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WHEELAND LUMBER CO., INC. • FORESTRY PARTNERSHIPS • WHEELAND LUMBER CO., INC • FORESTRY PARTNERSHIPS •DLH NORDISK - Continuedhis boss, who said he paid too much for the consignment.Although Kjaer was two years under the minimum age for a tradinglicense, which is 25, he succeeded in getting a license, and theoperation known today as DLH was born.The DLH Group, which is led by Jørgen Møller-Rasmussen,president and chief executive officer, is today a U.S. $1.2 billioncompany shipping over 1 million cubic meters of wood worldwideannually.As has been mentioned previously, DLH Nordisk owns twodivisions in the United States called PW Hardwood LLC andInter-Continental Hardwoods Inc.PW Hardwood LLC, headquartered in Brookeville, Pa., beganThe sales staff for DLH Nordisk Inc.’s imported lumberand other forest products include: Ralph Elliott;Jens Bursche; Mike Morton; Tommy Stepp; ChristianMengel; and Tim McGill.• Clear Strips• Solid Dimensions• Band Headrig and Band Resaw Mill• 500,000 BF of Dry Kilns - 1,500,000 of Dry Storage• Grading to Overseas StandardsPhone: (570) 324-6042 • Fax (570) 324-2127Contact: Ray Wheeland, Sales • E-mail: ray@wheelandlumber.comDerek Wheeland, Sales • E-mail: derek@wheelandlumber.comBill Baker, Sales • E-mail: bill@wheelandlumber.comDamen Wheeland, Log Sales: E-mail: damen@wheelandlumber.comWebsite: www.wheelandlumber.comJacob Boles, shown here, assists Stuart McDiramid inselling imported plywood for DLH A/S inCopenhagen, Denmark, though their offices are locatedat DLH Nordisk Inc.’s North American headquartersin Greensboro, N.C.business in 1915 as Plunkett-WebsterLumber Co., and was purchased by theDLH Group in 2002. PW Hardwood haseight dry kilns and this operation, led byAndrew Helmus, concentrates on processingdomestic lumber and selling it to customersworldwide.Inter-Continental Hardwoods Inc.,based in Currie, N.C., was acquiredthrough a merger with tt Timber Group ofBasel, Switzerland, in 2006. The operationprovides over 30 species of tropicalHardwoods, and specializes in importedHardwood lumber, flooring and decking.Inter-Continental Hardwoods, under thedirection of Tom Herga, has a 20-acrelumberyard with approximately 300,000board feet of kiln capacity per charge atthis location.One of the DLH Group’s main goals asit moves into the future is the sustainabilityof its forests and wood products. Thecompany has set short, medium and longtermgoals including: to know the originof all wood; to become a global leader incertified tropical Hardwoods; and to tradeand produce wood products, which originatefrom sustainably managed forests.The DLH Group manages 1.3 millionhectares of tropical rainforest in theRepublic of Congo. Approximately750,000 hectares have been certified60 Hardwoods Have Resiliency