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INSIDE NHLA MALAYSIA TIMBER COUNCIL VISITS NHLA The Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) recently completed a mission to the United States which included stops in Los Angeles, New Orleans and Memphis. On April 18, MTC delegates visited NHLA headquarters where NHLA Chief Inspector, Dana Spessert gave a presentation on the NHLA rules for grading North American hardwood lumber. Other speakers included David Caldwell and Judd Johnson of the Hardwood Market Report who reported on hardwood market conditions. On day two of the Memphis visit, delegates toured the NHLA member facilities of J.T. Shannon Lumber in northwest Mississippi. The tour provided delegates a unique opportunity to view the green chain, grading stations, sorting and kiln facilities, as well as the flooring manufacturing and packaging complex. The MTC U.S. Mission had four outlined objectives: • To enhance trade relations and increase timber trade with the U.S. • To promote Malaysian timber products and create awareness on Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) in the U.S. • To exchange business ideas and information on timber utilization and explore business opportunities. • To look into remanufacturing opportunities with U.S. manufacturers and explore the possibility for sourcing American hardwoods. The MTC Global WoodMart will be held October 4-6, 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia NATIONAL INSPECTORS ATTEND QUALITY CONTROL TRAINING NHLA National Inspectors; Jack English and Benji Richards recently attended two Quality Control Workshops offered by the Lumber Quality Institute. The first two-day course held May 2-3 focused on lumber quality and process control. “These workshops are geared toward softwood but many of the applications can be used in a hardwood mill”, stated Chief Inspector Dana Spessert, who previously attended the quality control workshop. Benji and Jack represented the only hardwood industry people in the class of thirty. “But we often added to the conversations, giving a hardwood approach to a softwood situation,” explained Jack. Both inspectors agreed that the concepts learned in the workshop would help the hardwood industry by increasing profits by better quality without losing production. “This is important to all hardwood producers not only in these tough economic times but also when things improve in our industry,” said Jack. The second workshop on Lumber Quality Leadership was held May 4-5. The leadership workshop was conducted by Terry Brown, Director of the Lumber Quality Institute with more than 30 years of experience in helping sawmills solve quality and productionrelated problems. “The knowledge gained at the leadership workshop will help us on a daily basis to work with NHLA members, employees and colleagues,” explained Jack. “Sometimes it only takes a different thought or attitude to change a negative situation to a positive one.” 8 JUNE 2011 HARDWOOD MATTERS WWW.NHLA.COM
INSIDE NHLA NHLA HOLDS ITS SIXTH ADVANCED LUMBER GRADING COURSE IN CHINA NHLA recently held its 6th Advanced Lumber Grading Course in China taught by former NHLA Chief Inspector and Inspector Training School Director, Bob Sabistina. The three-day course was held May 4-7, 2011 at the Furen Timber Wholesale Market in Shanghai, China. A total of 17students attended the three-day lumber grading course; with approximately 50 percent of the students being U.S. export members and the other 50 percent being local distributors. The class was lively. Mr. Chen Yaozhu, the Vice General Manager of the Furen Timber Market gave the welcome remarks. He stated that “more and more traders have started to carry North American hardwood, partly thanks to the promotion through the NHLA grading training over the past two years.” At this time it is the 3rd NHLA three-day short course to be held at the Market since the international short courses began three years ago. WWW.NHLA.COM JUNE 2011 HARDWOOD MATTERS 9
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