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Vol. 44 No. 4 Serving Forest Products Buyers Worldwide FEBRUARY/MARCH <strong>2018</strong><br />
In <strong>2018</strong> The Transportation Industry Faces Acclimation<br />
To Recent Mergers, Alongside Adapting To Recent<br />
Labor Laws That Limit Truck Driver’s Schedules<br />
Sources in the transportation industry who ship North American wood products<br />
around the world shared with <strong>Import</strong>/<strong>Export</strong> <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Purchasing</strong> <strong>News</strong> their insight<br />
about current market activity and export challenges that may arise in <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
Curtis Struyk<br />
TMX Shipping Co.<br />
Morehead City, North Carolina<br />
Brett Bleichrodt, Collins, Littleton, CO; Lee Jimerson, Collins, Wilsonville, OR; and Brian<br />
Hurdle, Collins, Roseville, CA<br />
Orlando Welcomes Thousands at<br />
International Builders' Show<br />
Photos by Terry Miller and Zach Miller<br />
Orlando, Florida–The Orange County Convention Center, located here,<br />
was the recent site of the <strong>2018</strong> National Association of Home Builders<br />
International Builders’ Show (IBS). This year IBS was held in conjunction<br />
with the National Kitchen & Bath Association’s Kitchen & Bath Industry<br />
Show during Design & Construction Week®. The event was expected to bring<br />
together approximately 80,000 building industry professionals from around the<br />
globe.<br />
In addition to a packed exhibitor tradeshow, the IBS featured a multitude of<br />
Continued on page 12<br />
TMX Shipping Company Inc. had another record year<br />
for lumber and log<br />
exports in 2017 with a 17 percent increase over the previous<br />
year. China led the way with 65 percent of the market,<br />
Curtis Struyk followed by Vietnam at 6.5 percent and Great Britain at 5<br />
percent. With ocean freight rates holding at record low levels,<br />
the first quarter of <strong>2018</strong> is shaping up to look much the same.<br />
Ocean carriers tried to increase rates throughout 2017 without much success.<br />
We expect they will continue to push for general rate increases which<br />
have to be mitigated and dealt with on a carrier by carrier basis. This trend<br />
will likely carry over well into <strong>2018</strong> as larger ships compete for export market<br />
share.<br />
We are currently experiencing container deficits at some major rail ramps.<br />
Those ramps, like Nashville for instance, are dependent on import containers<br />
to replenish container pools, and are especially affected during certain times<br />
of the year. Equipment shortages are something we have dealt with in the<br />
past and have always found a way to manage it. As we continue to benefit<br />
from a shippers market, I believe <strong>2018</strong> will be another record-breaking year.<br />
North American Representatives Attend<br />
PEFC Annual General Assembly<br />
By Michael Buckley<br />
Continued on page 13<br />
Zach Miller, <strong>Import</strong>/<strong>Export</strong> <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Purchasing</strong> <strong>News</strong>, Memphis, TN; Michael DeJong and<br />
Christine Belus, U-C Coatings LLC, Buffalo, NY; Matt Pryor, Americana Deck By Bingaman<br />
Lumber Co., Kreamer, PA; and Tim Cutler, U-C Coatings LLC<br />
Additional photos on pages 6 & 8<br />
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U.S. delegate John Metnick (pictured 2nd from right), with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative,<br />
was among the American delegates offering input at the recent Programme for the<br />
Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) Week, held in Helsinki, Finland. To Metnick’s<br />
right is Sarah Crow, Senior Director, Sustainability Solutions, American Forest Foundation,<br />
which runs the PEFC-endorsed American Tree Farm System, and Canada’s John Dunford<br />
(to Metnick’s left). The program for this PEFC event brought together over 250 people from<br />
50 countries. The next PEFC International Week will be held in Geneva, Switzerland in November<br />
this year.<br />
Helsinki, Finland–The annual Programme for the Endorsement of<br />
Forest Certification (PEFC) Week, held here recently, was themed<br />
“Making Certification Smart,” at which the stakeholders dialogue called<br />
for “purposeful innovation.”<br />
“We need a paradigm shift in how society perceives the whole forest/tree<br />
value chain,” said Ben Gunneberg, CEO of PEFC International, as he opened<br />
Continued on page 12
Who ’s Who in<br />
<strong>Import</strong>/<strong>Export</strong>s<br />
