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When it comes to Hardwood or Southern
Yellow Pine Lumber, Eastern Lumber
Corporation gives you competitive prices,
and we stand tall on service.
For you at Eastern Lumber we offer:
• A Southern Yellow Pine concentration yard
in Orangeburg, S.C.
• Green and air dried Appalachian, Northern
and Southern Hardwoods; and green, air dried
and kiln dried Southern Pine.
• Export packaging & container loading.
• Experienced personnel.
Eastern Lumber Corporation
Headquarters:
338 St. Paul St. N.E.
Orangeburg, S.C. 29116
Tel: (803) 531-1887
FAX: (803) 533-0195
Sales:
Russell and Leonard Blanchard,
Ed Holley, Jim Shepherd
& David Turner
You’ll like doing business with us because we follow
through on your orders and we do what we say we’ll do!
Component
Trends
WCMA Focuses On Meeting Members’ Needs
by STEVE LAWSER
CAE, Executive Director
Wood Component
Manufacturers Assoc.
Marietta, Ga.
Because business conditions are very difficult
right now, the WCMA Board has approved a membership
dues reduction of 50 percent for 2009.
This is a bold and unprecedented move to help our
members in these demanding times and has kept our membership strong.
The WCMA is working to help our members grow their businesses
through expanded trade show participation and searching for new market
opportunities during these difficult times. The WCMA promotes
itself as a “one-stop shopping source for all your component needs.”
For component buyers, it is easy for them to identify component suppliers
who can produce the exact components they need by using the interactive
Source Guide on our website at www.woodcomponents.org.
Trade Promotion
The WCMA also supports its members through the use of WCMA
advertisements placed in the annual directory and buyer’s guide issues
of the major woodworking magazines. Our new Wood Components
Buyers Guide will be published in June and will include a list of all
WCMA members with a description of the products they produce, their
woodworking capabilities, and available species of wood. Dimension &
component buyers find our Buyer’s Guide to be very helpful in locating
suppliers who can meet their exact needs.
The WCMA also exhibits at several woodworking trade shows around
the world with displays highlighting the various products produced by
our member companies. This year, we will be exhibiting at the following
trade shows:
• Carolinas Industrial Woodworking Expo; Greensboro, NC
• Closets & Home Organization Conference & Expo; Schaumberg, IL
• Mid-Atlantic Industrial Woodworking Expo; York, PA
• AWFS Vegas Fair; Las Vegas, NV
• Woodworking Machinery & Supply Expo - WMS 2009; Toronto,
Canada
• Florida Industrial Woodworking Expo; Orlando, FL
• Midwest Industrial Woodworking Expo; Indianapolis, IN
The WCMA is also a charter member of the American Hardwood
Export Council and exhibits with the AHEC at various overseas trade
shows in Europe and Asia. This year, we will be exhibiting at the
Interzum Fair in Cologne, Germany and will be conducting workshops
on how to specify dimension and components.
Educational Activities
The WCMA will conduct our 2009 Fall Conference & Plant Tour
Event in Eastern Wisconsin on Sept. 20–22. The Fall Conference presents
educational sessions on timely topics of interest to WCMA members
with opportunities for open discussion on common issues.
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