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Panolam’s Operations Manager John Eberly stands Jan. 10 inside the Auburn plant. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A 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

Read the story: Auburn manufacturer makes bowling lanes out of paper

A maintenance worker uses a bike Jan. 10 to get around last week at Panolam in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Panolam’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 Journal
Derek Caron, left, and Donna Favreau, right, move a laminated panel recently at the Auburn plant as it’s readied for shipment. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Fred Burnham, an inspector, prepares a box last week for transporting laminated panels, foreground, at Panolam in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Derek Caron and Donna Favreau move a laminated panel Jan. 10 at Panolam’s Auburn plant. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Panolam Operations Manager John Eberly talks recently about the laminated panels at the Auburn plant. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A black light illuminates a digitally printed panel at Panolam in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Read the story: Panolam also supplied scenic images for each lane at Just-In-Time Recreation

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 Journal
Some of the numerous colors available to customers at Panolam in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Panolam 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 Journal
A 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...