National Hardwood Magazine - May 2021
In the May issue of National Hardwood Magazine, learn more about Crafted Elements, Mason's Mill & Lumber Co, sawmill safety and much more.
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Contents<br />
<strong>National</strong> <strong>Hardwood</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> MAY <strong>2021</strong> Volume 95 No. 4<br />
Features & Industry Events<br />
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About The Cover<br />
“U-C Coatings is a leading manufacturer and<br />
supplier of premium wood protection products.<br />
For 50 years, our products have been used in<br />
a variety of industries, including hardwood and<br />
softwood logging and lumber production, wood<br />
products manufacturing, woodworking and<br />
wood decking markets. Our products are used<br />
worldwide to protect, conserve and enhance forest<br />
resources. Our goal is to help our customers<br />
achieve more with less waste and provide the<br />
highest level of protection for their products.<br />
The company offers Anchorseal® end sealers and edge sealers for<br />
lumber and other wood products, as well as Gempaint® for lumber branding.<br />
We continue to expand the Contechem® product line with Britewood<br />
for mold and sapstain control in softwood and hardwood applications.<br />
The Contechem® Sol-Brite product line provides excellent iron stain removal<br />
and brightening. Seal-Once® is a line of eco-friendly, waterbased<br />
sealers for wood and concrete that provides excellent water repellant performance<br />
and protection from the elements. The Eco Chemical® line of<br />
water-based wood stains and other coatings products is used by the pressure<br />
treating and fencing industries, as well as other prefinished wood<br />
manufacturing firms. The Bates line of glue releases help prevent glue<br />
buildup and make cleanup easier wherever adhesives are used while DPS<br />
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The company has operations in Buffalo, Portland, and Seattle. Contact<br />
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22<br />
Crafted Elements: Highly<br />
Skilled Workers Seek to Have<br />
a Positive Impact on Others<br />
Mason's Mill & Lumber Co.:<br />
Flexibility Enables Success<br />
24 HMA NatCon Welcomes<br />
Participants<br />
28 ALC Learns Low Interest Rates<br />
Continue To Drive Consumer<br />
Demand<br />
Departments<br />
6 Calendar<br />
8 U.S.A. Trends<br />
10 Canadian Trends<br />
12 News Developments<br />
14 HMA Update<br />
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16 AHEC Report<br />
17 NWFA Review<br />
18 WCMA Insights<br />
19 NHLA News<br />
52 Who’s Who<br />
In-Person Plans Proceed for<br />
Well-Known Sawmilling EXPO in<br />
August<br />
Sawmill Safety: Addressing the Issues<br />
to Protect Your Business<br />
SCMA Convenes for Annual Meeting<br />
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56 Trade Talk<br />
62 Classified Profit<br />
Opportunities<br />
64 Advertisers Index<br />
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Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.<br />
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American Lumber Co.<br />
Anderson-Tully Lumber Co.<br />
Baillie Lumber Co.<br />
Beasley Forest Products, Inc./<br />
Thompson <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc.<br />
Cardin Forest Products, LLC<br />
Clark Lumber Co., Inc.<br />
Cole <strong>Hardwood</strong>, Inc.<br />
Crown <strong>Hardwood</strong> Co., Inc.<br />
Cummings Lumber Co., Inc.<br />
Deer Park Lumber International<br />
Devereaux Sawmill, Inc.<br />
East Ohio Lumber Co.<br />
MO PAC Lumber Company<br />
NELMA (Northeastern Lumber<br />
Manufacturers Assoc.)<br />
Northern Appalachian Log<br />
& Forestry Co.<br />
Northwest <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc.<br />
Nyle Systems LLC<br />
Parton Lumber Co., Inc.<br />
Penn-Sylvan International, Inc.<br />
Prime Lumber Company<br />
Primewood<br />
Ralph Taylor Lumber Co., Inc.<br />
Ram Forest Products, Inc.<br />
Ron Jones <strong>Hardwood</strong> Sales, Inc.<br />
Rossi Group<br />
SFPA (Softwood Forest Products<br />
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Simon Lussier Ltd.<br />
Snowbelt <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc.<br />
Softwood Export Council<br />
Somerset Wood Products, Inc.<br />
TMX Shipping Company, Inc.<br />
Taner Timber Co., Inc.<br />
Tuscarora <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc.<br />
Two Rivers Timber Company, Inc.<br />
USA Woods International, Inc.<br />
Vexco, Inc.<br />
Wagner Lumber Company<br />
Wheeland Lumber Co., Inc.<br />
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HHP, Inc.<br />
Harold White Lumber Co.<br />
Hanafee Bros. Sawmill Co., Inc.<br />
Hermitage <strong>Hardwood</strong> Lumber<br />
Sales, Inc.<br />
J.D. Irving Limited<br />
John & George International LLC<br />
King City / Northway Forwarding Ltd.<br />
Legacy Wood Products LLC<br />
Matson Lumber Company<br />
McClain Forest Products LLC<br />
Midwest <strong>Hardwood</strong> Corp.
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Glen Thompson and Tommy Stiles, A.W. Stiles Contractors Inc., Matt Taylor, U-C Coatings LLC, Buffalo, NY; Damon Graf, DR Graf<br />
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<strong>May</strong><br />
Expo Richmond, Richmond Raceway Complex, Richmond, VA. www.exporichmond.com. <strong>May</strong> 21-22.<br />
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A Michigan lumber provider said his market is “extremely<br />
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“The market was good six months ago,” he stated.<br />
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people aren’t asking us for, and there’s nothing we’re<br />
Sales of <strong>Hardwood</strong> lumber in the Southeast are strong,<br />
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feeling some pushback from his customers against those<br />
prices.<br />
A Mississippi lumberman stated, “The market has<br />
been crazy, as other people have certainly said. Prices<br />
have been going up, but recently, I’m seeing a trend that<br />
folks are kind of pushing back on prices a little bit. The<br />
market may be readjusting a little bit since it took off like<br />
it did. We’re starting to see some changes along those<br />
lines. I think people, pretty much across the board, are<br />
starting to push back on higher prices, from what we see.<br />
“Our sales are better than several months ago,” he<br />
The <strong>Hardwood</strong> markets on the West Coast are encouraging<br />
– but not without problems.<br />
In California, a source said the market is “pretty strong.<br />
We can’t get enough wood; shipping is a problem; and<br />
prices are going up, but the demand is still there.” The<br />
market dynamics are similar to several months ago, he<br />
remarked.<br />
He sells about 80 different species of lumber. Poplar,<br />
White Oak and Walnut are his best sellers. Thicknesses<br />
range from 4/4 to 16/4 and grades are mostly uppers,<br />
Select and Better and No. 1 FAS.<br />
His customers are mostly end users: cabinet shops,<br />
furniture makers and trim manufacturers. “Residential<br />
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CANADIAN TRENDS<br />
News from suppliers about prices, trends,sales and inventories<br />
ONTARIO<br />
As the first day of spring arrived, renewed optimism<br />
was felt by some lumber contacts as warmer weather<br />
was upon us. Of course, there was the usual slowdown<br />
caused by spring thaw for loggers to contend with. Also,<br />
the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines have started across<br />
many provinces, although at a slower pace than planned,<br />
but is seen as a positive. Meanwhile, a third wave of the<br />
Covid virus is also cause for concern, as it could mean<br />
another lockdown as case numbers continue to rise.<br />
Businesses are following safety and distancing protocols<br />
to avoid shutting down their operations.<br />
Sales contacts commented that most grade lumber<br />
markets are performing well. Demand from cabinetmakers,<br />
flooring and furniture manufacturers, moulding and<br />
QUEBEC<br />
Lumber contacts reported that demand for most species<br />
was up as recently as March. With a positive housing<br />
market continuing at a strong pace, those in the<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong> sector are more optimistic for <strong>2021</strong> and moving<br />
into spring. With COVID-19 vaccinations increasing,<br />
there is renewed optimism that the pandemic will hopefully<br />
end as more and more inoculations are completed.<br />
With the onset of spring, sawmills are keen to avoid potential<br />
stain during this time.<br />
Sources reported that Ash sales are good both on<br />
domestic and international markets. Sawmills are having<br />
no difficulty moving developing production. Hickory<br />
demand has improved to flooring and finished goods<br />
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NEWS DEVELOPMENTS<br />
NEWS ABOUT NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL<br />
HARDWOOD CONSUMERS INCLUDING MERGERS,<br />
PLANT EXPANSIONS & ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES<br />
WEST BROS FURNITURE INTRODUCES NEW<br />
LINEUP WITH U.S. HARDWOODS<br />
Available this month, West Bros Furniture, a case<br />
goods manufacturer located in Hanover, ON, is introducing<br />
a new lineup of writing desks. Walnut, White Oak and<br />
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Cherry are among the U.S. lumber species used in these<br />
products.<br />
West Bros’ design partner was Blake Tovin and together<br />
they are releasing the new desks, mostly 52-inch designs.<br />
In a statement, West Bros said these pieces aim<br />
to complement the manner in which<br />
people work from home.<br />
All the desks’ drawer construction<br />
is dovetail joinery in Maple, according<br />
to a company spokesperson.<br />
The new desk lineup includes:<br />
Camber, made of solid Cherry;<br />
Phase, manufactured with Black<br />
Walnut and White Oak; Serra, made<br />
of solid Walnut; Fulton, featuring<br />
White Oak solids and veneers; and<br />
The Fulton desk by West Bros Furniture<br />
features solid White Oak.<br />
Hayden, as well as Odeon, comprised<br />
of solid White Oak.<br />
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The company remains family<br />
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CITT RELEASES STATEMENT<br />
ON CHINA’S DECORATIVE<br />
PLYWOOD IMPORTS<br />
The Canadian International Trade<br />
Tribunal (CITT) recently issued a determination<br />
that decorative plywood<br />
imports from China have not injured<br />
and are not threatening to injure Canadian<br />
producers of the product.<br />
The Canadian <strong>Hardwood</strong> Plywood<br />
and Veneer Association (CHPVA), located in St. Lazare,<br />
QC, said in a statement that it was surprised and disappointed<br />
by this decision.<br />
In a parallel investigation the Canada Border Services<br />
Agency (CBSA) determined that large volumes of Chinese<br />
imports of decorative plywood<br />
were being dumped and subsidized<br />
at margins of up to 300 percent. The<br />
CITT was responsible for determining<br />
if the unfairly traded imports had<br />
caused injury to the Canadian industry<br />
or threatened to do so in the<br />
future.<br />
In recent years, several Canadian<br />
companies producing decorative<br />
plywood have gone out of business<br />
in the face of competition from<br />
dumped and subsidized Chinese<br />
imports. The complaint was filed<br />
to address the impact that unfairly<br />
traded Chinese imports have had<br />
on the Canadian market.<br />
At the time of this writing, the<br />
CHPVA found it difficult to understand<br />
how the Tribunal reached the<br />
conclusion it did in this case. Subsequently,<br />
CHPVA and coalition member<br />
companies filed an appeal of the<br />
CITT decision in the Federal Court<br />
of Appeal in Ottawa on March 19.<br />
The CHPVA is the national association<br />
representing the Canadian<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong> plywood and veneer industry<br />
in all technical, regulatory,<br />
quality assurance, and product acceptance.<br />
Its members manufacture rotary,<br />
sliced, and jointed <strong>Hardwood</strong> veneer,<br />
as well as decorative panels<br />
used in manufacturing furniture,<br />
paneling, cabinetry, doors, shelving,<br />
and other similar products.<br />
Its associate members are businesses<br />
engaged in production,<br />
sales, and distribution of materials<br />
and machines for the industry, or<br />
that provide services such as brokerage,<br />
research, consultation, and transportation to the<br />
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HMA UPDATE<br />
LOOKING AHEAD<br />
<strong>National</strong> Conference and Expo<br />
<strong>2021</strong> is now in the HMA event(s)<br />
‘completed’ column! And to the HMA<br />
members, association colleagues<br />
and industry suppliers who made<br />
their way to Austin to participate in<br />
this long awaited and much anticipated<br />
industry event, a heart-felt ‘thank<br />
you.’ Despite the legion of naysayers,<br />
you took that leap of Faith, joined us<br />
in Austin and helped jump-start <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Wasn’t it wonderful to be out and about again, after such<br />
an extraordinarily confining 2020?<br />
If you were unable to be with us in Austin, you missed<br />
an awesome event. The Conference’s two evening receptions,<br />
Vendor Expo Café and the morning meal networking<br />
venues provided multiple opportunities for participants<br />
to mix and mingle, catch up on lost time, enjoy<br />
each other’s company, and of course, cruise the Vendor<br />
Expo for the latest and greatest being offered by our industry<br />
suppliers.<br />
The Thursday/Friday Business Sessions were a mix of<br />
in-person and virtual presentations built around our Conference<br />
theme, “Resilience.” Based on attendee comments<br />
thus far, the information provided was spot-on and<br />
even entertaining! (To all of our presenters, ‘thank you!’)<br />
I’m extremely pleased that participants found one Business<br />
Session, “The Real American <strong>Hardwood</strong> Coalition<br />
Update,” especially informative. As part of the presentation,<br />
the Initiative’s Marketing Plan was ‘rolled out.’ Funding<br />
milestones were identified. And soon, in accordance<br />
with 5O1(c)3 guidelines, the Coalition will be electing officers<br />
- comprised of the Executive Directors of associations<br />
that are participating in the Initiative. Really exciting.<br />
Additionally, up and running is RealAmericanHard<br />
wood.org, a website to communicate the Initiative’s prog-<br />
ress and accomplishments. I encourage<br />
all industry stakeholders to visit the<br />
site, especially if you have questions<br />
about how businesses and individuals<br />
can contribute to the effort. You’ll most<br />
likely find the answers there. And if not,<br />
reach out to info@realamericanhard<br />
wood.org.<br />
ONE FINAL CONFERENCE<br />
COMMENT<br />
I would be remiss if I did not thank HMA’s Ian Faight<br />
for traversing the exhibit floor, iPhone at the ready, and<br />
making FaceTime ‘Live’ a reality during the vendor Expo.<br />
Not only was it a fun activity for the industry suppliers<br />
who opted to participate, it provided them an additional<br />
opportunity to present their products and services. As I<br />
said, it was fun. Visit HMA’s Facebook page to see which<br />
vendors were not camera shy.<br />
WHAT’S NEXT?<br />
Plans are in the works for a Spring/Summer “Live”<br />
Regional Meeting – virtual style. Yes, the camera crew,<br />
drone and HMA staff will again take to the road to film<br />
several HMA member facilities. And once all of the<br />
‘bloopers’ have been edited out, the virtual tours, narrated<br />
“live,” will be available as online events to HMA<br />
members and <strong>2021</strong> <strong>National</strong> Conference exhibitors and<br />
sponsors. (Modern technology is indeed wonderful!)<br />
Stay tuned for more details.<br />
And looking ahead to 2022 - HMA’s <strong>National</strong> Conference<br />
and Expo is set for March 23-25, at the Sandestin<br />
Golf and Beach Resort, Miramar Beach, Florida. Plan on<br />
joining us, there! Springtime in Florida! n<br />
BY LINDA JOVANOVICH,<br />
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,<br />
HARDWOOD MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION,<br />
PITTSBURGH, PA<br />
412-244-0440<br />
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AHEC REPORT<br />
NWFA REVIEW<br />
<strong>2021</strong> AHEC EVENTS UPDATE<br />
Real Wood. Real Life.<br />
As we finally start to get a clearer picture<br />
of a post-COVID world returning to normal,<br />
AHEC has updated our events calendar and<br />
are building towards a busy end of the year.<br />
In addition to our full schedule of design,<br />
