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October 2010 Advertorial Page 49 

BOISE CASCADE ENGINEERED WOOD Product Line Now Available FSC Chain-Of-Custody Certified 

Boise Cascade operates the world’s largest I-joist/LVL 

plants, and company representatives say, “We’ve been 

expanding production capacity during the slowdown: We’re 

ready. 

Boise Cascade has announced the availability 

of FSC ® Chain-of-Custody certified 

engineered wood products across its product 

line and throughout North America. 

Boise Cascade products that can now be 

ordered FSC Chain-of-Custody (COC) certified 

include: BCI ® Joists with VERSA- 

LAM ® laminated veneer lumber (LVL) 

flanges, ALLJOIST ® I-joists with solid-sawn 

flanges, Versa-Lam ® LVL headers, beams 

and columns, VERSA-STUD ® LVL framing 

lumber, and VERSA-RIM ® rim boards. FSC 

COC-certified BOISE GLULAM ® beams are 

available in Western North America and 

select Eastern markets. The availability of 

FSC COC certified Boise Cascade 

Engineered Wood Products means these 

products can now help builders achieve 

LEED ® points under U.S. Green Building 

Council TM residential and commercial green 

building programs including LEED for 

Homes and LEED for New Construction. 

FSC CHAIN-OF-CUSTODY 

Chain-of-Custody is the path taken by raw 

materials harvested from FSC-certified 

sources through processing, manufacturing 

and distribution until it is a final product 

ready for sale to the end user. FSC COC 

certification allows companies that manufacture 

and market forest products to label 

them with the FSC brand consistent with 

Forest Stewardship Council TM policies. The 

standard ensures FSC-certified wood is 

accounted for as it passes along the supply 

chain and ensures that when FSC-certified 

wood is mixed with other wood, the non 

FSC-certified wood does not come from 

controversial sources — illegally harvested 

wood, wood harvested in violation of civil 

rights, wood harvested from forests in 

which high conservation values are threatened 

by management activities, wood harvested 

from areas being converted from 

forests to plantations or non-forest uses, or 

wood from forests in which geneticallymodified 

trees are planted. 

Also SFI-Certified and NAHB Research 

Center Green Approved 

In addition to the FSC Chain-of-Custody 

certification, Boise Cascade Engineered 

Wood Products are also SFI ® certified, with 

all wood fiber purchased in compliance with 

the rigorous Sustainable Forestry Initiative ® 

standard. Boise Cascade Engineered 

Wood Products are also NAHB Research 

Center Green Approved, bearing NAHBGA 

certificates no. 00080-00083. 

Now, Boise Cascade Engineered Wood 

Products will enable homebuilders to obtain 

green building points under either LEED or 

National Green Building Standard programs. 

Value-Added Services 

Boise Cascade market share has 

increased steadily in recent years for several 

reasons, including the wide variety of 

electronic value-added services that help 

homebuilders build better homes in less 

time, at lower cost – all delivered to builders 

through Boise EWP dealers. In addition to 

making it possible for builders to be more 

successful, the electronic services are 

designed to help Boise Cascade dealers 

forge ever-stronger working relationships 

with their homebuilder customers with a 

suite of services not available elsewhere. 

Boise intends to continue being the leader 

in bringing profitable new building solutions 

to America’s builders via strong Boise 

Cascade dealers. For example, Boise 

Cascade SawTek TM precision processing 

systems are now available equipped with 

several different levels of features, from a 

manual saw system starting at under 

$50,000 all the way up to fully automated 

processing that can mark and identify every 

piece according to location in the structure, 

automatically cut holes for HVAC, and perform 

other functions that help streamline 

the construction process. 

Increased Capacity — Again 

Another reason more merchants have 

been putting their faith in Boise Cascade 

is the commitment to making continual 

production capacity improvements to be 

able to meet demand. Boise Cascade 

already owns and operates the two 

largest I-joist and LVL plants in the world, 

yet has been further expanding production 

capacity. Because the homebuilding 

industry has been using on average 

about 8% more LVL products per year in 

new homes, it will require as much LVL 

to manufacture 1.4 million new homes in 

2012 as it took to build 2.1 million homes 

in 2006. To be ready for increased 

demand in the future, Boise Cascade is 

again in the process of expanding production 

capacity by about another 50% 

above peak 2006 capacity. Boise Cascade 

intends to be the most reliable producer 

and the most dependable 

business partner in the 

engineered wood industry. 

“21 Ways To A 

Better 2010” 

To learn more about the 

new tools available to 

improve homebuilder productivity, 

Boise Cascade’s new 12- 

page idea book on sustainability, 

better framing 

AS A MANUFACTURER OF DIMENSION LUMBER, PLYWOOD, AND STUDS 

WE HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON THE 

PROPER MANAGEMENT OF THE FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT. 

RAW MATERIALS 

Swanson operates under some of the most 

stringent forest harvesting practices on the 

planet. For verification, our SFI Certification 

ensures that our timber resources are 

managed for sustainability and environmental 

responsibility, protecting species, 

habitat, and water resources. 

RENEWABLE ENERGY 

COMMITMENT 

Three of Swanson's five mills are working 

with Pacific Power's Blue Sky program to 

purchase energy from renewable sources. 

Over the course of a year, this commitment 

by Swanson avoids putting 1,108 tons of 

carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. 

CULTURE OF GREEN 

We are focusing on the future by creating a 

sustainable culture that permeates the entire 

company. Swanson is located in a very green 

part of the world. We plan to keep it that way. 

After all, its our way of life. 

Got questions, we’ve got solutions. 

Call Us 

1-800-331-0831 

www.swansongroupinc.com 

and more profitable homebuilding is 

now available. You’ll find ways to help 

your homebuilder customers profit with 

more efficient design, accurate estimating, 

elimination of wasteful cutting 

errors, reduced framing time, even the 

ability to accommodate last-minute 

plan changes profitably – all while 

building green. You can view this 

brochure at www.bc.com/21 or call 

800-232-0788 to request copies to 

hand out to your homebuilder customers. 

© 2010 Boise Cascade Wood 

Products, L.L.C. BOISE, BOISE 

CASCADE, BCI, ALLJOIST, VERSA- 

LAM, VERSA-STUD, VERSA-RIM, 

BOISE GLULAM beam and SAWTEK 

are trademarks of Boise Cascade, 

L.L.C. or its affiliates. FSC and Forest 

Stewardship Council are trademarks of 

Boise Engineered Wood Products are available FSC ® Chain-of-Custody certified, 

SFI ® Chain-of-Custody certified or PEFC ® Chain-of-Custody certified 

so builders can earn green building points. 

Utility lines can now be optimized through BCI Joists for 

faster framing, faster HVAC installation and lower heating and 

cooling bills the lifetime of the home. 

Forest Stewardship Council. LEED, 

USGBC and U.S. Green Building Council 

are trademarks of U.S. Green Building 

Council. SFI and Sustainable Forestry 

Initiative are trademarks of Sustainable 

Forestry Initiative. 

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Page 50 Advertoral Wholesale/Wholesale Distributor Special Buying Issue 

BENNETT LUMBER Navigating 

Through Difficult Times 

P r i n c e t o n , I d a h o - 

Since 1939, Bennett 

Lumber Products Inc. has 

proven to be an innovative 

leader in the lumber industry 

through four generations 

of this family-owned 

business. 

As a business, it continues 

today to re-invent itself, 

finding niche markets that 

enable it to survive during 

the ongoing recesssionary 

times. 

Jim Vandegrift, sales manager 

at Bennett Lumber, 

explained, “During a traditional 

year, we would 

have a mix of all 

species produced in 

the Inland area — 

Douglas Fir/Larch, 

White Fir, Ponderosa 

Pine, Inland Red 

Cedar, Idaho White 

Pine and Engelmann 

Spruce boards. But 

this year, due to the 

market constraints in 

the dimensional products, 

we’ve seen the 

opportunity to go 

heavier into 

Ponderosa Pine 

boards and industrials, 

as well as Cedar 

boards. 

Vandegrift 

explained, “We 

idled our 

Clarkston mill in 

mid-2009 and it 

has been down 

for a year now 

due to market 

constraints. Our 

Princeton plant 

went to a single 

shift about the 

same time so we 

curtailed our production 

in the 

neighborhood of 

60 percent overall 

between the two mills. Yet what we have 

seen is an opportunity to go into the 

Ponderosa Pine market heavier than we 

have in years past. That is partly due of 

course to Clarkston being down and that 

mill was very, very heavy to Pine. So 

Princeton is now heavy Pine, as well as 

Cedar boards. 

“We’ve also seen an opportunity to manufacture 

and market Idaho White Pine lumber 

and the patterns we are capable of producing 

for our valued customers. In the 

spring, we were able to increase production 

of the Princeton facility to a 2-shift basis, 

which took the mill back up to roughly 80 

million board feet per year. We had previously 

curtailed it back to 45 to 50 million 

board feet.” 

Vandegrift noted that Bennett Lumber 

prides itelf on producing very high quality 

Pine boards, as well as Cedar and Idaho 

White Pine. “We do not pull home center 

grades. So, the customer is getting a high 

quality grade that hasn’t been picked 

through in advance to put into the home 

centers like you see out of other parts of the 

marketplace where they go for valueadded. 

This robs the cream of the crop. We 

leave that cream in, and again the customer 

is receiving the best product the log 

has to offer.” 

Bennett Lumber produces: Ponderosa 

Pine and Idaho White Pine in 4/4 boards, C 

& Better through No. 4 Common; and 

Inland Red Cedar in 7/8-foot S1SE board, 

1x4 through 1x12, in both 3 & Better and D 

& Better, as well as 5/4x6 radius edge decking. 

Vandegrift said, “In the Ponderosa, we get 

a very high quality log that we cut very 

heavily for shop and the industrial market, 

as well as for the window and door manufacturers, 

so we are doing both 5/4 and 6/4 

in shop and moulding and Better.” 

The company prides itself on the quick 

turnaround time on all its products. “The 

turnaround time on specialty products and 

specialty patterns is usually 10 days or less 

and in the vast majority of the situations, it 

can be done within a week. So as far as just 

stock items, generally speaking everything 

is available inside a week and in a lot of 

cases it’s available for prompt shipment.” 

Bennett Lumber does not inventory patterns, 

but “we run it only per order,” said 

Vandegrift. “That way, our customers are 

Bennett Lumber Sales Manager Jim 

Vandegrift is pictured with a 1x8 board of 

Red Cedar. 

Sales Assistant Bob Jahns of Bennett Lumber 

checks a 1x12 board of Ponderosa Pine. 

assured of receiving stock 

that’s run fresh. It is not 

something that has sat 

around and has had the 

opportunity or the ability to 

change due to conditions, 

so stock for patterns and 

specialty products is run for 

order. Typically, it’s 10 days 

on the shipment time, but 

it’s fresh stock.” 

Shipment of product by 

trucks is arranged by 

Bennett’s customers, and 

on the export side, “everything 

we do is by truck,” 

said Vandegrift. “It typically 

goes to either Portland 

or Seattle, the two 

closest ports for us. 

We are not stuffing the 

containers here.” 

Bennett’s export customers 

ship significant 

volumes of lam stock 

to Japan, a high percentage 

of No. 3 and 4 

Common Pine boards 

are earmarked for 

export as well. Mexico, 

Pakistan and 

Afghanistan are also 

indirect export markets 

for the company. 

Thanks to recognizing 

emerging 

market opportunities, 

Bennett was 

able to reinstate 

the second shift of 

workers at both its 

planer and 

sawmill, which 

resulted in 35 

jobs reinstated. 

Now the Princeton 

plant’s labor force 

is back up to 160 

people total who 

help the firm prepare 

products for 

wholesale/distribution 

customers. 

“We do not sell 

the big box companies on a direct basis,” 

Vandegrift said. “However, our customers 

– the wholesalers – market our products 

into the retail lumber yard chains. We don’t 

sell retail direct, so our base group is 

indeed the people we’re looking to see at 

NAWLA’s Traders Market ® .” 