STEVE STOUFFLET is the Hardwood Lumber Sales<br />
Manager, North America for Robinson Lumber Company,<br />
headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Founded in 1893, Robinson Lumber Company is a<br />
manufacturer and distributor of domestic and imported<br />
hardwoods, including Red and White Oak, Ash, Hickory,<br />
Poplar, African Mahogany, Sapele, Spanish Cedar, Andiroba,<br />
Ipe, Jatoba, Cumaru, and Cabreuva.<br />
Steve Stoufflet Robinson Lumber offers a variety of precision manufactured<br />
flooring and decking products. Value-added services<br />
include kiln drying, ripping, width sorting, and S2S. The<br />
company operates concentration yards in New Albany, IN, and Winchester,<br />
VA, with warehouses in New Orleans and Garland, TX.<br />
Stoufflet has worked at Robinson Lumber for 34 years, of a total 36 years<br />
Continued on page 21<br />
Missouri Walnut LLC, located in Neosho, Missouri,<br />
recently hired C.J. KATSETOS. He will handle kiln-dried<br />
lumber purchasing and export sales.<br />
Missouri Walnut produces approximately 15 million<br />
board feet of 4/4 to 12/4 Walnut lumber per year in all<br />
grades. The company also supplies high grade 4/4 and<br />
5/4 Teak lumber (plain and quarter-sawn) and has its own<br />
trucks to make customer deliveries.<br />
Previous to joining Missouri Walnut, Katsetos was purchasing/sales<br />
manager at Anglo American Hardwoods for<br />
C.J. Katsetos<br />
11 years. He has a marketing/management degree that he earned from Indian<br />
River State College, located in Fort Pierce, FL.<br />
In his spare time, Katsetos enjoys brewing beer. He is married to Debbie<br />
and the couple has four children.<br />
To learn more, contact 513-319-9698. ■<br />
MATHIEU LUSSIER is export sales manager for Simon<br />
Lussier Lteé., located in Blainville, Quebec.<br />
Simon Lussier Lteé is a distributor and exporter of Yellow<br />
and White Birch, Hard and Soft Maple, Aspen, Red and<br />
White Oak, Walnut and Yellow Poplar (4/4 to 12/4 thicknesses,<br />
No. 2 Common and Better). The company annually<br />
purchases a total of 15 million board feet of Green and<br />
kiln-dried lumber. Approximately 70 percent is purchased<br />
Green and the remaining 30 percent is purchased kilndried.<br />
Mathieu Lussier<br />
Simon Lussier Lteé offers S2S and pull-to-width services.<br />
In Mirabel, QC, the company has 300,000 board feet of kiln capacity.<br />
Lussier’s first job in the forest products industry was piling lumber during<br />
summertime when he was 15. He studied music after graduating from high<br />
school. After a few years at college he went on to graduate from the lumber<br />
grading school in Quebec (Ecole de Foresterie et de Technologie du Bois de<br />
Duchesnay) and worked for two years as a lumber grader. Other positions he<br />
has held include night shift foreman, dispatch/customer service office, and<br />
pallet stock/squares salesman. In 2009, Simon Lussier Lteé expanded export<br />
Continued on page 21<br />
BRADY FRANCOIS is international and domestic sales<br />
manager for Snowbelt Hardwoods Inc., located in Hurley,<br />
Wisconsin.<br />
Snowbelt Hardwoods manufactures 16 million board feet<br />
per year of premium Northern kiln dried lumber, solid hardwood<br />
flooring and dimensional products available in Basswood,<br />
White Ash, Hard and Soft Maple, Red Oak, Cherry,<br />
Aspen and Birch. Lumber is offered as RW, pulled to width/<br />
length and ripped to width, and scanned via the company’s<br />
Brady Francois<br />
VisionTally tally machine to ensure accuracy.<br />
Francois graduated from Lakeland Union High School,<br />
Minocqua, WI, in 2003, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, in 2007, graduating<br />
with a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies degree with a focus in<br />
business and environmental geography. He graduated from the NHLA Inspector<br />
Training School in Memphis, TN, in 2008, and the University of Wisconsin-<br />
Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, in 2010, where he earned an MBA in Finance<br />
and Management. Francois started full time as sales manager in 2010. His<br />
first jobs at the company included piling on the green chain, working in the<br />
Continued on page 21<br />
AHEC Links Southeast Asian Manufacturing<br />
Power With European Design Innovation<br />
More than ever, hardwoods and<br />
associated industries are a global<br />
trade. One connection that continues<br />
to emerge is the link between highend<br />
European design and low cost<br />
SE Asian manufacturing. In late fall<br />
of 2017, AHEC’s European Director,<br />
David Venables, traveled to Vietnam<br />
to attend the Vietnam<strong>Wood</strong> trade show,<br />
