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RHINELANDER - Continued
tic encased coin returns to the community for
the auction every year.
Rather than growth, Hanke’s major goal for
the company at this point, is to make it
through the recession, manufacturing the
highest quality door in the industry, limited
only by his pocketbook. “Once a company’s
too big, contact with customers gets lost.
They think they’re a number instead of a
name.” Hanke is one-on-one with 90 percent
of his customers, who appreciate the attention
and become customers for life.
For more information about Rhinelander,
Read Current Month’s Issue
phone 715-478-4695 or visit website
www.rhinelanderdoor.com.
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NHLA NEWS - Continued from page 12
Drying Courses and Sawing Courses.
NHLA strongly believes that by providing
educational opportunities for Hardwood
industry members, it is aiding in the future
of the industry as a whole.
To learn more about any of NHLA’s educational
opportunities, please visit
www.nhla.com or call 901-399-7555.
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AHEC UPDATE -
Continued from page 16
offices in Japan, Europe, Southeast Asia,
China, Korea and Mexico, in addition to its
Washington, D.C. headquarters, to serve the
needs of the global community.
For additional information on the
Convention as well as additional overseas
activities, please contact AHEC by phone at
202/463-2720, by fax at 202/463-2787 or
consult our web site at www.ahec.org.
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NWFA FLOORING REPORT -
Continued from page 18
ond inspection, training will be
required at the manufacturer’s
expense to understand what is
required to pass the inspection
process. After the training is completed,
additional inspections will then be
required until two consecutive inspections
are passed.
This certification program is important to
our industry because it offers comprehensive
criteria by which all companies can manufacture
and grade their products. For the
wood flooring purchaser, this certification
program is important because it offers the
assurance that the wood flooring being purchased
meets or exceeds the NOFMA standards
for grade, configuration, moisture content,
and average board length. NWFA
trained mill inspectors will conduct mandatory
quality control inspections twice a year
to verify that the manufacturing and grading
standards of the program are being met. A
list of all the companies that currently are
NOFMA Certified Mills is available on the
NWFA’s web site at www.nwfa.org, under
the “Hot Industry Issues” link.
The NOFMA Mill Certification program
currently is available to manufacturers in the
United States only; however, the NOFMA
Standards Committee is researching the possibility
of expanding the program to include
manufacturers in both Canada and Mexico
as well. Eventually, the hope is that the program
can be expanded on an international
basis to include the entire, global wood
flooring industry.
To receive more information about the
NWFA NOFMA Mill Certification Program,
or to find out how your company can participate
to become a NOFMA Certified Mill,
contact the NWFA at 800-422-4556 in the
USA, 800-848-8824 in Canada, or 636-519-
9663 locally and internationally.
The National Wood Flooring Association is
a not-for-profit trade organization, with
more than 4,000 members world-wide, dedicated
to educating consumers, architects,
designers, specifiers and builders in the uses
and benefits of wood flooring. NWFA members
receive the best in educational training,
benefits, technical resources and networking,
to advance their professionalism and
success. The NWFA is located at 111
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