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WWPA presi-dent, deliveredhis 2015-17Lumber Supplyand DemandForecast.Some of

Binamʼs key-points were asfollows: • While the

overall healthof the industryis comparableto last year, it “feels stronger,” said Binam. “Home construction and

Portland, OR–The Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, locatedhere, welcomed members and guests of the Western Wood ProductsAssociation (WWPA) in observance of that organizationʼs annual

meeting.Approxi-

mately200 peo-ple at-tended aWWPA-hostedbreakfast,at whichKevinBinam,

Scottsdale, AZ–The Westin Kierland, located here, served as thesite recently for this yearʼs 2015 Leadership Summit, hosted by the

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Steve Zika, Hampton Affiliates, Portland, OR; Wally Van Valkenburg, StoelRives LLP, Portland, OR; Eric Schooler, Collins, Portland, OR; Tom Temple,Potlatch Corp., Spokane, WA; and Steve Swanson, Swanson Group Inc., Glen-dale, OR

Rob Hruby, Weston Forest Products Inc., Mississauga, ON; Jef-fery Baumgartner, Lampe and Malphrus Lumber Co., Smithfield,NC; Joshua Tyler, The Dorris Lumber & Moulding Co., Sacra-mento, CA; and Robert Harris, Jordan Lumber & Supply Inc.,Mount Gilead, NC

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SLMA/SFPA Host Joint Spring MeetingPhotos By Terry Miller

New Orleans, LA–The Southeastern Lumber Manufacturerʼs Associ-ation Inc.(SLMA) andthe SouthernForest Prod-ucts Associa-tion (SFPA)recentlyteamed uphere at theRoyal SonestaHotel for anannual SpringMeeting &Expo. Eric Gee, Richard Wallace, Tami Kessler, Rachel Elton and Vernon

Barabino, Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA), Metairie, LA

Phyllis Eveland, Rick Eveland and John Branstetter, Vaagen Bros. LumberInc., Colville, WA; and Rick Palmiter, Idaho Forest Group LLC, Coeur dʼA-lene, ID

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NAWLA 10 Groups bring together like-minded NAWLA members in asmall group setting, empowering them to work through top industryissues with peers.

What is your first step when facing achallenge or issue? Usually, problems arebest solved by first consulting other indi-viduals who have been in the same situa-tion for advice or to hear the efficacy of thedecisions they made. However, it can be difficult to have a set of objec-tive consultants on hand. For this reason, Greg Fitz, sales manager atBalfour Lumber, a division of Canfor, started a new NAWLA 10 Group al-most a year ago. These groups are a collaboration of NAWLA memberswith like interests who get together in a more informal setting to connectabout issues that they face and to reflect on how to positively impact

The Softwood Forest Products Buyer May/June 2015

Jamey Dunse is a lumber sales representative forWestern Forest Products Ltd., located in Vancouver,BC.Western Forest Products Ltd. is an integrated Canadiancompany sustainably managing forests and manufactur-ing high quality wood products on the Coast of BritishColumbia. The companyʼs yearly volume of productionfor 2014 was 1 billion board feet in all species combined.Dunse graduated from Elgin Park Secondary School,South Surrey, BC, in 1997 and the University of Victoria,Victoria, BC, in 2002, where he obtained a Bachelor of


Bryan Lundstrom is a sales and marketing represen-tative for Mid Valley Lumber Specialties Ltd., locatedin Langley, BC.Mid Valley Lumber Specialties produces 20 millionboard feet per year of 100 percent Western Red Cedarfencing, posts and rails (1x4, 1x6, 1x8, 2x3, 2x4, 2x6,4x4, 4x6, 6x6) S1S2E, S4S, Green and Rough.The company also offers highly mixed orders, specialgrade sorts, special packaging and end-sealed timbers.Lundstrom graduated from L.V. Continued on page 38




Boozer Laminated Beam Company of Anniston, AL, has been approvedfor membership by the APA Board of Trustees. Founded in the mid-1930s by Elbert and Hinton Boozer, the company had its start in the pro-duction of bridge timbers for the U.S. government. The company hasremained in the Boozer and Owsley families, and is led today by HintonB. (Bud) Owsley, who joined the company in 1981. Boozer is a producerof high-strength Southern Yellow Pine glulam. Boozer is working towarda June 1 transition to APA.

Growing the Market for Softwood Lumber

(Editors Note: This article is a summary of Mr. Daviesʼ presenta-tion on the Softwood lumber market at NAWLAʼs recent LeadershipSummit.)Nearly a decade ago, after years of conflict, theNorth American Softwood lumber industry came to-gether in a collaborative effort to protect and grow themarket for our products. Weʼve made tremendous progress since then andare on the cusp of some major achievements. Our goal now is to make sure we stay the course andbuild on the momentum thatʼs been established.As a member of the industry groups that have guided

JAMEY DUNSE

BRYAN LUNDSTROM

Who’s Whoin Softwoods

James OʼGrady is a product manager for GoodfellowInc., located in Delson, QC. Goodfellow Inc. is a national and international whole-saler of all species of Softwood and hardwood lumber,including exotic hardwoods. The product list includesCedar Appearance timbers and clears up to 12x12;Douglas Fir timbers up to 18x20 and up to 40 feet andlonger; Douglas Fir FOHC up to 12x12 and wider. Thecompany also offers flooring and sidings. Unique products and services of- Continued on page 38

John Ritz is outside sales representative for RobbinsLumber Co. located in Searsmont, ME.Robbins Lumber manufactures Eastern White Pine in4/4 Commons, 4/4 Selects, 5/4 & thicker Commons/Se-lects, and specialties such as wide Pine boards andlive-edge siding. Approximately 28 million board feet isproduced out of Robbins Lumberʼs sawmill annually, in1x3 through 1x12 in six-foot to 16-foot rough boards.All products are kiln-dried to an average of 10-12 per-cent moisture content and finished on Continued on page 38

JAMES OʼGRADY

JOHN RITZ

Kim Runge is a sales and marketing representative forInterfor, located in Peachtree City, GA.Interfor operates a total of 14 manufacturing operationsin British Columbia and the Northwestern and South-eastern U.S. The company produces an annual volumeof 3.1 billion board feet of dimension lumber, studs, tim-bers, siding, decking, boards and machine stress ratedlumber. Species include Western Red Cedar, Spruce-Pine-Fir, Hemlock, Hem-Fir, Douglas Fir, Southern Yel-low Pine and Ponderosa/Lodgepole Continued on page 39

Rusty Yazdanpour is general manager for Idaho Tim-ber LLC, located in Lake City, FL.Idaho Timber has the capacity to manufacture 1 billionboard feet of Spruce-Pine-Fir, Hemlock Fir, Douglas Firand Southern Yellow Pine No. 2, Stud, No. 3, kiln-driedand S4S lumber per year. Also offered by the firm arepatterns, custom packaging, custom manufacturing,and container truck and rail shipments.Unique products and services include highly special-ized mixed loads, job site deliver-

KIM RUNGE

RUSTY YAZDANPORContinued on page 39

For more APA News and Information, go to www.apawood.org

Guest Column By NAWLA Leadership SpeakerDuncan DaviesPresident & CEOInterfor Corporation

NAWLA NEWS UPDATE

By Robert GlowinskiPresident & CEOAmerican Wood Council


Construction is rebounding, and with it the need to in-vest in education for safe and sustainable structuresis more important than ever. May is the InternationalCode Councilʼs (ICC) Building Safety Month and is afitting time to address some of the key building safetyand code topics and the educational resources avail-able to address them – including everything from firesafety, to high wind and seismic conditions, and en-ergy efficiency. As manufacturers of wood products, many in our in-dustry have the opportunity to directly engage with those on the frontlines of construction who are often looking for information on proper andcode-compliant building design. Industry representatives should steer

Celebrating Building Safety by Putting Education First: An Update from the American Wood Council

Self-directed learning program provides guidance forsafe and sustainable wood construction

Boozer Laminated Beam Joins APA

10 Heads Are Better Than Two

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ContentsFeaturesWWPA Welcomes Hundreds to Event . . . .1

NAWLA leadership Summit . . . . . . . . . . . .1

SLMA/SFPA Host Spring Meeting . . . . . . .1

DURGIN & CROWELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Vancouver NAWLA Meeting . . . . . . . . . . .13

NAWLA Portland Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

WRC Hockey Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Jackel Enterprises Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Montral Wood Convention . . . . . . . . . . . .19

129th LAT Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

2015 SCMA Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

DepartmentsWhoʼs Who in Softwoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

APA News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

NAWLA News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

AWC News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

NAWLA Guest Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Retail Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Midwest Business Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

West Coast Business Trends . . . . . . . . . . 25

Inland West Business Trends . . . . . . . . . . 26

Northeast Business Trends. . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Ontario/Quebec Business Trends . . . . . . . . 27

South/Southeast Business Trends . . . . . . . . . 27

Washington Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Stock Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 33 &34

Trade Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Softwood Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Classified Opportunities. . . . . . . . . . 49 & 50

Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Index of Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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New London, NH—Durgin and Crowell Lumber Co., headquarteredhere, was founded in 1976. The purpose of the company when it wascreated was to produce high quality Eastern White Pine Lumber. Today,

that philosophy and thebusiness are runningstronger than ever.The mill saws up to 32million board feet peryear. Production con-sists of mostly 4/4boards, as well as allthe by-products thatgenerate from themilling process.Sustainable ForestryInitiative certified,all Durgin andCrowell productsfrom lumber to

sawdust, bark andshavings are used to maximize the potential of the logs, makingsure to follow a zero waste objective.Sales Manager B Manning said, “Weʼre as advanced as any mill inthe Northeast. We went through the entire facility and updated froma technology standpoint. Weʼre the first in the Northeast to have thecomputer-controlled automatic grading systems and our planing fa-cility is one of the largest in this region.”Marketing through wholesale distribution, Manning said the opera-

tion has a diversified customerbase. “We do a fair amount inthe retail lumberyard industry,along with secondary manufac-turers. We also do a lot of busi-ness with log homemanufacturers. We diversifiedour customer base so if onesegment of the market isnʼt asbusy as another we can shift ourproduction to the market thatʼsmoving. We donʼt do huge busi-ness with any one particularcustomer. Rather, we try tospread our wood out geographi-cally in a wider area for sea-sonal reasons, weather reasonsand different market opportunityreasons.”Manning said consistency ofquality in the wood, along withexcellent customer service setsDurgin and Crowell apart fromits friendly competitors. “Thefeedback that we get from our

customers is that our value is in the consistent quality of the wood thatwe supply,” he said. “Weʼre all about customer service. We keep our cus-tomers informed about whatʼs going on. We arenʼt flashy and we arenʼtfancy, but we do all the fundamentals extremely well. What you end upwith is a very consistent product. Thatʼs our reputation—thatʼs what weare, and thatʼs what we do. We donʼt want to be just a sawmill, we wantto be the solution for your needs. Our grading agency is NeLMA.”