give a presentation at an AHEC seminar<br />
in Ho Chi Minh, and visit furniture factories.<br />
During this trip, David, the AHEC<br />
team from Hong Kong, and Tripp Pryor<br />
from AHEC’s headquarters in the District<br />
of Columbia looked to gain a better understanding of<br />
the relationship between Vietnam’s sizeable and expanding<br />
furniture industry and the European market.<br />
Vietnam is now the world’s 5 th largest producer of<br />
By Michael Snow, Executive Director<br />
American Hardwood <strong>Export</strong> Council<br />
Sterling, VA<br />
703-435-2900<br />
www.ahec.org<br />
Michael Snow<br />
wooden furniture, of which over 80 percent is exported, making it the 2 nd highest<br />
exporter behind China. About 15 percent of those exports go to Europe, of<br />
which half is accounted for by the United Kingdom (UK). However, the designs<br />
and decision to use American hardwoods isn’t something that just happens<br />
naturally in Vietnam (at least not yet). The designs and finishes used by furniture<br />
industries in Vietnam are heavily influenced by decision makers (designers<br />
and retailers) in those export markets – primarily Europe and the UK.<br />
What is perhaps surprising is that unlike China there are relatively low levels<br />
of export of Red Oak to Vietnam, only 6 percent of total lumber exports. Very<br />
little Red Oak is currently used by the furniture industry as most of it finds its<br />
way into flooring products and is then exported back to the USA. The furniture<br />
industry in Vietnam consumes large volumes of low-grade Tulipwood, which is<br />
used in lower value products and is stained or lacquered and exported mainly<br />
to the USA. Tulipwood accounts for over 55 percent of all U.S. hardwood<br />
lumber exports to Vietnam. White Oak lumber is the second most important<br />
U.S. hardwood after Tulipwood, accounting for 15-20 percent of total lumber<br />
exports.<br />
One major furniture supplier to Europe and the USA that AHEC spoke to<br />
believes that the fashion for Walnut is largely over and that new products will<br />
reflect this. “It’s not the end of the 'dark look' but we will see less Walnut used<br />
because it has become too expensive,” commented the supplier. On the other<br />
hand, demand for Oak continues unabated although the big thing right now<br />
Continued on page 21<br />
Globalization And Building For The Future<br />
Among Themes At Venice Meeting<br />
ITALY–When the International Hardwood Conference (IHC) took place<br />
here in Venice late last year, guest speakers cited recent achievements in the<br />
hardwood industry as well as challenges as there are illegal logging and trade<br />
issues and at least partly a lack of raw material. To follow is the edited postmeeting<br />
report. The entirety of the report is available through Fordaq, which<br />
originally published it, and the European Timber Trade Foundation (ETTF):<br />
Outstanding hardwood projects<br />
Italian hardwood furniture maker Riva has formed a marketing relationship<br />
with Lamborghini, branding a new range after the supercar marque and backing<br />
it with high-octane promotion (www.riva1920.it).<br />
At the same time, sports stadia architects Populous have incorporated 11<br />
American White Oak glulam beams as core structural components of a new<br />
stand at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. At 23 meters long and four metric<br />
tons each, they are thought to be Europe’s largest cantilevered engineered<br />
timber beams, not to mention a structural application first for White Oak<br />
(www.americanhardwood.org).<br />
And in another hardwood twist, the ‘Fair and Precious’ branding initiative<br />
has been launched by the International Tropical Timber Technical Association<br />
(ATIBT), underlining the economic, environmental and social value of the<br />
tropical sector.<br />
Each of these projects formed a speaker topic at IHC.<br />
Challenges: Illegal logging, raw material supply and<br />
the “800-pound gorilla”<br />
The event, organized by Italian trade federation Fedecomlegno in association<br />
with the European Timber Trade Federation and European Organization<br />
of Sawmill Industries (EOS), wasn’t 100 percent positivity. It acknowledged<br />
too that the sector had obstacles to overcome. Illegal logging and trade<br />
Continued on page 14<br />
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Table of Contents<br />
FEATURES:<br />
<strong>2018</strong> IBS Convention ............1<br />
<strong>2018</strong> Transportation .............. 1<br />
U.S. & PEFC Week ................. 1<br />
HHP Inc. .................................. 4<br />
SWHMC Meeting .................... 7<br />
