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Page 40• Carlos Furtado • Ryan Furtadowww.sawarne.comTRADE TALKContinued from page 39Bretz is a United States ArmyVeteran who served in the VietnamWar. He enjoys fishing and hunting inhis spare time.Yakama Forest Products producesmouldings, shop and 4/4 boards fromPonderosa Pine.For more information visit www.yakama-forest.com.•Medford Moulding And WesternVeneer Now FSC CertifiedWhite City, Ore.—Both MedfordMoulding Co. and Western Veneer &Slicing Co. recently announced FSCcertification.Medford Moulding was founded in1957 and is a manufacturer of solidlineal domestic Pine mouldings for thetwo-step distribution segment of thewood products industry. In additionthey manufacture engineered stilesand rails for the wood window anddoor industry.Western Veneer & Slicing began in1988 and is a sister company toMedford Moulding Co. WesternVeneer is a manufacturer of woodveneer utilizing three Amitec linealslicing machines along with threeframe saws for producing thickveneers. The company specializes inPonderosa and Sugar Pine along withall other domestic and foreignSoftwoods and hardwoods.For more information about MedfordMoulding Co. visit www.medfordmoulding.comand for more informationabout Western Veneer & SlicingCo. visit www.westernveneer.com.•John Brash Timber Co. SuppliesCedar For Exmouth LifeboatLincolnshire, U.K.—John BrashTimber Co., based here, has suppliedits Western Red Cedar cladding forthe new Exmouth Lifeboat Station,owned by the Royal NationalLifeboats. Specific in its appearanceand durability for coastal conditions,the cladding will also be used for thestation souvenir shop and the undersideof the building’s roof.John Brash Timber Co. Ltd. producesand imports specialty timber forspecified markets. The company’sproducts include roofing battens, scaffoldboards, Cedar shingles andshakes, exterior timber cladding, antisliptimber decking and landscapesleepers.For more information visit www.johnbrash.co.uk.•Green Book’s SoftwoodMarketing Directory AvailableMemphis, Tenn.—The 2009 editionof Green Book’s SoftwoodMarketing Directory is availableThe Softwood Forest Products Buyeronline. The directory gives Softwoodlumber sales representatives instantaccess to over 4,400 woodworkingand industrial plants’ Softwood lumberpurchasing needs.With a qualifying Ad program, theservice is offered at no cost and canbe accessed without an Ad programfor $900 per year. Each listingincludes species, grades, thicknessesand quantities of lumber purchasedregularly. The lumber buyer’s name,address, telephone and fax numbersand email and web address are allincluded.For more information contactCharlene Jumper at 901-372-8280 orgreenbook@millerpublishing.com.•Western Forest ProductsStruggles In ‘Non-Core’ AssetSalesD u n c a n , B . C . —Western ForestProducts Inc., located here, recentlyannounced it would continue to sellassets not deemed as key to companygrowth. However, potential saleshave been slowed by the economicdownturn. Reporting a 25 percentdrop in wood product sales for the firstquarter, the forestry company said itplans to use the money from assetsales to reduce borrowing andimprove its balance sheet.Dominic Gammiero, acting presidentand CEO said the plans to sell “noncoreassets” in recent months havebeen halted. The firm reported a netloss of $25.5 million for the quarterending March 31 compared to a yearearlierloss of $22.6 million.Western Forest Products Inc. is anintegrated Canadian forest productscompany with an annual availableharvest of approximately 7.5 millioncubic meters of timber of which 7.3million cubic meters is from Crownlands and 0.2 million cubic metersfrom private timberlands and lumbercapacity in excess of 1.5 billion boardfeet from eight sawmills and fourremanufacturing plants.•NAWLA Announces Election Of2009-2010 OfficersChicago, Ill.—The North AmericanWholesale Lumber Association(NAWLA), basedhere, recentlyelected their newofficers for 2009-2010. Thoseelected were:George (Buck)Hutchison,HutchisonLumber & Building Products,Chairman; Chris Beveridge, SkanaForest Products, First Vice Chairman;Gary Vitale, T.W. Hager Lumber Co.,Second Vice Chairman; Bill Barnett,Marathon Forest Products, Treasurer;Susan Fitzsimmons, Snavely ForestProducts, Immediate PastChairwoman and Mark Palmer,NAWLA, Executive Director & InterimContinued on page 41