He added, “Every wholesaler out there 

probably has 15 to 20 key customers and 

every wholesale house has anywhere from 

3 to 50 wholesalers out there. It’s like the 

branches of a tree and we consider ourselves 

starting right at the trunk of the tree 

and it goes out to the wholesalers, to the 

retailers and ultimately to the consumer.” 

Bennett Lumber is SFI certified. “We 

believe in environmental soundness and 

honestly, taking a great deal of pride in our 

operation from the woods through the mill 

to distribution,” said Vandegrift. 

The firm is an associate member of 

NAWLA, a full member of the Western 

Wood Products Association, which is their 

grading agency and abides by the 

American Lumber Standard grading system. 

Key personnel, in addition to Vandegrift, 

includes: Frank Bennett, President and 

son of founder Guy Bennett; Brett Bennett, 

vice president; Bob Jahns, assistant sales 

manager; Jan Dimke, secretary-treasurer; 

and Mitch Dimke, general manager of the 

Clarkston mill. 

Going forward, Bennett Lumber has set its 

sights on continuing to pursue all innovative 

avenues possible to remain a leader in 

the industry as it is now. “There’s a tendency 

when market conditions are bad to 

cut corners and take things easy,” 

Vandegrift said. “Bennett Lumber still 

prides itself on producing a top quality 

product out of every log that we get. We 

continue to get the highest quality material 

from the best people in the industry.” 

For more information about Bennett 

Lumber Products Inc., go online to 

www.blpi.com or call 208-875-1321. 

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The Bennett Lumber sales team of Jim Vandegrift and Bob 

Jahns are pictured in front of Ponderosa Pine Selects. 

Please Visit Us at NAWLA Booth No. 618 

ENYEART Continues To Keep Busy In This 

More Challenging Business Environment 

While many companies slow 

up production due to recent 

market 

w o e s , 

Enyeart 

C e d a r 

Products 

continues to 

run at full 

capacity – even 

running extra overtime 

shifts on 

many days to keep 

up with demand. 

“We look at this 

market as an 

excellent opportunity 

to further solidify 

the importance 

of our part truck 

and custom manufacturing 

capabilities. 

There is no 

reason to buy 

On-site scales allow every truck to ship to full capacity. 

more than you 

need in this type of 

market. Our customers 

realize they 

are better off turning 

smaller inventories 

than sitting 

on railcars of items 

they may not need 

or sell in a 3-6 

month time period. 

Our services, 

extensive inventories 

and quick 

shipments allow 

our customers to 

better maintain 

inventories without 

all the risk as 

they move in to 

the winter 

months,” said 

Ron Enyeart, 

president of 

Enyeart Cedar 

Products. 

Recent changes at Enyeart 

over the past 6 months 

include adding two new 

employees to help keep up 

with increased business. 

Jesyca Tang joined the 

Enyeart’s mill is strategically located right off HWY I-90 in North Idaho. 

administrative staff and Linda 

Elliott is now in sales. Both 

are located 

at the firm’s 

central 

offices in 

Tigard, Ore. 

Enyeart’s 

manufacturing 

plant near Coeur 

d’ Alene, Idaho, continued 

to upgrade its 

equipment again in 

2009. 

Most notably there 

were substantial 

improvements made 

to the dry kiln. By 

adding a new Steam 

Injection system, 

Enyeart Cedar is 

able to provide a 

more consistent and 

Another day of multiple trucks waiting to get loaded. 

even drying environment 

to help 

keep up with 

increased demand 

for higher end Kiln 

Dried Cedar 

Products nationally. 

For more information, 

contact John 

Reed or Ryan 

Walters at 1-800-551-6657 or 

visit our website at 

enyeartcedar.com. 

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Tri-Pro Cedar and Tri-Pro Forest Expand Product Lines 

By Terry Miller 

Ron Cluster and Steve Linton, president and owner, Tri-Pro Cedar 

Products Inc., Oldtown, Idaho; and Lance Hubener, Tri-Pro Forest 

Products Inc., Oldtown, Idaho. 

The log yard consists of Western Red Cedar, Douglas Fir, White Fir, Doug 

Fir/Larch and Ponderosa Pine. The mill produces timbers from 4x4 to 

24x24 up to 32’ long. They also manufacture boards and dimension. 

Tri Pro Forest put in a new slanted headrig and debarker in the fall of 

2008. 

Orofino, Idaho—After making capital 

improvements in 2008 with a new headrig 

and debarker system, Tri-Pro Forest 

Products, headquartered here, is now 

able to offer many new products that 

include Doug-Fir and White-Fir timbers. 

The timbers are cut from Select logs and 

used in treated and/or post and beam 

interior applications. The innovative operation 

has the ability to cut up to 32’ and 

dimensions up to 24”x24”. 

Tri-Pro Forest Products offers a large 

assortment of specialty products and 

species. “The species we produce are 

Western Red Cedar, Ponderosa Pine, 

White-Fir and Doug-Fir/Larch,” vice president 

Ron Cluster said. “We want to be 

known for all the different specialties and 

the different species we offer. If you have 

a need, give us a call.” 

Tri-Pro also offers 2x4 through 2x12, 6- 

feet through 20-feet, kiln-dried, S4S 

dimension (Select Structural, Standard 

and Better, No. 2 and Better, industrials 

and low grade) with S4S capabilities up to 

6x12. 

Tri Pro Forest Products is located on 35 

acres adjacent to Orofino Creek in 

Orofino, Idaho, the company has two 

headrig/debarker systems, two re-saws, 

four dry kilns and a planer system. 

Key employees at Tri-Pro Forest 

Products include Steve Linton, president; 

Ron Cluster, vice president; Mike Boeck, 

resource manager; Lance Hubener, sales 

manager; and Jim Wells, plant manager. 

From Western Red Cedar, Tri-Pro Cedar 

Products manufactures tongue and 

groove pattern stock in 4” through 12’ 

WP-4 Channels WP6 and WP11, for exterior 

applications along with interior use. 

Four, six and eight-inch patterns are available 

with specifications such as fine line 

center matching. 

Bevel siding is also manufactured from 

Western Red Cedar and is re-sawn at an 

angle to produce tapered pieces from a 

state-of-the-art siding manufacturing facility. 

“The bevels provided are both plain 

and rabbeted. The thicknesses we produce 

in plain bevel are 11/16 in 6-inch and 

8-inch and in 3/4-inch thicknesses we 

offer 6-, 8- and 10-inch widths,” Cluster 

said. “As for rabbeted bevel in 5/4 we offer 

6, 8 and 10-inch widths and have the 

capabilities to do up to 12-inch widths. 

Western Red Cedar Decking, Fascia and 

Boards are also available in a wide range 

of grades and sizes at competitive prices. 

“We do all the pattern stock, decking, siding, 

fascia and boards which can be 

viewed on our website, www.triprocedar.com.” 

Tri-Pro Cedar also offers special packaging, 

unit sizes and, if required, bar coding. 

They can effectively handle everything 

from 1x2 to 1x12, 8’, 10’ and 12’ on the 

custom packaging line. It gives Tri-Pro the 

capability to meet customers’ custom 

package specifications on all the species 

and products they produce. 

Situated on 30 acres that overlooks the 

Pend Oreille River in Oldtown, Idaho, Tri- 

Pro Cedar’s production facility includes 10 

dry kilns with 70,000 board foot capacity 

each, four planers, seven re-saws, an 

automatic stickering machine and 

100,000 square feet of covered storage. 

Key employees at Tri-Pro Cedar 

Products include Steve Linton, president; 

Ron Cluster, vice president; Terry Baker, 

sales manger; Lance Hubener, sales and 

traffic; and Karen Phillips, administration. 

Between the two facilities, Tri-Pro has the 

capability of producing approximately 72 

million board feet annually. 

The people at Tri-Pro recognize the economic 

situation of today but want customers 

to know that products will still be 

available as needed. “Production in the 

wood products industry has come to a 

halt. Our intentions are to be innovative 

and maintain the supply of demanded 

products. We at Tri-Pro want to ensure 

our customers that Cedar production will 

be available from Tri-Pro as they need it,” 

Cluster said. 

Tri-Pro markets its products through 

wholesalers and wholesale distributors, 

and has customers throughout North 

America. The company ships by BN or UP 

rail, truck or van and can export prep and 

container load. 

“Wholesale distribution makes it easier 

for our customers to handle our product. 

Recently we’ve been asked to sell more 

split loads to different customers and here 

at Tri-Pro we pride ourselves in having a 

large range of different products and we 

do highly mixed truckloads,” Cluster 

explained. “We are also doing a lot of 

work on a custom basis at both facilities.” 

Tri-Pro is a member of the Inland Lumber 

Producers and a member of the North 

American Wholesale Lumber Assoc. 

(NAWLA). 

For more information about Tri-Pro Cedar 

Products or Tri-Pro Forest Products, visit 

them at www.triprocedar.com or contact 

directly at 208.437.2412. 

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Page 52 Advertorial Wholesale/Wholesale Distributor Special Buying Issue 

THE WALDUN GROUP– Focusing On Quality Cedar Products 

Quality Throughout 

Quality and integrity are the focal 

points of The Waldun Group. Since 

their founding in 1974, they have 

used their time in the industry to perfect 

the manufacturing process of 

top quality Western Red Cedar products. 

They have pursued, and 

achieved, a level of excellence that 

is unparalleled in the Western Red 

Cedar industry. 

The supervisors at The Waldun 

Group each have 30-45 years of 

experience. This has helped build 

the character and knowledge of 

these key employees. The entire 

management team demands a level 

of quality that will not be compromised. 

The quality of their production 

is set so high that it has created 

craftsmen in the process. 

Most of The Waldun Group’s 

employees have been with the company 

for 15-30 years, and this has 

led to a proud and loyal work force. 

The company’s employees are now 

a part of an engrained culture that 

has made Waldun the most consistent 

producer in the industry. 

Inspection 

The Waldun Group’s products are 

held to superior standards and rigorous 

testing. This stringent program 

includes two independent grading 

agencies. Both agencies perform 

grading and testing on Waldun products 

even though only one is 

required. This helps raise the expectations 

at the mill with the inspectors 

that grade the product. 

There are roofing mills that do not 

even have independent inspectors 

check their products. Some mills are 

happy if an inspector misses off 

grade product or turns a blind eye to 

it. At Waldun the process has checks 

and balances to make sure this does 

not happen. The two inspecting 

agencies are welcomed as part of 

the company quality control program. 

Unfortunately many Cedar 

roofing companies do not make the 

published grading rules a priority. 

They will actually hide defective 

products from their inspector. 

Excessive flat grain, knots or knot 

shadows, and even rot in #1 shakes 

and shingles can cause a roof to fail 

in as short a time period as 5 years. 

This has lead to a loss of market 

share to the entire industry. Mills 

knowingly labeling this off-grade 

product with #1 grade labels 

conforming to UBC 15-3 and 

15-4 are participating in fraudulent 

activity. 

Testimonials: 

Southeastern Pennsylvania: 

Last August a homeowner 

(widow) called a Cedar roofing 

specialist to help her with 

the specification of a shake or 

shingle and if the CSSB could 

provide information stating the 

correct roof installation procedures. 

A Roof Manual, specification 

sheets and a “How to 

Read a Certi Label” placard 

was sent to her. She specified 

“…7/8’’ Premium Grade Certi 

Labeled Tapersawn Shakes; 

the contractor signed a contract and 

promised that the shakes would be 

“…100% Certi”. The delivery of the 

74 Square of shakes arrived and this 

woman climbed to see the top of a 

pallet strictly to insure that the 

shakes were Certi; they were not. 

She told the contractor to remove 

them and he argued with her that all 

labels are the same. She told him 

“…if Certi is not on the label the 

shakes can’t be Certi.” She did not 

budge from this fact. The contractor 

called the roofing specialist for his 

assistance and he told him “…if you 

don’t see the word Certi on the label 

it is not a Certi shake or shingle.” 

The non-Bureau product was 

removed from the jobsite and 

replaced with Certi shakes (these 

shakes were Certi-Last). 