Rainey Millworks ................... 9<br />
DEPARTMENTS:<br />
Who's Who in<br />
<strong>Import</strong>/<strong>Export</strong>s ....................... 2<br />
AHEC ...................................... 2<br />
Globalization & Building ....... 2<br />
IWPA Column ......................... 3<br />
Washington Scene .............. 11<br />
Stock Exchange...........18 & 19<br />
Canadian Trends ................. 22<br />
Business Trends USA ......... 23<br />
Business Trends Abroad .....27<br />
<strong>News</strong>wires .............................30<br />
<strong>Import</strong>/<strong>Export</strong> Calendar .......32<br />
Classfied Opportunites ........32<br />
Index of Advertisers .............34<br />
<strong>2018</strong> Brings New IWPA <strong>Wood</strong> Trade Compliance Courses<br />
When IWPA originally<br />
rolled out our <strong>Wood</strong> Trade<br />
Compliance Training<br />
and Due Diligence Tools<br />
course in 2016 we didn’t<br />
know quite what to expect.<br />
While there was clear demand for the<br />
latest information about best practices and<br />
available resources for compliance with the<br />
requirements of the Lacey Act, we weren’t<br />
able to quantify that demand because there<br />
had never been an industry-developed<br />
course quite like it. Thankfully, the course<br />
was extremely well-received, helping to foster<br />
and connect a new corps of compliance<br />
professionals that are armed with the latest<br />
knowledge and resources that allows their<br />
companies, from the smallest family businesses<br />
to huge multi-national corporations, to<br />
import wood products confidently.<br />
The success of the original course, which<br />
we have informally dubbed “Lacey Compliance<br />
101,” has paved the way for a second<br />
series of more advanced courses. The first<br />
two of these courses, which will be taught<br />
around the country beginning in <strong>February</strong>,<br />
are “Advanced <strong>Wood</strong> Trade Compliance” and<br />
“Audits for the <strong>Wood</strong> Trade Professional.”<br />
Exit surveys of attendees of the 101 course<br />
made it clear that they wanted as much information<br />
and instruction as they could get their<br />
hands on. Simply put, they want more. The<br />
Advanced <strong>Wood</strong> Trade Compliance course<br />
has been developed to meet that need. It<br />
builds on the original <strong>Wood</strong> Trade Compliance<br />
course by providing attendees with<br />
sourcing strategies, risk assessment methods,<br />
methods to validate supplier compliance<br />
and updates about regulatory developments<br />
and enforcement actions.<br />
Attendees have also indicated that they<br />
Continued on page 21<br />
By Cindy Squires<br />
Executive Director<br />
International <strong>Wood</strong><br />
Products Association<br />
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Kiln-dried 4/4 Northern Red Oak ready for shipment is shown here in HHP’s warehouse.<br />
Henniker, NH–HHP Inc., headquartered here,<br />
recently celebrated 29 years in its current<br />
form as a lumber manufacturer producing<br />
premium quality Northern Hardwoods.<br />
Two Henniker residents originally founded HHP in<br />
1966 and it was operated solely as a pallet manufacturer.<br />
Ross D’Elia, who recently retired from the<br />
company and from his role as president, noted, “The<br />
founders eventually purchased one of the first modular<br />
sawmills so that they could feed stock for their<br />
pallet shop. The premise of the mill was to make the<br />
stock for the pallet shop. Then, around the 1980’s,<br />
one of the partners branched off and went into the<br />
softwood business and the other partner stayed running<br />
the sawmill, but at that point had started sawing<br />
grade lumber as well. In 1989 Richard Carrier and I<br />
bought the company from the sole remaining owner<br />
and on January 1st, <strong>2018</strong>, we will have marked 29<br />
years.”<br />
In the hands of Richard Carrier and Ross D’Elia,<br />
and with a team strengthened by decades of lumber industry experience, each<br />
year has brought expansions and refinements to HHP’s products and capabilities.<br />
To keep up with its growth and reputation for quality, the company has<br />
invested in numerous upgrades as the years have passed. Today, HHP operates<br />
on a 45-acre site in Henniker with annual production of 12 million board<br />
feet. The company focuses on production of 4/4 Northern Red and White Oak,<br />
Ash, Hard and Soft Maple and Yellow Birch. HHP dries all lumber to between<br />
6 and 8 percent moisture<br />
content before it<br />
is shipped and sold.<br />
“<br />
A New Generation Joins HHP To Continue A Legacy Of<br />