marketing, educational, and networking<br />
events, AHEC has also planned in person<br />
events for the industry at the following<br />
shows in <strong>2021</strong>:<br />
FMC Shanghai, Shanghai, China<br />
(September 7-11)<br />
VietnamWood <strong>2021</strong>, Ho Chi Minh City,<br />
Vietnam (October 20-23)<br />
AHEC SE Asia Convention, Bangkok,<br />
Thailand (October 25)<br />
FIMMA Maderalia, Valencia, Spain (November 15-19)<br />
Cairo Woodshow, Cairo, Egypt (December 9-12)<br />
It’s difficult to forecast a global immunization timeline,<br />
but with the Biden administration announcing a plan for<br />
all adults to be eligible for the vaccine by April 10th, we<br />
feel increasingly optimistic that international travel will<br />
be able to resume quickly. The exact form of the AHEC<br />
space at these trade shows will be flexible for now, and<br />
it’s likely we will continue to build “Open Plan” pavilions<br />
to allow for an uncertain number of participants.<br />
Of course, participation is still subject to travel<br />
restrictions, and it’s likely that travelers will be required<br />
to show proof of vaccination before being allowed<br />
to travel internationally. Events in China in particular<br />
may be difficult to attend in <strong>2021</strong>, as China is currently<br />
requiring travelers to have taken the Chinese COVID-19<br />
vaccine, which is not even available in the United States.<br />
Nevertheless, large trade shows have already returned<br />
to China, with Interzum Guangzhou being held as<br />
usual in March. Americans were not able to attend, but<br />
many local Chinese representatives of U.S. <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
companies attended the AHEC pavilion, and we will host<br />
a similar format at FMC Shanghai in September if travel<br />
restrictions are unchanged. Due to these<br />
restrictions, we have postponed both our<br />
participation in the SylvaWood trade show in<br />
Shanghai and the AHEC China convention<br />
in Chengdu, which were scheduled for June.<br />
VietnamWood <strong>2021</strong>, held every other<br />
year in Ho Chi Minh City, is the return<br />
of the largest trade show in the country.<br />
This is the cornerstone event in what has<br />
become the second largest export market<br />
for American <strong>Hardwood</strong> lumber. Right after<br />
VietnamWood, AHEC is planning to host our<br />
AHEC SE Asia Convention in Bangkok,<br />
Thailand on October 25th. All AHEC<br />
members who wish to attend this networking<br />
and educational event will be given a free tabletop booth<br />
with their company logo at the cocktail reception with our<br />
attending Asian buyers.<br />
FIMMA Maderalia in Valencia, Spain, rescheduled<br />
to November 15-19, will be an excellent opportunity for<br />
the U.S. <strong>Hardwood</strong> industry to connect with European<br />
buyers, and with Interzum Cologne moving to an onlineonly<br />
format, this will be the only pavilion of the year in<br />
Europe.<br />
It was unfortunately not possible to host a full U.S.<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong> Pavilion at Dubai Woodshow in <strong>2021</strong>, but<br />
companies looking to make connections in the Middle<br />
East will still have an opportunity to do so at the Cairo<br />
Woodshow this December in Egypt.<br />
Above all, our goal at AHEC is to represent the<br />
American <strong>Hardwood</strong> industry and connect U.S.<br />
companies to new markets. By providing a low-cost way<br />
to exhibit at international trade shows we hope to make<br />
it easy for small, family-owned companies to make a big<br />
global impact.<br />
If you are interested in attending our SE Asia<br />
Convention or any of the trade shows listed here, please<br />
contact AHEC's International Program Manager, Tripp<br />
Pryor, tpryor@ahec.org. n<br />
Oscar Wilde once said that “imitation<br />
is the sincerest form of flattery that<br />
mediocrity can pay to greatness.” If<br />
that is the case, then the <strong>Hardwood</strong> industry<br />
is truly great, because it is often<br />
imitated. Wood-look products have<br />
saturated the market during the past<br />
few years, but with one big difference:<br />
fake wood products offer none of the<br />
attributes of real wood.<br />
The <strong>Hardwood</strong> industry recognizes that it must address<br />
this discrepancy, which is why the NWFA partnered with<br />
other <strong>Hardwood</strong> organizations – including the <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
Federation, <strong>Hardwood</strong> Manufacturers Association, Appalachian<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong> Manufacturers Inc., <strong>National</strong> <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
Lumber Association, American <strong>Hardwood</strong> Export<br />
Council, Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association, Decorative<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong> Association, and numerous state and<br />
regional groups – to create the Real American <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
Coalition. The Coalition’s goal is to create a national consumer<br />
campaign promoting the benefits and attributes<br />
of real <strong>Hardwood</strong> products. This effort is well underway<br />
having already completed consumer research, branding<br />
strategy, and a website (realamericanhardwood.com).<br />
The next step is to develop a consumer-focused campaign<br />
that will launch in the coming months.<br />
For its own part, the <strong>National</strong> Wood Flooring Association<br />
faces a similar challenge. The wood flooring industry<br />
has experienced market loss to wood-look products. This<br />
primarily has been caused by other flooring product categories<br />
being promoted as water-proof. However, waterproof<br />
flooring is a false marketing concept. The flooring<br />
material itself may be waterproof, but the baseboards,<br />
mouldings, and seams are not. Because these generally<br />
are not sealed, water would travel through or past<br />
them. This presents two problem scenarios. First, the<br />
water will penetrate the seams or ends of the flooring<br />
material that are not sealed. Second, the water will travel<br />
to the subfloor material below the floor itself, which is<br />
not waterproof. As a result, the material can distort, mold<br />
can develop, and any damaged material will need to be<br />
replaced.<br />
The NWFA developed a “Real<br />
Wood. Real Life.” marketing campaign<br />
to promote the positive attributes of<br />
real wood floors: they contribute to a<br />
healthy indoor environment, they are<br />
durable, they are easy to maintain,<br />
they offer long-term value, and they<br />
are an environmentally responsible<br />
flooring choice.<br />
Campaign materials include a variety of elements that<br />
can be used in different ways, and for different purposes.<br />
LOGO<br />
The “Real Wood. Real Life.” logo provides a quick<br />
and easy way to identify products as being made from<br />
real wood. It can be used on product packing, websites,<br />
marketing materials, social media channels, trade show<br />
events, etc.<br />
DIGITAL ADS<br />
Digital ads can be used across all social media channels.<br />
Individual ads speak to a specific attribute of wood<br />
floors, including durability, sustainability, health, maintenance,<br />
and value.<br />
PRINT ADS<br />
Print ads can be used in magazines, newspapers, special<br />
advertising inserts, etc. These ads are high-resolution,<br />
print-ready, and, like the digital ads, they promote<br />
the benefits of real wood floors over other flooring options.<br />
FACT SHEETS<br />
Fact sheets can be used as home show handouts, direct<br />
mail inserts, showroom materials, and even faceto-face<br />
meetings. Each sheet details one aspect of the<br />
real wood story: ease of maintenance, how wood floors<br />
support environmental responsibility, how wood floors increase<br />
the value of a home, etc.<br />
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BY MICHAEL SNOW,<br />
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,<br />
AMERICAN HARDWOOD EXPORT COUNCIL,<br />
STERLING, VA<br />
703-435-2900<br />
WWW.AHEC.ORG<br />
BY MICHAEL MARTIN,<br />
PRESIDENT & CEO,<br />
NATIONAL WOOD FLOORING ASSOCIATION,<br />
CHESTERFIELD, MO<br />
800-422-4556<br />
WWW.NWFA.ORG<br />
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MAY <strong>2021</strong> n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 17
WCMA INSIGHTS<br />
NHLA NEWS<br />
WCMA Plans Live Event, Partners with Industry<br />
Colleagues, Expands Outreach Programs<br />
The WCMA Board of Directors created its<br />
strategic plan for the next two years recently,<br />
and included expanded educational and<br />
communication programs, as well as playing<br />
key roles in wood industry promotions.<br />
With a more active presence on social media<br />
platforms, and a recently launched blog,<br />
the WCMA is more accessible to its members,<br />
wood industry partners, and the public.<br />
We look forward to offering more news, added<br />
resources, and new insights as we move<br />
forward.<br />
Collaborating with fellow trade associations is a priority<br />
for <strong>2021</strong>. We continue to partner with the Wood Industry<br />
Resource Collaborative (WIRC) in developing strategies<br />
to promote wood industry careers. It is exciting to see the<br />
“You Wood” website launched recently, and the WCMA is<br />
proud to be a contributing member of this important initiative.<br />
WCMA is also supporting the Real American <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
Coalition (RAHC), a voluntary, industry-wide domestic promotion<br />
initiative for American <strong>Hardwood</strong>s. In addition to offering<br />
financial support, I have had the pleasure to serve<br />
on the Executive Committee in developing plans and doing<br />
the work that helps reach our goals of increasing American<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong> sales, improving industry stability, and raising<br />
awareness of the health and environmental benefits of Real<br />
American <strong>Hardwood</strong>. Our members know that reaching<br />
consumers in a meaningful way will have a positive impact<br />
on their bottom line!<br />
<strong>2021</strong> FALL CONFERENCE AND PLANT TOUR<br />
EVENT<br />
The WCMA is excited to be returning to a live event for<br />
the <strong>2021</strong> Fall Conference and Plant Tour Event. The event<br />
offers numerous networking opportunities and will give attendees<br />
an excellent opportunity to learn how industry professionals<br />
stay updated in areas such as woodworking machinery,<br />
equipment, tooling, supplies, software, and overall<br />
business solutions.<br />
The event will be open to WCMA member companies and<br />
Tech Partners. Non-members are encouraged to attend to<br />
see what the WCMA is all about. We are sure that after participating<br />
in these excellent networking opportunities, you<br />
will be excited to join.<br />
Conference details and registration will be announced<br />
soon, visit the WCMA website for more information. www.<br />
wcma.com<br />
<strong>2021</strong> VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE SERIES<br />
Having adapted to the use of virtual meeting<br />
platforms this past year, an initiative to<br />
expand WCMA’s education and member outreach<br />
programs has begun. Part of this expansion<br />
is the development of Virtual Round<br />
Table events. Discussion topics will include<br />
employee retention, recruitment and engagement,<br />
lean management, supply trends, and<br />
more.<br />
These monthly, one-hour sessions will be<br />
open to all WCMA members and other interested<br />
parties. Registration and information will be available<br />
on the WCMA website. www.wcma.com<br />
WCMA MEMBERSHIP – IF YOU ARE NOT A<br />
MEMBER, YOU ARE MISSING OUT!<br />
Below are several of the key benefits of being a member<br />
with the WCMA:<br />
•Networking/Information Exchange – One of the main<br />
reasons that members join and stay with the WCMA is<br />
because of the access that it provides to a wide range<br />
of industry experts. Your colleagues are often your best<br />
source for in-depth insight and ideas. WCMA gives you<br />
the opportunity to connect with industry professionals<br />
across the United States and into Canada.<br />
•Virtual and Live Events – The WCMA hosts events designed<br />
with our members in mind. As you can see by the<br />
outlines for <strong>2021</strong> above, these events offer members a<br />
great chance to improve your knowledge of your industry<br />
and to connect with your peers.<br />
•Exclusive use of Real American <strong>Hardwood</strong> Coalition<br />
branding and marketing resources.<br />
I would love an opportunity to discuss membership in<br />
more detail with you. Please email me directly at amy@<br />
wcma.com or call 651-332-6332. You can see more about<br />
membership and activities that the WCMA is working on at<br />
our website, www.wcma.com. n<br />
BY AMY K. SNELL, CAE,<br />
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,<br />
WOOD COMPONENT<br />
MANUFACTURERS ASSOC.,<br />
LINDSTROM, MN<br />
651-332-6332<br />
WWW.WCMA.COM<br />
INTRODUCING THE NHLA LEADERSHIP AWARD<br />
In April 2019, the NHLA Board of Managers<br />
approved the NHLA Women in Leadership<br />
Award to recognize women leaders in the<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong> lumber industry. If you were at the<br />
2019 NHLA Convention, you will remember<br />
the moving moments when then President<br />
Darwin Murray presented a posthumous<br />
award to Mrs. Pat Crites of Allegheny Wood<br />
Products. Her husband John Crites and the<br />
entire family accepted the award in her honor.<br />
For me, it was one of the most important “feel good”<br />
moments of the conference.<br />
After a thorough review of the award concept, the<br />
NHLA Board recently voted to expand the award criteria<br />
to include both men and women leaders. NHLA Vice<br />
President Jon Syre will serve as the NHLA Leadership<br />
Award Selection Committee.<br />
The award will honor an industry leader who has supported<br />
NHLA and the <strong>Hardwood</strong> industry through the trials<br />
and tribulations that best characterizes the nature of<br />
the <strong>Hardwood</strong> industry. And after what we have all been<br />
through in the past several years, I for one believe it is<br />
time for a celebration of a man or woman who defines<br />
what leadership looks like for the entire <strong>Hardwood</strong> industry.<br />
As you consider the man or woman you might nominate<br />
for this award, you may ask, what is a leader, what<br />
defines leadership? Leadership is a quality that is very<br />
difficult to quantify, because it is hard to put on paper.<br />
Leadership is influenced by perception, like the positive<br />
mark or legacy an individual leaves behind as they move<br />
forward through their lives and careers. Leaders are<br />
innovators and iconoclasts, rebels when they need to<br />
be, negotiators and debaters. They are individuals who<br />
learn as much as they educate, great leaders are great<br />
followers all at the same time. And the one common trait<br />
all <strong>Hardwood</strong> leaders have is an ongoing commitment to<br />
NHLA and our industry.<br />
It is time to celebrate their contributions with a nomination<br />
acknowledging their contributions.<br />
SO HOW DOES IT WORK?<br />
The NHLA Leadership Award will be presented on<br />
a bi-annual basis to recognize a male or female NHLA<br />
member for their significant and ongoing contributions<br />
and leadership to NHLA and its members. All NHLA<br />
members in good standing are qualified<br />
to win the award. The award may also be<br />
presented posthumously.<br />
A nominee must be a NHLA member for<br />
20 years or more prior to being nominated.<br />
He or she must demonstrate ongoing<br />
contributions and dedication to serving<br />
the industry, and consistent recognition<br />
of his/her role as a collaborative industry<br />
leader. He or she should be a proven<br />
innovator with a consistent track record of supporting<br />
NHLA and the <strong>Hardwood</strong> industry.<br />
Nominees must be actively engaged in the <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
industry; exceptions may be made for retirees from the<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong> industry and NHLA membership.<br />
TO NOMINATE<br />
To nominate an individual, you must present an outline<br />
of the honorees contributions and describe the positive<br />
impact of his or her actions to NHLA and the <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
industry. You should provide references/support from a<br />
minimum of two NHLA members in good standing. Individuals<br />
nominating others may add information as they<br />
deem necessary.<br />
Once nominated, the President of the NHLA Board<br />
will appoint an Award selection committee that includes<br />