Heavily in-vested in value-added productswith a planeroperation and afinishing facility,this operationincludes aYates-AmericanA-20 planer anda Waco-Weinig30XL moulder.With the abilityto produce over30 patterns, all

lumber is staged for shipment withinthe warehouse and all trucks areloaded inside the facility.The finishing facility allows Durginand Crowell to serve its customersthroughout the U.S. based on theirspecific needs, whether it is specialmoisture requirements, multiple pat-terns or unique moulder finishes.“We have specific customers whoseneeds vary,” Manning commented.“Our approach to drying is standarddeviation. In most cases we are get-ting those six, seven and eight per-

cent moisture boards pushed up and the 16, 15 and 14 percent moistureboards pushed down to get uniform drying.”

The finished brand name of Durgin and Crowell panel products, En-hance™, is a line of pre-coated, UV cured Eastern White Pine panelingproducts.“We take the wood that we manufacture in our planing operation to ourfinishing facility where we have an 8-headed profile sander that it goesthrough. Then weput two coats ofUV curable coat-ing on and thatprovides the cus-tomers with 100percent VOC fin-ished, ready to in-stall, interiorpaneling productsin three differentcolors. There isclear, which is anatural finish, awhite wash andan almond color, which is similar to oak.”With an employee count of 85, key personnel, including Manning, arePeter B. Crowell and Ben Crowell, who are the principals. “We also haveJeff Haley and Alex Darrah in sales, invoice and transportation. Betweenthe three of us, we take care of the customers on that side of the com-pany,” Manning said.


Durgin And Crowell Provides Consistent, Quality Eastern White Pine

The Sales and Marketing team at Durgin and Crowell include: Doug Curtis, Alex Darrah, MeganBurch, B Manning and Jeff Haley

A playhouse made with the companyʼs Enhancepre-finished paneling product is pictured here.

Durgin and Crowellʼs Eastern White Pine is being packed and readyfor distribution.

One of the many logging trucks that gets unloaded at Durginand Crowell daily.

An aerial view of Durgin and Crowellʼs mill.

Ben and Peter Crowell, the owners of Durgin and Crowell.

“We aren’t flashy and wearen’t fancy, but we do all thefundamentals extremely well.What you end up with is a veryconsistent product.”

—B Manning, sales manager,Durgin and Crowell


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Doug Fettig, AKT CPA & Business Advisory Services, Portland, OR;Dan Uskoski, Metrigard, Pullman, WA; John Branstetter, VaagenBros. Lumber Inc., Colville, WA; Kathi Orlowski, Blue Book Services,Carol Stream, IL; and Mike Gruenke, Burlington Northern Santa Fe,Spokane, WA

Chuck Roady, F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co., Columbia Falls, MT;and Tony Colter, Sun Mountain Lumber, Deer Lodge, MT

Keith and Jean Anyan, WWPA, Post Falls, ID; Ellen and CharliePhillips, WWPA, Cottonwood, CA; and Tom and Dee Shaffer, NeimanEnterprises Inc., Spearfish, SD

Russ and Beth Tuvey, WWPA, Portland, OR; Karen and Jerry Law-son, WWPA, Columbia Falls, MT; and Rick Hicks, Stimson LumberCo., Clatskanie, OR

David Gully, Taylor Machine Works Inc., Louisville, MS; Kathi Or-lowski, Blue Book Services, Carol Stream, IL; and Donnie Woodruffand P.J. Smith, Taylor Machine Works Inc.

Buck Hutchison, Hutchison Lumber and Building Products, Denver,CO; and Scott Elston, Forest City Trading Group Inc., Portland, OR

Paul Grabarek, Buckeye Pacific LLC, Portland, OR; and LaurieCreech, Simpson Lumber Co. LLC, Shelton, WA

Anne Stites, AON, Portland, OR; Gary Pittman, Roseburg, Roseburg,OR; and Dan Uskoski, Metrigard, Pullman, WA

Art Andrews, Malheur Lumber Co., John Day, OR; Bruce and JanetDaucsavage, Ochoco Lumber Co., Prineville, OR; and Tom Elliott,Signode Packaging Systems, Pendleton, OR

Dee and Tom Shaffer, Neiman Enterprises Inc., Spearfish, SD; WesBush, Devilʼs Tower Forest Products, Hulett, WY; and Sandy andScott Hill, Ochoco Lumber Co., Prineville, OR

Anne Stites and Peter Johnson, AON, Portland, OR Adrian and Kevin Binam, WWPA, Portland, OR; Fritz and LindaMason, Georgia-Pacific LLC, Atlanta, GA; and George Emmerson,Sierra Pacific Industries, Redding, CA

Scott Elston, Forest City Trading Group Inc., Portland, OR; Bob Mai,Potlatch Corp., Spokane, WA; and Charles Odell and Sam Orcutt,Ward Insurance, Eugene, OR

Russ Vaagen, Vaagen Bros. Lumber Inc., Colville, WA; and ChuckRoady, F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co., Columbia Falls, MT

Russ Hobbs, Plum Creek Manufacturing Inc., Columbia Falls, MT;and Kent Marks, BlueLinx Corp., Atlanta, GA

Hector Dimas, Boise Cascade Co., Boise, ID; Kevin Cheung, WWPA,Portland, OR; John Branstetter, Vaagen Bros. Lumber Inc., Colville,WA; and John Ferry, Contact Industries, Clackamas, OR

Robert Glowinski, American Wood Council, Washington, DC; and DiNguyen, Softwood Export Council, Portland, OR

Mark Mitchell, Stimson Lumber Co., Portland, OR; Jim Vandegrift,Bennett Lumber Products Inc., Princeton, ID; and Marc Saracco,North American Wholesale Lumber Association, Chicago, IL

WWPA PHOTOS - Continued from page 1

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Tony Saad, Nordic Engineered Wood, Toronto, ON; Jennifer Raworth, Interfor, Vancouver, BC; Rena andAndy Goodman, Sherwood Lumber Corp., Islandia, NY; Donna Whitaker, Interfor, Peach Tree City, GA;and Don Schneidman, Sherwood Lumber Corp.

Frank Stewart, WWPA, Portland, OR; and Laurie Creech, SimpsonLumber Co. LLC, Shelton, WA

Duane Vaagen, Vaagen Bros. Lumber Inc., Colville, WA; and MikeGruenke, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Spokane, WA

Steve Brandt, Kop-Coat, Inc., Vancouver, WA; Russ Hobbs, PlumCreek Manufacturing Inc., Columbia Falls, MT; and Kevin Paldino,Collins, Portland, OR

Toby Stanley, Stimson Lumber Co., Clatskanie, OR; Matt Frank, Dar-cie and Tom Laud, Stimson Lumber Co., Plummer, ID

Brad Hatley, C&D Lumber Co., Riddle, OR; Dave Andrea, AndersenCorp., Bayport, MN; and John Ferry, Contact Industries, Clackamas,OR

Duane Vaagen, Vaagen Bros. Lumber Inc., Colville, WA; and Sam Or-cutt and Paul Quandt, Ward Insurance, Eugene, OR;

Steve Wilson, Samuel Strapping Systems, Vancouver, WA; and Lindaand Fritz Mason, Georgia-Pacific LLC, Atlanta, GA

Scott and Sandy Hill, Ochoco Lumber Co., Prineville, OR; and WayneMiller, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis, TN

Joshua Tyler, The Dorris Lumber & Moulding Co., Sacramento, CA;and Tom Reynolds, Bridgewell Resources, Portland, OR

Jun Yan, Canada Chinese Wood Exporter Association, Vancouver,BC; and Keith and Jean Anyan, WWPA, Post Falls, ID

Jim Houser, Majure Data Inc., Milton, GA; Bob McSorley, Pennsylva-nia and Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Cos., Philadelphia,PA; Laura Ebersberger, UFP Purchasing Inc., Union City, GA; and An-thony Munk, DMSi Inc., Omaha, NE

Warren Reeves, Wholesale Wood Products, Dothan, AL; Anthony Munk, DMSi Inc., Omaha, NE; Carl Lamb,Snavely Forest Products, Westminster, MD; Laura Ebersberger, UFP Purchasing Inc., Union City, GA; Josh Good-man, Sherwood Lumber Corp., Islandia, NY; Caycee Hallstrom, Zip-O-Log Mills Inc., Eugene, OR; Kyle Little,Sherwood Lumber Corp., Valencia, PA; Alden Robbins, Robbins Lumber Inc., Searsmont, ME; and Grant Phillips,Collins, Wilsonville, OR

