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SpilyayTymoo Warm Springs, Oregon April 15, 1994 PAGE 3 Products reveal potential, possibilities for WSCP r FT ii" '" -rr 1 I . -.. I V: I r ... . i : " " l : 1 y - I i . , . , i ?j . .--If j t-wyiV,p -.I , x , 4 V M! k . l- 5 - mJ I , .'..- . , f i . - m. """H , ' I I ' i nr-- ST. . , v ), ! 1 F - j Wflm Springs Composite Products employee moves a stack of fire-resistant door material in preparation for final sanding and cutting. Who would have thought, not so 4- 4 mam mnnthe arm that Warm opnngs wuuiu ur uuuiu iiidiiuidoiuio a product that could withstand temperatures nearly 1 ,800 degrees Fahrenheit? On March 8, 1994, two doors, complete with hinges and small windows, were tested at the Warnock Hersey testing facility in Pittsburgh, California. The doors were subjected to a 90-minute fire test during which temperatures reached over 1 ,750 degrees. The fire test was followed by a high-pressure hose test which lasted 56 seconds. Each door weathered the certification test successfully, with Warnock Hersey representatives saying "they were the best assemblies ever burned." In fact, no other doors in the world have ever passed the test the first time around. Warm Springs Composite Products has a video of the burn test for interested community members. For further information, call WSCP at 553-1143., L.-,,...,,.... ....i....i-zra-.AA...irM.-8 - i, , . ,x v , On March 25, the Warm Springs Tribal Council approved resolution 8801 , authorizing a referen dum election which would provide funds for and formally establish Warm Springs Composite Products as a tribal enterprise. The election is tentatively set for Tuesday, May 17. Following is the question that will appear on the ballot. "Shall there be appropriated from the funds of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon forthe purpose of building, equipping, operating and maintaining a manufac ture plant for the manufacturing of fire resistant building components and other products utilizing diatomaceous earth and other materials, the sum of not to exceed one million four hundred thou sand dollars ($1,400,000) with an additional sum of one million dollars (If 1,000, 000) to be provided by an Economic Development Administration grant and shall the Tribe be authorized to borrow not to exceed $600,000 from available sources for ad ditional working capital?" Voters will answer yes or no. I ' I ; M . . fi ' ' 1 ' c r fA7 i JUI - V rt i, ' 'jfA 4- ' ' yjljl,.-!,'! i ' 1 ) -m i ,g ji v -r -Tin 1 ' -.1 pi? A ' I ; : ; i ' ", - . - . . . ' -'- A- ' I : I 7wi Mehlberg works slurry as it is poured into frame. Two doors were taken to a testing facility in California in early March for certification. The doors successfully passed the test. Questions, answers offered on A tribal referendum vote, tentatively Warm Springs Forest Products DE products. Turner and Rodda are then sprayed with an intense stream of set forTucsday,May 17, 1994, will focus Industries where the plywood plant employed by WSCP to get the water. Generally, if a door holds only on the establishment of Warm used to be. manufacturing facility started. They together after the burn test and hose Springs Composite Products. The JV How many people would be will stay with WSCP until tribal stream test, it passes. The WSCP door agreement will not be affected. The) V employed? personnel are sufficiently trained to performed extremely well. At the end will continue to exist regardless of the WSCP currently employs 17people, manage the facility. of the test, the test engineer at Warnock referendum results. 14 of whom are tribal members or What other products will be Hersey stated, "That is the best What is diatomaceous earth? married into the Tribe. Compared to manufactured? unexpsed surface I have ever seen." Diatomaceous earth, or DE, is the otherentitiesonthereservation, WSCP The Tribe has the first right to any Furthermore, WSCP passed the skeletal remains of tiny prehistoric has the highest percentage of Tribal new products developed by the JV. If certification burn on the first attempt, wateranimals. Member and MIT workforce. If WSCP WSCP has the capabilities to No other company has ever passed this Where does DE come from? becomes officially established by the manufactureproducesthatwillprovide test on the first try. The DE currently being used by end of May, 25 to 30 employees are employment and profits for WSCP, Is WSCP selling the fire-rated doors? WSCPcomesfromaminelocatedalong projected to be working by the end of these products may be manufactured No. But WSCP is selling some door the Deschutes River at Lower Bridge l994.Threeorfouryearsdowntheline, at