representatives from all segments of NHLA membership<br />
and chaired by the Board Vice President. The Committee<br />
will be made up of representatives from all member<br />
segments who are charged with the responsibility<br />
of reviewing nominees and submitting one finalist for<br />
the award. Individuals serving on the Selection Committee<br />
who are nominated for an award must recuse him<br />
or herself from Committee deliberations. In <strong>2021</strong>, the<br />
award will be presented at NHLA Annual Convention &<br />
Exhibit Showcase in West Palm Beach, Florida.<br />
For more information, or to ask questions, please<br />
email l.christie@nhla.com. n<br />
BY LORNA D. CHRISTIE,<br />
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,<br />
NATIONAL HARDWOOD<br />
LUMBER ASSOC.,<br />
MEMPHIS, TN<br />
901-377-1818<br />
WWW.NHLA.COM<br />
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Dundee, OH—You could cent moisture content). Most of their ness to work with any species is one<br />
be forgiven if you are not material purchases are in the form of our big advantages,” Dennison<br />
yet familiar with Crafted of laminated turning blanks that are said.<br />
Elements, located here. They are, S4S, and PET. Crafted Elements The company also works with a<br />
after all, relatively new to the industry.<br />
But the craftsmanship that goes cies, because the company takes craftspeople, such as architects, fur-<br />
works with a long list of wood spe-<br />
variety of customers, including fellow<br />
into their work reveals that, while the pride in its versatility. “Our willing-<br />
Please turn to page 36 <br />
company may be new, there is a lot<br />
of experience behind the name.<br />
“One of our core beliefs is that above all else, we<br />
“My career began in 1992 at the<br />
age of 16 at my father’s metalworking<br />
job shop as a custodian and gen-<br />
with and serve. Many of our employees take this<br />
should have a positive impact on those we work<br />
eral laborer,” craftsman and owner<br />
Todd Dennison recalled. “At the age<br />
to heart and strive to make this approach a part of<br />
of 17, I began to apprentice under their everyday lives.”<br />
some of the journeyman machinists<br />
at the company, including my father. – Todd Dennison, a craftsman for and the owner of Crafted Elements<br />
I spent the next several years not realizing<br />
that I was learning and practicing<br />
valuable machinist skills that I<br />
would later-on use to build my career<br />
in woodworking.”<br />
Dennison was later offered a floorlevel<br />
machine set-up/operator position<br />
in a custom woodworking shop,<br />
and worked his way up to the plant<br />
manager position over the next few<br />
years. By 2006, he and two partners<br />
had purchased the company.<br />
“We then purchased two stair component<br />
manufacturing companies in<br />
2007 and 2008 and combined the<br />
three companies in one location in<br />
Newcomerstown, OH,” he said. “In<br />
2009, I sold my ownership in those<br />
companies and worked with Brown<br />
Wood Inc. to open up a manufacturing<br />
facility for them. I managed that<br />
facility for nine years before ultimately<br />
purchasing the manufacturing facility<br />
from them and starting Crafted<br />
Wooden milk bottles with custom designs<br />
come from Crafted Elements.<br />
Elements. Our focus is on manufacturing<br />
high-end custom wood, metal,<br />
Crafted Elements<br />
and acrylic components for many industries.”<br />
Crafted Elements is a manufacturer<br />
of mouldings, carvings, large diameter<br />
turnings, decorative legs and<br />
bun feet. Annual lumber purchases<br />
total approximately 300,000 board<br />
Highly Skilled Workers Seek to Have<br />
feet of Hard and Soft Maple, Red<br />
and White Oak, Poplar and Cherry,<br />
a Positive Impact on Others<br />
Todd Dennison is a craftsman and the owner of Crafted Elements in Dundee, OH. Annual<br />
as well as Alder, Walnut, Birch and<br />
lumber purchases for Crafted Elements total approximately 300,000 board feet of Hard<br />
Beech (No. 1 and No. 2 Common, and Soft Maple, Red and White Oak, Poplar and Cherry, as well as Alder, Walnut, Birch<br />
By Scott Dalton<br />
and Beech.<br />
Select, 4/4 to 16/4, S4S, 6 to 8 per-<br />
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“We’ve grown steadily and<br />
continually,” he said. “I think<br />
a lot of that’s due again to<br />
our efforts to constantly try<br />
new things and embrace new<br />
products and new ideas versus<br />
just doing what we’ve always<br />
done.”<br />
– Eric Boer, Vice President,<br />
Mason’s Mill & Lumber Co.<br />
This residential project showcases the typical mouldings and millwork produced by Mason’s Mill & Lumber Co., located in Houston,<br />
TX.<br />
Mason’s Mill & Lumber Co.:<br />
Flexibility Enables Success<br />
By Daniel Connolly<br />
Houston, TX–Some years ago, Mason’s Mill & Lumber<br />
Co., located here, began holding lunch-andlearns<br />
and other continuing education programs<br />
for architects.<br />
The reason: architects and designers end up driving<br />
many building decisions and related sales of wood products,<br />
said the company’s Vice President, Eric Boer.<br />
“We learned that a long time ago,” he said. “By networking<br />
with the architects, they end up specifying your<br />
products or services. So we get that pull-through when<br />
a set of blueprints finally hits the job site, your products<br />
are on there.”<br />
Based at 9885 Tanner Road in Houston, Mason’s Mill<br />
& Lumber is part distribution yard, part manufacturer.<br />
The company distributes a wide range of lumber –<br />
mostly domestic <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, as well as <strong>Hardwood</strong> decking,<br />
plywood, antique and reclaimed woods, and specialty<br />
wood products.<br />
It also manufactures architectural millwork and has<br />
nearly 7,000 profiles in its knife library.<br />
First incorporated in 1990, the company now has 50<br />
employees at its 150,000-square-foot facility and celebrates<br />
its 31st year in <strong>2021</strong>. Boer says creativity and a<br />
diverse approach to product lines and services are what<br />
have helped the company succeed.<br />
“We’ve grown steadily and continually,” he said. “I think<br />
a lot of that’s due again to our efforts to constantly try<br />
new things and embrace new products and new ideas<br />
versus just doing what we’ve always done.”<br />
The company keeps an inventory of about 1.2 million<br />
board feet of product on hand at any time. The company<br />
purchases 2.5 million board feet annually of all domes-<br />
tic <strong>Hardwood</strong>s (Alder through Walnut), 4/4 through 16/4,<br />
and imports Mahogany, Spanish Cedar, Ipe, Cumaru<br />
and Garapa decking.<br />
Products offered include custom moulding, flooring,<br />
stair treads, decking and radius millwork.<br />
Mason’s Mill & Lumber Co. buys its domestic <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
products directly from sawmills. The company<br />
brings in the products kiln-dried and does not operate<br />
its own kiln.<br />
It sells much of its product rough to contractors, cabinet<br />
shops, door manufacturers and similar companies.<br />
But it also manufactures wood products into items such<br />
as mouldings, interior and exterior cladding, custom<br />
flooring, stair treads and custom decking.<br />
Among the specialty products that Mason’s Mill & Lumber<br />
carries and promotes is Accoya brand wood, which is<br />
placed through a process called acetylation that makes it<br />
far more durable and stable. Mason’s Mill & Lumber also<br />
carries and promotes products by Thermory, a company<br />
that modifies wood through heat and steam to increase<br />
longevity.<br />
The company has also built a specialty business in reclaimed<br />
wood.<br />
“We buy that from several companies that specialize<br />
in dismantling and taking down old buildings: old barns,<br />
old warehouses, old grain silos, things like that,” Boer<br />
said. “They used Oak or longleaf pine or old Cypress,<br />
100, 150, 200 years ago to manufacture things. It’s obviously<br />
got a lot of character and a lot of history.”<br />
The salvage companies remove all the nails and bolts<br />
and prepare the antique wood for resale.<br />
“There’s been a huge demand in the last few years<br />
for reclaimed antique White Oak timbers, beams, and<br />
lumber, which we manufacture into flooring, or mouldings<br />
or millwork.”<br />
Among the key personnel at Mason’s Mill & Lumber are (from left): Sam Damiani,<br />
sales manager, Eric Boer, vice president and Mason Spellings, general<br />
manager.<br />
Pictured is Enrique Flores, mill manager at Mason’s Mill & Lumber.<br />
Married couple Michael and Anne Spellings founded<br />
the company and continue to own it to the present day.<br />
Early on, they added two key people: sourcing and sales<br />
specialist John Sorenson, as well as Eric Boer, a secondgeneration<br />
lumberman from a timber importing family.<br />
Today Sam Damiani is the sales manager. Mason<br />
Spellings, the son of the founders, is general manager.<br />
The company’s work with antique wood led Mason<br />
Spellings and a machinist several years ago to build a<br />
wire-brushing machine.<br />
“So we’re taking new growth – <strong>Hardwood</strong> that’s been<br />
harvested recently – and pass it through this wire brushing<br />
machine to give it an antique-type texture,” Boer said.<br />
“We offered that service to architects, showed them how<br />
we manufacture it and get the look of antique woods for<br />
a fraction of the price. So we’ve opened some doors that<br />
way.”<br />
Major sections of its operation include warehousebased<br />
storage and two mills: a planing mill and a moulding<br />
mill.<br />
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HMA NatCon Welcomes Participants<br />
Photos by Paul Miller Jr. and Terry Miller<br />
Austin, TX - Recently, 120 participants were on<br />
hand to visit exhibitor booths that presented<br />
products and services at the <strong>Hardwood</strong> Manufacturers<br />
Association’s (HMA) <strong>National</strong> Conference and<br />
Expo, which was held here at the Hyatt Regency.<br />
Themed “Resilience,” the HMA event also featured virtual<br />
speakers as well as live events and networking.<br />
Included among the speakers/presenters were the following:<br />
• Thomas Brush, consultant/coach and founder of<br />
Advancement Designs. His interactive workshop was<br />
entitled, “Being Clear on What is Real: An Overlooked<br />
Pathway to Resilience.”<br />
• ITR Economics Senior Forecaster Connor Lokar’s<br />
presentation was entitled “Moving Forward.” He<br />
analyzed the economic landscape, assessing business<br />
demand for <strong>2021</strong> and beyond.<br />
• Joshua and Jacob Pribanic, principals of LastLine<br />
Cyber Inc., addressed the cyber threat landscape in<br />
a presentation entitled, “The Scary Truth About Cybercrime.”<br />
• Michael Snow, executive director of the American<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong> Export Council, presented a Global Markets<br />
Update and Judd Johnson, <strong>Hardwood</strong> Market<br />
Report Editor, discussed the domestic <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
landscape.<br />
• <strong>Hardwood</strong> Federation Executive Director, Dana Lee<br />
Cole, updated HMA attendees about what is on the<br />
horizon in the nation’s capital.<br />
The HMA Board of Directors elected Troy Brown, Kretz<br />
Lumber Co. Inc., Antigo, WI, president of the HMA.<br />
Other HMA officers for <strong>2021</strong> are Vice President Tommy<br />
Petzoldt, East Perry Lumber Co., Frohna, MO; and<br />
Executive Vice President Linda Jovanovich, HMA, Pittsburgh,<br />
PA.<br />
HMA Board of Directors also elected members to the<br />
Executive Committee. In addition to the officers, they<br />
are: Geoff Henderson, Anderson-Tully Co., Vicksburg,<br />
MS; Hal Mitchell, Atlanta <strong>Hardwood</strong> Corp., Mableton,<br />
GA; Craig Miller, Battle Lumber Co. Inc., Wadley, GA;<br />
Wayne Law, New River <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Mountain City, TN;<br />
and Tom Gerow, Wagner Millwork LLC, Owego, NY. Bob<br />
Miller, Frank Miller Lumber Co., Union City, IN, will serve<br />
on the Executive Committee as the immediate past president.<br />
During the Conference’s Business Meeting, HMA<br />
Burt Craig, Matson Lumber Co., Brookville, PA; Chuck Boaz, Corley<br />
Manufacturing Co., Chattanooga, TN; Lance Johnson, ISK<br />
Biocides Inc., Memphis, TN; Jim Burris, Corley Manufacturing<br />
Co., Chattanooga, TN; and Tom Inman, Appalachian <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
Manufacturers Inc., High Point, NC<br />
members elected Directors: Hal Mitchell, Atlanta <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
Corp., Mableton, GA; Richard Buchanan, Granite<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong>s Inc., Granite Falls, NC; Bruce Dahn, HHP<br />
Inc., Henniker, NH; Kirby Kendrick, Kendrick Forest<br />
Products Inc., Edgewood, IA; and Bucky Pescaglia, MO<br />
PAC Lumber, Fayette, MO.<br />
Newly appointed to the HMA NextGen Leaders Council—formerly<br />
known as the HMA Millennial Council—are:<br />
Ian Faight and Linda Jovanovich, <strong>Hardwood</strong> Manufacturers Assoc./Southern<br />
Cypress Manufacturers Assoc., Pittsburgh, PA;<br />
and John Stevenson, Thompson <strong>Hardwood</strong>s Inc./Beasley Forest<br />
Products, Hazlehurst, GA<br />
Kaitlyn Wood, Gates Milling Inc., Gatesville, NC; Lindsey<br />
DiGangi, Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance<br />
Co., Philadelphia, PA; and Patrick Cullinan, Stella-Jones<br />
Corp., Pittsburgh, PA. Bob Miller, Frank Miller Lumber<br />
Co., Union City, IN, continues to serve as the Council<br />
Coordinator.<br />
Also, networking receptions were held. n<br />
Learn more about the <strong>Hardwood</strong> Manufacturers Association by<br />
visiting www.hmamembers.org.<br />
Dana Lee Cole, <strong>Hardwood</strong> Federation, Washington, DC; Scott<br />
Cummings, Cummings Lumber Co. Inc., Troy, PA; and Kaitlyn<br />
Wood, Mark Tuck and Kelsey Kennedy, Gates Milling Inc., Gatesville,<br />
NC<br />
Tommy Petzoldt, East Perry Lumber Co., Frohna, MO; Linda Jovanovich,<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong> Manufacturers Association, Pittsburgh, PA;<br />
and Troy Brown, Kretz Lumber Co. Inc., Antigo, WI<br />
(Front, from left): Paul Miller Jr., <strong>National</strong> <strong>Hardwood</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>, Memphis, TN; Trent Yoder, Yoder Lumber Co. Inc., Millersburg, OH;<br />
Scott Cummings, Cummings Lumber Co. Inc., Troy, PA; Peter McCarty, TS Manufacturing, Dover-Foxcroft, ME; Marv Bernhagen, Lewis<br />
Controls/Corley Manufacturing, Chattanooga, TN; (Back, from left): Brian Schilling, Pike Lumber Co. Inc., Akron, IN; Troy Brown, Kretz<br />
Lumber Co. Inc., Antigo, WI; Wayne Law, New River <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Mountain City, TN; Tommy Petzoldt, East Perry Lumber Co., Frohna,<br />
MO; and Norm Steffy, Cummings Lumber Co. Inc.<br />
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Craig Miller, Battle Lumber Co. Inc., Wadley, GA; Skipper Beal,<br />
Beal Lumber Co. Inc., Little Mountain, SC; Tommy Battle, Battle<br />
Lumber Co. Inc.; and Randy Clark, Stella-Jones Corp., Alexandria,<br />
LA<br />
Brian Turlington, SII Dry Kilns, Lexington, NC; Parker Dukas and<br />
Eric Porter, Abenaki Timber Corp., Kingston, NH; and Bob Pope,<br />
SII Dry Kilns, Montpelier, VT<br />
Additional photos on next page<br />
MAY <strong>2021</strong> n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 25
HMA NATCON PHOTOS Continued<br />
Barry Black, Taylor Machine Works Inc., Louisville, MS; Chris Taylor,<br />
Timber Automation LLC, Hot Springs, AR; and Robert Taylor<br />
and Hal Nowell, Taylor Machine Works Inc.<br />
Jim Higgins, SII Dry Kilns, Lexington, NC; Bob Pope, SII Dry<br />
Kilns, Montpelier, VT; and Brian Turlington, SII Dry Kilns, Lexington,<br />
NC<br />
Bill Behan, Gross and Janes Co., Kirkwood, MO; and Colin Campbell,<br />
Stacy Thompson and Randy Panko, Wood-Mizer LLC, Indianapolis,<br />
IN<br />
Josh Davis, Farm Credit Mid-America, Louisville, KY; Paul Miller<br />
Jr., <strong>National</strong> <strong>Hardwood</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>, Memphis, TN; and Dotty and<br />
Ricky Fly, Fly Tie & Lumber LLC, Grenada, MS<br />
Tommy Petzoldt, East Perry Lumber Co., Frohna, MO; Mike Ballard,<br />
VisionTally, Little River, SC; and Jon Krepol, VisionTally,<br />
Broomall, PA<br />
Stan Neglay, Maxi Mill Inc., Albany, OR; Andy Nuffer, DMSi Software/TallyExpress/eLIMBS,<br />
Winston-Salem, NC; and Mike McAvoy,<br />
McDonough Manufacturing Co., Eau Claire, WI<br />
Matt Frazier, McDonough Manufacturing Co., Woodstock, GA; Eric Porter, Abenaki Timber Corp., Kingston, NH; Matt Tietz, McDonough<br />
Manufacturing Co., Eau Claire, WI; Terry Miller, <strong>National</strong> <strong>Hardwood</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>, Memphis, TN; and Bob Miller, Frank Miller Lumber Co.<br />
