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See how Panolam in Auburn makes laminate sheets for bowling lanes
Panolam Surface Systems remains the sole supplier of high pressure laminate synthetic bowling lanes to the top three manufacturers of bowling products.
Panolam’s Operations Manager John Eberly stands Jan. 10 inside the Auburn plant. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalA giant inkjet printer is used to customize sheets of specialty paper Jan. 10 that will be pressed together to create bowling lanes and other products inside Panolam’s Auburn plant. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A maintenance worker uses a bike Jan. 10 to get around last week at Panolam in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalPanolam’s Material Manager Brad Tripp pulls out stacks of material Jan. 10 that will be pressed together to create numerous products, including bowling lanes, inside the Auburn plant last week. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalDerek Caron, left, and Donna Favreau, right, move a laminated panel recently at the Auburn plant as it’s readied for shipment. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalFred Burnham, an inspector, prepares a box last week for transporting laminated panels, foreground, at Panolam in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalDerek Caron and Donna Favreau move a laminated panel Jan. 10 at Panolam’s Auburn plant. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalPanolam Operations Manager John Eberly talks recently about the laminated panels at the Auburn plant. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalA black light illuminates a digitally printed panel at Panolam in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Giant rolls of printed stock that will be customized and pressed into bowling lanes and other products are stacked inside Panolam’s Auburn plant. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalSome of the numerous colors available to customers at Panolam in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalPanolam Materials Manager Brad Tripp, left, and Operations Manager John Eberly talk recently inside the Auburn plant. In the foreground is a panel of laminated paper that becomes a bowling lane. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalA customized laminated panel for a bowling alley at Panolam is ready to be shipped at the Auburn plant. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...
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