National Hardwood Magazine - July 2021

WHO’S WHO
IN HARDWOOD PURCHASING
A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LEADING
PURCHASING EXECUTIVES IN
THE HARDWOOD INDUSTRY
EXPERIENCE QUALITY DEPENDABILITY
975 Conrad Hill Mine Rd. ~ Lexington, NC 27292
Phone 336-746-5419 ~ Fax 336-746-6177
www.kepleyfrank.us
Facilities:
3 Sawmills Processing 50 Million' • 750,000' Dry Kiln
Capacity • 600,000' Fan Shed Capacity
2 382 Newman Planer Mills • 50 Bay Bin Sorter
Products Available:
4/4-8/4 Appalachian Lumber • 6/4-8/4 Ship Dry Capacity
Crossties (100,000 BF per week) • Timbers up to 18'
1,000,000+ Average KD Inventory • 12,000,000+
Average AD Inventory
Species:
White Oak • Red Oak • Poplar • Ash • Hickory
Elm • Beech • Gum • Hackberry • Pecan
Jimmy Kepley, owner, and Bart
Jenkins, lumber sales
The firm manufactures 4/4 through 8/4 thicknesses.
Sales:
Bart Jenkins
bjenkins@kepleyfrank.us
Jimmy Kepley
jkepley@kepleyfrank.us
WILLIAM HEIDLER has been in sales and purchasing
at Heidler Hardwood Lumber Co. for four years.
Heidler Hardwood Lumber, centered in Chicago, IL, is
a moulding manufacturer and distributor that offers over
40 species of high-grade Hardwood lumber from 4/4 to
16/4 domestic and imports. Heidler Hardwood stocks approximately
two million board feet total. Products include
surfaced and ripped lumber, moulder blanks, custom
mouldings, and wide plank long-length flooring. Heidler
Hardwood specializes in profile-sanded mouldings and
provides extra thick stock (up to 16/4 in Red and White
Oak, Walnut, Ash, etc.). The distribution yard is a member
of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, Indiana
Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association, Hardwood
Distributors Association and Architectural Woodwork
Institute.
Heidler began at Heidler Hardwood Lumber Co. as a
salesman six years ago. He graduated with a B.A. degree
in Biology and Chemistry from the University of
Kentucky in 2014 (Go ‘Cats!).
Heidler has been happily married to his wife Erica for
what will be a year July 2021. They are currently expecting
their first child. Heidler’s hobbies include spending
time with family and friends, boating, and traveling.
For more information, visit www.heidlerhardwood.
com.
KENNETH M. SPITULSKI is CEO and owner of Ken-
Craft Company Inc., located in Toledo, OH.
KenCraft Company is a manufacturer of stock and
custom mouldings, as well as offers 3/8 by 1.5-inch Red
Oak flooring and manufactures other millwork. The company
purchases 100,000 board feet per year of Ash,
Basswood, Birch, Red and White Oak, Cherry, Hard and
Soft Maple, Poplar, and Walnut (FAS 4/4-8/4). KenCraft
also offers six thicknesses of Baltic Birch plywood and
various imported species of Hardwood.
The company operates a 12,000-square-foot retail and
warehouse facility that offers random width and length
Hardwood, S4S, thin-stock lumber and dust collector
sheet metal fittings for small millwork shops.
Spitulski founded KenCraft Company in 1965 as a remodeling
contractor, building garages, cabinets and furniture,
as well as refurbishing old homes.
Spitulski’s duties include lumber purchasing, and overseeing
day-to-day operations and management of the
company, duties he shares with his son, Tracy.
Spitulski has been married for 55 years to Virginia.
They have one son and one daughter, one grandson,
and three granddaughters.
For more information visit www.kencraftcompany.
com.
JOHN ALLAN is owner of Arkansas Wood Doors, a
manufacturer based in Pottsville, AR. His firm purchases
100,000 board feet per year of No. 1 Common and No.
2 Common in most Hardwood species grown in North
America. With this lumber, Arkansas Wood Doors manufactures
wood and 3DL cabinet doors/components, veneer
RP inserts and custom RTA cabinets. This company
carries out pre-finish and matching of colors as well as
custom finishing with its flat line finish system.
Allan’s first job in the forest products industry was with
Arkansas Wood Doors, beginning in 1977. In the early
1990s, Allan managed a European manufacturing and
distribution facility, making multiple trips to Russia and
the Ukraine, consulting with Russian wood products
manufacturers in processes and upgrading systems and
equipment.
Allan graduated from a two-year junior college in Illinois.
In his free time, he enjoys trout fishing, traveling
and time spent with his family. He and his wife of 21
years have two grown daughters.
Visit www.arkansaswooddoors.com. n
WHITE OAK
ANOTHER SPECIES OFFERED
IN A VARIETY OF WAYS
PLAINSAWN
4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4 AND 12/4
LIVE SAWN RUSTIC GRADING
4/4 SORTED EVERY INCH, 6-10”
5/4, 6/4 AND 8/4 - RANDOM WIDTH
RIFT AND QUARTERED
4/4, 5/4, 6/4 AND 8/4
sales@devereauxsawmill.com
989-593-2552
devereauxsawmill.com
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