Inc., Union City, IN<br />
Skipper Beal, Beal Lumber Co. Inc., Little Mountain, SC; John<br />
Hester, NHLA, Memphis, TN; Norm Steffy, Cummings Lumber Co.<br />
Inc., Troy, PA; and Jeremy Pitts, Nyle Dry Kilns, Brewer, ME<br />
Eric Faucher and Eric Michaud, Carbotech International, Plessisville,<br />
QC<br />
Hayes Mellott, Mellott Manufacturing Co. Inc., Mercersburg, PA;<br />
Dotty Fly, Fly Tie & Lumber LLC, Grenada, MS; Stacy Mellott, Mellott<br />
Manufacturing Co. Inc.; and Jessica Fly, Fly Tie & Lumber<br />
LLC<br />
Eric Degenfelder, U-C Coatings LLC, Buffalo, NY; Wayne Law,<br />
New River <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Mountain City, TN; and Dave Sondel, U-C<br />
Coatings LLC<br />
Sandy Chatigny-Johnson and Jerry Johnson, Paw Taw John Services<br />
Inc., Rathdrum, ID<br />
Buddy Downey, Stella-Jones Corp., Pittsburgh, PA; David Roberts,<br />
Stella-Jones Corp., Alexandria, LA; and Judd Johnson and<br />
Brian Cruzen, <strong>Hardwood</strong> Market Report, Memphis, TN<br />
Brian Turlington, SII Dry Kilns, Lexington, NC; Jeremy Mortl,<br />
Messersmith Manufacturing Inc., Bark River, MI; and Wayne Law,<br />
New River <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Mountain City, TN<br />
Parker Dukas, Abenaki Timber Corp., Kingston, NH; and Lindsey<br />
DiGangi, Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co.,<br />
Philadelphia, PA<br />
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ALC Learns<br />
Low Interest Rates<br />
Continue To<br />
Drive Consumer Demand<br />
By Tom Inman<br />
Bruce Horner and Eric Porter, Abenaki Timber Corp., Kingston,<br />
NH; and Jay Reese, Penn-Sylvan International, Spartansburg, PA<br />
Eddie Carson, Beasley Flooring, Franklin, NC; Ross Frazier,<br />
Turman Lumber Co., Hillsville, VA; and Lance Johnson, ISK<br />
Biocides, Memphis, TN<br />
Pinehurst, NC–The Appalachian Lumbermen’s Club<br />
learned that low mortgage interest rates will likely<br />
continue to boost home sales for the remainder of<br />
<strong>2021</strong>.<br />
The good news came at the recent meeting of the Club<br />
at the Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. Mark Haddix of<br />
Farm Credit of the Virginias gave an upbeat presentation<br />
on how stable mortgage interest rates have kept home<br />
building and sales high, which have boosted markets for<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong>s.<br />
The current rates for 30-year fixed mortgages are 3.0<br />
percent and 15-year rates are 2.7 percent, with some<br />
slightly lower depending on the lender, he said. The 90-<br />
day forecast is for rates to remain stable.<br />
Haddix, who is a Wood Industry Relationship manager<br />
in the Elkins, WV office, said the news is great for softwood<br />
manufacturers who produce building materials and<br />
good for the <strong>Hardwood</strong> industry who make the products<br />
for the interior of the home. The domestic sales of <strong>Hardwood</strong>s<br />
for flooring, cabinets, millwork and furniture are all<br />
rising if raw materials and lumber are available.<br />
Haddix said those two things are preventing the <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
industry from meeting the demand for lumber. Log<br />
inventories are increasing and sawmills are operating<br />
longer hours because of it.<br />
The financing veteran said many forecasters predict a<br />
good year for manufacturing in <strong>2021</strong> as the U.S. recovers<br />
from the COVID-19 shutdowns of 2020. He cited one<br />
economist who said the Federal Reserve has reported it<br />
plans to keep interest rates low to help both consumers<br />
and employers.<br />
There was a golf event before the meeting and the<br />
winner was Mark Williams of Jerry G. Williams Lumber.<br />
Longest drive was Peter McCarty of TS Manufacturing<br />
and Closest to the Pin was Jay Reese of Penn-Sylvan<br />
International.<br />
More information about upcoming meetings is available<br />
at www.lumberclub.org. n<br />
Andy Nuffer, DMSi Software/TallyExpress/eLIMBS, Winston-Salem,<br />
NC; Wayne Law, New River <strong>Hardwood</strong>s Inc., Mountain City,<br />
TN; and Anthony Hammond, Roy Anderson Lumber Co., Tompkinsville,<br />
KY<br />
Stuart Tucker, Taylor Machine Works Inc., Hope Mills, NC; Shep<br />
Haggerty, Williams Lumber Co., Rocky Mount, NC; and Steve<br />
Leonard, Lawrence Lumber Co. Inc., Maiden, NC<br />
Peter McCarty, TS Manufacturing, Dover-Foxcroft, ME; and Gage<br />
Hickman and Aaron Murray, LiTS, Piketon, OH<br />
Jeremy Pitts, Nyle Dry Kilns, Hickory, NC; Eric Boyd, Parton<br />
Lumber Co., Rutherfordton, NC; and Wayne Law, New River<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong>s Inc., Mountain City, TN<br />
Will Pleasant and Tom Pleasant, Cobble Creek Lumber, West<br />
Jefferson, NC; Lindsey DiGangi, Pennsylvania Lumbermens<br />
Mutual Insurance Co., Philadelphia, PA; and Mark Vollinger, W.M.<br />
Cramer Lumber Co., Hickory, NC<br />
Sandy Yarbrough, Kepley-Frank <strong>Hardwood</strong> Co. Inc., Lexington,<br />
NC; Greg Pappas, Collins/Kane <strong>Hardwood</strong>, Kane, PA; and Seth<br />
Deacon, Deacon & Sons Timber, Lexington, VA<br />
Mark Pierce, New River <strong>Hardwood</strong>s Inc., Mountain City, TN; Curtis<br />
Struyk, TMX Shipping, Morehead City, NC; and Ken Stephens, Associated<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Granite Falls, NC<br />
John Evans, Ontario <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Keysville, VA; Mark Williams,<br />
Jerry G. Williams & Sons Lumber Inc., Smithfield, NC; and Shannon<br />
Garland, ATI International, Roanoke, VA<br />
Ross Frazier, Turman Lumber Co., Hillsville, VA; Mark Haddix,<br />
Farm Credit of the Virginias, Elkins, WV; Lance Johnson, ISK Biocides,<br />
Memphis, TN; and Shep Haggerty, Williams Lumber Co.,<br />
Rocky Mount, NC<br />
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The show floor for EXPO <strong>2021</strong> is nearly sold out, a strong indicator that the industry is eager to get back to in-person events. Attendance<br />
for the August show is also expected to be strong.<br />
In-Person Plans Proceed for<br />
Well-Known Sawmilling EXPO in August<br />
On April 12, <strong>2021</strong>, attendee registration and housing<br />
blocks opened for the 36th Forest Products Machinery<br />
& Equipment Exposition (EXPO <strong>2021</strong>), and the Southern<br />
Forest Products Association (SFPA) took a big step<br />
towards getting back to in-person events for the industry.<br />
This three-day event will be held from August 11-13,<br />
<strong>2021</strong> at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center.<br />
Sponsored and conducted by SFPA every two years<br />
since 1950, EXPO includes many of the biggest names<br />
in the business displaying everything from commercial<br />
and portable sawmill machinery to materials handling<br />
equipment, attracting key representatives from the nation’s<br />
largest wood products manufacturers. EXPO provides<br />
a space for both <strong>Hardwood</strong> and softwood sawmillers<br />
to gather, celebrate new technology, network, and<br />
learn about the industry’s latest products. EXPO 2019<br />
featured over 54,000 square feet of exhibit space and<br />
181 exhibiting companies.<br />
The show for <strong>2021</strong> is shaping up to be a key event.<br />
Not only will EXPO be one of the first large events in<br />
the industry to take place in-person in over a year due<br />
to COVID-19, SFPA and Hatton Brown Publishers, Inc.<br />
have announced a collaboration on a sawmill conference<br />
to be held in conjunction with EXPO. The conference<br />
portion of EXPO will take place August 11-12 and<br />
will be co-located at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress<br />
Center. The conference will offer a variety of speakers,<br />
educational sessions, and seminars as an addition to the<br />
EXPO experience.<br />
“We are extremely fortunate that the COVID-19 vaccine<br />
distribution timeline allows us to move forward with<br />
planning for an in-person event,” states SFPA exposition<br />
EXPO provides attendees with the unique opportunity to get up-close and hands-on with the latest technology in sawmilling and<br />
materials handling.<br />
director Eric Gee. “EXPO is such an important event for<br />
the sawmilling industry, and we are looking forward to<br />
seeing everybody in person in August. Planning a show<br />
at the tail end of a global pandemic presents certain challenges,<br />
and we are prepared to follow all state and local<br />
COVID-19 guidelines to provide exhibitors and attendees<br />
with a show floor that prioritizes their health and safety.”<br />
As for the show floor, more than 95 companies are set<br />
to exhibit the latest sawmilling equipment and services for<br />
the forest products industry, across nearly 37,000 square<br />
feet of indoor space. Some exhibit space remains. “The<br />
floor plan is nearly sold out,” notes Gee. “Many exhibitors<br />
returning from the 2019 show have expanded their<br />
displays for EXPO <strong>2021</strong>, plus we have several first-time<br />
exhibitors,” he adds.<br />
Advance attendee registration for EXPO <strong>2021</strong> is available<br />
on SFPAexpo.com through August 10, and costs<br />
just $20 per person. On-site registration will also be<br />
available for a slightly higher cost of $25 per person. The<br />
EXPO is a vital event for anybody in sawmilling, providing a<br />
space for millers with operations of all sizes to connect and share<br />
information.<br />
housing block for EXPO includes 750 rooms at the Omni<br />
Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center, which is connected to the<br />
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Complete registration information, housing details and other show facts<br />
are available by visiting SFPAexpo.com.<br />
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Michael Culbreth<br />
Sawmill Safety:<br />
Addressing the Issues to<br />
Protect Your Business<br />
GENERAL HOUSEKEEPING<br />
By Michael Culbreth, Loss Control Services Consultant,<br />
Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Like many businesses in the lumber industry,<br />
sawmills require heavy-duty machinery,<br />
specialized equipment and extensive<br />
electrical systems for daily operations. Using<br />
this type of equipment on a day-to-day<br />
basis opens the door for accidents leading to<br />
The first step for any sawmill manager looking to protect<br />
their business, particularly sawmills and pallet manufacturers,<br />
is creating a solid housekeeping program to<br />
ensure that sawdust, wood chips and bark that have built<br />
up during the day are safely removed from the building<br />
at the end of each workday. A strong housekeeping plan<br />
will be written down and be a part of regular training so<br />
that every employee knows their responsibilities and will<br />
be held accountable for their role in the program.<br />
The sawmill basic cleanup procedure should be followed<br />
daily along with a more comprehensive cleanup<br />
performed at the end of every week. Materials that can<br />
build up, if left unchecked, become more combustible<br />
with time and create a severe fire hazard. Automatic collection<br />
and conveyor systems capture much of the wood<br />
refuse materials and transport them to an outside trailer<br />
or dust bin.<br />
The housekeeping program should include removing<br />
dust buildup in corners, along walls and under machinery<br />
employee injury and catastrophic fires. However,<br />
with the right safety measures in place<br />
sawmill managers can mitigate these risks<br />
and address key safety areas to keep their<br />
businesses running smoothly.<br />
as well. Approved and listed vacuum systems<br />
suitable for combustible dust applications are<br />
ideal for periodically cleaning overhead dust buildup, but<br />
some sawmill managers may conduct an air pressure<br />
blowdown. If this is the case, ensure all ignition sources<br />
in the facility are off, doors are open for ventilation purposes<br />
and reduce air pressure to less than 15 pounds<br />
per square inch (psi).<br />
Once combustible materials like sawdust, bark and<br />
wood chips have been removed, bulk piles of these materials<br />
should be stored at least 100 feet away from the<br />
building. Sawdust, chips and bark are commonly hauled<br />
away by truck for use by others, including as boiler fuel<br />
or landscaping purposes.<br />
Employee training and ongoing attention to housekeeping<br />
are the key to preventing dangerous buildup<br />
that could put everyone in the facility, and even neighboring<br />
areas, at risk.<br />
HOT WORK, ELECTRICAL AND MAINTENANCE<br />
HAVING A BACKUP PLAN<br />
When it comes to protecting employees and dealing<br />
with fire hazards, it’s always better to be safe than sorry.<br />
Sawmill managers should identify which first response<br />
fire department will be at their sawmill and work with the<br />
local fire department to create an emergency fire plan.<br />
As part of this plan, request that they visit the facility on a<br />
yearly basis, mapping out each building and its occupancy,<br />
the location of fire hydrants or other water sources,<br />
fuel tank and propane locations, electrical disconnect locations<br />
and identifying the safest escape route.<br />
There are numerous steps that should be taken to address<br />
general safety issues for sawmills. Rather than go<br />
Hot work activity such as welding, torch cutting and<br />
grinding, present an ignition source. Obviously, this is<br />
an important fire safety issue to address for any lumber<br />
business, especially sawmills and pallet manufacturers.<br />
In fact, welding is often the leading cause of sawmill fires<br />
each year. OSHA offers general safety and health tips<br />
for hot work. While these are helpful, having a written hot<br />
work permit program is necessary to create a system of<br />
checks and balances between the welder, fire watcher<br />
and Permit Authorizing Individual (PAI).<br />
Any welding or other hot work activity requires a fire<br />
watcher, a designated individual responsible for paying<br />
close attention and extinguishing any smoldering condition.<br />
Even after the job is complete, a fire watcher should<br />
remain vigilant at least two hours afterward – preferably<br />
longer if possible – conducting visual inspections and<br />
wetting down the surrounding area.<br />
Additionally, hydraulic equipment near welding activity<br />
should have a fire blanket covering hydraulics systems,<br />
preventing sparks from reaching these areas and any<br />
other combustible materials located within 35-feet of the<br />
hot work area. Fire safety precautions outlined on the<br />
written hot work permit checklist should be closely and<br />
consistently followed.<br />
For electrical and machinery maintenance, ensure<br />
all work is being done by experienced and qualified/licensed<br />
personnel. At least twice per year, open the electric<br />
panel boxes and remove any sawdust that<br />
has built up inside. An electrical infrared thermography<br />
scan should also be conducted on a yearly<br />
basis. This has become increasingly popular over recent<br />
years, as loss control representatives are being certified<br />
to use infrared cameras that show hotspots inside the<br />
panel boxes.<br />
These overheating conditions are not visible to the<br />
human eye and often result from loose electrical connections.<br />
The infrared scan can also include checking<br />
motors and bearings for overheating conditions. Repairs<br />
should be completed on a timely basis for each overheating<br />
condition identified during the scan. Infrared<br />
thermography is beneficial for fire safety reasons, extends<br />
the lifespan of motors and equipment and saves<br />
costs by avoiding unnecessary energy consumption.<br />
Preventative maintenance schedules for sawmills are<br />
vital to fire safety and profitability. Good maintenance<br />
keeps machinery in proper working condition and makes<br />
it less likely to cause a fire. It also lessens breakdowns<br />
and reduces machinery downtime that can bring business<br />
to a halt. Sawmill managers should create checklists<br />
to help track every step of the business’s preventative<br />
maintenance program. As with all operations within<br />
a sawmill, each employee responsible for maintenance<br />
should be well trained and qualified to handle the task<br />
at hand.<br />
it alone, sawmill managers should work with<br />
a specialized loss control representative who is<br />
familiar with the specific hazards of the lumber business<br />
and can help ensure they’re doing everything possible to<br />
keep their employees and business safe.<br />
Michael Culbreth, Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual<br />
Insurance Company, is a loss control services consultant<br />
based in Inman, South Carolina who joined PLM<br />