Bob Mai, Potlatch Corp., Spokane, WA; Chris Young, Woodtone,Chilliwack, BC; Konrad Tittler, Diacon Technologies Ltd., Richmond,BC; and Kevin Young, Woodtone

Scott Elston, Forest City Trading Group LLC, Portland, OR; JimMcGinnis III, McGinnis Lumber Co. Inc., Meridian, MS; Mary Jo Ny-blad, Boise Cascade Wood Products, Boise, ID; and Marc Saracco,NAWLA Executive Director, Chicago, IL

Pat Lynch, Mike McCollum, Steve Killgore and Tom Gennarelli, Rose-burg, Roseburg, OR

WWPA PHOTOS - Continued from page 6

NAWLA LEADERSHIP PHOTOS - Continued from page 1



Rick Schaefer, Bridgewell Resources, Portland, OR; RickNorthrup, Idaho Forest Group LLC, Grangeville, ID; and RockBelden, Sierra Pacific Industries, Redding, CA


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Karl Seger, Falcon Lumber Ltd., Toronto, ON; Cal German, DMSi Inc.,Omaha, NE; and Carl Lamb, Snavely Forest Products, Westminster,MD

Mark Erickson, Blue Book Services, Carol Stream, IL; and SteveSprenger, Sprenger Midwest Inc., Sioux Falls, SD

David Jeffers, PPG Machine Applied Coatings, Raleigh, NC; and TedDergousoff, Terminal Forest Products Ltd., Richmond, BC

Mark McClein, Roseburg, Roseburg, OR; Thomas Kohlmeier, SemacInc., Carmel, IN; Buck Hutchison, Hutchison Lumber and BuildingProducts, Adams City, CO; Tom Rice, Conner Industries Inc., FortWorth, TX; and Warren Reeves, Wholesale Wood Products, Dothan,AL

Sam Barranco, Tampa International, Tampa, FL; Rick Fortunaso, In-terfor, Bellingham, WA; Jim Sullivan, US LBM Holdings LLC, GreenBay, WI; and Mark Kasper, Amerheart Ltd., Green Bay, WI

Carl McKenzie and Jeff McLendon, US Lumber Group, Duluth, GA;Peggie Bolan, Jeld-Wen Inc., Glenview, IL; and Laurence Newton, USLumber Group

Erol Deren, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur dʼAlene, ID; Curt Stuckey,Wholesale Wood Products, Birmingham, AL; Crystal Oldham, TruthAbout Trees, Memphis, TN; and Tony Saad, Nordic EngineeredWood, Toronto, ON

Barry Schneider, Bear Forest Products Inc., Riverside, CA; Rick Ek-stein, Weston Forest Products Inc., Mississauga, ON; and MikeMordell, UFP Purchasing Inc., Union City, GA

Steve Swanson, Swanson Group Inc., Glendale, OR; David Bernstein,Mid-State Lumber Corp., Branchburg, NJ; Terry Miller, The SoftwoodForest Products Buyer, Memphis, TN; and Paul Owen, Vanport Inter-national Inc., Boring, OR

Chris Beveridge, Skana Forest Products Ltd., Richmond, BC; Traciand Mike Mordell, UFP Purchasing Inc., Union City, GA; and Merryand Ralph Schmidt, Columbia Cedar Inc., Kettle Falls, WA

Kevin and Carly Dodds, Collins, Wilsonville, OR; Laura Ebersberger,UFP Purchasing Inc., Union City, GA; and Kent Beveridge, SkanaForest Products Ltd., Richmond, BC

Bryan Smalley, Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association(SLMA), Tyrone, GA; Hunter McShan, McShan Lumber Co., McShan, AL;and Katie and Lee Goodloe, Scotch Gulf Lumber LLC, Mobile, AL

Ron and Brenda Coker, Hood Industries Inc., Hattiesburg, MS; ScottVande Linde, West Fraser Inc., Germantown, TN; and Jim Krauseneck,Weyerhaeuser, Federal Way, WA

William and Rebecca Almond, Almond Brothers Lumber Co., Coushatta,LA; Jerry Hingle, International Trade Associates, New Orleans, LA; andJoe Patton, Westervelt Lumber Co., Moundville, AL

NAWLA LEADERSHIP PHOTOS - Continued from page 8


Ahren Spilker, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur dʼAlene, ID; and GrantPhillips, Aly Kingsley, and Kevin Dodds, Collins, Wilsonville, OR

Josh Goodman, Sherwood Lumber Corp., Islandia, NY; Alden Rob-bins and Jim Robbins, Robbins Lumber Inc., Searsmont, ME; andAndy Goodman, Sherwood Lumber Corp.

John Rhea, Lucidyne Technologies Inc., Bossier City, LA; Ofer Heyman,Lucidyne Technologies Inc., Corvallis, OR; Kerlin Drake, Anthony For-est Products Co., El Dorado, AR; and Chris Matier, Lucidyne Technolo-gies Inc.

Peter Crowell, Durgin & Crowell Lumber Co., New London, NH; TerryMiller, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis, TN; CrystalOldham, Truth About Trees, Memphis, TN; and Mary and MichaelWiggin, Wyndell, BC

SLMA PHOTOS - Continued from page 1


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Hunter, Holley and Tyler McShan, McShan Lumber Co., McShan, AL Lucy Parr and Jill Brewer, Snider Industries, Marshall, TX; and TerryMiller, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis, TN

Mark and Sarah Frances Richardson, Westervelt Lumber Co.,Moundville, AL; and Jeff Baumgartner, Lampe & Malphrus Lumber Co.,Smithfield, NC

Alan Robbins, USNR, Jacksonville, FL; Jack Jordan, Jordan Lumber &Supply, Inc., Mt. Gilead, NC; and Bob Tweedy, USNR, Lawrenceville, GA

Joe Goldbacher, Chem Aqua Inc., Irving, TX; Pierre Compagna, VAB So-lutions Inc., Levis, QC; Furman Brodie, Charles Ingram Lumber Co. Inc.,Effingham, SC; and Jim McGinnis, McGinnis Lumber Co. Inc., Meridian,MS

Gary Miller, Riverside Forest Products Inc., Augusta, GA; Jim McGinnis,McGinnis Lumber Co. Inc., Meridian, MS; Marc Saracco, North AmericanWholesale Lumber Assoc., Chicago, IL; and Jim Olson, Coastal ForestProducts LLC, Chapman, AL

Scott Elston, Forest City Trading Group, Portland, OR; Ethel and TomRice, Conner Industries Inc., Fort Worth, TX

Dave Adams, Craig Myers and John Smith, Pennsylvania LumbermensMutual Insurance Co./Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co.,Philadelphia, PA; and Charlie Chandler, Bancorp South Insurance Serv-ices Inc., Jackson, MS

Gale Miller, Autolog, Production Management Inc., Tuscaloosa, AL; JimOlson, Coastal Forest Products LLC, Chapman, AL; and Yvan Rainville,Autolog, Production Management Inc., Montreal, QC

John Rhea, Lucidyne Technologies Inc., Bossier City, LA; and Ofer Hey-man and Chris Matier, Lucidyne Technologies Inc., Corvallis, OR

Ken Matthews, SII Dry Kilns, Lexington, NC; and Melissa and Fred Tay-lor, Troy Lumber Co., Troy, NC

Ofer Heyman, Lucidyne Technologies Inc., Corvallis, OR; Hank Scott,Collumʼs Lumber Products LLC, Allendale, SC; and John Rhea, Luci-dyne Technologies Inc., Bossier City, LA

Jerry Hingle, SPC Consultant, International Trade Associates, New Or-leans, LA; Crystal Collier, AMSO Consultant, Carribean/Costa Ricanmarkets, Montgomery, AL; Charles Trevor, AMSO Consultant, Europe,Middle East and India markets, United Kingdom; and Fernanda Vale,AMSO Consultant, Mexico and Panama markets, Mexico City, Mexico

Tami Kessler, Eric and Lauren Gee, SFPA, Metairie, LA; and FernandaVale, AMSO Consultants, Mexico City, Mexico

Richard Wallace, SFPA, Metairie, LA; and Mary Hunt, Phyllis and BudUtsey, Cameron Lumber Co., Cameron, SC

SLMA PHOTOS - Continued from page


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Marc Saracco, North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA),Chicago, IL; Ian McLean, Spruceland Millworks Inc., North Vancouver, BC;Brian Hawrysh, BC Wood Specialties Group, Langley, BC; Marta Chiavacciand Kip Fotheringham, Hampton Lumber Sales, Vancouver, BC; and PaulHarder, Dakeryn Industries Ltd., North Vancouver, BC

Jason Suggitt, HSBC, North Vancouver, BC;Brian Crossley, Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd.,Vernon, BC; and Jamey Trewartha, HSBC

John Bennett, Livingston International Inc.,Blaine, WA; and Dino Zanni and Mike Jones,Hampton Lumber Sales, Richmond, BC

Carol Green, Interfor, Burnaby, BC; Thomas Henry, Steve Williamsand Bob Lenarduzzi, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Vancouver, BC; andPaul Harder, Dakeryn Industries Ltd., North Vancouver, BC

Vancouver NAWLA Meeting Considers “Super-Saturated” Softwood Market

Bill Barnett, Hampton Lumber Sales, Vancouver, BC; Tom Davis, TaigaBuilding Products, Burnaby, BC; Catherine Williams, Simon Frasier Univer-sity, Vancouver, BC; Lynne Murchie, UBC-Sauder School of Business, Van-couver, BC; and Alan Huston, Welco Lumber Corp., Vancouver, BC

Konrad Tittler, Diacon Technologies Ltd., Van-couver, BC; and Roberta Upgaard and MikeJones, Hampton Lumber Sales, Vancouver, BC