July/August 2009 Page 41TRADE TALKContinued from page 40CEO.For more information visitwww.nawla.org or contact direct at800-527-8258.•Lumberman’s UnderwritingAlliance Awards Over $350,000W a s h i n g t o n ,D . C . —TheLumbermen’s Underwriting Alliance(LUA) has awarded over $350,000 ofreturned premiums to NationalHardwood Lumber Assoc. (NHLA)and its members.As a result of LUA’s Partnership programheld in 2008, the return is basedon the commendable loss ratio of 38percent. “The VIP Program was startedin 2006 to recognize NHLA memberswho share the same commitmentto property conservation as the LUA,”president and chief operating officer,Michael North said. “In these challengingeconomic times, it is gratifyingto reward our customers and directlyhave an impact on everyone’s bottomline.”For more information visit www.lumbermensunderwriting.com.•Several Closings AnnouncedF e d e r a l W a y , W a s h . –Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods &Industrial Products, headquartered inhere, recently announced the indefiniteclosing of four engineered woodproducts plants in the Southeast andpermanent shutdowns of two lumbermills and five distribution centersincluding Cincinnati and Columbus,Ohio.The four temporarily idled are iLevelveneer and engineered wood mills inEvergreen, Ala., and Dodson andSimsboro, La., and a TimberStrandmill in Chavies, Ky. Also permanentlyclosed are Albuquerque, N.M., andLas Vegas and Reno, Nev.The firm has closed 10 mills sincethe beginning of 2009. The latest closureswill affect nearly 800 jobs at 11locations. Tom Gideon, executive vicepresident of forest products said,“Demand for wood products continuesto decline due to a slowdown in thehousing market and virtually all of ouroperating facilities are experiencingreduced operations. As a result of thechallenging market conditions, thefour manufacturing mills will close foran indefinite period of time to balancesupply with our demand.”Plum Creek Timber Sales, headquarteredin Seattle, Wash., is permanentlyclosing its sawmill in Pablo, Mont.The company closed mills inEvergreen and Columbia Falls, Mont.Plum Creek issued 60-day noticesthat the other two plants would beevaluated and either keep running orclose temporarily or permanently. “Itcould go either way,” representativeKathy Budinick said. “We’ll just haveto look at the market and see how it’sdoing.”Since the beginning of 2009 theEvergreen and Columbia Falls locationshave experienced temporaryshutdowns and a sawmill in Kanaka,Mont., was permanently closed.Boise Cascade located in LaGrande, Ore. is closing its sawmillalong with a small log mill in KettleFalls, Wash., for an indeterminatetime period. Spokesperson SteveLyon said, “We don’t know when ouroperations might come back up again,but it is not any time in the foreseeablefuture.”According to U.K. based parent company,Wolseley, Stock BuildingSupply, located in Raleigh, N.C., willbe sold or closed by August.Wolseley’s CEO, Chip Hornsby said,“We continue to have approaches andwe’re in discussions with a number ofgroups.”Wolseley has cut 17,000 jobs andclosed 713 branches at Stock sinceAugust 2007. The 3,000 job cuts wereannounced last October. Sales for thefirm were $5.3 billion in the fiscal yearending July 2006 and $3.5 billion twoyears later. The company lost morethan $200 million in 2008.“The market moves so quickly, everythingstopped,” Hornsby said.Attempts to sell Stock Building Supplybegan last summer with interestedbuyers, but a deal was not reached.•Kepon Joins Zip-O-Log MillsE u g e n e , O r e . —Zip-O-Log MillsInc., located here recently announcedDan Kepon joined the firm’s salesteam. Kepon has been in the forestproducts industry since 1983 wherehe began in sales for Nu ForestProducts in Healdsburg, Calif.Prior to joiningZip-O-Log MillsInc., Kepon wasproduct managerfor The PacificLumber Co. inScotia, Calif. Agraduate of ArcaleHigh School inArcale, Calif., heDan Keponattended OrangeCoast College in Costa Mesa, Calif.and College of the Redwoods inEureka, Calif.Kepon is a member of Humboldt HooHoo International and the CaliforniaRedwood Assoc. In his spare time,Kepon enjoys golf, hunting, fishingand vacations with his family.Founded in 1944, Zip-O-Log Mills is afamily owned sawmill business locatedin Eugene, Ore. The company iscommitted to continue to provide topquality 100% Douglas Fir products.Recent improvements and upgradesin the firm’s sawmill have improvedproductivity and quality. The firm nowhas the capacity to produce timbersup to 52’ in length. Post and beams,timber framing products, joist andstringers, and domestic clears areincluded in the company’s product list.For more information about Zip-O-Log Mills Inc. visit zipolog.com.•LIMINGTONLumber Co.411 Pequawket TrailRte. 113, P.O. Box 47E. Baldwin, ME 04024Manufacturers of Quality Eastern White PineProducts and Services:• Producing 15,000,000 bdft. annually• Weinig Waco maxi planer specializes in pattern stock• Nine Irvington Moore dry kilns - total capacity 360,000 bdft.• All shipments via truck or van are paper wrapped• Marketing through Wholesale and Wholesale DistributorsO U R P R O D U C T S A R E M A R K E T E D T HROUGHOUTT H E U N I T E D S T A T E S A N D C A N A D A.S a l e s : Win Smith, Jr.E m a i l : win@limingtonlumber.comP h o n e : (207) 625-3286F a x : (207) 625-7399Website: www.limingtonlumber.comDIPRIZIO PINE SALESSAWMILL • DRY KILNS • PLANER MILL • INVENTORY • SERVICE • SELECTIONREMANUFACTURING SERVICES AVAILABLEYOUR EASTERN WHITE PINE SPECIALISTR O U T E 1 5 3 , 5 K I N G ’ S H I G H W A Y • M I D D L E T O N , N H 0 3 8 8 7M A R K E T I N G1-888-330-8467 1-603-473-2314Fax: 1-603-473-8531e-mail: sbrown@lavalleys.comT H R O U G HScott Brown, SalesW H O L E S A L E& W H O L E S A L ED I S T R I B U T O R S
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