in 2002. He protects businesses in territories including<br />
North Carolina and South Carolina. Michael can be<br />
reached at mculbreth@plmins.com or by phone at<br />
(267) 825-9146. n<br />
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SCMA<br />
Convenes for<br />
Annual Meeting<br />
Photos by Paul Miller Jr. and Terry Miller<br />
Austin, TX–The Hyatt Regency, located here, recently<br />
welcomed 15 participants to the Southern<br />
Cypress Manufacturers Association (SCMA) for<br />
the organization’s annual meeting.<br />
Members, prospective members, Cypress Promotion<br />
Sponsors, and other industry stakeholders spent the<br />
opening evening networking and renewing friendships.<br />
The next day, in conjunction with the <strong>National</strong> Conference<br />
and Expo of the <strong>Hardwood</strong> Manufacturers Association,<br />
the SCMA membership elected officers, exchanged<br />
business information and strategies, and reviewed<br />
the Association’s promotion plans.<br />
Zack Rickman, Atlanta <strong>Hardwood</strong> Corporation (AHC),<br />
Mableton, GA, was elected SCMA president. He joined<br />
AHC in 2005 and currently serves as vice president of operations<br />
at AHC <strong>Hardwood</strong> Group, North Georgia.<br />
Cassie Lewis, Turn Bull Lumber Company, Elizabethtown, NC, was elected SCMA vice<br />
president. Lewis joined Turn Bull Lumber Company in 2011. She now serves as the company’s<br />
account manager, and is responsible for all sales, as well as managing the green<br />
and kiln-dried inventories.<br />
The Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association is a non-profit organization dedicated<br />
to the promotion of Cypress building products to design professionals and consumers.<br />
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CRAFTED ELEMENTS Continued from page 21<br />
Finely made gavels, such as this, are among Crafted Elements’<br />
wide variety of creations.<br />
niture makers, designers, and cabinet makers. But the<br />
Crafted Elements crew has also provided high-end work<br />
for the restaurant and hospitality industries, as well as<br />
individuals. Essentially, no job is too big or too small for<br />
them to handle.<br />
“We really do serve a wide range of customer types.<br />
Our largest segment is kitchen and bath, as we have<br />
a knack for very high-end, large diameter column turnings,”<br />
Dennison said. “That being said, we have seen a<br />
This laser pattern is one of the skillfully made products that come<br />
from Crafted Elements.<br />
great deal of growth in OEM-type work because of our<br />
versatility in manufacturing. We frequently get asked to<br />
produce very unique products from all segments. It’s<br />
one of the things that we love about what we do – every<br />
day is a new adventure for us.”<br />
The company features a leadership team that includes<br />
Master Craftsman Ed Dennison, Procurement/Inventory<br />
Manager Val Raderchak, and Shipping Manager Julie<br />
Springer. Todd Dennison said that the other key mem-<br />
bers of the Crafted Elements team come from many<br />
walks of life, including people from the printing, woodworking,<br />
masonry and construction industries.<br />
“Three of our most important production team members<br />
came in with very little woodworking experience, but<br />
have become exceptional craftsmen, helping to establish<br />
the success that we have had to this point,” he said,<br />
adding that employees at the company are a close-knit<br />
group. “One of our core beliefs is that above all else, we<br />
should have a positive impact on those we work with and<br />
serve. Many of our employees take this to heart and strive<br />
to make this approach a part of their everyday lives.<br />
“Most of our employees meet together every day at<br />
9:45 voluntarily to read from devotionals and discuss<br />
topics that they feel will steer them toward being better<br />
people and us a better company. It’s really incredible to<br />
see them do this.”<br />
The team worked in a 12,000-square-foot facility, as<br />
well as a 25,000-square-foot warehouse. However, in<br />
2020, “We ended up moving to a larger location in order<br />
to expand our capabilities,” Dennison said.<br />
The team utilizes a variety of equipment, including<br />
Mattison Rotary Lathes, Wema Copy Lathes, Hapfo,<br />
and CNC Copy Lathes, using them to craft magical creations,<br />
including everything from one-of-a-kind customdesigned<br />
tables and desks to specialized toys and award<br />
Crafted Elements’ skilled workers use a Mattison Rotary Lathe to<br />
shape items such as this handle.<br />
plaques to architectural columns up to nearly two-feet in<br />
diameter.<br />
Although the company is relatively new, Dennison has<br />
already set his sights on where Crafted Elements can<br />
grow next. “We do have hopes of expanding,” Dennison<br />
said in early 2020. “We have expanded our capabilities<br />
via new CNC equipment and additional craftsman-level<br />
employees to help us reach our goals.” One year later, he<br />
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CRAFTED ELEMENTS Continued<br />
Crafted Elements fashions milk bottles out of wood.<br />
stated, “We have been blessed with tremendous growth<br />
in what proved to be a very difficult-to-navigate year. We<br />
currently have 26 employees up from eight employees in<br />
January 2019. We have expanded our capabilities and<br />
our output capacity in preparation for what we<br />
hope will be a fantastic year in <strong>2021</strong>.”<br />
Bringing things full circle, Dennison today<br />
once again works alongside his father, who<br />
joined him in woodworking in 2005. “His now-<br />
47-years of machinist skills and management<br />
are invaluable to our success at Crafted Elements,”<br />
Dennison said of his dad. “He uses his<br />
years of experience to take our staff under his<br />
wings and develop them into effective craftsmen<br />
for our company.”<br />
Even with all this talent and dedication to the<br />
craft, Dennison said that what sets Crafted Elements<br />
apart are the relationships that it helps<br />
build. “We think the most interesting thing about<br />
our company is our focus on people rather than<br />
just profit,” he said, adding that the Crafted Elements<br />
team works together to live the company’s<br />
mission. “We truly strive to impact our employees,<br />
vendors, customers, and our community in a positive<br />
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MASON'S MILL & LUMBER<br />
Continued from page 23<br />
At the Geosouthern Energy Headquarters in The Woodlands, TX,<br />
Mason’s Mill & Lumber Co. supplied approximately 100,000 lineal<br />
feet of Accoya for a rain screen siding pattern.<br />
In recent years, Mason’s Mill & Lumber has added several<br />
new machines to the planing mill, including a planer,<br />
a sander and a ripsaw. Those new machines are manufactured<br />
by Cantek. The company uses Weinig machines<br />
in its moulding mill.<br />
Mason’s Mill & Lumber is longtime member of the <strong>National</strong><br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong> Lumber Association, and Boer is currently<br />
serving on the group’s board of directors, with committee<br />
roles on the organization’s Inspection Services<br />
committee and Inspector Training School committee.<br />
Shortly before he talked with <strong>National</strong> <strong>Hardwood</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>,<br />
he completed a call with the training school committee<br />
via the video conferencing app, Zoom, which illustrates<br />
the changes that so many companies have made<br />
during the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />
Boer said the business didn’t shut down during the<br />
national lockdown last year after lumber sawmills were<br />
deemed essential services.<br />
A few employees have had to work from home, the<br />
company has changed its sales area to accommodate<br />
social distancing, and only a certain amount of people<br />
are allowed in the office at a time. The company has also<br />
furnished masks, gloves and hand sanitizer to the employees,<br />
he said.<br />
The company has also taken steps to deal with the economic<br />
slowdown.<br />
Boer said, “We’re like everybody. We’re not stockpiling<br />
per se, we’re running lean and we’re just being very<br />
flexible.”<br />
Boer said he believes that the company’s willingness to<br />
try new things will help it succeed in the future, just as it<br />
has for the past 30 years.<br />
"There’s been a series of things that came up short and<br />
we swung and missed at a few - and we’ve had a few<br />
home runs along the way as well,” he said. “Really the<br />
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MASON'S MILL & LUMBER Continued<br />
overall theme I guess has just been being open-minded<br />
and progressive and trying to stay out in front of new<br />
products and new services.” n<br />
Learn more at<br />
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This is Mason’s Mill & Lumber’s moulding mill. The company<br />
purchases 2.5 million board feet annually of all domestic <strong>Hardwood</strong>s<br />
(Alder through Walnut), 4/4 through 16/4, and imports Mahogany,<br />
Spanish Cedar, Ipe, Cumaru and Garapa decking.<br />
NWFA REVIEW Continued from page 17<br />
TRADE SHOW GRAPHICS<br />
Trade show graphics can be used to create table-top<br />
displays and banners that promote the benefits of real<br />
wood floors.<br />
MEDIA OUTREACH TEMPLATES<br />
Media outreach templates can be used to establish users<br />
as an information resource in their local communities.<br />
Items include press releases that can be distributed<br />
through local media outlets, invitations to tour facilities,<br />
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HOMEOWNER’S HANDBOOK TO REAL<br />
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The Homeowner’s Handbook to Real Wood Floors can<br />
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for consumers to use when choosing wood floors for<br />
their home. The brochures can be used as-is, or can be<br />
customized with a company logo.<br />
While NWFA’s “Real Wood. Real Life.” campaign was<br />
designed for the wood flooring industry specifically, the<br />
new Real American <strong>Hardwood</strong> campaign will be made<br />
available to the entire wood products industry to promote<br />
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The same is true for furniture, cabinets, doors, trim,<br />
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The <strong>National</strong> Wood Flooring Association is a not-forprofit<br />
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LAKE STATES Continued from page 8<br />
especially the flooring companies; they can’t keep up,”<br />
he observed. “In general, all the companies say they’re<br />
busy.”<br />
Asked about challenges to his company, he said,<br />
“Transportation costs are up but availability’s not terrible.<br />
Logging is OK. Producing enough lumber to keep<br />
up with demand is the biggest challenge.”<br />
A Wisconsin source also reported that his market is<br />
good. Compared to a few months ago, he stated, “Oh,<br />
I’d say it’s better. The prices are better. Product has<br />
been moving all along for me.<br />
“Red and White Oak are our biggest sellers,” he<br />
stated. “We also sell Hard and Soft Maple, Basswood,<br />
Cherry and Hickory.”<br />
He said his customers – mostly end users but also<br />
distribution yards – are experiencing great sales.<br />
As for transportation, he has found a way to overcome<br />
this challenge. Getting containers, he said, is difficult,<br />
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In Illinois, a source said his market for <strong>Hardwood</strong> lumber<br />
is “very good.” “Grade markets are such that you<br />
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begging for it.” The market is better for him than it was<br />
in recent history.<br />
He handles mostly No. 2 and Better in Red and White<br />
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Cottonwood. Asked to name his best sellers, he replied<br />
that they are White Oak, Poplar and Walnut. Red Oak<br />
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He sells lumber mostly to distribution yards but also<br />
to end users. His customers’ sales seem to be strong,<br />
he said. One customer, a distribution yard, said that if<br />
they can get lumber, they can sell it. “The main problem<br />
is getting the product fast enough to our customers,” he<br />
stated. His customer base is in Southern Indiana, Central<br />
Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois and Missouri.<br />
Asked about his company’s challenges, he said<br />
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transportation is OK, but his log supply would be depleted<br />
if there were a lot more wet weather.<br />
During the COVID pandemic, he recalled, his company<br />
has not had to shut down its mill. “We’re a family mill,<br />
mostly family here, and that helps a lot.<br />
“Overall,” he stated, “we’re very blessed right now.<br />
The market definitely looks optimistic.”<br />
An Indiana lumber supplier said his sales are “strong.<br />
Our customers are all very busy. We’re increasing prices<br />
right now substantially to keep up with the lumber market.<br />
I don’t know that there’s going to be any pushback<br />
because of that.<br />
“We sell about 80 percent to cabinet makers and 20<br />
percent to RV manufacturers,” he noted. “Our RV segment<br />
is going nuts, because of all the stimulus money.<br />
With COVID, the way people are traveling is different.<br />
There’s a lot of pent-up demand, and our RV segment<br />
is strong. Our kitchen cabinet segment is strong, too.<br />
There are still housing shortages, and so our business<br />
is very strong.<br />
“We could build another factory right now with the inquiries<br />
we’re seeing,” he continued. “The inquiries we’re<br />
seeing are because there are shortages in raw material<br />
out there. You’ve got a lot of people coming to you that<br />
want to be your new best friend. I’m very apprehensive<br />
to expand too much given a lot of people coming to you<br />
that you don’t know if they’ll be around a year from now.<br />
They’ll go back to their own ways once this lumber supply<br />
gets straightened out.”<br />
He added that his firm sells ready-to- assemble <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
components, cabinet doors, door fronts and edge<br />
glue panels.<br />
“The year 2020 was our best year ever, probably, in<br />
the history of our company,” he stated. “I’m going to say<br />
that our market is comparable to six months earlier.”<br />
He sells No. 2 A, No. 1 Common and some select<br />
FAS White Soft and White Hard Maple, Red Oak, Cherry,<br />
Hickory and Yellow Birch to end users. His customers’<br />
sales are “very strong, all of them,” he remarked. “I<br />
talk to them every week. Everything appears to be good<br />
for now.”<br />
However, he added, “I think we’re building a bubble<br />
up and I’m waiting for it to pop. I’m hearing about people<br />
with their home values being inflated, people paying<br />
ridiculous prices for housing, which means they’re<br />
taking out unreasonable loans. Interest-rates are low.<br />
I just feel like we’re getting to where we were in 2006,<br />
2007 and 2008. We’ll see who’s right. Gas prices are<br />
going up. People are receiving a lot of stimulus money.<br />
One thing about Americans: they’re going to blow that<br />
money. However, the market seems to remain strong.”<br />
The cost of transportation is going up, he noted, and<br />
trucking is definitely a concern. “It’s not like we’re not<br />
being able to move trucks,” he stated. “Most of our<br />
customers pick up their product. There’s a reason they<br />
have their own trucks: so they don’t have to deal with<br />
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not running out of. We’re running out of everything on a<br />
regular basis.”<br />
He sells his lumber to both end users and distribution<br />
yards. He observed, “They have good demand for their<br />
products, and they’re trying to keep up. It’s a struggle for<br />
them to keep up.<br />
“Transportation is an issue,” he observed, “because<br />
global shipping has been severely disrupted by COVID.<br />
Export shipments are routinely delayed because of lack<br />
of equipment and vessel space and lack of trucks. On<br />
the domestic side, shipments are routinely delayed because<br />
of lack of available trucks.”<br />
In Vermont, a source stated that his market is “fairly<br />
strong.” It’s better, he said, than it was a few months<br />
ago.<br />
He handles Red Oak, Hard and Soft Maple, Ash and<br />
Cherry. “Certainly, Hard Maple is our No. 1 seller, then<br />
Red Oak, then Ash,” he stated.<br />
He sells primarily to distribution yards. Asked how his<br />
customers’ businesses are faring, he replied, “I think<br />
in all, their sales are up some, but they have said it’s<br />
tougher to find lumber.<br />