Gavin Dew, Trans Mountain Expansion Project,Burnaby, BC; Gregg Koehler, Sinclar GroupForest Products Ltd., Prince George, BC; andTony Darling, Skana Forest Products Ltd., Rich-mond, BC

Pratap Sandhu, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby,BC; Steve Williams, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Vancouver, BC; MarekFalipiak, Pamela Torres and Andrew Barr, British Columbia Instituteof Technology

Phil Lemon, Oregon Canadian Forest Products, Vancouver, BC; andFelicia Frederick, Anthony Kim and Lynne Murchie, UBC-SauderSchool of Business, Vancouver, BC

Karsten Murakami, Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver, BC; LouisHoy, Oregon Canadian Forest Products, Langley, BC; Sam Satosono,Andersen Pacific Forest Products Ltd., Maple Ridge, BC; and TomSellin, Interfor, Vancouver, BC


Vancouver, BC– Paul Harderwith Dakeryn Industries Ltd., lo-cated here, opened the recent


Photos By Wayne Miller

www.bc.com/ewp


NAWLA VANCOUVER PHOTOS - Continued from page 13

Rod Sims, Lignum Forest Products LLP, Vancouver, BC; Callum Bev-eridge, Alvare & Marsal Holdings LLC, Vancouver, BC; and ShawnChurch, Random Lengths, Eugene, OR

Theo Argyropoulos, Vihor Stevic, Matt Froese and Jon Sitter, OlympicIndustries Inc., North Vancouver, BC

Stuart Wilson, Coast Fraser Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver, BC; Kyle Jones,West Bay Forest Products Ltd., Surrey, BC; Kirk Nagy, The Waldun Group,Maple Ridge, BC; and Kyle Chuang, Cambridge Mercantile, Vancouver, BC

Scott Elston, Forest City Trading Group LLC, Portland, OR; Rick For-tunaso, Interfor, Bellingham, WA; and Theo Argyropoulos and VihorStevic, Olympic Industries Inc., North Vancouver, BC

Michael Mitten and Greg Smith, Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd.,Barriere, BC; and Brian Crossley, Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd., Ver-non, BC

Dave Clutterham, Steve Barber, Dawn Ann Byers and Tom Davis,Taiga Building Products, Burnaby, BC

Heather Van Tassel and Wayne Van Tassel, Samuel Strapping, NewWestminster, BC

Curtis Walker, The Waldun Group, Maple Ridge, BC; Robin Carkett,Euler Hermes, Vancouver, BC; and Chris Young, Woodtone, Chilli-wack, BC

Gavin Dew, Trans Mountain Expansion Project, Burnaby, BC; and KimMarshall, Woodbridge Associates, Vancouver, BC

Greg Smith, Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd., Barriere, BC; RandiWalker, BC Wood Specialties Group, Langley, BC; and Marc Saracco,NAWLA, Chicago, IL

Jason Suggitt, HSBC, North Vancouver, BC; and Mike Norton andTyler Moore, Skana Forest Products Ltd., Richmond, BC

Dave Gillis, Goldwood Industries Ltd., Richmond, BC; Rob Cook, Pre-cision Cedar Products Inc., Cloverdale, BC; Jim Gillis, Haida ForestProducts Ltd., Burnaby, BC; Brian Williams, Fraserview Cedar, Surrey,BC; Larry Petree, Maryʼs River Lumber Co., Montesano, WA; and MikeMcInnes, Terminal Forest Products Ltd., Richmond, BC

Archie Rafter, Andersen Pacific Forest Products Ltd., Maple Ridge,BC; and Phil Lemon and Karen Sawkins, Oregon Canadian ForestProducts, Vancouver, BC

Rob Bengough, Leslie Forest Products Ltd., Delta, BC; Dennis Wightand Tyson Palmer, Pacific Western Wood Works Ltd., Delta, BC; andRick Middleton, Precision Cedar Products Inc., Surrey, BC

Robert Sandve, Haida Forest Products Ltd., Burnaby, BC; RandiWalker, BC Wood Specialties Group, Langley, BC; and Chris Boyd,Probyn Export Ltd., New Westminster, BC

James Lazaruk and Roberta Upgaard, Hampton Lumber Sales, Rich-mond, BC; and Ron Johal, Griff Building Supplies, New Westminster,BC

Jim Gillis, Haida Forest Products Ltd., Burnaby, BC; Archie Rafter, An-dersen Pacific Forest Products Ltd., Maple Ridge, BC; Kirk Nagy, TheWaldun Group, Maple Ridge, BC; Dave Gillis, Goldwood Industries,Richmond, BC; and Curtis Walker, The Waldun Group

Additional photo on page 16

Gerry Pankratz, Olympic Industries Inc., North Vancouver, BC; ArtBarker, The Teal-Jones Group, Surrey, BC; Russ Taylor, InternationalWood Markets Group, Vancouver, BC; and Adam Hazelwood, SkanaForest Products Ltd., Richmond, BC


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Kevin Dodds, Collins, Wilsonville, OR; Kent Beveridge, Skana ForestProducts Ltd., Richmond, BC; Joe LaBerge, Collins; and Chris Bev-eridge, Skana Forest Products Ltd.

George Hutchison, Hutchison Lumber & Building Products, AdamsCity, CO; Jim Vandegrift, Bennett Lumber Products, Princeton, ID;and Greg Carter, Rosboro, Springfield, OR

Cami Waner, Collins, Wilsonville, OR; Ginger Stinson, Hampton Lum-ber Sales, Portland, OR; and Aly Kingsley, Collins

Joe Honochick and Mark Grube, Zip-O-Log Mills Inc., Eugene, OR;Brian Kirwan, American International Forest Products, Portland, OR;and Kent Marks, BlueLinx Corp., Atlanta, GA

Grant Phillips, Joe LaBerge and Dean Johnson, Collins, Wilsonville,OR; and David Lee, American International Forest Products, Port-land, OR

David Lee, American International Forest Products, Portland, OR;Pete Malliris, Random Lengths, Eugene, OR; Billy Culver and KarenSaldana, American International Forest Products; and ShawnChurch, Random Lengths

Panel Addresses NAWLA Portland Regional Photos By Wayne Miller

Mark Mitchell, Stimson Lumber Co., Portland,OR; Sean Coughlin, Pelican Bay Forest Prod-ucts, Bend, OR; and Steve Cole, Hampton Lum-ber Sales, Portland, OR

Gunnar Brinck, Disdero Lumber Co., Clacka-mas, OR; and Chris Beveridge, Skana ForestProducts Ltd., Richmond, BC

John Branstetter, Vaagen Bros. Lumber Inc.,Colville, WA; and Tim Atkinson, Stimson Lum-ber Co., Portland, OR


Brian Thomas, Bridgewell Resources LLC,Tigard, OR; and John Percin, Sherwood Lum-ber Co., Lake Oswego, OR

Portland, OR–The Riverplace, AKimpton Hotel, welcomed approxi-mately 100 members and guestsof the North American Wholesale


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Kirk Nagy, The Waldun Group, Maple Ridge, B.C.; Wayne Miller, TheSoftwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis, Tn; and Curtis Walker,The Waldun Group


NAWLA PORTLAND PHOTOS - Continued from page 15

Dave Stinson, Hampton Lumber Sales, Portland, OR; Tom Ficklin,Allports, Portland, OR; and Robert OʼBrien and David Bernstein, Mid-State Lumber Corp., Branchburg, NJ

Nils Martinsson, Buckeye Pacific LLC, Portland, OR; Jim Adams andFrank Forward, Blasen & Blasen Lumber Corp., Portland, OR; andGunnar Brinck, Disdero Lumber Co., Clackamas, OR

Lee Jimerson and Aly Kingsley, Collins, Wilsonville, OR; and BrianBippes, Bridgewell Resources LLC, Tigard, OR

Kevin Paldino, Collins, Wilsonville, OR; Jeff Moore and Gordon King,Hampton Lumber Sales, Portland, OR

Scott Elston, Forest City Trading Group, Portland, OR; Rex Von-nahme, Union Pacific Railroad, Roseville, CA; and Joseph Thomas,Union Pacific Railroad, Vancouver, WA

Grant Phillips, Collins, Wilsonville, OR; Mike Phillips, Hampton Affili-ates, Portland, OR; Dean Johnson, Collins; and Joseph Thomas,Union Pacific Railroad, Vancouver, WA

Tom Rogers, Patrick Lumber Co., Portland, OR; Suzie McCausland,Arrow Reload Systems Inc., Portland, OR; Preston Johnson, PatrickLumber Co.; and Scott Cantonwine, Cascade Warehouse Co., Salem,OR

Mark Gryziec, John Murphy Jr., and John Murphy, Murphy Co., Eu-gene, OR; and Kent Marks, BlueLinx Corp., Atlanta, GA

Mark Gray and Kalayna Crook, Patrick Lumber Co., Portland, OR;Kevin Clausen and Steven Chercover, D.A. Davidson & Co., Lake Os-wego, OR; and Mark Kleps, Disdero Lumber Co., Clackamas, OR

Kara Starks, Union Pacific Railroad, Vancouver, WA; Suzie McCaus-land, Arrow Reload Systems Inc., Portland, OR; Jeff Morris, BuckeyePacific LLC, Portland, OR; and Dave and Ginger Stinson, HamptonLumber Sales, Portland, OR

Kevin Dodds and Eric Schooler, Collins, Wilsonville, OR; ReidSchooler, Buckeye Pacific LLC, Portland, OR; and Marc Saracco,North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA), Chicago, IL

Wayne Holm, Oregon Canadian Forest Products, North Plains, OR;and Mark Grube, Zip-O-Log Mills Inc., Eugene, OR

Kevin Dodds, Aly Kingsley and Cami Waner, Collins, Wilsonville, OR;and Wayne Miller, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis,TN

Steve Killgore, Roseburg, Roseburg, OR; Ginger Stinson, HamptonLumber Sales, Portland, OR; and Duane Vaagen, Vaagen Bros. Lum-ber Inc., Colville, WA

NAWLA VANCOUVER PHOTOS -Continued from page 14

West Bay Forest Products and Western Forest Products annual hockey tournament known as the Western RedCedar Hockey Tournament, was held at Planet Ice in Coquitlam, BC recently. The Green Team included: (Left toRight): John Carston, Vancouver Specialty Cedar Products Ltd., Surrey, BC; Mike Mitten, Gilbert Smith ForestProducts Ltd., Barriere, BC; Dan Griffiths, Fraserview Cedar Products, Surrey, BC; Russ Nixon, Western ForestProducts, Vancouver, BC; Jake Power, Powerwood, Surrey, BC; Preston Johnson, Patrick Lumber Co., Portland,OR; Stewart Clark, Powerwood, Surrey, BC; Darren Barker, West Bay Forest Products, Langley, BC; Craig Upper,Porcupine Wood Products, Salmo, BC; and (front goalie) Nathan Tellis, Western Forest Products, Vancouver, BC.