Here is an example of fraudu 

l e n t p r o d u c t ( 1 0 0 % f l a t 

g r a i n ) : 

Flat grain: when the growth rings run horizontally along the butt end of the piece 

Any producer, wholesaler, or roofer 

that is knowingly selling, trading, or 

applying off-grade product is the 

demise of the industry. Homeowners 

do not want a defective Cedar roof. 

Unfortunately, most of the roofs that 

are defective will be switched to an 

alternative product when the Cedar 

fails. 

The Waldun Group also takes time 

and care with all the little things that 

contribute to make a company stand 

above the competition. The packaging 

is always done with care. Their 

2-inch pallets, shrink-wrapping, and 

air-bagging are always done with 

durability in mind. Pallets are known 

to break down and fall apart by the 

time they get to a customer’s yard, 

but Waldun rarely has this problem. 

The organization counts every 

piece of flatgrain that is packed. This 

ensures that every bundle has 80% 

edgegrain. They are the only mill 

that goes through such rigorous procedures. 

There is no guesswork 

as to the level of quality 

in each bundle. 

The Waldun Group encourages 

the roofing industry to 

only do business with the 

mills that participate in ethical 

practices; whether that is 

in the production or application 

of on-grade products, 

the providing of a safe work 

environment, or paying a just 

wage. 

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NAWLA Booth No. 402


WESTSHORE/DELTA CEDAR PRODUCTS—Ready For The Next Fifty Years 

Delta Cedar Products/Westshore shipping area. 

Company President Dean Garofano standing in front of the company’s 

wrapped lumber products that are ready for shipment. 

Sales manager Gary Reid in front of Delta’s Western Red Cedar bundles. 

D e l t a , B . C . —Delta Cedar Products, 

based here, was founded in 1958 by the 

late Errol Wintemute. The company specializes 

in Western Red Cedar and Pacific 

Coast Yellow Cedar, but also entertains Fir 

and Hemlock inquiries. A privately held 

company, Delta Cedar Products operates 

two sawmills, a remanufacturing plant, a 

retail lumberyard and a commercial installation 

division. 

The original Delta Cedar mill is located 

along the Fraser River in Delta, B.C. The 

remanufacturing plant is located across the 

street and Sunbury Cedar, its retail and 

commercial install divisions are adjacent to 

the reman plant. The Halo Sawmill is located 

further up the Fraser River in Pitt 

Meadows B.C. 

During the downturn in the Japanese market 

several years ago the company created 

Westshore Specialties to lead the marketing 

rather than having the mills produce 

lumber regardless of market conditions. 

Westshore President Dean Garofano said, 

“This allowed us to produce what the market 

wanted when the market needed it 

instead of cutting logs just to keep the mill 

going.” To fill the extra mill space the firm 

expanded on their custom cut model that 

had already worked well in conjunction 

with their in-house production at Halo 

Sawmill, incorporating it into the Delta mill. 

Both mills have earned a solid reputation 

for consistent quality and customer serv- 

ice. Delta Cedar President Brian Dyck and 

Halo President Glen Franke attribute the 

two mills success to the crew. They both 

acknowledge that anyone can put up steel 

or buy equipment but having a dedicated 

hard working, motivated crew is the key to 

success. 

Westshore Specialties production and 

marketing focus is on decking, fencing, 

fascia, timbers, pattern stock, bevel siding, 

boards and clears. The company’s primary 

market is distribution in North America but 

also markets its products off shore. Most of 

the remanufactured product sells for use in 

the North American market with export 

clears and shops generally sold to local 

exporters for Europe and Australia. In addition 

to those markets, Westshore also supplies 

some of the local remanners and 

sawmills with rough-cut lumber. Garofano 

said “Many different items come out of a 

cut so we keep the ones that fit in to our 

programs then sell the other items locally 

to others who incorporate it in with their 

own production”. He explained how operating 

this way helps give Westshore a more 

balanced inventory that better reflects their 

customer’s needs. “The days of mills allocating 

lumber are long gone and good customer 

service is more crucial than ever.” 

Garofano also said the key to Delta 

Cedar’s success has been their ability to 

be creative and adapt quickly in changing 

markets, their over all diversity through out 

the company and most importantly the 

dedication and experience of the employees. 

With more than 250 employees 

throughout the Delta operations many of 

them are long-term key employees that go 

the extra mile. Garafano said, “From the 

sawmill floor right up to ownership, everyone 

rolls their sleeves up to get the job 

done, and it is not uncommon to see ownership 

physically pitching in when an extra 

hand is needed. We all have a very hands 

on approach these days, wearing many 

hats”. 

The Westshore sales and marketing team 

is comprised of Dean Garofano, Gary 

Reid, Bill Paton and Brian Dysserinck. 

“Between the four of us, we have over 90 

year’s of experience in the industry,” 

Garofano said. “Having experience like 

that works to our advantage in getting 

through these difficult times. We understand 

what relationships are all about and 

know that now more than ever you need to 

listen to your customers and be supportive 

helping to find solutions to their problems. 

We have a great team atmosphere that 

communicates with each other very well. 

Our sales team is not geographically 

aligned for sales, as I believe different personalities 

click better with some than others. 

We like to let each sales person find 

who they bond with best and by keeping 

our communication close we do not step 

on each others toes.” 

According to Sales Manager Gary Reid, 

“Production balance is very important in 

today’s market place. You need to run as 

lean as you can on inventory, but cannot 

afford to run so lean that you do not have 

the right stock at the right time. Orders 

today are smaller and more specialized 

than ever and the customer wants it yesterday 

when they call.” Garofano added, 

“This is why frequent communication with 

your customer is essential in maintaining 

the right amount of stock to please both the 

customer and the banker.” 

The Delta Cedar group has earned a good 

reputation for quality over the past 50 

years and is well positioned to continue for 

another 50-plus years. Delta 

Cedar/Westshore is an active member in 

B.C. Wood and the North American 

Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) 

attending every Traders Market from day 

one in Dallas, Texas. For more information 

on Delta Cedar and Westshore Specialties 

visit the company web site at 

www.deltacedarproducts.com or call 604- 

589-9006. 

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ROBBINS LUMBER Gains More Efficiency With Upgrades 

Chief Executive Officer and owner of Robbins Lumber, Jim Robbins and Alden 

Robbins, Lumber Sales Manager and Vice President, standing in front of a 

load of White Pine ready for shipment. 

tions,” Alden 

explained. “This 

product has been 

kiln dried at 10-12 

percent, which gives it a very unique, rustic 

look. It can be used as an accent piece, 

like up in dormers of log cabin sidings or 

maybe just up in gabled ends of a house, 

or for tool, tractor, or storage sheds.” 

Jim said a new dry storage facility was 

built to eliminate staining of the company’s 

products. “We decided to build another 

storage shed for our rough dry lumber 

because after its kiln-dried, if the item is 

moving slow, you set it back outdoors. 

When it’s outdoors, lumber has the potential 

to stain. We pride ourselves in manufacturing 

a product with no stain, so we 

built the new facility to allow more of our 

lumber to stay under cover, preventing that 

problem.” 

Robbins Lumber carries up to 4 million 

board feet of dressed lumber. The new 

facility has approximately 2.5 million board 

foot capacity for rough, dry lumber. 

“We are also modernizing our reman facility 

so we can react to small orders quicker,” 

Robbins added. “We find a lot of the retail 

yards that we deal with directly in Maine 

only, want to purchase smaller lots, so 

we’re making the necessary changes to 

become more efficient.” 

More upgrades are underway at Robbins 

Lumber as Robbins explained, “We’re in 

Tonia Tibbetts, inside sales, joined Robbins Lumber Co. 

in July of 2009. 

Searsmont, Maine—Fifth generation 

Eastern White Pine manufacturer, Robbins 

Lumber Inc. becomes even more efficient 

by adding a new dry storage facility and 

making state-of-the-art upgrades to their 

facilities. 

Robbins Lumber Inc. manufactures 4/4 

and 5/4 Eastern White Pine boards and 8/4 

Selects, up to 24-inches wide. Secondary 

products for the company include a line of 

clothes drying racks, wooden louvers and 

ice cream freezer buckets. 

President and owner of Robbins Lumber, 

Jim Robbins said, “We don’t acquire orders 

based on price. Our products are based on 

quality and service as is our business and 

in order to maintain that level of service we 

are continuously implementing new methods 

and making changes that benefit our 

customers and make our operations more 

efficient.” 

“We also produce Live Edge log cabin siding,” 

Alden Robbins said. Alden is Sales 

Manager and Vice President of the firm. He 

is also Jim Robbins son. “We’ve actually 

been manufacturing it for a number of 

years, but we haven’t actively marketed it. 

For a long time we produced it regionally 

by request only, but recently we saw an 

opportunity to grow with it and we’ve started 

offering it on a national scale. 

“It’s a heavy bevel made from a 4/4 product. 

It’s completely tapered and the entire 

face is beveled, removing any imperfecthe 

process of 

upgrading one of 

our planing mills for 

better planing and 

a larger production. We’re going to install a 

new sorting chain, a new feed table and 

bridge between the trimmer and the planer 

so that we’ll get more uniform feeds to the 

planer with better milling. A new green 

chain will enable us to get the finished lifts 

out of the planer mill quicker and we’ll get 

better production without bottlenecking.” 

Upgrades at the company’s sawmill 

include installation of a new log deck and 

conveyor. 

Becoming the sole owner of priming operation, 

Penobscot Bay Coatings in 2009, 

Robbins will make upgrades to that operation 

as well. “We’re still looking for the right 

equipment and we’re working on the plant 

design right now,” he said. 

Robbins Lumber Inc. employs approximately 

112 people. Including Jim and 

Alden Robbins, key members of the company’s 

sales team include manager and 

sales of the secondary manufacturing line, 

Dawn Manton; Tonia Tibbets, inside sales; 

George Weaver, outside sales; and John 

Benjamin who handles primed product 

sales. Jim’s daughter Catherine Robbins- 

Jolliffe, accounts receivable, Jim’s son, 

Jimmy Robbins Jr., Vice President, oversees 

day to day mill operations. “Jimmy 

works with the different division managers 

President Jimmy Robbins Jr. who oversees day-to-day mill operations is 

shown here in the rafters of the construction of a new shed. 

and makes sure everything is running 

smoothly,” Jim said. “He works with the log 

buyer, the sawmill manager and the planer 

mill manager fielding and solving problems.” 

Changes are also going to be made in the 

sales department as George Weaver prepares 

to retire. “George has been with us 

for 41 years. He’s done a wonderful job for 

us and will be retiring at the end of the 

year,” Jim explained. Weaver will be 

replaced by Jason Fuller. “Jason has 

worked here for many years. Currently he’s 

in charge of quality control and safety. He’s 

very professional with a great personality 

and he gets the job done,” Jim said. 

Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and 

International Organization for 

Standardization (ISO) certified, Robbins 

Lumber Inc. is a member of the North 

Eastern Lumber Manufacturer’s Assoc. 

(NELMA), and the North American 

Wholesale Lumber Assoc. (NAWLA). For 

more information about Robbins Lumber 

Inc.’s products and services contact 

www.rlco.com. 

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Southern Yellow Pine 

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McShan Lumber Company, Inc. 

McShan, AL 

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800.882.3712 

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Multi-Generational GILBERT SMITH 

FOREST PRODUCTS Plots Future Sucess 

B a r r i e r e , B . C . –At Gilbert Smith 

Forest Products Ltd. (GSFP), located 

adjacent to the Yellowhead Hwy. 5 here, 

Western Red Cedar is turned into various 

dimension products, boards and 

timbers. 

The plant is situated on 28 acres of 

industrial land that includes the sawmill, 

planer, log storage, lumber storage, 

scales and parking. Staff works five 8- 

hour shifts weekly at the mill and five 12- 

hour shifts at the planer producing 25 

million board feet of product annually. 

In production, GSFP utilizes a Hewsaw, 

R200 small log line and a double circular 

large log line with a Kockums 12-inch 

single arbour gang and finishes with a 

Stetson Ross 610 planer. When Cedar 

Logs enter the firm’s yard, they follow a 

series of 

work stations 

b e f o r e 

becoming a 

completed 

product. 