“Transportation is certainly holding up shipments,”<br />
he added. He noted that what he charges his customers<br />
has gone up because transportation is affecting his<br />
costs.<br />
A lumber supplier in New York State said his market<br />
is “good,” and it’s better than it was in recent memory.<br />
He sells Red and White Oak, Hard and Soft Maple and<br />
Cherry in No. 1 FAS and Better and No. 1 Common.<br />
His customers are both distribution yards and end users.<br />
He, like most other lumber sources contacted, stated<br />
that transportation is a problem for him.<br />
In another part of New York State, a source said his<br />
market is “pretty hot.” He and his co-workers have been<br />
selling a lot of Hard Maple for over a month. “Every time<br />
we get ready to sell a load, the price goes up,” he stated.<br />
Overall, he noted, sales are good. Additionally, his market<br />
is stronger than it was a few months earlier.<br />
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He handles Hard and Soft Maple, Ash, Hickory, Red<br />
and White Oak, Cherry, Basswood and Tulip. His best<br />
seller is Hard Maple.<br />
His customers are mostly distribution yards but also<br />
end users, within a 50-mile radius of his facility. He said<br />
his customers’ sales “would have to be good since my<br />
sales to them are good.<br />
“We do a lot of our trucking inhouse,” he observed,<br />
eliminating a lot of the pressure of troublesome trucking.<br />
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added. “If you have had product in <strong>Hardwood</strong> over the<br />
past couple of months, you didn’t have any trouble selling<br />
it. It’s pretty much a seller’s market. That’s how I would<br />
define that. Between the supply and demand, everything<br />
just took off and blew up, went nuts. People on the purchasing<br />
side were just trying to keep up and get lumber.<br />
Now, I think there’s an adjustment in process. People are<br />
saying, ‘We can’t continue to pay this.’ ”<br />
Challenges he is aware of include retaining labor. “I’ve<br />
heard nightmares of people trying to get people to work,”<br />
he remarked. “We’ve seen that through numerous industries<br />
and certainly this one. I think COVID’s had an impact<br />
on it, but it’s been hard to get people to work, for a<br />
number of reasons.”<br />
He sells all grades and species of <strong>Hardwood</strong> lumber<br />
from coast to coast. He said Poplar is hard to find, so he<br />
considers it a best seller. “We can’t get enough of it,” he<br />
stated.<br />
His customers are end users. “Everyone’s sales seem<br />
to be going well,” he noted. “As far as we can tell, everybody’s<br />
positive. Some end users say they don’t get help<br />
from their customers to combat this huge price increase<br />
they’re having to pay for lumber. Other parts of this industry<br />
say the sky’s the limit, ‘We’re going wide open.<br />
There’s not a ceiling on it at this time.’ Both of those<br />
things are happening within the <strong>Hardwood</strong> industry. One<br />
group is singing this tune, and the other group is singing<br />
just the opposite. <strong>Hardwood</strong> flooring is a huge customer<br />
pool, and we sell to manufacturers of upholstered furniture,<br />
crating and packaging, as well.”<br />
This Mississippi lumberman finds transportation to<br />
be a challenge. “It’s been tough to find trucks,” he said.<br />
“There’s a lot of freight out there; you have to pay a lot to<br />
get trucks. A lot of trucks have been taken out of service<br />
for some reason.”<br />
In North Carolina, a source said his market is good.<br />
“All the sales are good,” he said. “There’s strong demand<br />
for any of our species. You can move it at a good price.”<br />
Also, he noted, the market is stronger than it was half a<br />
year ago.<br />
Species he sells include Red and White Oak, Poplar,<br />
Hickory, Beech, Gum, Sycamore and Soft Maple. Best<br />
sellers are Red and White Oak.<br />
Customers include mostly distribution yards. “They say<br />
sales are good; they have strong demand,” he stated.<br />
“I think overall, the market is weather-related to a large<br />
extent, because nobody has any logs. That means we<br />
are low on lumber. A large part is due to an extremely wet<br />
winter, and the loggers haven’t been able to get out to fell<br />
trees. To a small degree, it’s because of COVID. Some<br />
mills – including mine – have had to shut down when<br />
one or two get sick with it. Then there’s some panic and<br />
nobody wants to work. I think that’s improving. It wasn’t<br />
terrible but it did have an effect.<br />
“Transportation is a huge problem and getting worse,”<br />
he added. “You can’t get drivers or trucks. They’re really<br />
hard to come by. Also, there are a tremendous number of<br />
regulations from the U.S. Department of Transportation.”<br />
A Georgia lumber provider considers his market to be<br />
“strong.” “We’re getting $105 over the market price on<br />
the No. 2 all the way through,” he said. Compared to the<br />
recent past, his market is “much better,” he remarked.<br />
He sells Red and White Oak, Poplar, Hickory and Ash.<br />
White Oak is the best seller. “Everybody’s looking for<br />
White Oak,” he stated. His customers are from a variety<br />
of industries.<br />
“Transportation affects my profit,” he observed. “I own<br />
my fleet of trucks, and fuel is going up; it’s affecting the<br />
bottom line, but we still can control when we ship something.<br />
You can get the product to the customer.<br />
“The worst problem we have is labor. COVID has been<br />
tough on us. We had to shut down a couple of weeks,<br />
and you’ll never regain the production you lost. It seems<br />
like people have been able to cope with it a little better<br />
recently and it seems like they’re not as scared of it as<br />
they used to be.”<br />
An Alabama source said his market is “really good,”<br />
and it’s better than it was several months ago.<br />
He sells every species and every grade of lumber to<br />
distributors. His customers’ business is “wonderful,” he<br />
stated. Transportation is “not yet” a problem, he said. n<br />
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commercial work is weak.” Species of lumber that he<br />
sells to residential builders include all of those previously<br />
listed and others. “The White Oak has been really<br />
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difficult,” he noted. “We could sell more White Oak than<br />
we're able to get. I wish we could get more if it."<br />
“Transportation has been a problem,” he said. “Costs<br />
have doubled, and we still can’t get some product. I had<br />
a container in North Carolina that took three weeks to<br />
ship, and it cost double what it cost eight months ago.<br />
It’s putting a bind on things.”<br />
Addressing the big picture of his market, he said, "The<br />
residential market is really strong. The commercial market<br />
is not quite dead. My customers that do commercial<br />
work are trying to get by. People building big, fancy<br />
homes haven’t slowed down a bit. People aren’t going<br />
to Europe because of the pandemic, so they’re spending<br />
money to remodel their houses.”<br />
A lumber provider in Washington State observed,<br />
“Sales are going OK, but lack of availability of product is<br />
slowing us down. It’s all about availability.” Also, he said,<br />
“There’s a lot of complaining from customers about high<br />
prices.” He commented that his market is actually worse<br />
than it was a few months ago.<br />
The top five species he sells are Poplar, Hard and Soft<br />
Maple and Red and White Oak in No. 1 Common and<br />
FAS. He sells to mostly end users. “Everybody seems<br />
to be robustly moving forward if they can get wood,” he<br />
noted.<br />
Transportation for his firm is “bad,” he said. “We’re<br />
putting some good money on loads, and trucking companies<br />
are being particular about where they’re going.<br />
Obviously, they have re-loads at the other end. They’re<br />
really selective about what they’ve got on their truck and<br />
where it’s going. If it doesn’t fit their profile or what they<br />
need, they’re passing on it.”<br />
In California, a provider of different varieties of Walnut<br />
is emerging from a period of low sales volume. “As of the<br />
last two months,” he stated, “we’ve been selling a little<br />
bit of wood and a couple of slabs and some gun stocks.<br />
Gun stocks are our steady bread and butter type product,<br />
since we’ve dealt with gun manufacturing for years.<br />
“Before these recent sales, there was nothing going on<br />
at all – like after 9-11. The phone wasn’t ringing. Gradually<br />
the market is starting to open back up again. Everyone<br />
has been so scared of COVID, they didn’t want to<br />
buy any wood. A lot of shops, who were building tables<br />
out of our big, Walnut slabs, probably had to lay off some<br />
of their employees.<br />
“The product we produce is really high-end,” he stated.<br />
“We’ve got a sawmill here that will cut up to seven feet<br />
across and 20 feet long. This Walnut is prized for its figuring<br />
and its color. Most of our products are shipped out<br />
of this area, to Southern California or back East or Colorado.<br />
Our customers are really high-end, where they<br />
want a really big table for a multi-million-dollar house.”<br />
He recalled the low level of sales during the startup<br />
of the pandemic. “People were so gun-shy, they didn’t<br />
know what was going to happen. Now that things are<br />
slowing down as far as the infections go, they think that<br />
things are opening up now. I’ve known some furniture<br />
makers who pretty much shut everything down and let<br />
their employees build furniture at their houses. And now<br />
they’ve finally opened up five days a week. But they’re<br />
not doing their viewing whereby visitors come in on Saturday<br />
for half a day to see their products. People travel<br />
from all over the world to view the furniture they build.<br />
They’re not opening up for fear visitors will transmit CO-<br />
VID.<br />
“Market conditions are definitely better, most definitely<br />
better,” he said. “For the last couple of months, the<br />
phones have been ringing and people are wanting to get<br />
going again.”<br />
The species of Walnut that this firm offers include Claro<br />
Walnut, English Walnut and Bastogne Walnut. This<br />
wood can have, according to the lumberman, “phenomenal<br />
coloring and figuring.” This lumber goes to end users<br />
including furniture makers and large gun-stock manufacturers.<br />
One customer, a rifle manufacturer, says its<br />
business is “very slow.” No other feedback from customers<br />
has come to this lumber provider.<br />
He has heard of problems with transportation from<br />
other firms, but he has not experienced it himself.<br />
He also said he has seen the trend of “people getting<br />
stove-up in their houses and wanting to make a coffee<br />
table, build some shelves or do little hobbyist projects in<br />
the garage. I see the interest in doing that. We’ve sold<br />
some wood to people like that, to save their sanity.”<br />
In another part of California, a source said his customers<br />
are willing to pay higher prices for lumber, “but<br />
they’re just surprised at how fast it’s gone up. But I’m not<br />
surprised because of this time of year and the weather. It<br />
makes sense. There hasn’t been a lot of lumber cut. Our<br />
wood comes from the Midwest where there has been a<br />
lot of rain and a cold January and February. The orders<br />
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jobs that need to be finished and, therefore, you’re still<br />
getting orders.”<br />
Compared to several months ago, the market is “a<br />
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it an excellent choice. Sawmill production has been contracted<br />
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His customers include flooring companies and retail millwork, and wood component companies is strong and<br />
plies have not been meeting demand, and prices have and moulding and millwork manufacturers were also vying<br />
for this species as well as to export markets. With the<br />
operations. “They say their sales are fine,” he observed. driven by the robust U.S. housing market, and the strong<br />
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species would improve.<br />
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With new home construction and renovation on the The regionally important species Hard Maple is doing<br />
Transportation for this California business is not a were not spending on travel, restaurants, in-store shopping<br />
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firm for FAS and Select. Some contacts<br />
noted kiln-dried inventories<br />
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of White Oak kiln-dried stocks are<br />
were thin for many grades and thicknesses<br />
as market interest continued<br />
at a steady pace.<br />
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QUEBEC Continued<br />
In certain areas, such as the U.S. border states, supplies<br />
of Soft Maple are being sought to supplement limited<br />
Hard Maple availability. Contacts noted that demand<br />
for Soft Maple is increasing from established customers,<br />
as well as from the furniture, cabinet and mouldings and<br />
millwork sectors.<br />
Flooring manufacturers are seeking more Oak supplies,<br />
but are limited by the supply. It was noted that truck<br />
trailer flooring producers had large backlogs for finished<br />
goods. Both sectors are having difficulty finding sufficient<br />
Red Oak and White Oak for their needs. Some gains<br />
were made in early March as there was an increase in<br />
production, but not enough to meet the total demand. As<br />
such, prices for these species, as for most species, have<br />
climbed.<br />
Red Oak demand is strong on both domestic and export<br />
markets. The demand is from residential flooring<br />
producers and truck trailer flooring plants, the cabinet<br />
sector and the strong housing markets in both Canada<br />
and the U.S.<br />
White Oak supplies are thin, with sawmills wanting<br />
more logs, while wholesalers and flooring producers<br />
would like to increase their green<br />
White Oak lumber supplies. Contacts<br />
noted that demand from overseas<br />
and domestic markets are undersupplied<br />
for kiln-dried products.<br />
Demand for Poplar is very strong<br />
and sawmills cannot produce<br />
enough of this species to supply it.<br />
Contacts note that demand from<br />
the U.S., China and Vietnam for this<br />
species are also strong. Another<br />
species that is in great demand, said<br />
sources, is Walnut. Green and kilndried<br />
Walnut are said to sell very<br />
quickly once ready for shipping.<br />
Competitive offers are received for<br />
most loads. This is resulting in steep<br />
price increases.<br />
The trend in housing starts was<br />
estimates and obtain a more complete picture of Canada’s<br />
housing market. In some situations, analyzing only<br />
SAAR data can be misleading, as the multi-unit segment<br />
largely drives the market and can vary significantly from<br />
one month to the next.<br />
The standalone monthly SAAR of housing starts for<br />
all areas in Canada was 245,922 units in February, a<br />
decrease of 13.5 percent from 284,372 units in January.<br />
The SAAR of urban starts decreased by 14 percent<br />
in February to 231,042 units. Multiple urban starts decreased<br />
by 15.8 percent to 163,757 units in February<br />
while single-detached urban starts decreased by 9.3<br />
percent to 67,285 units. Rural starts<br />
were estimated at a seasonally adjusted<br />
annual rate of 14,880 units.<br />
According to Statistics Canada,<br />
Canada posted a trade surplus of<br />
$1.4 billion in January, the first since<br />
<strong>May</strong> 2019, owing to a sharp 8.1 percent<br />
increase in merchandise exports.<br />
It was also the largest surplus<br />
since July 2014. Imports rose 0.9<br />
percent in January compared with<br />
the previous month.<br />
Total exports rose 8.1 percent<br />
in January to $51.2 billion, with increases<br />
in all product sections. This<br />
the increase was largely attributable to higher volumes.<br />
Year over year, the value of lumber exports has more<br />
than doubled.<br />
Exports to the United States rose 11.3 percent in January<br />
to $37.2 billion, the highest value since September<br />
2019. The spike in exports of aircraft, gold bars, crude<br />
oil and lumber was largely due to stronger trade with the<br />
United States. Following the steep declines in the spring<br />
of 2020, exports to the United States had remained below<br />
pre-pandemic levels. For the first time in January,<br />
exports to the United States were higher than February<br />
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the pandemic. Excluding the strong<br />
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increase in the value of exports was<br />