The White Team included: (Left to Right): Chris Boyd, Probyn Group Of Companies, New Westminster, BC; DanWasmuth, Westminster Industries, White Rock, BC; Garrick Jay, Interfor, Vancouver, BC; Chad Finley (Goalie)-West Bay Forest Prodcuts, Langley, BC; Steve Russell, Porcupine Wood Products, Salmo, BC; Ryan Furtado,Western Forest Products, Vancouver, BC; Brent Stuart, Russin Lumber Corp., Montgomery, NY; Marc Irby, USCedar, Sherwood, OR; and Jamey Dunse, Western Forest Products, Vancouver, BC.

WRC Hockey Photos

Watsonville, CA—Steve Jackel was handcrafting musical instruments inhis garage one day when a light bulb went on above his head. Heʼd beenselling lumber on the side for several years, and was becoming moreand more aware of his natural inclinations as a merchant, versus acraftsman. “I basically filled both roles for about 16 years,” recalled

Jackel,president ofJackel En-terprisesInc., “andthen justsegued intolumbersales in1991.” Jackel En-

terprisesbuys about400,000board feetof lumber(split 50/50between


40,000-square-footfacility that employs11 persons. Running one shift

per day Mondaythrough Friday, thecompany special-izes in “wood thatʼsmeant to be seen.”According to Jackel,that typically in-cludes old-growthvertical-grain Soft-woods in WesternRed Cedar, DouglasFir, Yellow Cedar,and salvaged Red-wood. The companyalso sells hardwoodlumber, including

sapele, African mahogany, cherry, walnut, alder, maple, and oaks. Jackel, who runs the company with his son, Noah (vice president), sells

Jackel Enterprises Inc. Is Expanding Its Footprint With Western Red Cedar

Steve and Noah Jackel with finished live edge slabs.

Softwoods and hardwoods). Thecompany manufactures boxbeams, solid beams, mantles,molding, wall and ceiling treat-ments, corbels, flooring and woodveneers.Jackel initially set up shop in his

own home. “It was just me, apickup truck, and a phone,” he re-called. Two years into his newventure, Jackel moved the com-pany into a warehouse and thenrelocated again in 1998 to JackelEnterprisesʼ current home–a

The market we serve is

very specifically project

driven; it’s about what’s

fashionable at the time.

- Steve Jackel, JackelEnterprises, Inc.

Two years into his new venture, Jackelmoved the company into a warehouse andthen relocated again in 1998 to Jackel Enter-prisesʼ current home–a 40,000-square-foot fa-cility that employs 11 persons.

Jackelʼs Inland Cedar ceiling treatment withWestern Red Cedar box beams


By Bridget McCrea

Continued on page 40Western Red Cedar ceiling treatment and box beams made by Jackel Enter-prises.

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Appalachian Lumber Co., Inc. (Page 5)

5879 W. US Hwy. 421

Wilkesboro, NC 28697

Tel. (336) 973-7205 / (800) 298-3202

FAX (336) 973-8356

Web Site – www.appalachianlumber.net

E-Mail – [email protected]

Sales – William Church, William Parsons, Scotty

Roten

Marketing Areas – National

Products – Edge-Glued Panels, Stair Treads, Stair

Risers, Architectural Mouldings, Custom

Mouldings, Plank Flooring, Paneling, Moulder

Blanks

Species – Red Oak, White Oak, Hard Maple, Soft

Maple, Poplar, Walnut, Ash, Cherry, Hickory,

Eastern White Pine, Eastern Yellow Pine

Machining Capabilities – Moulding, Sanding,

Tenoning, Edge Gluing

Dry Storage Cap. – 500,000 BF

H. Arnold Wood Turning Inc. (Page 109)

220 White Plains Rd., Suite 245

Tarrytown, NY 10591

Tel. (914) 381-0801

FAX (914) 381-0804

Web Site – www.arnoldwood.com


Sales – Jonathan Arnold, Melissa Friedman, Erin

Bryant

Marketing Areas – National, International

Products – Mouldings, Turnings, Dowels, CNC &

Shaped Parts, Handles, Dimension Stock, Strips,

Slats, Columns, Balusters, Spindles, Blocks,

Cleats, Bun Feet, handrails, Architectural

Millwork, FSC Certified, Finishing Available On

Many Products

Species – All Hardwoods & Softwoods Including:

Birch, Beech, Hard Maple, Soft Maple, Red Oak,

White Oak, Ash, Poplar, Pine, Basswood, Aspen,

Ramin, Cypress, Mahogany, Cedar, Exotics,

MDF, Plywood

Machining Capabilities – Boring, Embossing,

Mortising, Sanding, Tenoning, Carving, Finger

Jointing, Routing, Shaping

Brown Wood, Inc. (Page 7)

P. O. Box 598052

Chicago, IL 60659

Tel. (800) 328-5858

Fax (800) 884-0423

Web Site – www.brownwoodinc.com


Sales – Terry D. Gross


Products – Decorative & Industrial Mouldings,

Handles of All Types, Wood Parts For Product

Display, Including – Wood Boxes, Cases, Crates,

Racks, Bases, Stands, Shelves, Wood Carvings,

Turnings & Mouldings For Kitchen, Bath &

Furniture Markets

Species – All Hardwoods, Softwoods, Veneers,

Laminates, Composites

Machining Capabilites – Boring, Embossing,

Mortising, Sanding, Tenoning, Carving, Finger

Jointing, Routing, Shaping, Turning, Five Axis

Machining, Lasering, Moulding, Deep Hole

Boring

Fitzpatrick & Weller, Inc. (Inside Back Cover)

12 Mill Street

P. O. Box 490

Ellicottville, NY 14731

Tel. (716) 699-2393

FAX (716) 699-2893

Web Site – www.fitzweller.com


Sales – Dana G. Fitzpatrick, Greg Fitzpatrick, Joe

Snyder, J.C. Fritz, Jeremy Stitt

Marketing Areas – International, National

Products – Balusters, Bed Posts, Bench Tops,

Blanks, Blocks & Cleats, Bun Feet, Cabinet

Parts/Accessories, Carvings, Case Good Parts,

Chair Parts, Columns, Component Parts, Crib

Parts/Slats, Cue Blanks, Custom Shapes, Cut

Stock, Cutting Boards, Dimension Parts/

Components, Doors, Door Parts, Drawers and/or

Drawer Parts, Edge-Glued Parts, Flooring,

Frame Parts, Furniture Parts/Components,

Handrails, Industrial/Display Components,

Jambs, Legs, Lumber, Machined & Semi-

Machined Com- ponents, Millwork, Mouldings -

Crown, Custom, Moulded & Tenoned Parts,

Moulder Blanks, Mouldings, Musical Instrument

Parts, Newels/ Newel Posts, Paneling, Panels,

Pedestals, Posts, Profiles (Decorative Parts),

Pulls, Shelving, Specialty Items, Squares, Stair

Treads, Stairs/Stair Parts, Stiles and/or Rail

Stock, Store Fixture Parts,

Strips, Table Tops/Parts, Toy Parts, Trim, Turnings,

Window Parts

Species – Hard & Soft Maple, Cherry, Red & White

Oak, Ash, Poplar, Walnut, Mahogany, Hickory,

Pine

Machining Capabilities – Boring, Sanding,

Tenoning, Moulding, CNC Machine Center

Dry Kiln Cap. – 400,000 BF

Indiana Dimension, Inc. (Inside Front Cover)

1621 W. Market St.

P. O. Box 568

Logansport, IN 46947-0568

Tel. (888) 875-4434

FAX (574) 739-2818

Web Site – www.indianadimension.com

Sales – Jeremy Rentschler, Roy Rentschler


Products – Cabinet Doors, Mouldings, Edge

Glued Panels, S4S Products, Hardwood

Dimension, Ready-to-Assemble Component

Parts, Blanks, Cabinet Parts, Cut Stock, Doors,

Door Parts, Furniture Parts, Moulded Parts,

Ready-to-Assembled Door Parts, Fully Machined

Furniture & Cabinet Components

Species – White Oak, Red Oak, Poplar, Ash,

Hickory, Hard Maple, Cherry, Walnut, Alder,

White Soft Maple, Northern & Appalachian

Hardwoods

Machining Capabilities – Sanding, Shaping,

Tenoning, Water Based Finishing Capabilities

Lebanon Oak Flooring Co. LLC (Page 1)

215 Taylor Ave.

P. O. Box 669

Lebanon, KY 40033-0669

Tel. (270) 692-2128

FAX (270) 692-2128

Web Site – www.lebanonoak.com

E-mail – [email protected]

Sales – Robert L. Goodin, Richard T. Goodin

Lumber Sales – Richard T. Goodin


Products – Mouldings, Furniture, Kitchen

Dimension Parts, Panels, Panels Edge-Glued,

Stair Treads, Risers, Railing, Blanks, 5/16 sq.