These stations 

include: 

the weigh 

scales, log 

yard, log 

bucking, 

Nicholson 

27-ring or, 

Rosserhead 

debarker and 

Linden step 

feeders. 

Small logs 

a r e 

processed at 

the Hewsaw 

and larger 

logs are cut 

on a head rig 

and lumber is 

sent to a 

large gang 

combo and 

board edger 

or a small 

board edger. 

Lumber is 

also directed 

through the 

vertical resaw 

to extract 

extra valueadded 

products, 

it then 

p a s s e s 

through a 

trimmer/grading 

station, 

sorted in a 30 

bin j-bar 

sorter and 

stacked out. 

After that, the 

product is put 

in the rough 

lumber yard to await being planed, graded, 

piled, wrapped, banded and loaded 

on trucks for shipping to customers. 

Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. uses 

one of the largest single arbour gang 

edger’s ever built in B.C. It was 

designed to produce a board with no 

saw step and has the capability of processing 

everything from a 1x4 to ganging 

a 12-inch cant to 2x12’s, as well as 

capable of handling large timbers up to 

8 inches high and 16 inches wide. This 

enables the company to be diverse in 

producing custom products and accommodate 

new markets. 

A few years ago, GSFP installed a 

small log line and the bucking line was 

modified to distribute logs of various 

diameters to different product programs, 

such as either of the two debarkers, log 

yard inventory, storage decks, head rig 

and the new Hew Sew R200. This piece 

of equipment is a highly advanced 3- 

dimensional optimized machine center 

that calculates a solution, rotates and 

positions and makes all the size adjustments 

based on value and recovery. 

With these upgrades, the sawmill 

increased production 20 to 25 percent 

and realized a gain in recovery. The 

firm’s newly installed planer and trimmer 

enables it to effectively do a cut-in-two 

program that targets 4 square 8’, 2x4 

products, along with other re-man programs 

for 4’, 5’ and 6’ lengths. 

Established in 1955 by Gilbert Smith 

and his family, GSFP began as a Cedar 

pole plant. In 1957 GSFP shipped over 

13,000 Cedar poles and many more 

Pine poles and Fir pilings to sites across 

Canada and the US. In 1962, a motorized 

pole peeler was purchased to produce 

up to 11,000 lineal feet in an 8 hour 

shift. 

In 1967, a sawmill was purchased and 

set up onsite. In 1968, less emphasis 

was placed on the pole plant. The Cedar 

sawmill became our main focus to utilize 

the whole Cedar log with minimum 

waste. In 1968, a planer was purchased, 

and following 

that in 

1972 barking 

and chipping 

facilities 

were added. 

Gilbert 

Smith Forest 

Products 

Ltd. has 

b e e n 

expanding 

since then 

At Gilbert Smith Forest Products (GSFP) in Barriere, B.C., the first board planed 

through the firm’s Stetson Ross 610 Planer is inspected. Pictured are: Dan 

Doyle, mill superintendent; Bob Easton, retired planerman; Greg Smith, general 

manager; and Mike Kennedy, planerman. 

Appearance grade timbers in GSFP’s yard await shipment. 

and now 

employs 

approximately 

fifty 

people at the 

sawmill and 

planer, four 

people in the 

woodlands 

department 

and seven 

administrative 

staff. 

Greg Smith, 

General 

Manager, is 

a third generation 

family 

member 

that grew up 

in the 

sawmill and 

woodlands 

part of the 

business. 

Future 

plans for the 

company 

include 

more focus 

on small 

log STK 

products, 

increasing 

recovery 

with some 

planned 

edger and 

headrig upgrades, and developing offshore 

markets. 

Key personnel at the firm include: Ted 

Smith (Retired), President; Greg Smith, 

General Manager; Dan Doyle, Mill 

Superintendent; Mike Kennedy, 

Planerman; and Kathy Cooper, 

Shipping. Greg handles all sales 

inquiries. 

Gilbert Smith Forest Products’ Ltd. customers 

consist primarily of wholesalers, 

stocking distributors and remanufacture 

plants located within Canada and the 

U.S. The firm has the capability to ship 

internationally and is currently developing 

markets into China. 

For sales inquires, contact Greg Smith 

at: 

250-672-9727 

Fax : 250-672-5644 

gilbert_smith@telus.net 

Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. 

4411 Borthwick Ave, PO Box 689 

Barriere, BC V0E 1E0 

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Pictured are the debarker and log infeed decks at the Gilbert Smith Forest 

Products’ sawmill. 



MARY’S RIVER LUMBER Western Red 

Cedar, The Naturally Green Choice 

Corvallis, Ore.–Mary’s River Lumber 

Company believes it has become one of 

America’s leading Western Red Cedar 

manufacturer’s for a variety of reasons. 

Among those reasons are: commitment to 

outstanding customer service, product 

excellence, production innovation and 

diverse product availability. 

Additionally, Mary’s River remains committed 

to continually updating its three 

manufacturing facilities as they strive to 

provide superior service. During the past 4 

years, its Montesano, Wash., facility has 

been completely rebuilt, for example. Now, 

Mary’s River is installing a fifth kiln at 

Montesano, and each of its kilns handles 

about 90,000 board feet. This newest kiln 

will boost the board footage to a total of 

500,000. 

Mary’s River’s Philomath, Ore., sawmill 

has also 

b e e n 

rebuilt in 

the past 

f o u r 

years. 

The comp 

a n y 

plans to 

install a 

bin sorter 

soon, and 

then the 

renovation 

will 

be complete. 

The 

Philomath 

m i l l 

recently 

saw the 

installation 

of its 

fifth dehumidification 

kiln. 

Corvallis 

serves as 

the site of 

the company’s 

headquarters 

and, here, 

remanufacturing 

for the Philomath sawmill takes 

place. 

It has been said that in comparing building 

materials, Red Cedar is as distinct as 

diamonds are to other gemstones, due to 

its outstanding appearance, durability, 

dimensional stability and insulation value. 

For these reasons, manufacturing Red 

Cedar products is a very hands-on 

process as compared to producing commodity 

2x4’s and 2x6’s. 

Hands-on quality starts with selecting 

tight-knot, second growth Western Red 

Cedar logs for specific products and 

grades in a full range of Red Cedar products. 

From there, the logs are sawn into 

lumber at one of two Mary’s River fully 

integrated sawmills situated in the 

Western Red Cedar region of Coastal 

Oregon and Washington. The Oregon 

sawmill at Philomath is in the Coast Range 

west of Corvallis. Here, the lumber is converted 

to kiln-dried, rough-cut lumber on 

state-of-the-art equipment designed 

specifically to mill Red Cedar for optimum 

quality. The rough-cut lumber is transported 

to Mary’s River’s finishing/shipping 

facility in Corvallis to be milled into siding, 

boards, paneling, decking, fencing and 

dimension in a wide variety of grades and 

sizes. Shipping operations are located 

close to Union Pacific’s mainline and I-5 

for quick shipment by rail or truck. 

Washington operations are located at 

Montesano, where all facets of manufacturing 

are performed at one location. The 

operations complement each other to provide 

flexibility in product mix, quick 

response to customer inventory requirements, 

optimum efficiency, and competitively 

provide customers the Western Red 

Cedar they need with on-time delivery. 

Mary’s River’s skilled craftsmanship and 

innovation provides the quality and the 

unique appearance that sets its siding 

apart from composites that try to copy the 

appearance of Western Red Cedar. An 

innovative solution to drying is the custom 

dry kilns, designed for the optimum conditioning 

of Red Cedar. “Our computerized 

dehumidifying kilns allow us to produce 

superior kiln-died bevels for markets 

requiring dry bevel siding,” says Don Dye, 

sales manager. 

Brad Kirkbride, president, adds, “Our production 

facilities and procedures are continuously 

evaluated to manufacture superior 

Western Red Cedar more efficiently. 

The result is a top-quality product that is 

competitively priced.” 

Mary’s River’s siding is available in bevel, 

channel, and tongue & groove patterns. 

Knotty T & G siding, with its outstanding 

texture and rustic appearance, is the cornerstone 

of production. When Western 

Red Cedar is coated with a solid-finish oil 

stain, it makes a handsome statement in 

almost any architectural style. Mary’s 

River siding is ideal for home center market 

with end-caps and bundled packaging. 

Mary’s River offers a full selection of all 

natural 

Western 

R e d 

Cedar 

decking. 

Tightknot, 

second 

growth 

timber is 

selected 

Rick Ingram, Don Dye, and Raymond Luther comprise the sales team for Mary’s 

River Lumber Co., located in Corvallis, Ore. 

to produce 

the 

beauty 

of natural 

wood 

decking 

with stability, 

durability, 

and 

weather 

resistance. 

Decking 

is available 

in 

5/4 x 4, 

5/4 x 6, 2 

x 6 with 

3/16” 

radius 

e d g e 

and 2 x 

4 and 2 

x 6 with eased edges. Decking is available 

in even lengths only from 6’ to 20’. 

Western Red Cedar boards and fascia 

are manufactured with the same attention 

to quality as Mary’s River’s other STK and 

Clear products. Boards and fascia are 

offered in 1”, 5/4” and nominal 2” depths 

and nominal 4” through 12” widths, with 

rough sawn or S1S2E finishes. Quality 

control recognizes that its Standard and 

Better boards are used in fascia, trim and 

board and batten where excellent appearance 

is essential. 

In today’s surging “green” market, 

Western Red Cedar is a natural choice. 

Mary’s River Western Red Cedar comes 

from fast growing, abundant, secondgrowth 

forests where 95% of the tree is 

used. The branches, the remaining 5 percent, 

are left on the forest floor to biodegrade 

into rich compost for the next generation. 

Compared to concrete composites 

and plastic substitutes, WR Cedar 

production has the lowest energy consumption, 

is non-hazardous to handle, 

and is totally biodegradable and renewable. 

Mary’s River customers are stocking 

wholesalers, both domestic and international. 

The firm provides services and 

products to clients in Canada, Australia, 

Europe, Japan, Korea and Tahiti. 

Mary’s River is an industry leader in 

Western Red Cedar due to its commitment 

to customer satisfaction, innovation 

to stay on the cutting edge in quality and 

production, community involvement, and 

a safe and healthy environment for its 

employees. For more information, call the 

sales team Don Dye, Rick Ingram, and 

Raymond Luther, or visit 

www.marysrvr.com. 

Raymond Luther, a salesman at Mary’s River, says, “We offer a full selection of all 

natural Western Red Cedar decking.” 

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NAWLA Booth No. 414


IDAHO TIMBER Employees Contribute To Success 

Cedar remanufacturing facility able to 

produce 40 million board feet of Cedar 

boards, fencing and pattern stock. 

The Chadbourn, N.C., facility produces 

Pictured is the corporate team of Idaho Timber, located in Boise, Idaho. Ted Ellis (far right, front) president 

and CEO, leads the company, which began in 1979. 

Boise, Idaho — Idaho Timber, headquartered 

here, believes strongly in the 

power of its people — the employees 

who have given the company its reputation 

in the market. Ted Ellis, president 

and chief executive officer, said their 

hard work is impossible to duplicate. 

“We have found that our business model 

from an equipment and manufacturing 

standpoint is easy to duplicate,” Ellis 

said. “The expertise of the people is 

nearly impossible to duplicate due to the 

base of experience, length of service and 

talent we have been able to attract and 

retain within our company.” 

Idaho Timber, which began in 1979, 

maintains a sawmilling operation in 

Carthage, Ark., which specializes in 5/4 

SYP decking and 2x4 to 2x12 dimension; 

and a Cedar split-rail fencing mill in Troy, 

Idaho. 

