# BID Group receives turnkey order from Westervelt Lumber for planer mill modernization

BID Group received a turnkey order from Westervelt Lumber to modernize their planer mill in Moundville, Alabama, featuring the first robotic trim block management system with AI. Start-up is expected in Q1 2023.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-04-05
- Where: Moundville, Alabama, United States
- Status: announced
- Products: wood processing equipment, robotic trim block management system
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [BID Group](https://endata.com/companies/17511.md) (supplier)
- [Westervelt Lumber](https://endata.com/companies/62121.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [comact.com](https://www.comact.com/en/bid-partners-with-westervelt-to-modernize-moundville-al-planermill-featuring-the-new-artificial-intelligence-enabled-robotic-trim-block-system/), 2022-04-05: "We are excited to partner with the BID team again to continue expanding our manufacturing capacity and modernizing our lumber facilities in the U.S. South."

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