High Quality Northern Lumber<br />
We have worked very<br />
hard the last few years to<br />
improve the appearance of our<br />
packaging and presentation so<br />
that it meets our customers’<br />
expectations in order for them<br />
to be successful marketing our<br />
lumber to their customers.<br />
“<br />
–Bruce Dahn, sales manager,<br />
HHP Inc.<br />
HHP’s mill is certified by<br />
the National Hardwood<br />
Lumber Association<br />
(NHLA) and the company’s<br />
six inspectors are<br />
all NHLA-certified.<br />
Bruce Dahn, who<br />
is sales manager at<br />
HHP, stated, “About 80<br />
percent of what we cut<br />
is Northern Red Oak<br />
and virtually all of it is<br />
4/4. We end up putting<br />
together a very nice<br />
random width product<br />
because we are not<br />
By Terry Miller<br />
Pictured here (left to right) are: Richard Carrier, owner; Ross D’Elia, retired (past president/owner); Marco Carrier, president/<br />
owner; and Joseph Carrier, mill operations.<br />
HHP's grading line for green 4/4 Northern Red Oak is shown here.<br />
sawing heavier thicknesses in addition to the 4/4. Our consistency and quality<br />
are some of the features that customers have come to recognize and expect<br />
from us.” To maintain the optimal efficiency and serve customers with as many<br />
one-stop features as possible, HHP’s facility has 225,000 board feet of Nyle<br />
Systems dehumidification kilns (three conventional kilns located 1/4 mile away<br />
Continued on page 15<br />
Photos continued on page 15<br />
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IBS Photos - Continued from page 1<br />
Niki DePew, Weather Shield Windows & Doors, Southern, CA;<br />
Greg Barr, Weather Shield Windows & Doors, Medford, WI;<br />
and Kevin Boland, Weather Shield Windows & Doors, Detroit,<br />
MI<br />
Mark Halverson, APA-Engineered <strong>Wood</strong> Association, Somerville,<br />
NJ; Greg Bates and Doug McNeill, Norbord Industries<br />
Inc., Sacramento, CA; and Tom Kositzky, APA-Engineered<br />
<strong>Wood</strong> Association, Tacoma, WA<br />
Stephen Hausner, Boise Cascade Engineered <strong>Wood</strong> Products,<br />
Houston, TX; Drew Kappus, Boise Cascade Engineered<br />
<strong>Wood</strong> Products, San Antonio, TX; Tom Corrick, Boise Cascade,<br />
Boise, ID; and Adam Pittman, Boise Cascade Engineered<br />
<strong>Wood</strong> Products, Nashville, TN<br />
Linda Malinowski, Lincoln <strong>Wood</strong> Products Inc., Merrill, WI;<br />
David Roberts, Lincoln Windows, Dallas, TX; and Steve Box,<br />
National Window & Door Source, Dallas, TX<br />
Bill Christou, Nova <strong>Wood</strong> USA, Toronto, ON; Brad Ross and<br />
Charlie Buelow, O’Connor & Associations Ltd., Campertersville,<br />
IL; and Steve Getsev, Nova <strong>Wood</strong> USA, Beaverton, OR<br />
Richard Enriquez, Ben Johnson, Debby Rosa and Nick Bell,<br />
White River Hardwoods-<strong>Wood</strong>works Inc., Fayetteville, AR<br />
Patrick Hanulak, PPG Machine Applied Coatings, Pittsburgh,<br />
PA; Ruthanne Hanlon, PPG, Columbus, OH; and Terry Miller,<br />
<strong>Import</strong>/<strong>Export</strong> <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Purchasing</strong> <strong>News</strong>, Memphis, TN<br />
Erik Kuehne, Wine Cellar Innovations, Atlanta, GA; and Victoria<br />
and Mike Sugrue, Stoneleaf Development Partners, Gun<br />
Barrel, TX<br />
Michael Murphy and Katelyn Turner, Imagine Design Stairs,<br />
Acworth, GA<br />
Meelis Kajandu, Thermory USA, Estonia; and Amber Reese<br />
and Kevin DeMars, Thermory USA, Buffalo, NY<br />
Chris Sieh and Tommy Wu, Dallian DinZing Industrial Co.<br />
Ltd., Dalian, China<br />
Eli Gould, Quebec <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Export</strong> Bureau, Quebec City, QC;<br />
Genevieve Gabanna-Leblanc, <strong>Export</strong> Quebec, Montreal, QC;<br />
and James Cummings, Quebec <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Export</strong> Bureau, Boston,<br />
MA<br />
Ken Hori, BC <strong>Wood</strong> Specialties Group, Vancouver, BC;<br />
Rob Mitchell, Chairman-BC <strong>Wood</strong> Specialties Group, Maple<br />
Ridge, BC; and Dave Farley, BC <strong>Wood</strong> Specialties Group,<br />
Langley, BC<br />
Jeff Delonay, president, and Keith Koenig, vice president of<br />
manufacturing, Kolbe Windows and Doors, Wausau, WI<br />
Todd Davis, Roseburg, Eugene, OR; Mark Halverson, APA-<br />
Engineered <strong>Wood</strong> Association, Somerville, NJ; and Mark<br />
McLean, Roseburg, Springfield, OR<br />
Jeff Easterling, Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association, Cumberland, ME; Ashley<br />
Morrill and Chase Morrill, Maine Cabin Masters, Augusta, ME; Kim Drew, Northeastern<br />