The Weiser, Idaho, facility produces 

boards in Ponderosa Pine, Spruce and 

Radiata Pine (1x4 to 1x12), Lodgepole 

Pine (1x4 through 1x12), and pattern 

stock and strips (1x2, 1x3, 2x2). The 

Boise, Idaho, facility produces Doug Fir 

and Hem-Fir studs and dimension (2x4 

through 2x12/8’ to 20’). This location 

recently completed construction of a 

SYP, SPF and European Spruce studs 

and dimension (2x4 through 2x12), 

Ponderosa Pine, Engelmann Spruce 

Cedar split rail fencing, shown here, is one of many products 

produced and sold by Idaho Timber. 

and European Spruce boards (1x4 

through 1x12), pattern stock, edgeglued 

boards and specialties. The 

Henderson, 

N.C. facility 

produces SPF 

and Hem-Fir 

studs and 

dimension (2x4 

through 2x12/8’ 

to 20’). 

The Lake City, 

Fla., facility produces 

SPF and 

SYP (2x4 

through 2x12/4’ 

to 24’) studs 

and dimension 

and pallet 

stock. The 

Albuquerque, 

N.M., facility 

produces SYP, 

Hem-Fir, SPF 

and Ponderosa 

Pine (2x4 

through 2x12/8’ to 20’) studs and dimension, 

boards, pattern stock, decking, plywood, 

OSB, glulams and roofing materials. 

Ellis said Idaho Timber’s goal is “having 

enough of the quality products that our 

customers need on a daily basis and 

attempting to provide them within 24 

hours.” 

“We are a very service-oriented organization,” 

he said. “We’re known for our 

people and our ability to service our customers. 

Most of our managers have 

grown from the bottom up and gained a 

tremendous amount of experience.” 

“They have greater empathy and understand 

their customer’s needs,” Ellis said. 

“That’s what allows you to be the best at 

what you do. 

The Idaho Timber management team 

continues to focus on the basics of running 

a good company. They have been 

able to retain key people while also 

adding exceptional people that have 

been displaced by the market. The 

team is ready to accelerate quickly when 

the market circumstances change and 

By Terry Miller 

Idaho Timber maintains 11 facilities throughout the U.S., including this manufacturing 

and distribution operation in Henderson, N.C. 

provide new opportunities. 

“Even though we are concerned about 

the current market, we are excited about 

the opportunities for growth,” Ellis said. 

“Overall, Idaho Timber is looking forward 

to taking advantage of the new opportunities 

that will soon present themselves 

due to the eventual balance between 

supply and demand. We consider this 

time of struggle an experience and an 

opportunity of a lifetime.” 

Idaho Timber is a member of the North 

American Wholesale Lumber 

Association (NAWLA), Temperate 

Forest Foundation, Sustainable Forest 

Initiative and Forest Stewardship 

Council. 

For more information on Idaho Timber, 

visit www.idahotimber.com. 

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HANCOCK LUMBER, Manufacturing Pine Through The Eyes Of The Customer 

Headquartered in Casco, Maine, some key personnel at Hancock Lumber 

includes; Matt Duprey, vice president of sales, Jack Bowen, vice president 

of sales, and Kevin Hynes, chief operating officer. 

Hancock’s Red Bag Solution: Made in Maine, Eastern White Pine. 

Casco, Maine—Hancock Lumber Co. 

has a history that spans approximately 162 

years. Since 1848 the company has been 

servicing the forest products industry with 

quality Eastern White Pine products by 

way of continued innovation and a knowledgeable 

staff, according to Chief 

Operating Officer Kevin Hynes. 

“Throughout the economic downturn we 

haven’t stopped making improvements,” 

he explained. “We are constantly innovating 

and looking for ways to improve and 

become more efficient.” 

The firm’s recent installations include a 

Weinig Hydromat 2000 moulder. Vice 

President of Sales Matt Duprey said, “We 

installed an additional Weinig moulder at 

our Bethel, Maine, facility, which will complement 

the moulder we have in Casco. So 

we now have two moulding facilities to 

handle our pattern production.” 

Customer service oriented, Hynes said the 

decisions made at Hancock Lumber Co. 

are in direct response to the needs 

expressed by the company’s clients. “We 

work diligently to see things from the point 

of view of the customer,” he said. 

“Expediting the product from order to finished 

goods as efficiently as possible for 

our customers is imperative, which is part 

of the reason we went with the additional 

Weinig moulder,” Duprey added. 

Pattern manufacturing is about 25 percent 

of Hancock’s business. “Twenty-five percent 

and growing—it is a large portion of 

what we do,” Hynes said. “As time goes 

on, what customers need and want grows 

too. They’re looking for better quality, 

shorter lead times, and smaller runs. We 

have developed a partnership with our customers 

and what they need is what we’re 

going to provide. So when we looked at our 

pattern business we realized that we were 

outgrowing the one moulder in Casco. So 

we installed the Weinig moulder at the 

Bethel facility.” 

The Weinig Hydromat 2000 can be used 

for applications from 2-inches wide up to 

12-inches wide and according to Hynes, is 

the industry’s leading moulder. “This is the 

third Weinig that we’ve purchased for our 

planing and finishing facilities,” he said. 

“We are now using this machine with four 

people operating it versus a whole planer 

mill with up to 10 people running it. Cost 

effectiveness is right there,” Duprey said. 

“Having the ability to run smaller 12-inch 

patterns is really key for us and an asset to 

our customers.” 

Hancock Lumber Co. held a grand opening 

and ribbon-cutting ceremony when the 

new moulder came on line. “This is a huge 

win for Hancock Lumber Co. but it’s also a 

huge win for our customers,” Duprey said. 

They get the service, the flexibility and the 

timeliness and we become more efficient. 

We wouldn’t be able to do these things if 

we didn’t have great customers.” 

The people at Hancock Lumber Co. realize 

the importance of maintaining customer 

relationships in good times and in bad. 

“The orders our customers place today are 

not truckloads or half truckload orders, 

they’re a unit of this and a unit of that. 

They’ve had to change the way they do 

business and we’ve adjusted to accommodate 

them,” Hynes said. 

“We’re operating our mills to meet the 

requirements of our customer in terms of 

volume,” Hynes continued. “The ripping 

operation gives us the flexibility to take an 

8-inch board and make two 4-inch boards 

if the demand for 4-inch increases. If we 

need more 6-inch high grade lumber, this 

allows us to take 8-inch grade lumber with 

edge defects and rip it down to 6-inch, creating 

the opportunity to produce what the 

market demands.” 

“When we go into a different market or 

make a different product for a particular 

customer, we make sure the product is 

exactly what that customer is looking for,” 

Duprey said. “Our goal is to create long 

term relationships so we get inside the 

client’s operation and see exactly what 

they need and what they’re trying to 

accomplish so that we can offer the best 

product available. That creates repeat 

business and it cements the relationship. 

When a customer buys our product they 

know they’re getting something that’s world 

class and that they can be successful with. 

We’ve created a partnership where we 

know what they need and what their 

Russell Coulter, general manager of Hancock’s Bethel mill operations 

standing by the new Weinig Hydromat 2000 moulder. 

requirements are because we listen to 

them and provide them with product that 

they can make exceptional products out 

of.” 

The team that makes up the sawmill division 

at Hancock Lumber Co. consists of 

200 people. Additional key personnel on 

the sales team include Kevin Hancock, 

President and CEO; Jack Bowen, Vice 

President of Sales; Wayne Huck and Mike 

Michaud, Scheduling and Sales Support; 

Monica Evans, Shipping Coordinator and 

John Kohtala who manages the Pine sales 

to the company’s 10 retail locations in 

Maine and New Hampshire. 

Hancock Lumber operates a diverse array 

of businesses. Three state-of-the-art 

Eastern White Pine sawmills that are 

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and 

Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) certified, 

10 retail lumberyards in Maine and 

New Hampshire and a land division with 

15,000 acres. The firm is members of the 

North American Wholesale Lumber 

Association (NAWLA) and Northeast 

Lumber Manufacturers Association 

(NELMA). For more information visit the 

company’s website at www.hancocklumber.com. 

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WINSTON MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., INC. 

Winston Machinery makes a variety 

of material handling equipment that is 

custom built, on-time and at a great 

price such as: 

• lumber stacker systems 

• tilt hoist systems 

• stick removal systems 

• conveyors • pull chains 

• lumber decks • unscramblers 

• even enders 

• singulating unscramblers 

• roll case and transfer systems 

• log handling equipment 

• saws 

www.winstonmachinery.net 

800-844-7680 

Every customer of ours has always had different machinery needs, so call us for pricing on custom 

built, heavy, high production handling equipment built for your application. Whether you need one 

machine or a whole system, our staff is ready to serve you before, during and after the sale. 

winstonmachinery@yahoo.com • www.winstonmachinery.net 

1281 West Main St. • P.O. Box 159 • Lynn, AL 35575 • 205-893-5487 • Fax: 205-893-2401


IDAHO FOREST GROUP Introduces Gold Into Market 

The Sales Team at Idaho Forest Group consists of: (from left) Rick Palmiter, 

Melody Martz, Ahren Spilker, Jesika Daniels, Wade Wheeler, Erol Deren, 

Ken Koenig, Andy Dunham, Jim Scharnhorst and Robin Martin. 

Idaho Forest Group’s LaClede facility is a specialty mill that produces 

boards and dimension in Ponderosa Pine, Cedar, Idaho White Pine, Doug 

Fir and Hem Fir. 

Idaho Forest Group’s mills can provide custom services, such as private 

labeling, end branding, special package sizes, bar coding, custom 

dimensions, and custom grades. 

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho–Throughout 

modern history, gold has been seen 

as a symbol of great value – a highly 

sought after and coveted item. So 

when Idaho Forest Group (IFG) 

recently introduced a new specialty 

line into the market, it chose a name 

to show this value: “Idaho Forest 

Gold”. 

“This product is top tier on the quality 

spectrum,” said Rick Palmiter, 

manager for specialty product sales 

at IFG. “We want to produce the highest 

quality products in the market. 

Idaho Forest Gold is a specialty product 

and brand our customers will 

want to invest in, just like they would 

invest in gold.” 

Erol Deren, Vice President of Sales 

and Marketing at IFG, added, “With 

Idaho Forest Gold, we are expanding 

our footprint in export, Pine, and 

Cedar. We created this brand at the 

request of our customers who wanted 

a differentiated specialty brand 

identity while staying connected to 

Idaho Forest Group. ‘Idaho Forest 

Gold’ is how we are satisfying this 

customer’s request.” 

This new product line joins an extensive 

history of success in the lumber 

for IFG, which owns four Idaho lumber 

manufacturing facilities in Chilco, 

Grangeville, Laclede and Moyle 

Springs. All of the mills are efficient 

top tier operations. The mills can provide 

custom services such as private 

labeling, end branding, special package 

sizes, bar coding, custom dimensions, 

and custom grades. 

Chilco is a random length mill that 

produces dimension lumber in Doug- 

Fir/Larch, Hem Fir, and SPF-s. 

Moyie Springs produces studs in 

Hem Fir, Doug-Fir/Larch, ESLPAF 

and 1x4 8’ boards in Hem Fir and 

Doug Fir. 

Grangeville produces studs and 

dimension lumber along with other 

specialty products in White Fir, Doug- 

Fir/Larch, Ponderosa Pine, Idaho 

White Pine, ELSP, and Cedar. 

Products at Grangeville can be FSC 

certified. 

Laclede is a specialty mill that produces 

boards and dimension in 

Ponderosa Pine, Cedar, Idaho White 

Pine, Doug-Fir and Hem Fir. 

Like others in the lumber industry, 

Idaho Forest Group has adjusted 

production due to the tight recessionary 

times. Deren said that the company 

is running approximately 65 

percent capacity “which is all the 

market can withstand without putting 

additional downside pressure on 

prices. The current market conditions 

have prompted us to diversify 

our product mix more than previous 

years. The flexibility of our mills combined 

with the creativity and expertise 

of our production people has 

enabled us to pursue these new markets.” 

Idaho Forest Group employs over 

500 people and their professionalism, 

said Palmiter, is reflected in the quality 

of the products. “The people I 

interact with at the mills have amazing 

attitudes and take real ownership 

over their jobs.” 