1995. Approximately one-third of the<br />
Housing Corporation (CMHC). This<br />
driven by price growth. In real (or MCDONOUGH<br />
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trend measure is a six-month moving<br />
average of the monthly season-<br />
percent.<br />
volume) terms, exports were up 5.1<br />
GR-Lumber Sales/Purchasing<br />
ally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of<br />
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housing starts.<br />
building and packaging materials<br />
“The national trend in housing<br />
(+10.7 percent) also contributed to<br />
starts declined in February, but remained<br />
elevated,” said CMHC’s chief<br />
increase was largely attributable<br />
widespread growth in January. The<br />
Joey Dyer, GR-Lumber Purchasing<br />
joey@gfhardwoods.com<br />
economist. “Single-detached SAAR<br />
to lumber exports (+30.4 percent),<br />
starts declined in February following<br />
which reached a record-high $2.1<br />
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billion in January. Since April 2020,<br />
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WHO’S WHO<br />
IN HARDWOOD PURCHASING<br />
A BRIEF SKETCHOF THE LEADING<br />
PURCHASING EXECUTIVES IN<br />
THE HARDWOOD INDUSTRY<br />
JOE ENGLERT is president of Classic Mouldings, Inc.<br />
in White, GA. His role includes overseeing purchasing,<br />
payables, receivables, sales, the production schedule and<br />
human resources.<br />
Classic Mouldings, Inc. purchases 1.2 million board feet<br />
per year of Poplar, Basswood, Select Maple, Red and<br />
White Oak and Sapele in 4/4 through 10/4. The firm uses<br />
this lumber to manufacture high end mouldings, furniture<br />
parts, large blanks for CNC production, cabinet parts and<br />
radius work. Classic Mouldings offers resawing and edge<br />
gluing up to 16-foot lengths.<br />
Englert started the company nine years ago. This was<br />
his first venture into the forest products industry. Englert<br />
earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from<br />
the University of Georgia.<br />
In his free time, he enjoys golf and college football. He<br />
and his wife of 22 years, Julie, have two children.<br />
Learn more about this company at www.cmouldings.<br />
com.<br />
DEMETRE D. KOUTROS is president<br />
and owner of Buffalo Creek<br />
Millwork Inc., located in Waxahachie,<br />
TX.<br />
Buffalo Creek Millwork manufactures<br />
moulding, millwork, flooring<br />
and related components, bending<br />
rails and cabinet components. The<br />
company specializes in Red Oak,<br />
Demetre D. Koutros Poplar, Hard and Soft Maple, Alder,<br />
Cherry, Hickory and Mahogany (4/4<br />
and 5/4, kiln-dried, rough and S2S). Koutros confirmed the<br />
company purchases a total of more than 1 million board<br />
feet of lumber annually.<br />
Koutros has worked at Buffalo Creek Millwork since<br />
founding the company alongside Bill J. Walker Sr. in August<br />
2000. He began his career in moulding sales at Tre-<br />
Pol Inc, located in El Paso, TX, in 1987. He is a graduate of<br />
Buckingham, Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, MA,<br />
and attended Baylor University, located in Waco, TX.<br />
Koutros has been married to Sonia for 40 years and the<br />
couple has two children and four grandchildren.<br />
For more information, visit www.buffalocreekmillwork.<br />
com.<br />
BRAD REHMEYER is the owner of Rehmeyer Wood<br />
Floors, located in Shrewsbury, PA. In his position, he is<br />
responsible for oversight of all aspects of the business, including<br />
lumber purchasing.<br />
Rehmeyer Wood Floors specializes in the manufacture<br />
of wide plank custom <strong>Hardwood</strong> flooring, using Red and<br />
White Oak, Cherry, Maple, Hickory, unsteamed Black Walnut<br />
and Red Birch (No. 1 and No. 2 Common, 4/4, kilndried<br />
and S2S). Annual lumber purchases total 200,000<br />
board feet.<br />
Floors are custom-milled and shipped across the U.S.<br />
and into Canada.<br />
Rehmeyer Wood Floors also works with reclaimed woods<br />
and exotics when requested. Their niche market calls for<br />
many unique crafting techniques like hand distressing, wire<br />
brushing, hand scraping, pegging and hard wax oil finishing.<br />
Rehmeyer also provides contract floor manufacturing to<br />
lumber companies looking to have their lumber processed<br />
into unfinished or prefinished flooring with many customizing<br />
options available.<br />
Rehmeyer spends his free time with his girlfriend and two<br />
children, riding horses and competing in ranch and cow/<br />
horse events, water skiing, and traveling.<br />
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Manufacturers of approximately 170 million bd. ft. a year<br />
of Southern <strong>Hardwood</strong> and Cypress lumber products<br />
Linwood Truitt and John Stevenson are in charge of kiln-dried lumber sales at Beasley Forest Products / Thompson <strong>Hardwood</strong>s; and Ray Turner<br />
is in industrial sales at Beasley Forest Products / Thompson <strong>Hardwood</strong>s. Contact Ray at (912) 253-9001, or by e-mail at ray.turner@beasleygroup.com.<br />
For you, we at Beasley Forest Products / Thompson <strong>Hardwood</strong>s offer:<br />
• sorted and random widths in Red Oak (4/4), White Oak (4/4), Poplar (4/4 & 8/4), Ash (4/4 & 8/4)<br />
and Cypress (4/4 & 8/4) for export or domestic shipment.<br />
• 1.7 million bd. ft. kiln capacity.<br />
• Cypress framing timbers and manufacture various tongue-and-groove patterns.<br />
• pallet components (cut stock) and pallet cants.<br />
• cross ties and industrial timbers.<br />
• crane mats for the pipeline industry.<br />
• prompt delivery with company trucks and local trucking companies.<br />
Beasley Forest Products, Inc.<br />
P.O. Box 788 • Hazlehurst, Georgia 31539<br />
Phone: (912) 375-5174 ext. 4303 • Fax: (912) 375-9191<br />
Web Address: www.beasleyforestproducts.com<br />
SALES: Linwood Truitt Cell: (912) 253-9000<br />
E-mail: linwood.truitt@beasleygroup.com<br />
Thompson <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc.<br />
P.O. Box 788 • Hazlehurst, GA 31539<br />
Phone: (912) 375-5174 ext. 4384 • Fax: (912) 375-9191<br />
Web Address: www.thompsonhardwoods.com<br />
SALES: John Stevenson Cell: (912) 375-8226<br />
E-mail: john.stevenson@beasleygroup.com<br />
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NEWS DEVELOPMENTS Continued from page 13<br />
LAWMAKERS ASK BIDEN AND THE JUSTICE<br />
DEPARTMENT TO ACT ON LUMBER<br />
The <strong>National</strong> Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently<br />
reported that Reps. Jim Costa (D-Calif.) and Jodey<br />
Arrington (R-Texas) recently sent a letter to President<br />
Biden and the Department of Justice urging the administration<br />
to respond to rising building material prices and<br />
supply shortages, particularly, lumber, that are harming<br />
the housing market and threaten the economic recovery.<br />
The two lawmakers also attached a letter sent last fall<br />
for former President Trump to address that was signed<br />
by nearly 100 members of the 116th Congress seeking<br />
action on the lumber issue.<br />
Using data provided by the NAHB, the lawmakers<br />
stated that “shortages of lumber have nearly tripled the<br />
price of lumber since mid-April 2020, causing the price<br />
of a new single-family home to increase by more than<br />
$24,000.”<br />
NAHB’s top priority is to find solutions that will ensure a<br />
lasting and stable supply of lumber for the home building<br />
industry at a competitive price. NAHB is urging the Commerce<br />
Department to investigate why lumber production<br />
— particularly sawmill output — remains at such low levels<br />
during a period of prolonged high demand.<br />
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Reps. Costa and Arrington mirrored those concerns<br />
and stressed the need to boost sawmill activity in their<br />
letter to Biden and the Department of Justice. “Unfortunately,<br />
this unprecedented price increase on new homeowners,<br />
as well as home builders, will persist until new<br />
sawmills come online and current mills re-open and operate<br />
at full capacity,” the letter stated. “To address this issue,<br />
we ask your Administration to facilitate a discussion<br />
with all stakeholders, including sawmills, home builders,<br />
loggers, and distributors, to ensure all needs are met in<br />
a timely manner.”<br />
Read all housing news at www.nahbnow.com.<br />
FHFA EXTENDS COVID-19 MULTIFAMILY<br />
FORBEARANCE THROUGH JUNE 30<br />
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently<br />
announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises)<br />
will continue to offer COVID-19 forbearance to<br />
qualifying multifamily property owners through June 30,<br />
<strong>2021</strong>, subject to the continued tenant protections FHFA<br />
has imposed during the pandemic. The programs were<br />
set to expire March 31, according to the <strong>National</strong> Association<br />
of Home Builders.<br />
“COVID-19 continues to financially impact Americans<br />
across the country, thereby hindering many tenants’ ability<br />
to pay their rent. To help tenants in financial distress<br />
and property owners, FHFA is extending the multifamily<br />
COVID-19 forbearance and tenant protections through<br />
the end of June <strong>2021</strong>,” said Director Mark Calabria.<br />
Property owners with Enterprise-backed multifamily<br />
mortgages can enter a new or, if qualified, modified forbearance<br />
if they experience a financial hardship due to<br />
the COVID-19 emergency. Property owners who enter<br />
into a new or modified forbearance agreement must:<br />
Inform tenants in writing about tenant protections available<br />
during the property owner’s forbearance and repayment<br />
periods; and Agree not to evict tenants solely for<br />
the nonpayment of rent while the property is in forbearance.<br />
Additional tenant protections apply during the repayment<br />
periods. These protections include:<br />
Giving tenants at least a 30-day notice to vacate; not<br />
charging tenants late fees or penalties for nonpayment<br />
of rent; and allowing tenant flexibility in the repayment of<br />
back-rent over time, and not necessarily in a lump sum.<br />
In addition to requiring written tenant notification, the<br />
Enterprises have posted the tenant protections to their<br />
respective online multifamily property lookup tool websites.<br />
The property lookup tools on the Fannie Mae website<br />
and Freddie Mac website make it easier for tenants<br />
to find out if the multifamily property in which they reside<br />
has an Enterprise-backed mortgage.<br />
Learn more at www.nahbnow.com.<br />
NWFA COMPLETES 54TH HOME WITH GARY<br />
SINISE FOUNDATION<br />
The <strong>National</strong> Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) of<br />
St. Louis, MO, has provided flooring for its 54th home in<br />
support of the Gary Sinise Foundation R.I.S.E. program<br />
(Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment).<br />
The R.I.S.E. program builds custom, specially adapted<br />
smart homes for severely wounded veterans and first<br />
responders. The home dedication for United Stated Marine<br />
Corps Corporal Josue Barron took place recently in<br />
USMC Corporal Josue Barron & family.<br />
Please turn to page 61<br />
We at Bryant Church <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc., located in Wilkesboro, NC, are proud of our modern <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
concentration yard facility that we constantly update to better serve our customers with the finest<br />
Appalachian <strong>Hardwood</strong> and Eastern White Pine lumber available. Call us at (336) 973-3691 when we can<br />
be of service.<br />
This is an aerial view of our modern<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong> concentration yard where we<br />
process quality Appalachian <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
and Eastern White Pine lumber.<br />
Celebrating 40 Years of Setting the<br />
Gold Standard in American Black Walnut<br />
Some facts about our company are, we:<br />
•Have a 30 acre <strong>Hardwood</strong> and Eastern White Pine lumber concentration yard<br />
that exclusively represents one sawmill.<br />
•Specialize in all thicknesses of kiln dried Eastern White Pine lumber.<br />
•Deal in Appalachian <strong>Hardwood</strong> species such as Red and White Oak, Poplar,<br />
Ash, Hard and Soft Maple, Steamed Walnut, Cherry, Basswood, Beech and<br />
mixed <strong>Hardwood</strong>s.<br />
•Market our Appalachian <strong>Hardwood</strong> lumber in 4/4 through 8/4 thicknesses that<br />
is green, air dried and/or kiln dried.<br />
•Specialize in mixed truck loads.<br />
•Have 9 steam dry kilns that have a combined dry kiln capacity of 630,000 bd.<br />
ft. per charge.<br />
•Own a Newman 382 planer.<br />
•Usually carry about 4,000,000 bd. ft. on our air drying yard.<br />
•Usually carry about 1,500,000 bd. ft. of kiln dried lumber in inventory.<br />
•Offer export preparation, container loading and package tally.<br />
•Offer the service of sorting lumber at special lengths, widths and grades<br />
according to customer specifications.<br />
•Use our own trucks and contract trucks for prompt delivery of your orders.<br />
•Have over 75 years of combined experience in the lumber business.<br />
Tim Church<br />
Mason Church<br />
Bus.: (336) 973-3691<br />
FAX: (336) 973-7993<br />
(800) 973-3380<br />
Web site: http://BCHI.com<br />
P.O. Box 995 • Wilkesboro, NC 28697<br />
Distribution Yard: 683 Buck Road • Wilkesboro, NC 28697<br />
Because we’ve been in business since 1953, we have many years of experience that helps us to ship your orders right the first time.<br />
4/4 thru 16/4 Walnut<br />
Proudly NHLA Grade Certified<br />
Phone: 660-248-3000<br />
MOPACLumber.com<br />
inquiry@mopaclumber.com<br />
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TRADE TALK<br />
AN UPDATE COVERING<br />
THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT<br />
HARDWOOD SUPPLIERS/VENDORS<br />
EXPERIENCE QUALITY DEPENDABILITY<br />
975 Conrad Hill Mine Rd. ~ Lexington, NC 27292<br />
Phone 336-746-5419 ~ Fax 336-746-6177<br />
www.kepleyfrank.us<br />
Facilities:<br />
3 Sawmills Processing 50 Million' • 750,000' Dry Kiln<br />
Capacity • 600,000' Fan Shed Capacity<br />
2 382 Newman Planer Mills • 50 Bay Bin Sorter<br />
Products Available:<br />
4/4-8/4 Appalachian Lumber • 6/4-8/4 Ship Dry Capacity<br />
Crossties (100,000 BF per week) • Timbers up to 18'<br />
1,000,000+ Average KD Inventory • 12,000,000+<br />
Average AD Inventory<br />
Species:<br />
White Oak • Red Oak • Poplar • Ash • Hickory<br />
Elm • Beech • Gum • Hackberry • Pecan<br />
Jimmy Kepley, owner, and Bart<br />
Jenkins, lumber sales<br />
The firm manufactures 4/4 through 8/4 thicknesses.<br />
Sales:<br />
Bart Jenkins<br />
bjenkins@kepleyfrank.us<br />
Jimmy Kepley<br />
jkepley@kepleyfrank.us<br />
LINDSAY, ON — TS Manufacturing, located here,<br />
recently announced several new projects. They include:<br />
The Automation and Electronics division completed an<br />
upgrade of a carriage optimizer at Pike Lumber Company<br />
in Akron, IN, using A&E’s LogView 3D Carriage Scanner<br />
and JoeScan X6B scanner heads. The goal of the project<br />
was to provide updated controls and optimization that<br />
were both cost effective and time efficient to minimize<br />
any downtime.<br />
The upgrade consisted of using most of the mill’s<br />
existing controls hardware while supplying a new<br />
Allen-Bradley ControlLogix processor and HMI. The<br />
optimization was all-new hardware utilizing the JoeScan<br />
JS25-X6B scanner heads. This upgrade was completed<br />
over a long weekend and allowed for the mill to be back<br />
to normal production the next Monday morning.<br />
TS Manufacturing also assisted A. Johnson Co. LLC<br />
in Bristol, VT with the upgrade of their sorter controllers<br />
to TS AccuTally systems. These installs are among the<br />
over 35 AccuTally systems sold in the last two years, and<br />
its standardized, PLC-based design allowed the upgrade<br />
of both Sorter Systems to happen in less than six weeks<br />
from order to operational.<br />
TS Manufacturing offers a complete line of machinery<br />
controls and software to fit different mills. For more<br />
information, you can call 705-324-3762, e-mail sales@<br />
tsman.com or go to www.tsman.com.<br />
MEMPHIS, TN — Lance<br />
Johnson, vice president of<br />
sales and marketing at ISK<br />
Biocides, Inc., located here, was<br />
recently named to concurrently<br />
serve as vice president of<br />
business development at IBC<br />
Manufacturing Company. In<br />
his new position, Johnson<br />
Lance Johnson will develop and strengthen<br />
IBC Manufacturing’s outside<br />
relationships.<br />
IBC Manufacturing is a wholly owned subsidiary of ISK<br />
Biocides and is responsible for the manufacture of all<br />
ISK Biocides’ products as well as outside manufacturing.<br />
IBC Manufacturing opened its doors in Memphis in 1933<br />
as Chapman Chemical Company.<br />
