National Hardwood Magazine - July 2011

WHO’S WHO
IN HARDWOOD PURCHASING
Cliff Benner is Production Manager for Twin
Oaks Cabinets located in Neosho, Mo.
Manufacturing custom residential cabinets as
well as commercial cabinetry, the firm purchases
approximately 420,000 board feet annually of
Alder, Cherry, Beech, Maple, Red Oak and Poplar
(FAS & Superior Grades, 15/16, S2S).
Twin Oaks also offers color matching, finishing
and installation of their custom cabinets.
Benner has been with the company for 21 years and in his current
position for 11. “I grew up around woodworking. I started out helping
my brother in his construction business at a young age,” he said. “In
1998 I started a small side business named ‘Woodworks.’”
Benner is a graduate of Living Heritage Academy located in Texas.
He and his wife of 18 years, Kristy, have two sons and two daughters.
Twin Oaks Cabinets is a member of the National Kitchen and Bath
Association.
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• Top Quality Kiln Dried Hardwood
Lumber Rough/S2S
• Specializing in 5/4 thru 8/4 Red &
White Oak
• Also: Cherry, Hard Maple and Soft
Maple
• Shipping Mixed Trucks/Containers
Worldwide
S Sirianni Keith McPherson Jim Sirianni Tom Armentano
Hardwoods, Inc.
912 Addison Road
Painted Post, New York 14870
Telephone: (607) 962-4688
Fax: (607) 936-6237
www.siriannihardwoods.com
shwds@stny.rr.com
Glenn Farrell is President of YFI Millworks located in Cape
Neddick, Maine. A full service architectural millwork manufacturer and
installer, the firm purchases approximately 120,000 board feet annually
of Cherry, Chestnut, Hard Maple and Poplar.
A graduate of Fayetteville Manlius High School located in Manlius,
N.Y., he obtained his bachelor’s in business administration and accounting
from St. Michaels College, located in Colchester, Vt.
YFI Millworks is a member of the National Association of Home
Builders, and the Architectural Woodworkers Institute.
Farrell is a member of the Green Building Council, Architectural
Woodworkers Institute, National Association of Home Builders, president
of Builder Zo Club, and a certified Green builder.
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Charlie James is the lumber buyer for
Woodmart, based in Van Nuys, Calif. Woodmart
manufactures shutters and purchases approximately
600,000 board feet annually of Basswood,
Cypress and cedar (5/4 #1 Common KD RGH, primarily
4/4, 6/4, 8/4 #1 Common as needed). The
company offers interior and exterior shutters and
shutter components.
James has been with the company for 14 years.
He is currently the general manager. His first job in the industry was in
1977 as a lumber handler in a Hardwood distribution yard. He has also
been involved in sales, sales management, milling, purchasing and secondary
manufacturing.
He graduated from San Marino High School and attended Cal-State in
Los Angeles, Calif. He is a member of the Los Angeles Hardwood
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