Key personnel at Idaho Forest 

Group includes: Scott Atkinson, 

President, 

Erol Deren, Vice President of Sales 

and Marketing; Rick Palmiter, export, 

account manager and coordinator of 

the LaClede sawmill; Ahren Spilker, 

export, account manager, and coordinator 

of the Moyle Springs’ sawmill; 

Wade Wheeler, account manager 

and coordinator of the Chilco sawmill; 

Andy Dunham, account manager and 

coordinator of the Grangeville 

sawmill; and Ken Koenig, manager 

for national accounts. 

Idaho Forest Group can be contacted 

at 208-762-6630. Or visit the company 

website at www.idahoforestgroup.com. 

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NAWLA Booth No. 533


What do you say about your business in 

this economy? First I guess, you have to 

still BE in business… 

And to remain standing in these economic 

times, listening to your customers 

is crucial to a Quality and Service-oriented 

family of companies that is LAZY S 

LUMBER, INC. and COLUMBIA 

CEDAR, INC. 

ELECTRIC BLUE 

LAZY S LUMBER and COLUMBIA 

CEDAR have responded to our customers 

with the addition of the ELEC- 

TRIC BLUE product line. 

Kiln Dry 7/8” - 2 face STK boards that fill 

a quality need in the market place that 

has been largely ignored by Cedar manufacturers. 

ELECTRIC BLUE is provided 

in 1 x 4 thru 

1 x 12 pulled 

to length - half 

packs, in 8’ to 

16’ lengths, 

branded and 

waxed on both 

ends. An 

attractive blue 

paper wrap 

finishes the 

package. 

LAZY S LUM- 

BER, and 

COLUMBIA 

C E D A R 

remain strong 

and are 

indeed providing 

the best 

q u a l i t y 

Western Red 

C e d a r 

Products, and 

have been for 

over 30 years. 

In Truth, 2010 

and 2011 are 

no exception. 

Ralph and 

M e r r y 

Schmidt, 

along with 

Tony Maben 

and new GM 

at COLUMBIA 

CEDAR Brian 

Bellomo, combine 

to keep 

Our Customers Spoke - We Listened! 

Introducing ELECTRIC BLUE 

the companies 

in an 

aggressive 

forward thinking 

frame of 

mind. 

B r i a n 

Bellomo, our 

newest team 

member, comes to us with experience in 

large scale construction and planning. 

His ‘hands on’ approach to management 

and research skills have proven to be an 

excellent fit to the team. Tony Maben 

has been with the companies for 30 

years, and has been promoted to VP of 

Operations from GM of LAZY S 

LUMBER and is responsible now for the 

daily operations of both Companies. 

Todd Fox, Larry Petree and Dave 

Duncan at Lazy S, and Chris Retherford 

at COLUMBIA CEDAR, continue to find 

ways to bring market trends and customer 

feedback that enable the companies 

to be proactive in all aspects of 

Sales, Manufacturing and Service. 

LAZY S LUMBER has added more dry 

storage to maintain the integrity of the 

products while state-of-the-art finished 

goods production lines provide our customers 

a very high quality KD and green 

full line of products, specializing in STK 

Bevel Sidings, STK Channel Sidings, 

and pattern stock. 

COLUMBIA CEDAR specializes in STK 

Tongue & Groove paneling, Electric Blue 

Grade 7/8 boards, 23/32” green Std & 

Better boards, decking and fencing. 

COLUMBIA CEDAR is currently building, 

in phases, a small log sawmill to 

enable more efficient production with the 

same size labor force we have today. 

State-of-the-art sorter, debarker and 

green chain 

systems that 

were completed 

in 

2009, providing 

more efficiency 

in the 

production 

line going 

from sawmill 

to planer mill. 

Updating 

and some 

retooling of 

the dry kilns, 

Merry Schmidt, co-owner, 

proved to be Lazy S Lumber Inc./Columbia 

an efficiency Cedar Inc. 

gain as well 

as a better quality of drying on the products, 

that 

directly 

impact the 

quality of 

product the 

customer 

receives with 

no additional 

cost to the 

customer. 

The real challenge 

remains 

to provide our 

customers 

with a better 

RalphSchmidt, co-owner Lazy S Lumber Inc./Columbia Cedar Inc., and 

Brian Bellomo, new general manager at Columbia Cedar. 

Columbia Cedar, in Kettle Falls, Wash., is currently building in phases a 

small log sawmill to enable more efficient production with the same size 

labor force as today. 

quality, full 

line of products 

that keep 

them competitive 

in their 

market place, 

as well as 

address any 

and all concerns 

promptly. 

In this economy, 

the sales 

for the Cedar 

Panels has 

s h o w n 

improvement 

over last year. 

Manufactured 

in 4’ x 8’ - 9’ & 

10’ sizes, the 

Deschutes 

and Rogue 

Valley grades 

are making inroads 

even in 

a poor housing 

market. 

The 19/32” 

Panels meet 

or exceed 

California 

Building Fire 

Codes for use in urban areas. The products 

can be nailed directly to the studs 

without need for subsiding, dramatically 

reducing labor and material costs for 

builders. The 11/32” soffit material, has 

been the biggest mover. 

COLUMBIA CEDAR & LAZY S 

LUMBER’s ability to load mixed truckloads 

of any products plus the Cedar 

Panels, have proven an advantage for 

our customers in this age of “just-intime” 

inventory management. 

“The relationships built over the last 30 

plus years are very valuable asset to our 

companies,” said Ralph Schmidt, “The 

Pictured are Electric Blue STK 7/8-inch STK boards by Columbia Cedar. 

Growth of LAZY S LUMBER and 

COLUMBIA CEDAR continues to be an 

ever present goal of our Management 

Team. We are striving to keep our customers 

competitive in this tough economic 

times, and to continue make our 

relationships with them a win-win.” 

For more information, visit the firm’s 

website at www.columbiacedar.com. 

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NAWLA Booth 

Nos. 500 & 501 

CLEARWATER PAPER WOOD PRODUCTS 

DIVISION Offers Diverse Products, Services 

L e w i s t o n , I d a h o –In 1926, The 

Clearwater Timber Company constructed 

the world’s largest White Pine 

sawmill here. Today that rich heritage 

still lives on with Clearwater Paper 

Corporation producing 225 million board 

The sales staff at Clearwater Paper includes: Brian Johnson, Allen Gaylord, Paula 

Hasfuther and Terry Johnson. 

feet of lumber annually at the same 

location on the banks of the Clearwater 

River. 

According to Terry Johnson, sales manager 

for the wood products division of 

Clearwater Paper, the company offers 

This is a sample of the company’s 1x8 Channel 

Rustic. 

dimension lumber, Douglas 

Fir and White Fir (2x4 through 

2x12 boards) and Inland Red 

Cedar (1x4 through 1x12 

boards), as well as patterns, 

paneling and decking. 

Two hundred-sixty employees 

man two 40-hour shifts 

weekly to meet the firm’s lumber 

demand. Clearwater 

Paper has a complete profile 

department fully capable of 

running Cedar boards and 

double siding. 

Johnson said, “We aggressively 

market our capabilities 

of making edge glued and finger 

joint products in Pine and 

Cedar, which is a product we 

are strongly promoting.” 

Additionally, the company has the capability 

to “produce Cedar bevel siding, 

paneling, patterns and decking,” commented 

Johnson. 

Clearwater Paper has state-of-the-art 

dry kilns with capacity to ensure that the 

dry product meets every customer’s 

specifications and expectations, he 

added. 

The fact that Clearwater Paper has 

many long-term employees enhances 

its ability to accommodate orders. 

Johnson, who joined the company this 

year, noted, “It’s interesting how we 

have the flexibility to tackle new ideas 

plus we have an experienced workforce. 

Some have been here 35 years. 

Together, we are changing things and 

constantly looking for ways to improve 

with open-mindedness about what we 

are doing, how we are doing it, and how 

we can improve and excel.” 

Nothing is wasted at the sawmill. The 

company is an integrated 

major producer 

and seller of 

green power from 

woody biomass. 

Distribution yards, 

remanufacturers 

and retail chains 

are the company’s 

primary customers. 

But Johnson added 

that they are constantly 

developing 

relationships and 

have even added 

50 new customers 

in the past four 

months. 

Clearwater Paper 

ships via rail and 

contract trucking. 

Much of its lumber 

can be purchased 

Pictured is a sample of Clearwater Paper’s 1x6 

fingerjointed Cedar product. 

with chain-of-custody certification under 

the strict standards of the Forest 

Stewardship Council. The company is 

also a member of the Western Wood 

Products Association. 

Clearwater Paper was spun off Potlatch 

Clear fingerjointed Cedar by Clearwater Paper. 

Corporation in the fourth quarter of 2008 

and is traded on the New York Stock 

Exchange (NYSE: CLW). The company’s 

sales staff is based at its lumber 

offices at Lewiston. 

For more information, contact: 

Terry Johnson, sales manager, 208- 

799-1850, terry.johnson@clearwaterpaper.com; 

Brian Johnson, salesman, 208-799-1832, 

brian.johnson@clearwaterpaper.com; 

Allen Gaylord, salesman, 208-799-1833, 

allen.gaylord@clearwaterpaper.com. 

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MCSHAN LUMBER CO.: An Appearance Grade Producer Of SYP 

Hunter McShan, president of McShan Lumber Co., located in McShan, 

Ala., is pictured with an export load of lumber. 

McShan, Ala.–Experience and a commitment 

to quality in the production of 

Southern Yellow Pine lumber has resulted 

in the successful longevity of McShan 

Lumber Co., located here 

The fourth generation of McShans are 

currently leading the company, which 

reports it is the only Southern Yellow Pine 

mill in the world that is cutting export sizes 

and has Sustainable Forestry Initiative 

Chain-of Custody certification. 

Company President Hunter McShan said, 

“We’ve been in business for over 103 

years and have a well-known reputation as 

a quality producer. We know the importance 

of proper drying. We have many second, 

third, fourth and even some fifth generation 

families working here. We are 

proud to have a group of knowledgeable 

people who are dedicated to maintaining 

our reputation for quality.” 

McShan Lumber produces 27 million 

board feet of lumber annually from one 

sawmill with two planer lines. Employees 

work an average of 43 hours weekly. They 

produce 4/4, 5/4 and 8/4 rough for export 

as well as the same sizes, S4S, for distribution 

in the U.S. The firm also produces 

5/4x12 bullnosed stepping, 5/4x6 radius 

edge decking and a wide array of pattern 

stock. 

McShan noted, “We are a grade mill and 

we buy high grade logs and cut for grade. 

We operate more like a hardwood mill than 

most Pine mills. Most of our 

products will be used in an 

interior application, therefore, 

we take great care in 

our drying process.” 

The company has four 

steam-fired kilns and all 

products are dried to 12 

percent moisture content or 

less with the exception of 

the occasional run of 2x12 

S4S. Since steam is produced 

in the firm’s boiler 

and is fueled by green sawdust 

from the mill, Mc Shan 

has been in the ‘green’ 

energy business for over 

100 years. 

McShan has the capability 

to store more than 4 million board feet of 

lumber ready to ship at any time. 

“Southern Pine has always been known 

for its strength, nail 

holding ability and 

treatabilty,” said 

Hunter McShan. 

“While those qualities 

are important, they do 

not play a huge role in 

the products we offer. 

Most of our lumber will 

be manufactured into 

other products such as 

doors, windows, caskets, 

furniture, moulding 

or millwork. We 

also run our lumber 

into flooring (where 

strength and durability 

is a factor) paneling, 

ceiling and other patterns. One of the 

unique qualities of Southern Yellow Pine 

in international markets is our ability to provide 

long pieces of all clear wood. This is 

not available in many other species.” 

Additionally, although the company is situated 

in the western edge of central, rural 

Alabama, it has a global reach. Over 50 

percent of its production is exported. The 

firm frequently has overseas buyers and 

recently had visits from customers and 

potential customers in Bermuda, Taiwan, 

Italy, Guatemala and Spain, all in the same 

McShan Lumber Co. produces full sawn 8/4 lumber for 

export markets. 

week. 

In 2009, McShan shipped 

more lumber internationally 

than domestically. However, 

the company successfully 

maintains good relationships 

with its U.S. customers. 

