The only thing better than our lumber is our service. - Miller ...

AJD Forest Products
Premium Kiln Dried Hardwoods
Northern Red Oak is Our Specialty
Lake States Largest Producer of
Industrial Lumber
P.O. Box 629 Grayling, MI 49738
Phone 989-348-5412 FAX 989-348-2500
Email: chad@ajdforestproducts.com
Website: www.ajdforestproducts.com
DRY KILNS • 2 SAWMILLS
25,000,000 BF ANNUAL PRODUCTION
Parton Lumber
Company, Inc.
The Parton Companies -
“Integrated Lumber Manufacturing...
from stump to finished product.”
Producing over 50 million BDF of Appalachian Hardwood and
Eastern White Pine lumber annually in: • Red Oak
• White Oak
• Poplar
• Eastern White Pine
and others upon
request 4/4 to 12/4
green, air dried and/or
Parton Lumber Company’s logo is proudly
kiln dried.
displayed on the bundle of lumber above.
Export Prep • Container Loading
To serve you, we have modern band mills and other state-ofthe-art
equipment such as: a planer mill; a 90 bay sorter; and,
grading facilities at one site in Rutherfordton, North Carolina.
Please Call Us at (800) 624-1501 when we can be of service!
251 Parton Road, Rutherfordton, North Carolina 28139-9420
Tel: (828) 287-9669 • FAX: (828) 287-9423
SALES: Jimmy Clay, Norman Atchley, Alfred Mayo and Kimberly Clayton
Flooring Report
Rebound Expected Through
2012 For Flooring
by ED KORCZAK
Executive Director
National Wood Flooring Association
Chesterfield, Mo.
Information is the key to any successful
business, and in the wood flooring industry,
the National Wood Flooring Association’s
Wood Flooring Market Profile provides the
most comprehensive information available. The Wood Flooring
Market Profile is compiled by the NWFA every two years in conjunction
with Catalina Research, Inc., a research firm with more
than three decades of experience in gathering and analyzing data on
the construction and building markets, as well as related industries.
The new report presents data for the year ending 2007, with industry
projections into 2012.
The report indicates that the United States wood flooring market
declined in both 2006 and 2007, the industry’s first decline in more
than 20 years. After two decades of double-digit gains, the decline
is not significant, just 0.3%, but the effects are having an impact on
the industry. The decrease is attributed primarily to a sharp drop in
U.S. housing starts, as well as a downturn in existing home resales
after several years of very strong U.S. housing demand. The report
states that the downturn started in the third quarter of 2006 for several
reasons: U.S. consumers began to resist record housing prices,
rising energy costs began to crimp many U.S. household budgets,
and rising interest rates cut into the ability of many U.S. consumers
to finance a home purchase. The downturn in the U.S. housing market
then accelerated during 2007 as a developing credit crunch
caused U.S. homeowner foreclosure rates to soar. The bad news is
that this weakness in U.S. housing demand is expected to continue
through 2008, as sales of new and existing homes hit bottom. The
good news, however, is that experts predict that when housing
demand finally does rebound in the U.S., sales of wood flooring
could increase at relatively sharp rates.
Despite the reported decline, the industry still remains strong. The
value of U.S. wood flooring sales are preliminarily reported to be
$2.58 billion for 2006, and estimated to be $2.46 billion for 2007.
Figures for 2012 forecast an industry rebound, with sales increasing
to $3.52 billion.
Volume figures reflect a similar story. U.S. shipments for 2006
are reported to be 928.6 million square feet, a decrease of just less
than six percent, with shipments for 2007 estimated to be 839.9
million square feet, a decrease of nearly ten percent.
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