Edged Flooring, Strips & Plank, 3/8 x 1- 1/2, 2”,

½ x 1-1/2, 2”, 2-1/4, ½ x 2 & ¾ x 2-1/4, 3-1/4

Tongue & Groove Flooring, Drawer Sides

Species – Red Oak, White Oak, Maple, Hickory,

Cherry, Ash, Walnut

Machining Capabilities – Finger Jointing, Sanding

Dry Kiln Cap. – 270,000ʼ (4 Kilns) per week

Dry Storage Cap. – 5-600,000ʼ

Quabbin Timber Inc. (Page 35)

23 Maple Ave.

P. O. Box 668

Rutland, MA 01543

Tel. (508) 886-2992

FAX (508) 886-2991

Web Site – www.quabbintimber.com


Sales – Robert Chase Jr., Brian Chase, J. A. Smith


Products – Balusters, Bed Posts, Bench Tops,

Blanks, Blocks & Cleats, Boxes, Crates,

Container Panels, Cabinet Doors, Case Good

Parts, Chair Parts, Component Parts, Crib

Parts/Slats, Dimension Parts, Doors/Door Parts,

Drawers/Drawer Parts, Finger Joint & Finger

Joint Edge-Glued Parts, Furniture Parts &

Components, Lumber, Machined & Semi-

Machined Components, Moulder Blanks, Panels,

Shelving, Stair Treads, Stairs/Stair Parts,

Surveyor Stakes, Table Tops/Parts

Species – Hard Maple, Soft Maple, Red Oak,

White Oak, Poplar, Pine, Birch, Cherry, Poplar,

Ash, Cottonwood, Hickory

Machining Capabilities- Boring, Sanding,

Tenoning, Finger Jointing

Dry Storage Cap. – 600,000ʼ

Sitco Lumber Company (Back Cover & Page

11)

2050 Kestrel Avenue

DeSoto (Dallas), TX 75115

Tel. (972) 225-4283

Toll Free (800) 627-4826

FAX (972) 228-5987

Web Site – www.sitco.com


[email protected]

Sales – Jess Fulcher – [email protected]

Steve McKeever – [email protected]

Pudge Shatzer – [email protected]

Bob Williams – [email protected]

Marc Barany – [email protected]

Jon Pappas – [email protected]

Tony Jackson – [email protected]

Kathy Campos – [email protected]


Products – Lumber, S2S, Hardwoods & Exotics

Species – Domestic, Exotic & Imported

Hardwoods

Branch Warehouses – SitcoLA – Cerritos, CA

SitcoSF – San Francisco, CA

SitcoCHICAGO – Chicago, IL

Stanley Woodworking, Inc. (Page 133)

4113 White Top Road

Middleburg, PA 17842

Tel. (570) 837-6434

FAX (570) 837-1637

Web Site – www.hardwoodparts.com


Sales – Scott Wilson


Products – Mouldings, Custom Mouldings, Crown

Mouldings, Dimension, Edge Glued Panels, Stair

Parts, Furniture Parts, Billiard & Pool Table Parts,

Laminated Parts, Squares, S4S Stock

Species – Red Oak, White Oak, Cherry, Maples,

Poplar, Ash, Mahogany, Hickory, Walnut,

Basswood

Machining Capabilities – Ripping, Chopsaws,

Gluing, Moulding, Tenoning, Sanding, Finger

Joint

Dry Storage Cap. – 1,000,000ʼ

H. A. Stiles (Page 91)

386 Bridgton Rd.

Westbrook, ME 04092

Tel. (800) 447-8537

FAX (207) 854-3863

Web Site – www.HASTILES.com


Sales – Steve Parrish


Products – Turnings, Dowels, Handles, Columns

& Balusters, CNC Routed & Shaped Parts,

Furniture

Parts, Toy Parts, Mouldings, Plugs & Wedges,

Boxes & Crates

Species – All Hardwoods, East White Pine, So.

Yellow Pine

Machining Capabilities – Boring, Sanding,

Tenoning, Routing, Shaping, Turning, Finishing,

Printing, Engraving

Thompson Forest Products Intl. (Page 3)

24-B Battleground Ct.

Greensboro, NC 27408

Tel. (336) 373-1117

FAX (336) 373-1119

Web Page – www.thompsonforestproducts.com


[email protected]

Sales – Bob Thompson, Billy Thompson


Products – Dowels, Squares, Turnings, Edge

Glued Panels, Dimension, Mouldings, Panels,

Components, Drawer Sides, CNC Shaped Parts,

Bed Posts, Table Legs, Chair Assemblies

Species – Ash, Maple, Birch, Beech, Hickory,

Gum, Pine, Oak, Poplar

Machining Capabilities – Sanding, Tenoning,

Moulding, Shaping, Routing, Boring

Walnut Creek Planing Ltd. (Page 33)

5778 State Route 515

Millersburg, OH 44654

Tel. (330) 893-3244

Toll Free (800) 488-3244

FAX (330) 893-2468

Web Site – www.wcplaning.com


Sales – Dwight C. Kratzer, Charles Kratzer


Products – Squares, Balusters, Chair Parts,

Surveyor Stakes, Door Stiles, Panels, Stair

Treads, Custom Orders Welcome, S2S, S4S,

Blanks, Component Parts, Counter Tops, Dowels

Species – Red Oak, Poplar, Cherry, Soft Maple,

Beech

Machining Capabilities – Sanding, Tenoning,

Finger Jointing, Moulding, Ripping, CNC Routing

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David LʼEcuyer, Boscus Canada, Montreal, QC; Rick Fortunaso,Chris Batten and David Jara, Interfor, Bellingham, WA; and Joel Win-ters, Middle Atlantic Wholesale Lumber Inc., Baltimore, MD

Andy Sinnott, Sherwood Lumber Corp., Islandia, NY; Yoland OʼCon-nor, Lulumco Inc., Luceville, QC; and Cindy Sinnott, Josh Goodmanand Geoff Berwick, Sherwood Lumber Corp.


Denis Fraser, Rose Ann Loranger and Harold Sheepwash, Goodfel-low Inc., Delson, QC

Brad Flitton, Jeff Derby, Ryan Furtado and John Shook, Western For-est Products, Vancouver, BC

Gilles Gauvin, Autolog, Blainville, QC; and Jerome Pelletier, Jim Irv-ing, Alex Irving and Gaston Poitras, J.D. Irving Ltd., St. John, NB

Patrick Gauthier, USNR, Quebec City, QC; Martin Vaillancourt, USNR,Plessisville, QC; and Jonathan Lebeau and Raynald Aubin, Fonds deSolidarte FTQ, Montreal, QC

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Brandon Arling, North American Wholesale Lum-ber Association (NAWLA), Chicago, IL; Rick Ek-stein, Weston Forest Products, Mississauga, ON;and Marc Saracco, NAWLA

Michael Shapiro, Weston Forest Products, Mis-sissauga, ON; Mike Mordell, UFP PurchasingInc., Union City, GA; and Rick Ekstein, WestonForest Products

Terry Miller, The Softwood Forest ProductsBuyer, Memphis, TN; Rose Ann Loranger, Good-fellow Inc., Delson, QC; and Jack Bowen, Han-cock Lumber Co., Casco, ME

Gilles Landry and Daniel Gariepy, Timrex ForestProducts, Neuville, QC; and Paul Mariotti andJohn Mariotti, Mariotti Building Products, OldForge, PA

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Jamie Hursh, Richardson Timbers, Dallas, TX; and DavidLawrence, Richardson Timbers, Austin, TX

Scott Ringer, Chris Abel, Grant Larson and Darren Fox, CedarCreek, Houston, TX

Bobby Crowley and Mike LaPorte, Snavely Forest Products, Dal-las, TX

Gary Young, Dixie Plywood, Dallas, TX; Stephen Geistweidt, Dixie Plywood,San Antonio, TX; Greg Frey, Dixie Plywood, Houston, TX; Royce Slaver,Dixie Plywood, San Antonio, TX; and Kyle Williams, Dixie Plywood, Hous-ton, TX

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David Decker, BlueLinx, Houston, TX; Tim Smith, BlueLinx, FortWorth, TX; Rodney Pollan and Martin Dunaway, BlueLinx, Houston,TX; Chad Bing, BlueLinx, Spring, TX; Steve Nybo, BlueLinx, San An-tonio, TX; and Neil Robichaux, BlueLinx, Denver, CO

Marshal Kovacs, Nathan Sikes, Mike Aaron and Keith Haines,Boise Cascade, Dallas, TX; and Greg Brunsman, Boise Cas-cade, Boerno, Texas.