Most lumber is shipped by 

flatbed truck, however occasional 

containers, vans and 

railcars on the KCS railway 

are also used. 

McShan Lumber dates back 

to 1844 when Feaster 

McShan moved here from 

South Carolina. In 1898, the 

town of McShan was named 

in honor of Feaster and his 

sons, including Nathan. By 

1907, Nathan had a cotton gin that was 

powered by a steam engine. Since ginning 

was seasonal, he built a rough sawmill and 

began producing 

lumber. Logs were 

pulled by oxen or 

mules and lumber 

was sold to St. Louis 

wholesalers who 

rode down on the 

train to place orders. 

An important product 

in those days was 

pole stock, which was 

very select as it was 

used to make wagon 

parts. 

About this time, 

another family (the 

Sparkmans) purchased 

nearby 

Melrose Plantation, which consisted of 

2,000 acres. In 1910, they erected a 

sawmill at Melrose and this is the current 

site of McShan Lumber Co. Members of 

the McShan family still live in the house, 

“Melrose”, which was constructed in 1840. 

In 1926, Nathan McShan’s son Tyler purchased 

Melrose plantation from the 

Sparkmans and began operating its 

sawmill. 

Much has changed around the Melrose 

plantation and McShan Lumber Co. since 

those days. Now a high-tech sawmill pro- 

McShan Lumber is a long-time producer of 5/4x12 bullnosed stepping 

for the U.S. market. 

duces high quality lumber with just a fraction 

of the hard labor that was required 

years ago. 

Hunter McShan said, “We’re proud of our 

heritage as a high quality mill and strive to 

maintain the reputation that was established 

so many years ago. We plan to 

make the best lumber possible throughout 

our future.” 

McShan Lumber Co. is a member of: the 

Alabama Forestry Association, North 

American Wholesale Lumber Association, 

Southern Forest Products Association, 

Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers 

Association, Southern Lumber Exporters 

Association and the Southern Pine 

Inspection Bureau. 

In addition to Hunter McShan, key personnel 

include: Tyler McShan, chairman; John 

Tyler McShan, sawmiller emeritus; Grover 

Allgood, procurement; Melissa McShan 

Allgood, treasurer; Mark Junkins, sales 

manager; Charlie Quarles, transportation/sales; 

and Dina Fuller, administration/sales. 

For more information, visit the 

company’s website at www.mcshanlumber.com. 

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NAWLA Booth No. 718


NEWMAN LUMBER, Meeting Customers’ 

Needs In A Moments Notice 

W e l l s R i v e r , V t . — 

Walter Young, president 

of Newman Lumber 

Co., knows a little bit 

about the lumber business. 

Over the past 60 

years he has been 

involved in the forest 

products industry. 

In 2005, the Youngs 

changed the name of 

Transit Milling Co. Inc. 

to Newman Lumber Co. 

“This company has a 

lot of history and experience, 

so customers can 

put their trust in the fact 

that we know what we 

are doing,” Young said. 

“We also take pride in 

knowing that we can do 

just about any pattern or 

product our customers 

want. I think we have 

some of the best 

employees to maintain 

our machinery.” 

Currently, approximately 98 percent of 

the production is their own product, 

and the remainder is custom milling. 

The company is looking to manufacture 

close to 15 million board feet 

annually. 

The Youngs also came in and 

revamped the facility, which included 

totally black topping and concreting 

the shed floors, adding a new shavings 

room, buying six new forklifts and 

completely rebuilding the Yates 

American A20 planer, changing from 

eight to 12 knife heads. Also, the firm 

put in electronic equipment to speed 

up side heads and profilers from 3500 

RPM’s to 6000 RPM’s. Other equipment 

includes a Mattison straight-line 

ripsaw and a new McDonough 54-inch 

resaw. 

In addition, Newman Lumber built four 

50 x 300 dry storage facilities with 15 

bays each, which provide the company 

with approximately 20 million board 

feet of storage, including an existing 

facility. Additionally, a 50 x 500 dry 

storage facility was recently built on 

the property. 

Newman Lumber is a member of and 

produces all the Northeast Lumber 

Manufacturers Assoc. (NELMA) patterns, 

Western Wood Products Assoc. 

(WWPA) patterns, as well as custom 

made patterns for customers who provide 

specifications. The company has 

the capability, the facility and the 

equipment to grind and make the 

knives for specific customer requests. 

In addition, the firm is also a member 

of the North American Wholesale 

Lumber Assoc. (NAWLA). 

Walter Young, president of the company, leads a team of employees, which 

has over 200 years experience in the forest products industry and produces 

Pine and Spruce patterns. 

Recently, Newman Lumber began 

offering Baltic Region Pine and 

Spruce. Products offered in the 

species include: 

E, CB & WP4 

and log cabin 

siding, Euro 

Spruce 2x6 and 

2x8 WP4 16- 

foot; Euro 

Spruce 1/2-inch 

x 6-inch x 16- 

foot bevel siding 

and fingerjointed 

Baltic Pine, 

among others. 

With just 10 

employees, all 

of them play an 

important role. 

Key employees 

include Walter 

Young, president 

and sales; 

Carole Young, 

treasurer and 

office administration; 

and 

D i a n n e 

Castello, receptionist 

and assists with bookkeeping. 

The firm ships its products all over 

North America. Normal turnaround 

time for an order is a couple of days, 

provided the company has the inventory 

in-house. If it is a custom order, it 

will generally be shipped within a 

week, according to Young. In order to 

ensure that the product arrives to the 

customer in a clean and uniformed 

method, Newman Lumber paper 

wraps and canvasses everything prior 

to shipping. Customers include wholesalers 

and wholesale distributors. 

“I think we have one of the most 

state-of-the-art facilities for planing on 

the East Coast,” Young said. “When it 

comes to grinding our knives to making 

the patterns, we can control every 

facet of the entire operation. I think 

everyone who buys from us will enjoy 

our service and will want to come 

back, from the trucker to the wholesaler 

to the retail yards who receive 

our products from the wholesale 

trade. In the event a problem should 

occur, we believe in resolving the 

problem in an efficient and timely 

manner and making a wrong a right.” 

Newman Lumber encourages its customers 

to come and visit the mill to 

see the process from beginning to 

end, or go to their website at 

www.newmanlumberco.com. 

Carole Young is treasurer and takes care of office administration and bookkeeping, and 

Diane Castello is receptionist and assists with bookkeeping at Newman Lumber Co. in 

Wells River, Vt. 

• 

THE SWANSON GROUP – Producing Sustainable 

Products Before “Green” Was Fashionable 

Glendale, Ore.–The Swanson Group, 

based here, has been manufacturing quality 

wood products since 1951. Established 

by brothers Dean and Rod Swanson and a 

few other investors, the firm typically 

serves both large retail yards and wholesale 

distribution centers. 

According to 

Bob Maurer, 

Marketing 

Director, 

Swanson has 

been involved 

in sustainable 

practices since 

their early 

beginnings. 

“ T h e 

Swanson’s 

have always 

supported 

good stewardship 

and sustainability. 

Those issues 

were just as 

important in 

the 50’s 

and 60’s as 

they are today 

they just didn’t 

have the 

exposure to 

consumer 

groups like 

they do today. 

Practicing 

sustainable 

forestry is 

the sort of 

thing you do 

because it’s 

the right thing 

to do, not 

because it’s 

the fashionable 

way.” 

M a u r e r 

explained how 

the Swanson’s 

were one of 

the first companies 

to convert 

their mill 

to small log 

production 

which utilized 

smaller diameter 

second 

growth timber 

instead of the 

traditional old 

growth Doug 

Fir timber. 

“The company made that conversion back 

in the 60’s and was well ahead of the curve 

in anticipating the restrictions that would 

soon develop in regards to old growth harvesting.” 

Maurer added “we’ve been at this 

for more than 59 years and we like to 

remind our customers and buyers that this 

is something that is an integral part of our 

culture. When you live and work among 

these great forests you take your responsibility 

for sustainability pretty serious.” 

The state of Oregon passed into law the 

Oregon Forest Practices Act in 1972 some 

20 years before today’s popular certification 

programs were formed. “In many 

ways the OGPA was our certification 

agency – with two major differences – first 

they didn’t intend to profit from establishing 

and following good forest practices and 

second – they made compliance the law.” 

Recently Swanson Group became certified 

under the SFI (Sustainable Forestry 

Initiative) program for fiber sourcing. “We 

chose SFI, not for their consumer marketing 

voice, but for their best forest practices”, 

added Maurer. 

Concern for the environment doesn’t start 

and end at the woods though and 

Swanson Group recently extended their 

sustainable efforts to renewable energy 

when they signed up with Pacific Power, 

their utility provider, and their Blue Sky program. 

“Under the Blue Sky program we 

purchase over 1,500 100 kilowatt-hour 

blocks per month of renewable energy, 

with the result that over the course of a 

year Swanson Group avoids putting 1,108 

tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. 

The program increases our energy 

cost some 2-3% per month but we like to 

think that we are doing the right thing for 

the environment and view this as a long 

term commitment to future generations.” 

Swanson Group operates five mills in 

Oregon; a dimension mill in Noti, a stud 

mill in Roseburg, and two plywood/veneer 

mills in Glendale and Springfield. “With our 

location in southern Oregon we naturally 

have a freight advantage to California and 

that is our largest single market” says 

Maurer. “Shipping by truck to the central 

valley and 

Bay area of 

California has 

been a big 

advantage for 

our customers 

in 

controlling 

their inventory 

and managing 

their 

investment 

dollars. In 

southern 

California we 

Bob Maurer Marketing Director for Swanson Group Sales indicates the 

SFI logo that is placed on all wood products. Swanson Group is certified 

by SFI for fiber sourcing which indicates responsible procurement practices 

as verified by a third-party audit. 

All of Swanson’s products: dimension lumber, studs and plywood are 

marked with an inventory tag indicating the date and time the product 

was made so that you can be assured of getting fresh, clean, bright 

stock. 

maintain a 

large distribution 

inventory 

in Colton, 

Calif. and are 

able to serve 

that market 

with next day 

trucking of 

highly mixed 

loads to 

achieve the 

same inventory 

efficiency 

for our customers.” 

“All of our 

mills are 

either serviced 

directly 

by the Union 

P a c i f i c 

Railroad or by 

C O R P 

(Central 

Oregon and 

P a c i f i c 

Railroad) a 

small feeder 

line that 

serves the 

UP. We also 

utilize other 

shipping 

points in the 

Eugene area 

that give us 

added flexibility 

in carriers 

when we ship 

product back 

east.” 

Swanson Group Sales Co. is the selling 

arm of Swanson Group and the dozen 

sales people on staff average close to 25 

years experience in the business. They 

pride themselves on their level of service to 

their customers and their knowledge of the 

business and the ever changing markets. 

Swanson Group Sales Co. is led by John 

Stembridge Vice President of Sales and 

Distribution. Other senior management 

members at Swanson Group include: 

Steve Swanson President and CEO, 

Chuck Wert Executive Vice President, 

Robert Landau Vice President of 

Operations, Don Hardwick Vice President 

of Resources, and Rick Bernheisel CFO. 

As Marketing Director, Bob Maurer works 

primarily with the sales team but interacts 

with all departments in promoting the company 

and the activities they undertake. 

“Going green has been a hot topic for 

many years now and it’s something we’ve 

always done as a matter of principle and 

daily practice; but we’ve never blown our 

own horn or made it an issue. As a major 

employer in several small towns where our 

mills are located and living in one of the 

most proficient tree growing regions of the 

world and dependent on those trees as raw 

material just makes one sensitive to proper 

care and stewardship with the timberlands. 

We want our employees, our communities, 

and our company to thrive for 

many years.” 

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Loaded cars of lumber leave the mill at Glendale on their way to become 

part of the supply chain. 


NAWLA Booth No. 320


C&D LUMBER: “We Go The Extra Mile” 

Great People: C&D Lumber employees believe in their products and are 

committed to continuing the tradition of providing the best quality lumber 

and timbers to their customers. 

