The Softwood Forest Products Buyer - July/August 2022

Vancouver And NAWLA Team Up
For Regional Event
Southeast NAWLA Meeting Features Industry
Panel Discussion
Photos By Zach Miller
Photos By Terry Miller
Darcy Mercer and Margo Yang, Olympic Industries Inc.,
North Vancouver, BC; and Dave Farley, BC Wood Specialties
Group, Langley, BC
Steven Rustja, Weston Forest Products Inc., Mississauga,
ON; and Terry Haddix and Kalayna Crook, Patrick
Lumber Company, Portland, OR
Kyle Jones, West Bay Forest Products Ltd., Langley, BC;
Zach Miller, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis,
TN; and Gary Reid, Delta Cedar Specialties Ltd.,
Delta, BC
Vancouver, BC–The Vancouver
Club, located here, recently welcomed
members and guests to the
North American Wholesale Lumber
Association (NAWLA) Regional
Meeting.
The afternoon event included networking
opportunities as well as an
education session entitled "Consolidation
in Our Industry - What Lies
Ahead." Speakers at this affair were:
Daryl Swetlishoff, head of research
at Raymond James LLC; Amar
Doman, founder/president and CEO
of The Futura Corp.; and Mark
Thomson, P.Log and president/coowner
of Mountain View Group.
NAWLA was founded in 1893
and represents wholesalers, manufacturers
and service provider
companies from the planting of
seedlings to the selling of building
materials and wood in all its many
forms. n
Learn more at www.nawla.org.
Phil Duke, Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution
LLC, Nashville, TN; Jim McGinnis, The McGinnis Lumber
Company Inc., Meridian, MS; and Nick Fitzgerald, Snavely
Forest Products, Dallas, TX
Jordan Lynch, DMSi Software, Omaha, NE; and
Brian Newsom and Curt Stuckey, Wholesale Wood
Products Inc., Birmingham, AL
Casey Pierce, Compass Building Products Inc., Marietta, GA;
Scott Parker, Executive Director, NAWLA, Chicago, IL; Bill Price,
All Star Forest Products Inc., Jackson, MS; and Terry Miller, The
Softwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis, TN
Meridian, MS–The MAX, located here, recently welcomed members and guests of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) to the
organization's Southeast Regional
Meeting.
The one-day event included a
panel of industry leaders discussing
top-of-mind lumber issues.
The panelists comprised more
than 100 years of lumber industry
experience. They included Bill
Price, of All Star Forest Products;
Barry Bauman, of Interfor; Steve
Cheatham, of Everwood Treatment
Co.; Brent Heavican, of DMSi; and
Jay Bowling, of Blair Logistics.
Moderator for the panel discussion
was Terry Miller, of The Softwood
Forest Products Buyer.
The following topics were
included in the panel discussion:
market volatility, supply chain
disruptions, labor shortages, issues
with the transportation sector,
technology advancements and
information about the import/export
markets.
In addition to the panel
discussion, NAWLA also hosted a
tour of Biewer Lumber Company's
Southern Pine sawmill in Newton,
MS. n
For more information, visit
www.nawla.org.
Rick Sidhu, Sidca Trading Ltd., Coquitlam,
BC; and Scott Parker, NAWLA,
Chicago, IL
Additional Photos on page 18
Davis McGinnis, The McGinnis Lumber
Company Inc., Meridian, MS; and
Curt Allen, Hunt Forest Products LLC,
Ruston, LA
Additional Photos on page 20
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