Johnson is a graduate of Iowa State University in<br />
Ames, IA. His 29 years in the forest products industry<br />
include 27 at ISK Biocides. Prior positions include<br />
District Sales Supervisor in the Northeast working out of<br />
Pittsburgh, District Sales Supervisor in the mid-Atlantic<br />
region working out of Roanoke, and Sales Manager. He<br />
joined the Memphis office as Vice President of Sales and<br />
Marketing in April, 2018.<br />
Headquartered in Memphis, TN, ISK Biocides is one of<br />
the leading suppliers of innovative chemical products for<br />
industrial, commercial and residential wood applications.<br />
In particular, they specialize in the production and sale of<br />
wood protection products, including NeXgen, the leading<br />
anti-sapstain chemical in the <strong>Hardwood</strong> market, as well<br />
as end-coatings and paint for lumber.<br />
For more information, go to www.iskbiocides.com.<br />
EAU CLAIRE, WI —Mc-<br />
Donough Manufacturing, headquartered<br />
here, recently hired<br />
Matthew Frazier as their Southeastern<br />
sales representative,<br />
working out of his home, just outside<br />
Atlanta. With his extensive<br />
project management and sales<br />
experience, McDonough is excited<br />
to have Frazier on board,<br />
Matthew Frazier<br />
according to a company spokesperson.<br />
Frazier grew up in Georgia and North Carolina, with<br />
family in both states. Currently based north of Atlanta, he<br />
has lived and spent time working in both South and North<br />
Georgia, working primarily in industrial construction<br />
in both sales and project management roles. During<br />
that time, Frazier was able to work on several sawmill<br />
projects, ranging from minor modifications to the turnkey<br />
construction of new mills.<br />
When asked what he was excited about after joining<br />
McDonough, Frazier said he's "looking forward to<br />
joining a great company with a long history of providing<br />
awesome equipment to an important industry." Excited<br />
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and proud to work in the sawmill industry, Frazier joins<br />
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Outside of his work, Frazier likes to spend time<br />
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For over 100 years, McDonough has been a provider<br />
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CORVALLIS, OR — Lucidyne,<br />
headquartered here, recently<br />
announced the addition of<br />
Taylor Trammel to its sales<br />
team as sales representative<br />
focusing on the West Coast<br />
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system technology and grading<br />
optimization.<br />
Trammel has extensive experience working in sawmill<br />
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Roseburg Forest Products. In conjunction, Trammel<br />
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For more information, go to www.lucidyne.com.<br />
SPRINGFIELD, OR — Timber Products, located here,<br />
recently reorganized the management of the sales team<br />
to consolidate plywood sales leadership and enhance the<br />
level of collaboration with the manufacturing teams. Pat<br />
Lynch was named Vice President of Sales. Lynch, who<br />
has served as the International<br />
Business Manager for Timber<br />
Products since August of 2019,<br />
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softwood, and international<br />
sales efforts. According to Mark<br />
Avery, Chief Operating Officer<br />
for Timber Products, “Pat’s<br />
depth and breadth of experience<br />
Pat Lynch in plywood and panel markets<br />
make him uniquely qualified for<br />
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Lynch’s industry experience includes roles as Vice<br />
President - Structural Panels Sales at Georgia-Pacific,<br />
Director of Plywood Sales at Roseburg Forest Products<br />
and Vice President and General Manger at Darlington<br />
Veneer Company. “I am excited about the opportunity<br />
to grow and enhance the Timber Products plywood and<br />
international businesses in the marketplace,” Lynch said.<br />
This change will allow Timber Products to deliver on<br />
its commitment to providing customers with the products<br />
and services they need and expect from Timber Products.<br />
For more information, go to www.timberproducts.<br />
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POWASSAN, ON — Shaun<br />
Rowe recently began working for<br />
Quality <strong>Hardwood</strong>s Ltd., located<br />
here, in sales and purchasing.<br />
Quality <strong>Hardwood</strong>s Ltd.<br />
purchases green lumber from<br />
sawmills throughout Quebec and<br />
Northern and Southern Ontario.<br />
The lumber is dried in one of their<br />
Shaun Rowe 10 Nardi Dry Kilns and stored<br />
in steel warehouses, which are<br />
insulated, heated and climate controlled year-round. The<br />
kilns have a drying capacity of 450,000 board feet and<br />
the kiln-dried lumber is never exposed to the elements.<br />
Constant expansions and upgrades assist the<br />
company in making customer satisfaction a priority.<br />
Primary species include Hard Maple, Red Oak, Ash,<br />
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Asia and the U.S. are Quality <strong>Hardwood</strong>s’ major export<br />
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Rowe came to Quality <strong>Hardwood</strong>s from Huron Forest<br />
Products, where he was vice president of sales and<br />
purchasing. Before that, he worked at Aurora Timberland<br />
and other companies. His first job in the forest products<br />
industry was with Royal Woodworking, when he was in<br />
high school.<br />
Rowe graduated from Cardinal Carter Catholic High<br />
School and went on to earn a Bachelor of Commerce in<br />
accounting from Ryerson University. He also graduated<br />
from the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Hardwood</strong> Lumber Association<br />
Inspector Training School in the 140th class in 2003. He<br />
has been chairman of the Canadian <strong>Hardwood</strong> Bureau<br />
since 2016. In his free time, Rowe enjoys spending time<br />
outdoors with his two boys.<br />
For more information, go to www.qualityhardwoodsltd.<br />
com.<br />
MADISON, WI — The Northern <strong>Hardwood</strong> Conference<br />
<strong>2021</strong>, a virtual event, will be held June 15 and 16, <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
The theme is Bridging Science and Management for the<br />
Future. Registration opened March 22.<br />
Northern <strong>Hardwood</strong> forests occupy millions of acres<br />
in the eastern United States and Canada, representing<br />
one of the most economically important and ecologically<br />
diverse forests in eastern North America.<br />
The Northern <strong>Hardwood</strong> Conference was initiated by<br />
a diverse group of professionals wishing to facilitate<br />
collaboration across the northern <strong>Hardwood</strong> range. A<br />
major northern <strong>Hardwood</strong> conference has not been held<br />
in the Lake States in over 30 years, and rarely has there<br />
been an opportunity for researchers and forest managers<br />
from across the range to compare notes. In addition,<br />
conference organizers hope to establish the Northern<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong> Conference as a valuable forum to be held<br />
on a biennial basis throughout the eastern United States<br />
and Canada.<br />
Keynote presentations this year will be made by<br />
Christel Kern, USDA Forest Service; Anthony D’Amato,<br />
University of Vermont; Steve Bedard, with the government<br />
of Quebec; and Nicole Rogers, University of Maine-Fort<br />
Kent.<br />
For registration questions, call CALS Conference<br />
Services at 608-263-1672 or e-mail conference@cals.<br />
Temecula, CA. Flooring for the project was donated by<br />
NWFA member Mannington.<br />
Corporal Barron joined the 0311 (infantry) and was<br />
a fire team leader with 3rd Battalion 5th Marines out of<br />
Camp Pendleton. His first deployment was the 31st Marine<br />
Expeditionary Unit in 2009, which took him to Japan,<br />
Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, and Australia. He was<br />
injured in 2010 during his second deployment to Afghanistan<br />
while on foot patrol. On the way back to the base,<br />
his engineer stepped on an improvised explosive device<br />
(IED), hitting them both, and resulting in amputations for<br />
both.<br />
“Corporal Barron joined the Marine Corps when he<br />
was just 17 years old, and credits them with providing<br />
the discipline and leadership he needed in his life,” said<br />
NWFA President and CEO, Michael Martin. “He received<br />
a Purple Heart and combat action ribbon for his<br />
actions, and credits other disabled veterans who face<br />
tougher challenges with inspiring him to overcome his<br />
own. We’re honored to partner with Mannington to provide<br />
flooring for his new home.”<br />
In addition to the 54 homes already completed, NWFA<br />
currently is working with its members to source wood<br />
flooring for 13 additional R.I.S.E. homes in various stages<br />
of planning and construction. Currently, 141 NWFA<br />
member companies have donated product, logistics, and<br />
installation services in locations throughout the United<br />
States, with a total value of more than $5.2 million. A<br />
list of all NWFA R.I.S.E. participating companies can be<br />
found at www.nwfa.org/giving-back.aspx.<br />
To learn more about the program, and how you and/<br />
or your company can get involved, contact the NWFA at<br />
800-422-4556, or e-mail them at anita.howard@nwfa.<br />
org.<br />
The <strong>National</strong> Wood Flooring Association is a not-forprofit<br />
trade organization, with more than 3,200 member<br />
companies world-wide, dedicated to educating consumers,<br />
architects, designers, specifiers and builders in the<br />
uses and benefits of wood flooring. The NWFA can be<br />
contacted at 800-422-4556 (USA & Canada), 636-519-<br />
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ADVERTISERS<br />
INDEX<br />
Abenaki Timber Corporation..................38<br />
Air Systems Mfg. of Lenoir, Inc..................<br />
Ally Global Logistics...................................<br />
Atlanta <strong>Hardwood</strong> Corporation..................<br />
Autolog Sawmill Automation......................<br />
Automation & Electronics USA..............13<br />
Baillie Lumber Co.......................................<br />
Beard <strong>Hardwood</strong>s.......................................<br />
Beasley Forest Products, Inc.................52<br />
Bingaman & Son Lumber, Inc.................37<br />
BioLube, Inc................................................<br />
Breeze Dried Inc.....................................39<br />
Carbotech International.........................10<br />
Cardin Forest Products LLC.......................<br />
Church, Bryant, <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc............54<br />
Clark Lumber Co.........................................<br />
Cleereman Controls..................................7<br />
Cleereman Industries...............................7<br />
Cole <strong>Hardwood</strong>, Inc....................................<br />
Collins.........................................................<br />
Cooper Machine Co., Inc............................<br />
Corley Manufacturing Co......................IBC<br />
Cramer, W.M., Lumber Co.......................46<br />
Cummings Lumber Co., Inc......................3<br />
Deer Park Lumber, Inc............................53<br />
Devereaux Sawmill, Inc..........................57<br />
Distribution Management<br />
Systems, inc. (DMSi).................................1<br />
Eberl Trocknungsanlagen GmbH...............<br />
Fitzpatrick & Weller Inc..............................<br />
GF <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc.................................50<br />
Graf Bros. Flooring & Lumber....................<br />
Graf & Thomas Lumber, Inc.......................<br />
Granite <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc.............................<br />
Granite Valley Forest Products............ IFC<br />
GTL Lumber Inc..........................................<br />
GW Industries...........................................9<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong> Forestry Fund............................<br />
<strong>Hardwood</strong> Manufacturers Assoc ..............<br />
Hartzell <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc.........................47<br />
Hermitage <strong>Hardwood</strong> Lumber ...................<br />
Sales, Inc................................................12<br />
HHP, Inc.......................................................<br />
Hurdle Machine Works Inc.....................15<br />
Irving, J.D., Limited....................................<br />
ISK Biocides, Inc....................................48<br />
JoCo Lumber, Inc........................................<br />
Jones, Ron, <strong>Hardwood</strong> Sales, Inc..............<br />
Josey Lumber Co., Inc................................<br />
Kentucky Forest Industries Assoc.............<br />
Kepley-Frank <strong>Hardwood</strong> Co., Inc...........56<br />
King City Forwarding USA, Inc...............11<br />
King City/Northway Forwarding Ltd.......11<br />
Kretz Lumber Co., Inc.................................<br />
Lawrence Lumber Company Inc................<br />
Lewis Controls, Inc...............................IBC<br />
Lewis, Dwight, Lumber Co., Inc.................<br />
Limbo......................................................46<br />
Lucidyne Technologies Inc........................<br />
Lumber Resources Inc...........................35<br />
Lussier, Simon, Ltd...................................6<br />
MacBeath <strong>Hardwood</strong> Company..............61<br />
Maine Woods Company..........................59<br />
Mars Hill, Inc...............................................<br />
Maxwell <strong>Hardwood</strong> Flooring..................43<br />
McDonough Manufacturing Company....51<br />
Mellott Manufacturing Co., Inc...................<br />
Meridien <strong>Hardwood</strong>s of PA., Inc.................<br />
Midwest <strong>Hardwood</strong> Corporation................<br />
Miller, Frank, Lumber, Inc...........................<br />
MillTech Inventory Management<br />
Solutions.....................................................<br />
MO PAC Lumber Company......................55<br />
Mueller Bros. Timber, Inc...........................<br />
Neff Lumber Mills, Inc................................<br />
Netterville, Fred, Lumber Co......................<br />
New River <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc.....................36<br />
North American Forest Foundation............<br />
Northern <strong>Hardwood</strong>s..................................<br />
Northwest <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc........................<br />
Nyle Systems, LLC....................................8<br />
Oakcrest Lumber, Inc.................................<br />
OHC | Overseas <strong>Hardwood</strong>s Company.......<br />
O’Shea Lumber Co......................................<br />
Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual<br />
Insurance Company....................................<br />
Peterson, Keith D., & Co., Inc................60<br />
Pike Lumber Co., Inc..................................<br />
Prime Lumber Company.............................<br />
Primewood..................................................<br />
Ram Forest Products, Inc.......................44<br />
Rosenberry, Carl, & Sons,<br />
Lumber, Inc.............................................42<br />
Sawmill MD.................................................<br />
SII Dry Kilns................................................<br />
Sirianni <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc.........................41<br />
Smithco Manufacturing, Inc.......................<br />
Snowbelt <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc......................45<br />
Southern Forest Products Assoc...............<br />
Stiles, A.W., Contractors, Inc.....................<br />
Taylor Machine Works, Inc.........................<br />
Thompson <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc....................52<br />
Tigerton Lumber Co....................................<br />
TMX Shipping Co., Inc............................40<br />
Tropical Forest Products............................<br />
TS Manufacturing.................................. BC<br />
Tuscarora <strong>Hardwood</strong>s, Inc.........................<br />
U-C Coatings, LLC.................................. FC<br />
USNR.......................................................49<br />
Western <strong>Hardwood</strong> Association.................<br />
Wheeland Lumber Co., Inc.........................<br />
White, Harold, Lumber, Inc.....................61<br />
Williams, R.J., Inc.......................................<br />
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