Great Products: C&D Lumber’s Premium 5/4x6 Incense Cedar Decking is 

quickly becoming the preferred decking choice to create beautiful outdoor 

living spaces that can be enjoyed all year long. 

Great Customers: C&D Lumber values their customers as top priority, 

striving to build win-win relationships each and every time. Visit them at 

Booth #432. 

Riddle, Ore.–C&D Lumber Co. maintains 

the reputation of offering quality products, 

craftsmanship, and service after being 

in business for over 100 years, specializing 

in high-quality appearance timbers in 

Douglas Fir, Incense Cedar, and Port 

Orford Cedar and Cedar Decking Products. 

Our motto: Great People. Great Products. 

Great Customers. This is the driving force 

behind C&D’s success and longevity. 

Recently, a C&D customer made this comment 

that we feel is a true reflection of what 

we strive for everyday, “Please understand 

that you as a company are a tremendous 

business partner to be affiliated with. Your 

owner should be proud as well as all of your 

employees. It is a privilege to count on such 

a good company as yours to be a partner of 

ours.” 

GREAT PEOPLE. 

Tradition is important to success. Our tradition 

lives through the dedication of our 

employees in producing the highest quality 

lumber and timbers in the industry. 

Additionally, we embrace innovative thinking 

and implementations to continue to finetune 

our business. Manufacturing improvements 

are common practice, such as the 

installation of non-metal tracks, anti-fungal 

dipping, paper-wrapping, and the elimination 

of grading crayons. We pride ourselves 

on growing and changing where 

needed. At C&D Lumber Co. we invest in 

Incense Cedar lumber and timbers in rough 

and smooth surfaces. We manufacture 

Incense Cedar into premium decking and 

paneling products as well. 

Port Orford Cedar specially grows just 

inland from the rugged Southern Oregon 

coast. Historically, Port Orford Cedar was 

the preferred wood for boat building, chosen 

for its strength, durability, and decay 

resistance. It offers a wonderful scent and 

very light color that can be left natural or 

stained to virtually any tint. This product is 

first-rate for decking, timbers, and indoor 

projects. 

GREAT CUSTOMERS. 

Our mutually beneficial relationships with 

long-term customers are the running force 

to our survival. We strive for complete customer 

satisfaction. “Sales follow-up and 

shipping are probably the best in the industry. 

Customers are always given the 

“Nordstrom style” treatment,” claims one of 

C&D’s distributors. Our sales, manufacturing, 

and shipping departments work together 

as a team to coordinate proficient production 

schedules. Leslie Southwick, 

Sales and Marketing Manager, shares, “We 

have very flexible manufacturing capabilities 

in our sawmill and processing areas 

which allow us to be efficient in the production 

of targeted products and the ability to 

react quickly to customers’ needs.” Our 

sales team, Lee, Kris, and Leslie communiour 

employees by facilitating skills and 

leadership training, safety meetings, and 

health and wellness challenges. 

GREAT PRODUCTS. 

We set our expectations high because we 

know the success of customers’ projects 

starts with the quality of our wood. We 

make a habit of going the extra mile to 

ensure our customers’ experience is second-to-none, 

by offering piece counts, custom 

cutting, anti-stain, anti-mold treatment, 

mixed loads and more. A C&D customer 

shared, “The best products available, sold 

by knowledgeable sales people.” 

Premium Exposed ® Douglas Fir- When 

Appearance Matters. With natural beauty 

and exceptional strength, our Premium 

Exposed ® rough sawn timbers and 2” lumber 

have become the preferred lumber for 

open-beamed construction. We start with 

pre-selected raw materials and manufacture 

beams with precision milling. All 

Premium Exposed® products are graded 

on an in-house grade rule which exceeds 

WWPA’s standards for pitch, shake, and 

wane. “They [Premium Exposed ® ] are a top 

of the line product,” boasted a customer. 

Incense Cedar is an excellent choice for 

both indoor and outdoor applications. 

Incense Cedar is highly rated in a majority 

of physical properties including natural 

durability, shrinkage, checking, weathering, 

warping, and insulation value. We offer 

cate and demonstrate to our customers that 

we continue to produce high-quality products 

that customers can count on. “C&D is 

a consistent quality mill in and out of the 

sales office.” 

We value marketing to our customers, 

using tools like our comprehensive company 

website, www.cdlumber.com , quarterly 

promotions, MillWrite our monthly 

eNewsletter, and an online Customer 

Feedback Survey. Providing marketing 

tools that truly are beneficial for our customers 

has recently been a huge focus. 

Our Product Guide is a new favorite, while 

the C&D website is equally useful. Each 

contains species and product information, 

our standards and mission, sustainable 

solutions, and a DVD to view, while the 

website also includes an extensive list of 

our retailers and distributors. Our customers 

say, the Product Guide is “informative”, 

“professionally done”, and “complete” 

and our website is, “a quick reference”, 

“clean and informative”, “good information 

on your company and items available”, and 

“useful”. 

For more information, contact C&D 

Lumber Co. at (541) 874-2241 or visit 

www.cdlumber.com. 

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EASTERN RED CEDAR PRODUCTS is a manufacturer of the finest quality, widest variety of Eastern Red Cedar 

products available. 

Some information about our company is below: 

■ We have a sawmill operation in Marengo, Indiana and a mulch mill in Stillwater, Oklahoma. 

■ At our sawmill facility we produce 25,000 board feet per week of Eastern Red Cedar lumber as well as posts, split rail and 

other fencing materials, and tongue and groove paneling, all at a very economical price. 

■ Our moulder allows us to produce not only tongue and groove paneling but also S4S materials (planed smooth on all 4 

sides). 

■ We’re a customer driven operation in that we produce one board or a trailer load based on our customers’ specifications. 

■ At our sawmill in Marengo, Indiana, we use thin kerf bands to maximize yield and reduce sawdust, and, we have our own dry 

kiln. 

We would be happy if you would choose to visit our sawmill operation, inspect our products and sniff some pleasing Eastern 

Red Cedar aroma. 

Richard, Jane and Ian Newton all work in their 

family sawmill business. The building in the background 

houses their sawmill equipment. 

Richard Newton’s daughter, Danielle Newton, can 

do anything at the mill operation like run the 

resaws, feed the moulder, drive the loader, etc. 

Jerry and Tony Brummett are key employees, and 

they’re standing by Ian Newton. 

Jon Lincoln, another key employee, runs the 

edger and moulder for the company. 

Marengo, Indiana Division 

Telephone 812-365-2495 800-989-3637 

Postal address 9611 S CO RD 425 E, Marengo, IN 47140 

Electronic mail General information: richard@cedarusa.com 

Contact us when we can be of service. 

Stillwater, Oklahoma Mulch Division 

Telephone 405-780-7520 FAX 405-780-7521 

Postal address 6310 W. Devonshire Rd., Stillwater, OK 74074 

Electronic mail General information: richard@cedarusa.com


MID VALLEY LUMBER—“A Happy Customer Is A Repeat Customer” 

Mid Valley offers a full line of Western Red Cedar products for 

almost any application. Balusters, appearance grade, posts 

or timbers, decking, fence boards, fence rails, fence posts, or 

industrial components are among their many product offerings. 

(2x2 C and Better S4S) Western Red Cedar lumber is 

shown here. 

A l d e r g r o v e , B . C . —Mid Valley 

Lumber Specialties Ltd., founded in 

1994, possesses well over 100 

years of combined sales experience. 

President Al Fortune believes this 

experience is invaluable. “These 

trusted veterans in the industry have 

learned the value of a customer and 

how important it is to keep them 

coming back. It’s simple; treat our 

customers as you would like to be 

treated and supply them with the 

right products, that shouldn’t be too 

much to ask,” Fortune said. 

The experienced sales team is 

made up of Omar Derkach, Jeff 

Robinson, Mark Robitaille and Al 

Fortune, president, Mid Valley 

Lumber. The sales team has a wide 

range of experience selling and 

manufacturing Western Red Cedar, 

Douglas Fir, Hemlock and SPF. 

According to Fortune, at Mid Valley 

Lumber, your word is your bond and 

a commitment to quality and customer 

satisfaction. “We are not looking 

for a one time sale: we are looking 

to build long term relationships, 

where the customer is happy and 

The experienced team of staff at Mid Valley is made up of (front row) Wendy George, office manager; 

(back row from left) Jeff Robinson, sales manager; Al Fortune, president; Mark Robitaille, 

lumber sales; and Omar Derkach, lumber sales. 

continues to deal with us. 

Building a long term partnership 

with our customers is one of the 

keys to our success. A happy customer 

is a repeat customer and we 

want repeat customers.” 

Fortune said, “One way to ensure 

repeat customers is to produce quality, 

consistent products time after 

time. You also need to have the flexibility 

to change with the market conditions 

and adapt to the customers 

requirements.” 

Your load. Your way is our motto. 

We feel you should be able to order 

the products you want and need. 

Therefore we offer a wide variety of 

products. Special grade sorts, specific 

packaging, specified lengths is 

just part of a normal day at Mid 

Valley Lumber. The company also 

offers mixed and specified loads. 

That enables the customer to keep 

their inventories very lean and 

diverse. If Mid Valley does not currently 

manufacture the Western Red 

Cedar item a customer requests, 

they will find a way to either produce 

or procure it. Mid Valley offers a full 

line of Western Red Cedar products 

for almost any application: balusters, 

appearance grade, posts or 

Size does matter. 

DOUGLAS FIR up to 

20” x 20” x up to 40’ 

CEDAR 16” x 16” up to 32’ 

Richardson Timbers is a leader in 

custom millwork and manufacturing 

of customized timbers, with 

capabilities of delivering products 

throughout the U.S. 

Serving the construction industry 

for over 60 years, by taking the 

spirit of the old and combining it 

with the leading technology of 

today, Richardson Timbers is able 

to offer wholesale products with 

unparalleled service and quality. 

timbers, decking, fence boards, 

fence rails, fence posts, or industrial 

components. 

Mid Valley consistently draws its 

raw material from the same sources, 

primarily coastal British Columbia 

fiber with some Western Red Cedar 

drawn from the interior of the 

province. “The fiber comes from 

both areas of the province as specific 

fiber is better suited for certain 

product lines. As Cedar is not like 

many other species, it has the natural 

resistance to decay and rot, 

which makes it an excellent environmental 

choice for several products,” 

Fortune said. 

Some Douglas Fir, Hemlock and 

SPF products are available upon 

request, call for more details. 

From the moment Mid Valley starts 

producing its products, they are 

monitored throughout the manufacturing 

processes. “We have a very 

hands-on approach to what we’re 

producing and what we do for cus- 

RICHARDSON TIMBERS 

Since 1949 

toll free (877) 318-5261 phone (214) 358-2314 fax (214) 358-2383 

www.richardsontimbers.com 

Stocking Distributor of Large, Green and Kiln-dried timbers 

Details included in the hands-on philosophy include utilizing 

special paper wrap (shown here) on bundles, protecting highend 

materials with bottom protection from dirt and discoloration 

and plastic banding to prevent metal oxidation marks. 

tomers,” Fortune said. Details 

included in the hands-on philosophy 

include utilizing special paper wrap 

on bundles, protecting high-end 

materials with bottom protection 

from dirt and discoloration and plastic 

banding to prevent metal oxidation 

marks. 

Mid Valley is an active member in a 

number of lumber industry associations 

including the Western Red 

Cedar Lumber Assoc., the North 

American Wholesale Lumber 

Assoc., British Columbia Wood, 

British Columbia Wholesale Lumber 

Assoc., and the Independent 

Lumber Remanufacturers Assoc. 

If you are looking to do business 

with a company that is easy to deal 

with and is committed to consistently 

producing quality products give 

Mid Valley Lumber Specialties a call. 

For more information about Mid 

Valley Lumber Specialties Ltd., visit 

the company’s website at www.midvalleylbr.com 

or 3084 275 Street, 

Aldergrove, B.C. Canada, V4W 3L4, 

call 604-856-6072 or fax to 604-856- 

6043. 

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