Lumber Manufacturers Association; and Ryan Eldridge, Maine Cabin Masters<br />
Jeff Easterling, Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association, Cumberland, ME; Erin Graham,<br />
Southern Forest Products Association, Metairie, LA; Butch Bernhardt, Western <strong>Wood</strong> Preservers<br />
Institute, Vancouver, WA; Sydni Dobson, Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association,<br />
Tyrone, GA; Frank Stewart, Western <strong>Wood</strong> Products Association, Portland, OR; and Eric Gee,<br />
Southern Forest Products Association<br />
Additional photos on page 8<br />
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Log Prices, <strong>Export</strong>s, Lumber Demand Among Southwestern<br />
Hardwood Manufacturers Club Meeting Topics<br />
Photos By Terry Miller and Zack Miller<br />
Toto Robinson and Parker Sternbergh, Robinson Lumber<br />
Company, New Orleans, LA; and Kristin and Jim Howard, Atlanta<br />
Hardwood Corp., Mableton, GA<br />
New Orleans, Louisiana–The Windsor Court Hotel, located here, was<br />
the recent site of the annual Southwestern Hardwood Manufacturers<br />
Club (SWHMC) holiday gathering and business meeting.<br />
The general mood at this<br />
meeting was upbeat with positive<br />
reports about the market for<br />
the lumber industry. For example,<br />
a lumber representative<br />
from Alabama said market<br />
activity in his area has been<br />
good. "Also, our log situation<br />
is adequate. FAS White Oak<br />
is strong, and all the Common<br />
grades in all species have sold<br />
well. I anticipate <strong>2018</strong> to be<br />
another good year.”<br />
Another attendee who exports<br />
commented, “China has been<br />
a life saver for these southern<br />
mills and it has helped with the<br />
domestic market due to the<br />
appetite that China has for U.S.<br />
hardwoods.”<br />
An executive based in Georgia<br />
that operates distribution<br />
and concentration yards said<br />
25 percent of their business is<br />
in exports. He expressed his<br />
concern for log exports also.<br />
Another executive that<br />
operates a yard in Indiana<br />
and Virginia said 70 percent of<br />
their U.S. hardwoods that are<br />
procured are sold in the export<br />
market. This firm is also involved<br />
in the import business and he<br />
said it is more competitive than<br />
what it used to be.<br />
The mill representatives all<br />
agreed that demand is good and<br />
they all look for lumber sales to<br />
be stable with perhaps some<br />
upward pricing pressure due<br />
to the fact most had very little<br />
kiln-dried inventory to work from,<br />
coupled with dry kilns not turning<br />
as fast now that winter has set<br />
in. The downward pressure for<br />
byproducts was expressed by<br />
all mills represented. Another<br />
subject that was discussed was<br />
the pressure being put on White<br />
Oak logs for both the export<br />
market and the stave mills, making<br />
it more challenging to get the<br />
lumber needed to meet demand.<br />
U.S. log exports to China<br />
alone through Sept. 17 were<br />
over 500 million board feet<br />
Bill, Cheryl and Alex Buchanan, Buchanan Hardwoods, Aliceville,<br />
AL; and Zach Miller, <strong>Import</strong>/<strong>Export</strong> <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Purchasing</strong><br />
<strong>News</strong>, Memphis, TN<br />
valued at $825 million. Log decks at the mills for the most part were just adequate.<br />
Labor issues continue to be a problem for most mill owners and yards<br />
alike. Trucking has been a problem for some due to hurricane relief in Florida<br />
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Bubba Lammons, All Star Forest Products, Fairhope, AL;<br />
Kellye Angelici, <strong>Import</strong>/<strong>Export</strong> <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Purchasing</strong> <strong>News</strong>,<br />
Memphis, TN; Kevin Lammons, All Star Forest Products,<br />
Murfreesboro, TN; and Ginny and Robert Peterson, Keith D.<br />
Peterson & Co. Inc., Shreveport, LA<br />
Additional photos continued on page 8<br />
Continued on page 17<br />
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IBS Photos - Continued from page 6<br />
Jack Dalton, Mid-State Lumber Corp., Branchburg, NJ; Gary<br />
Bernstein, Mid-State Lumber Corp.; and Rob Reber, James<br />
Hardy, Washington, DC<br />
Marc Kendrew and Chantal Carrier, Maine Traditions Hardwood<br />
Flooring, Solon, ME<br />
Tom Stasiak, All American <strong>Wood</strong> Register, Crystal Lake, IL;<br />
and Xiaoming Lou, Jinhua Niuming Business Trade Co., Jinhua<br />
Province, China<br />
Tim McCabe, Gilford Johnson Mastercraft, Orlando, FL; and<br />