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Herman Sanchez III, Pennsylvania/IndianaLumbermens Mutual Insurance Co., San An-tonio, TX

Bob Carson and Heather Vidrine, ENAP ,Monroe, LA

Galveston, TX–Moody GardensResort Hotel, located here, wel-comed hundreds of guests re-cently as it served as the site forthe 129th annual convention ofthe Lumbermenʼs Association ofTexas & Louisiana (LAT).The event afforded attendeesmultiple networking opportunities,



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John Stevenson, Steve Johnson and Linwood Truitt, ThompsonHardwoods Inc., Hazlehurst, GA; and Rusty Logue, Battle LumberCo., Wadley, GA

Ian Faight, Yearick-Millea, Pittsburgh, PA; Chuck Harris, CustomLumber Manufacturing Co., Dothan, AL; Joey Josey, Josey LumberCo. Inc., Scotland Neck, NC; Gary Middleton, USNR, Thomasville,GA; and Jim Van Pelt, Custom Lumber Manufacturing Co., CocoaBeach, FL

Phil West, Denmark Lumber Co., Denmark, SC; Mark Tuck and NancyTuck, Gates Milling Inc., Gatesville, NC; and Mike Goldston, BrewcoInc., Central City, KY

Ricky Fly, Fly Timber Co. Inc., Grenada, MS; David Warford, U.S.Lumber Group, Atlanta, GA; Zack Rickman, White County Moulding,Cleveland, GA; and Dan Caldwell, Atlanta Hardwood Corp., Mableton,GA

Steve Johnson, Phil Jarriel and Darrell Beasley, Thompson Hard-woods Inc., Hazlehurst, GA; and Hal Mitchell, Atlanta HardwoodCorp., Mableton, GA

Terry Miller, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis, TN;David Summerfield, ISK Biocides Inc., Grovetown, GA; Lance John-son, ISK Biocides Inc., Roanoke, VA; George Riley and John Hag-gerty, Williams Lumber Co., Rocky Mountain, NC

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Pem Jenkins, Turn Bull Lumber Co., Elizabeth-town, NC; Chuck Harris, Custom Lumber Manu-facturing Co., Dothan, AL; Ed Villa and KeilenHyatt, Universal Building Specialties, Lakeland,FL; and Bill Hendricks, Brewco Inc., Central City,KY

Nashville, TN– The Southern Cy-press Manufacturers Association(SCMA) gathered here recently atthe Omni Nashville Hotel for its2015 Annual Meeting. The eventwas held in conjunction with theHardwood Manufacturers Associa-tionʼs 2015 National Conferenceand Expo. During the two day event, more

than 45 people representing SCMAmember companies, promotionsponsors, and guests, were able tonetwork, receive an update on theAssociationʼs successful promotioncampaign, preview this yearʼs di-versified plan, engage in discus-sion on industry initiatives, andelect officers for 2015-16. SCMA members elected Linwood

Truitt of Beasley ForestProducts/Thompson Hardwoods,Hazlehurst, GA, as president. BrianMeier of Cypress Rose Sawmill,Homerville, GA, was elected asvice president. Attendees also ex-pressed appreciation to HalMitchell of Atlanta Hardwood Corp.,Mableton, GA, for his two years ofservice as SCMA president andvice president. Meeting dates and locations for

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RETAIL REVIEWBrand X Lumber Renamed The LumberyardChaseburg, WI—The Lumberyard is the new name of Brand X Lumber,

located here. After three decades in the retail lumber business Joe Berra and Marvin

Lehrke sold Brand X Lumber to Chand and April Wehling recently. Nowcalled “The Lumberyard,” the Wehlings will offer the same quality serviceand products, as its former owners.Brand X opened in 1984 under the ownership of Joe Berra, Bob Berra

and Marvin Lehrke. The operation survived the ups and downs of theeconomy by offering quality products at reasonable prices from a knowl-edgeable sales staff. They also offered installation of the products theysold and free delivery.The Wehlings will offer the same quality service and products, including

lumber, siding, doors, windows, cabinets, hardware, steel and installa-tion.For more information call 608-483-2449. n

S.W. Collins Company Opens In MaineLincoln, ME—S.W. Collins Company recently opened a new store here.

Featuring an 18,000-square-foot retail space, the store will also have a30,000-square-foot drive-thru lumberyard.The 48,000-square-foot operation includes a storefront and storage area

on land acquired from Thomas and Scott Gardner of Lincoln for $40,000,according to property transfer documents.Town Economic Development Assistant Ruth Birtz said the purchase

was good for the local economy. The company plans to employ 12 to 15workers.S.W. Collins is a family-owned full-service lumber and building materials

supply center. The company was established in 1844. For more information visit www.swcollins.com. n

Shep’s Midtown Ace Opens In GeorgiaAtlanta, GA—Shepʼs Midtown Ace Hardware recently opened here. The new store is part of the brand new Ace Express program, which re-

places retail stores inside spaces above 3,000 square feet. Owner ZachStafford will be working with various Midtown organizations to offer com-munity discount nights for specific buildings.Ace Hardware began as a small chain of stores in 1924 and has grown

to include more than 4,600 stores in 50 states and more than 70 coun-tries. As part of a cooperative, every Ace Hardware store is independ-ently owned. For more information visit www.acehardware.com. n

ABC Supply Opens In MaineCumberland, ME—ABC Supply Co. Inc. recently opened a new branch


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open a new branch in Sacra-mento, CA, which will provide con-tractors working on the south sideof the city a convenient alternativeto the companyʼs store in Ro-seville, CA, north of the city.Both stores will carry lumber,

steep and low slope roofing mate-rials, accessories and related roof-ing supplies, along with otherexterior building products appro-priate to each market.For more information visit

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Matt’s Building Materials OpensThird StorePalmview, TX—Mattʼs Building

Materials recently celebrated thegrand opening of its newest loca-tion with a ribbon cutting cere-mony here.Established in 1971, this is the

companyʼs third location. “Iʼvebeen doing this for 40 years,” saidDanny Smith, owner and CEO.“Itʼs about people. Itʼs not justabout numbers; itʼs about people.” Smithʼs three sons Jeremy, Issac,

and Ben now oversee and man-age much of the day-to-day oper-ations of the company, and areheavily involved with helping cus-tomers. His grandson RubenPerez is helping and managing atthe new location.For more information visit

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South Carolina facility in a North Charleston yard previously occupied byProBuild.Dwayne Farrell joined the company in late 2014 to help set up the new

location where he is now the market president. Formerly at Stock Build-ing Supply, Farrell is a 30-year veteran in the building material industry.Professional Builders Supply has three locations in North Carolina and

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Frattalone’s Ace Hardware Purchases New SiteArden Hills, MN—Frattalloneʼs Ace Hardware recently purchased a new

site for a larger corporate headquarters and off-season goods storage.The existing store in Arden Plaza will remain where it is.Information about when the move will take place and how many employ-

ees will transfer to the new location had not been released at press time.Co-owner Michael Frattallone said that the majority of the Arden Plaza

location employees live in, or near, Arden Hills and he and his family arepleased to move the companyʼs headquarters to “an attractive new site.”Frattalloneʼs Ace Hardware currently operates 20 locations throughout

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Menard’s Announces NewPlans Olathe, KS—Menards Building

Supply recently announced plansto build a new location here. Thecompany closed itsʼ Bridgeview,IL, store earlier this year.The proposed 172,740-square-

foot retail store includes 46,780square feet of covered storageand an outdoor storage yard.If approved, the store is expected

to generate about $2.5 million inannual sales tax revenue andabout 200 jobs.A family-owned company started

in 1958, Menards is headquar-tered in Eau Claire, WI, and hasmore than 280 home improvementstores located in Illinois, Indiana,Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michi-gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ne-braska, North Dakota, Ohio, SouthDakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. For more information visit

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US LBM Acquires LampertLumberGreen Bay, WI—US LBM, head-

quartered here, recently acquiredLampert Lumber. Founded in 1887 and based in

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Timberline Acquires HughesLumber CompanyGloucester, MA—Lumber and

building materials company Timberline Enterprises LLC recently an-nounced that it has signed a deal to acquire the assets of Hughes Lum-ber Company Inc. of Billerica, MA. Timberline currently operates threefull service lumberyards on the north shore of Massachusetts.Christopher Costello acquired the companyʼs first location in the spring

of 2008. After several years of successful growth, Timberline built a newgreen field location in Newburyport, MA, in the fall of 2012. CEO of Timberline Enterprises, Christopher Costello, issued the follow-

ing statement, “The Hughes Lumber acquisition offers us a tremendousopportunity in a growth market. As a young, progressive sales centriccompany, we will always be driven by the success of our employees whocarry our vision of collaboration with our customers. Our unparalleledgrowth over the last seven years shows us that this market has an ap-petite for companies who seek to be a resource and a partner with thosethey wish to serve. We will continue to work hard to be a leader at theforefront of this industry.”For more information visit www.tlumber.com. n

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economic growth move together pretty much. We had a deep recessionand a housing depression. It looks very likely that home construction willpick up again.”• Home repairs and remodeling are on the upswing. Binam quoted

BuildFax, which stated, “Residential remodels authorized by building per-mits were up 19 percent in December 2014, and up 15 percent com-pared to December 2013.” Binam further stated to expect increasedactivity in repairs and remodeling as the economy improves and homeprices rise. He predicts this segment will remain the largest lumber mar-ket until at least 2017.• By 2017, Binam projects that new home construction will regain the

Number One position in regard to U.S. lumber demand over remodeling.He projects that over 52 billion board feet will be needed in 2017 to sup-ply demand from home builders.• Lumber prices will rise over the next two years. Reasons why this will

occur include a log shortage in British Columbia with more lumber ex-ports to China; the rebound of the U.S. housing markets; and an antici-pated spike in Western log prices.• Top exporters of Softwood logs and lumber to China include New

Zealand and Russia. The U.S. is fourth in this category. Binam said thatU.S. log exports are down almost 90 percent, as of this meeting of theWWPA.