WSCP. However, the JV may license components, such as blockingmaterial, just west of Terrebonne, Oregon. DEis WSCP plans to employ at least 75 other companies to manufacture to Weyerhaeuser. Before it can sell the commonmaterialfoundinmanyplaces people, with the majority being Tribal products not utilized by WSCP. The complete door system, WSCP has to be around the world. Members and married into the Tribe. Tribewillthenreceive51percentof the officially certified. The complete Does the Tribe have a guaranteed What is the wage scale at WSCP? JV profitsroyalties, which represents certification process will take supplyofDE? Wages and benefits are similar to 51 percent tribal ownership of the JV. approximately six weeks. After this TheTribehasanagreementwiththe that of WSFPI. The starting wage is What are the benefits of establishing process has been completed, WSCP owners of the mine near Terrebonne $850 per hour. If WSCP becomes a full WSCP? plans to automate the manufacturing h will nmvidpa Piiararrfppd siinnlv mamifarhirint facility, the average The benefits would be: Increased process SO it can produce and sell the What is the DE Project? ofDEtothefactory.Theminecurrently loaded wage (including actual pay, tribal employment; additional revenues products efficiently. WSCP has The DE project is currently has25milliontonsofDE,themaximum compensationandbenefits)isprojected for the Tribe; an environmentally safe standing and pending orders from comprised of two separate parties: the usage by WSCP will amount to 5,000 to be $9.50 per hour products; and, the acknowledgment of Vancouver Door in Puyallup, DE Joint Venture (JV) and Warm tons annually. At this rate there is What does the JV do? a world-class products manufactured Washington and Buell Door in Dallas, Springs Composite Products (WSCP). enough DE to last for 400 years, TheJV(49percentownedbySTIand right here in Warm Springs. Texas. For a Detter understanding of the DE minimum. DE is also available from 51 percent owned by the Tribe) will Is there a market for the products How much has been spent on the DE project, look at the DE Project other sources. developtechnologythatcanbelicensed manufactured at WSCP? project? Will other funds be required Organization chart provided. What will the factory make? to other companies to manufacture. It is estimated that 600,000 fire-rated and where will they come from? The JV is an agreement between WSCP is currently making all WSCPwillhavethefirstrightofrefusal. doors are sold annually in the United TheTribehasadvanced,upon Tribal Structural Technology Inc. (STI), owned components (rails, stiles, blocking What is the relationship of the JV to Statesalone.Afterpassingacertification Council authority, $13 million to the by Terry Turner arid Phil Rodda, and material and cores) for a complete fire- WSCP? burn test on March 8, 1994, WSCP is pilot plant facility for research and the Confederated Tribes of Warm rated door system. (See Fire Door WSCP will be the first licensee to now one of three companies in the US development purposes. WSCP Springs. STI owns 49 percent of the JV, Diagram.) The manufacturing process manufacture products developed by (the others being Georgia Pacific and anticipates receiving an additional $2.4 while the Tribe owns 51 percent of the has many other possibilities, including the JV. Weyerhaeuser) capable of offering a million; $1 million from an Economic JV. fire resistant building components and What is the relationship between STI full fire-rated door system. DevelopmenT Administration (EDA) Warm Springs Composite Products, concrete and wood substitute products and Warm Springs Composite What is a bum test? grant to be used for machinery and although not officially established, is such as shakes and shingles. Products? It is a 90-minute fire endurance and equipmentcosts;and,$1.4milbontobe the name that has been given to the Who would own WSCP? The only relationship that exists hosestreamtest.Ourdoorwasexposed received from the Tribe depending on Tribe's new factory which makes fire The factory would be 100 percent between these parties is the license to temperatures that reached nearly the referendum vote. The referendum resistant building materials and other owned by the Confederated Tnbes. agreement between the JV and WSCP. ldegreFahrenhdtfbr90minutes. money will be used for operations of products utilizing diatomaceous earth Where is the factory located? The agreement will authorize WSCP to At the conclusion of the burn, the the newly established manufacturing (DE). The facility is currently located at utilizethetechnologyby manufacturing exposedburned side of the door was facility (WSCP). 1