Angel Llerena, Gilford Johnson Mastercraft, Miami, FL<br />
Lino Rohden and Bruno Cesar Rohden, Rohden Doors and<br />
Windows Corp., Pouso Redondo, Brazil<br />
Jean-Rene St-Germain, EBSU, St-Urbain-Premier, QC; and<br />
Jennifer Power, Northcentral Technical College, Wausau, WI<br />
Albert Renaud, Nordic Structures, Montreal, QC; Lesley Gustafson, Euroshield Roofing &<br />
G.E.M. Inc., Calgary, AB; Liz Day, Protective Products International Inc., Atlanta, GA; and Joe<br />
Hanas, Nordic Structures, Chicago, IL<br />
Craig Young, TLC Mouldings Inc./The Langdale Company, Willacoochee, GA; Rick Sanders,<br />
Langdale Forest Products, Valdosta, GA; Dan Beaty, TLC Mouldings Inc./The Langdale Company;<br />
Doug Asher, Langdale Forest Products, Valdosta, GA; and Randy Terrill, Langboard<br />
OSB Equipment, Quitman, GA<br />
SOUTHWEST CLUB Photos - Continued from page 7<br />
Dick and Lisa Chilvers, <strong>Wood</strong>us K. Humphrey and Co. Inc.,<br />
Shreveport, LA; and Terry and Ann Reynolds and Kevin Nolan,<br />
Rives & Reynolds Lumber Co. Inc., Louisville, MS<br />
Jimmy and Ann Hunt, Hunt Forest Products LLC, Ruston,<br />
LA; and Jamie Hearn and Leslie Rutland, Rutland Lumber<br />
Co., Collins, MS<br />
Leighton and Seth Netterville and Jan and Charlie Netterville,<br />
Fred Netterville Lumber Co., <strong>Wood</strong>ville, MS<br />
Alan and Russlyn Lewis, Linden Lumber LLC, Linden, AL; and<br />
Jan and <strong>Wood</strong> Holley, <strong>Wood</strong> Holley Lumber Co. Inc., Nanafalia,<br />
AL<br />
Jay and Nikki Hanna, <strong>Wood</strong>us K. Humphrey and Co. Inc.,<br />
Shreveport, LA; and Carolyn and Rick Hanna, Hanna Manufacturing<br />
Co. Inc., Winnfield, LA<br />
Terry Miller and Kellye Angelici, <strong>Import</strong>/<strong>Export</strong> <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Purchasing</strong><br />
<strong>News</strong>, Memphis, TN; and Teresa and Judd Johnson,<br />
Hardwood Market Report, Memphis, TN<br />
Tim Thornburgh and Neil Yu, Linden Lumber LLC, Linden, AL;<br />
Bubba Lammons, All Star Forest Products, Fairhope, AL; and<br />
Kevin Lammons, All Star Forest Products, Murfreesboro, TN<br />
Garner Robinson, Robinson Lumber Company, New Orleans,<br />
LA; and Fatima and Rubin Shmulsky, Mississippi<br />
State University, Sustainable Biopro, Starkville, MS<br />
Heather and Bruce Dumond, RelaDyne LLC, Montgomery, AL;<br />
and Kevin Lammons, All Star Forest Products, Murfreesboro,<br />
TN<br />
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Rainey Millworks:<br />
<strong>Import</strong>s Contribute To Three Decades Of Custom Millwork Success<br />
By Kathy Brooks<br />
Hattiesburg, MS–Rainey Millworks<br />
LLC is a manufacturer of architectural<br />
casework, cabinetry and<br />
mouldings, located here. The company<br />
was founded by Bill Rainey after spending<br />
his childhood learning about the<br />
construction industry from his father, who<br />
was a general contractor. Rainey spent<br />
summers helping his dad on construction<br />
sites whenever a subcontractor needed a<br />
helper or when the crew was short-staffed<br />
for laborers. Roofing, bricklaying, and drywall<br />
installation – you name it, he learned<br />
each step first-hand.<br />
Those formative years helped Rainey<br />
make up his mind about a career. His<br />
observations led him to the conclusion<br />
that, “Building and installing<br />
cabinets and millwork is like the<br />
Rainey Millworks manufactured this custom door and transom<br />
for a client in Florida.<br />
Shown in this image is the custom wine room which Rainey Millworks<br />
manufactured and installed at a customer’s home in Bay St. Louis, MS.<br />
Photos continued on page 17<br />
“We do what<br />
nobody else can<br />
do or will do,<br />
particularly a lot<br />
of radius millwork<br />
products.”<br />
–Bill Rainey, Owner,<br />
Rainey Millworks LLC<br />
ALWAYS A PART OF THE FAMILY<br />
&<br />
ARE NOW<br />
DANZER LUMBER<br />
NORTH AMERICA<br />
Cadillac of jobs in this industry.<br />
You’re never out in the sun and<br />
you never get rained on.”<br />
Rainey Millworks buys approximately<br />
100,000 board feet<br />
of imported hardwood species<br />
from overseas, including routine<br />
purchases of Sapele from Africa<br />
and Red Grandis from South<br />
America. Rainey noted, “I have<br />
an import license, so I bring<br />
those in by the container load.”<br />
Domestic hardwoods typically<br />
purchased by Rainey are Oak,<br />
Poplar and Maple in FAS grade,<br />
4/4, 6/4 and 8/4 thicknesses.<br />
The imported lumber is mainly<br />
used for exteriors, while Maple is<br />
preferred for cabinets and cabinet<br />
doors. Rainey stated that the<br />
