Africa. The equipment was loaded and began its long journey on Monday, November 7. Two Model 30D10HL Jackson Wood Shaving Mills with elevated bases were loaded into two 40-foot semi truck hard-top containers. Also loaded were two 20-foot Jackson Log Decks and two 20-foot Jackson Belt Conveyors, as well as a supply of spare parts. An inspector, representing the buyer, was on hand during the loading to confirm that everything was shipped as ordered, and loaded in the proper manner.
Three representatives from the South African company purchasing the equipment came to Mondovi the week of October 17 and visited the Jackson Lumber Harvester manufacturing plant. They received instruction on procedures and training in the operation of their new Jackson equipment. They also went and saw similar equipment operating in the vicinity. They enjoyed being in the United States and were impressed with seeing the sites in this area, especially viewing the Mississippi River, trying cheese curds for the first time at the cheese factory in Nelson, Wisconsin, and visiting Gander Mountain sporting goods store in Eau Claire.
Jackson Lumber Harvester Company received an E-mail from the visitors upon their return to South Africa expressing how much they appreciated their visit to Wisconsin. They commended the Company on their craftmanship, friendliness, hospitality, and expertise, and extended an offer to Jackson employees to come for a visit and enjoy big game hunting on their game farm in South Africa.

Jackson to Participate in Midwest Forest Industry Show

The 2011 Midwest Forest Industry Show will be held in Cape Girardeau, MO, Fri., September 30, and Sat., October 1, 2011, at the Show Me Center. Schedule is as follows: Friday, 10 AM - 6 PM. Saturday, 8 AM - 4 PM. Entry fee: $10 per person.
Organized by the Missouri Forest Products Association, this Show is one of the premier events of the forest industry. It will be widely showcasing all the latest products, technologies, and machines of the forest industry. Jackson Lumber Harvester Company, Inc., will be highlighting the latest in Jackson Wood Shaving Mill machinery in a trade show display at this event. Come and see us at the Show!

Jackson Represented at Internat'l Biomass Expo

Jackson Lumber Harvester Company, Inc., was represented at the International Biomass Conference & Expo. Representatives from Jackson had a trade show booth at this event, which was held May 2-5 in St. Louis, Missouri. Publicized as the "world's largest biomass event," there were more than 2,000 attendees.
Tours were scheduled to industrial sites as part of the conference. The exposition portion of the event was held at the America's Center, where Jackson Lumber Harvester Company, Inc., was one of the 300 exhibitors.
The featured item of emphasis in the Jackson display was the Webb Burner, manufactured and sold by Jackson Lumber Harvester Company in cooperation with inventor and physicist, W. B. Webb. Webb Burners are ideal for generating large quantities of heat for industrial processes, at substantially less cost per BTU than traditional oil- or gas-fired systems. Jackson manufactures a complete line of Webb Burners available in sizes up through 60 million BTU per hour.

Up-coming Trade Shows in 2011

International Poultry Expo in Atlanta, GA January 26-28, 2011 --
Held Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday the last week in January, this show is known as the world's largest display of technology, equipment, supplies, and services used in poultry and egg production and processing, and also for those involved in feed manufacture. This is the 63rd year of this show being held in Atlanta. Come to the Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd., NW Atlanta, Georgia. Visit our booth if you come to the show. It is located in Exhibit Hall A. We are booth #1529.
Click HERE for a map of the floor plan. Then click on "Search Exhibitors." You will find us listed under the letter "J." Click Jackson Wood Shaving Mills for the map to our booth. Click HERE for more information regarding the show.

Midwest Poultry Federation Convention, in St. Paul, MN March 16-17, 2011 --
This Convention will be held at the St. Paul RiverCentre, 175 W. Kellogg Blvd. in St. Paul, Minnesota, Wednesday and Thursday, March 16 and 17. Pre-Show Events and Welcome Reception is planned for Tuesday, March 15. Last year people attended this Convention from 32 states and five Canadian provinces. It is known as the largest regional poultry show convention in the United States. We are at the lower level of the exhibit hall Booth #506 .
Click HERE for a map of the floor plan. Click HERE for more information about the show.

Note: The city of St. Paul has a St. Patrick's Day Parade the afternoon of March 17, which you may want to attend, or at least be aware of as far as traffic congestion is concerned.

Upcoming Trade Shows

Happy New Year everyone. Here is a list of the trade shows where we will be exhibitors. Please come by and see us if you can.

International Poultry Expo in Atlanta, GA will be January 27-29, 2010

This year marks the 62nd year that the 'Poultry Show' has been held in Atlanta. It will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center. The show is the world's largest display of technology, equipment, supplies, & serviced used in the production & processing of poultry & eggs and for those involved in the manufacturing of feed.

We are located at Booth# 1425 in Exhibit Hall A2. Click HERE for a map of the floor plan. Then click on 'Search Exhibitors', you will find us listed under the letter 'J'. Click HERE for more information regarding the show.

Midwest Poultry Federation Convention in St. Paul, MN to be held March 16-18, 2010

The Midwest Poultry Federation Convention is the largest regional poultry show in the US. Last year the convention drew approximately 1700 participants from 32 states & 5 Canadian provinces.

Come & see us at the 39th annual convention which will be held at the St. Paul RiverCentre. We will be located at Booth# 506. Click HERE for a map of the floor plan. Click HERE for more information about the show.

Employee Anniversaries

Several of Jackson's employees recently celebrated their company anniversaries.

Celebrating 40 years with Jackson.....

Robert “Bob” Everson celebrated 40 years as an employee at Jackson Lumber Harvester Company, Inc.. Present & retired employees attended a pizza party and program in honor of Everson. We visited about highlights from past years and the number of foreign countries that were destinations for equipment that Bob had worked on building, in addition to all the machinery that stayed right here in the USA.

During his tenure with the Company, he has served under the leadership of corporate president, Tom Meis, and more recently under the current president, Daniel Meis. Everson has worked as a welder and project leader in the Production Department and currently is in Parts and Quality Control. Bob has been instrumental in the production of machinery shipped to destinations throughout the United States and foreign countries around the world.

Prior to coming with Jackson in 1969, Everson was employed by Dolly Madison Dairy in Eau Claire.

Celebrating 15 years with Jackson....

Mike Phillips has been with Jackson for 15 years. He started as a welder and worked on setting up the control & hydraulic systems. Since then, Mike has been all around the world. He has traveled thousands of miles, both flying and driving, to set up equipment for our customers.

We celebrated with cake & ice cream in Mike's honor.

Wendy Meis also celebrated her 15 anniversary with cake & ice cream. She is the Accounting Administrator for Jackson.

Safety Seminar

On August 19, Jackson's hosted an all-day Safety Seminar for their employees.  The seminar was conducted by Max Muller, a lawyer and author, from Rockhurst University.  He highlighted some of the recent developments in safety and provided a refresher for standard safety procedures.

A mid-morning break included a delicious assortment of sweet rolls, muffins, and doughnuts.  Lunch was a buffet of BBQ beef on buns, baked beans, potato salad and fresh fruit salad.  Cookies & ice cream were served for afternoon break. All the food was catered by K D's Homestyle Eatery & Catering located in Mondovi.