Binamʼs presentation was followed by a Market Services/Export presen-tation. Laurie Creech, of Simpson Lumber, and Frank Stewart, of WWPA,guided the presentation and introduced the first speaker, Cees de Jager,chief marketing officer with the Softwood Lumber Board. His presentationcovered various aspects pertaining to exports, and the challenges aheadfor the wood industry. He noted that wood substitutes comprise one ofthose challenges, especially in regard to deck frame construction. Healso addressed building code changes and how they impact lumber con-sumption, and posed the question: “how do we get everyone into greenlumber,” which could help wood users and wood providers.De Jager added, “We need partners within the wood business – fasten-

ers, chemical companies, etc. People like wood, but design standardsand information on how to build a safe deck, for example, are all key ele-ments and that is why contractor engagement is important.”WWPAʼs engineer, Kevin Cheung, addressed attendees about the new

“Korean Grade,” now implemented in Korea and its challenges. Headded that WWPA is attempting to raise a white paper to heighten the or-ganizationʼs concerns to regain recognition of U.S. Grade and DesignValue. He further addressed the issue of complying with OSHA and wood dust

compliance, which is a separate issue from boiler ash. Also addressing the attendees was Di Nguyen, executive director of the

Softwood Export Council (SEC). Nguyen spoke about SEC membershipbenefits and shared details about the various overseas trade shows at-tended by the organization. “Weʼre looking more into South America and


the Middle East markets for2016,” Nguyen said, “and we areworking on the code issues withSouth Korea now.” He added thatChina is a huge market with im-portant trade shows approaching,and SEC plans to host a remodel-ing seminar at a trade show inJapan.After the export meetings con-

cluded, WWPA attendees had theoption to attend a Quality Stan-dards/Technical Meeting. Amongtopics discussed were security ofgrade stamps, product standards,changes in grading rules, testsadministered to candidates inter-ested in becoming lumbergraders, and “High Q” certificationfor graders, to promote consistentquality control.Afternoon session of the WWPA

event included a speakers forum,which was hosted by Dr. PhillipTedder, of Resource EconomicsLLC, Paul Jannke, of Forest Eco-nomic Advisors LLC, KevinMason, of Equity Research Asso-ciates and Zoltan van Heyningen.The Chairmanʼs Reception and

Exchange Show concluded themeeting.Recipients of the 2015 Master

Lumberman Awards Program,which is presented to outstandinglumbermen who have demon-strated knowledge, competenceand dedication in fostering theprinciples of quality lumber manu-facture, were recognized at theWWPA meeting. They included:Keith Anyan, Donald Larson andJerry Lawson, all with WWPA,Portland, OR; Steven Daniels,Hampton Lumber Mills, Warren-ton, OR; Richard Eveland, Vaa-gen Bros. Ltd., Colville, WA; RickHicks, Stimson Lumber Co.,Clatskanie, OR; Tom Laud, Stim-son Lumber Co., Plummer, ID;Dan Maynard, Malheur LumberCo., John Day, OR; and WilliamNeal, Idaho Forest Group, Athol,ID.

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West Coast Business TrendsBy Wayne MillerExecutive Editor

In mid-April many suppliers in Canada and the U.S.said generally speaking there is an oversupply of lum-ber. This was well documented in a Vancouver NAWLAregional meeting where speakers Peter Woodbridgeand Kim Marshall of Woodbridge Associates, Vancou-ver, BC, said there are seven factors fueling todayʼsover-supply of Softwood lumber. They listed them as:

1. China Lumber Supply, diverted to the U.S. market; 2. China/Asia LogSupply, diverted in part to the U.S. market; 3. Currency-fueled SPF lum-ber, muting the intended impacts of Softwood Lumber Agreement supplymanagement; 4. Currency-fueled Russian logs/lumber selling intoAsia/Europe; 5. Currency fueled Euro lumber diverted from the MENAmarket; 6. Low tax-rated Canadian public timber, partially offsetting rap-idly rising structural wood costs in many parts of Canada; and 7. Comingof Age of U.S. South Southern Yellow Pine industry as the dominant sup-ply region and price setter. 87 percent of 2014 production growth was inU.S. mills.Paul Harder of Dakeryn Industries, North Vancouver, BC, said, “Afteran unusually active start to the year, winter arrived with a vengeance atthe end of January. Supply soon overwhelmed demand. A myriad of fac-tors beyond weather contributed to the epic price collapse witnessed

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Softwood suppliers in the Midwest report stagnant busi-ness activity. “Market activity is very slow right now,” acontact in South Dakota said. “Itʼs a buyerʼs market ifanyone was buying, but theyʼre really not. We are see-ing a lot of hand to mouth type orders.”He said his inventory levels are about the same as they

were at this time last year. “Prices are going down rightnow. I think weʼll see them increase going forward. Transportation hasbeen easier over the last couple of months. Weʼre paying less and thereis more availability of trucks.”As far as his customersʼ comments he said, “Theyʼre kind of seeing the

same thing we are seeing on our end; thereʼs just not enough activitygoing on right now. However, we are heading into the summer and thingsare about to pick up for everyone.”When asked about the remainder of the year he said, “Good things are

ahead. Hopefully if prices increase as I suspect they will, weʼll be movingright along.”In Oklahoma, a source said, “Our business is good. Weʼre busy and ac-

tivity is good. Distributors seem to have a lot of inventory so it is a reallycompetitive market, but if you can find that magic number, demand isthere.”Carrying Southern Yellow Pine, Douglas Fir and Spruce/Pine/Fir, he

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noted Douglas Fir is moving thebest. “Studs are a little slow, butother than that we are in goodshape. Availability is good for usand for everyone else. It seemslike everyone has plenty of room.”He indicated his inventory levels

are about the same as this timeperiod last year. “Compared to thistime last year, Southern YellowPine is pretty comparable. TheWestern species, such as Dou-glas Fir and Spruce, are lower. Ithink our demand is going to befairly steady. I wouldnʼt call it ro-bust but I do think it is a prettysteady market right now.”As for transportation a contact in

Missouri said, “Trucking is alwaysdifficult. Trucks are always hard tofind, but thatʼs not as difficult as ithas been. Oil and natural gasprices have affected the availabil-ity of trucks in our part of the worldbecause this is oil and natural gascountry, and a lot of that equip-ment is used for that industry andthere is a big slow down in thatarea right now.”Going forward he said, “Itʼs hard

to say what lies ahead. The atti-tude seems to be good, job re-ports are good and everybodythinks conditions are going to begood. Iʼll go with that, but it is hardto look six months down the road.”According to the Federal Reserve

Beige Book, wage pressures weremoderate across the Midwest.However, some contacts reportedincreased wages to attract skilledworkers for difficult to fill positions.National Association of Home

Builders (NAHB) reported nationalhousing starts declined by 2 per-cent to a seasonally adjusted rateof 1.065 million units in recentmonths. NAHB said the drop wasmainly due to a 22.2 percent de-crease in housing starts in theMidwest region. “These numbers

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Inland West Softwood suppliers noted fair market ac-tivity. “The first quarter got off with a slow start,” a con-tact in Idaho explained. “It looks like a lot of the endusers anticipated a busy start to the year and a lot ofpeople ran into some logistical issues last year duringthe winter. So a lot of the end users bought additional

wood. We didnʼt have any logistical issues but we had bad weather,which held up job site activity. With additional buying and bad weatherwe just have a lot of wood on the market. Weʼre finally starting to workthrough it, but as a result, the first quarter was a lot slower than a lot ofus anticipated.”Handling Spruce, Hemlock Fir, Douglas Fir and Southern Yellow Pine,

he commented, “Spruce is probably the weakest species currently. A lotof Spruce was going to China and it still is but less than before. De-creased demand from China is part of the problem that we are facing. Allspecies are struggling but I would say Spruce is probably the weakest.”As for prices he said, “Prices are down significantly. I think it will re-

Inland West Business Trends

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Softwood suppliers in the Northeast account for mod-erate activity. “Weʼre coming out of winter,” a contact inMaine said. “January was good and things came to agrinding halt in February. By March and April the snowstarted to melt and things started to thaw out. Businessis coming back but itʼs just very slow. The anticipation

from everybody is that once the builders can get back to work itʼs goingto be extremely busy. Everybody is really optimistic.”Handling solely Eastern White Pine, he said, “Weʼre in really good shapeas far as what weʼre producing and what weʼre selling.”He continued, “Typically we run into trucking issues in the winter monthsbecause trucks from the South donʼt want to come up to the Northeastbecause of the weather. Again, when things started warming up that areaimproved. So we are looking at clear sailing from this point forward.”When asked about availability he commented, “Log supplies are in goodshape. We had a really great winter for logging. Probably one of the bestwinters we have had for logging. Our log inventories are right where wewant them to be.”He indicated his customers are expecting a strong year. “The next six

Northeast Business Trends

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months are going to be better thanlast year. Our customers in theNortheast are going to have agreat year and the Midwest islooking good and probably thehottest market for us right now isthe Southeast.”In Massachusetts a source com-mented, “We are very specific toEastern White Pine. There is a lotof anticipation and right now peo-ple are just being patient. Our win-ter seemed as if it was nevergoing to come to an end this year.Weʼre anticipating a good year be-cause of a few dynamics specificto our local area. One of our com-petitors had a mill that burneddown a few weeks ago and thatwill take a long time to rebuild.There is another competitor whojust took a shutdown to upgrade amachine center so their produc-tion is off right now. Two of ourcustomers just picked up somenew home center distribution busi-ness and those centers were pre-viously using western wood andthat is all switching over to East-ern White Pine. So I feel thatgoing forward there will be astrong demand for Eastern WhitePine because of some of thechanging market conditions.”A contact in New York mentionedlog prices are slightly up. “Logprices are up and I think that theupper grades are strengthening. Ithink we have the advantage oversome of our competitors becausewe can react faster. I do feel thatthe strong U.S. dollar is hurtingthe market. It has hurt us on ex-port markets and also intoCanada.”In Connecticut a supplier said,“Transportation is difficult foreveryone in the country. It seemslike there are trucks available butpeople donʼt want to pay the new

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