reason for this decision is that<br />
Maple “is harder and more stable<br />
than Poplar. There’s not enough<br />
difference in price to justify a<br />
door possibly warping.”<br />
Oak is used for cabinets, flooring<br />
and doors, while Poplar is favored<br />
for mouldings, baseboards<br />
and door trim. “Oak is a good,<br />
stainable clear-cut wood. Poplar<br />
takes paint better and also<br />
handles machining better.” Most<br />
of the company’s staircases are<br />
produced out of Oak and Sapele,<br />
which are standard choices for<br />
Continued on page 17<br />
Lumber Sales Contact<br />
Bradford, PA Sawmill<br />
Fredrik Sturesson<br />
(814) 368-3701<br />
fredrik.sturesson@danzer.com<br />
Danzer‘s team at Bradford Forest and Interforest<br />
Lumber will serve you in the future as reliably as in<br />
the past – now under the common Danzer brand.<br />
Danzer, a well-respected brand in hardwoods<br />
worldwide for more than 80 years. danzer.com<br />
Lumber Sales Contact<br />
Shade Gap, PA Facility<br />
Curt Calhoun<br />
(814) 259-4112<br />
curt.calhoun@danzer.com<br />
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WASHINGTON SCENE<br />
Proposed Bill Would Preserve 30 Percent of<br />
Indiana State Forestland<br />
Recent published reports state that Senator Eric Bassler, R-Washington, is<br />
preparing to submit a bill designating 30 percent of Indiana state forests as<br />
“old forest area” and will prohibit the Department of Natural Resources from<br />
conducting or allowing timber management practices in those areas.<br />
Versions of the bill that have been presented earlier required 10 percent to<br />
be partitioned off, but Bassler stated that he is going to update the bill and ask<br />
for 30 percent. This is the third time Bassler will be putting forward the bill. In<br />
2016, Senate Bill 420 was heard by the Natural Resources Committee but did<br />
not make it to the floor of the senate.<br />
Senator Bassler will be co-authoring the bill alongside Senator Eric Koch, R-<br />
Indiana, and Senator Jon Ford, R-Indiana. Both Bassler and Koch live in districts<br />
that contain significant areas of the state forest system. Notably, Senator<br />
Koch, who advocated for similar legislation when he served in the U.S. House<br />
of Representatives, represents the district (44) that contains Yellowwood State<br />
Forest. The property has been at the center of controversy after the Department<br />
of Forestry auctioned a portion of the forest’s backcountry area for logging<br />
in late 2017.<br />
The reason for putting forth this<br />
legislation is that logging in the<br />
state forests has increased drastically<br />
over the past several years,<br />
partially fueling the opposition of<br />
more recent timber sales.<br />
published reports.<br />
In an appropriations bill to fund the Department of the Interior, Murkowski<br />
proposed rescinding an Obama-era plan to phase out certain types of logging<br />
in the Tongass. The move coincides with a broader GOP push to open up a<br />
section of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil development.<br />
The U.S. Forest Services under former President Barack Obama designed<br />
a plan, implemented Jan. 8, that would phase out old growth logging while<br />
encouraging harvests in new growth areas of the forest.<br />
The 17-million-acre Tongass Forest has been logged for decades. The forest’s<br />
old growth timber, found in tree stands that have not been logged before,<br />
is difficult to get, but plentiful and usually of better quality than lumber from<br />
“new growth” trees, according to Murkoswki. ■<br />
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Funds From Timber<br />
Sales To Now Be<br />
Dispersed In<br />
Oregon/California<br />
Recently, U.S. Secretary of the<br />
Interior Ryan Zinke announced<br />
that $1.4 million of timber payments<br />
sequestered during the<br />
Obama administration will begin<br />
being dispersed in the coming<br />
weeks.<br />
Commissioner Tim Freeman,<br />
who is also president of the Association<br />
of O&C Counties, credited<br />
the work of Secretary Zinke and<br />
Congressman Greg Walden with<br />
the successful release of the previously<br />
sequestered funds.<br />
The 18 O&C Counties receive a<br />
share of receipts from the sale of<br />
timber harvested from 2.1 million<br />
acres managed by the Bureau of<br />
Land Management, an agency<br />
within the Department of the<br />
Interior.<br />
Secretary Zinke said his next<br />
priority is “ensuring that these<br />
lands continue to provide sustainable<br />
timber harvests that support<br />
the community and strengthen the<br />
health of the forest.”<br />
If New Bill Passes,<br />
Expanded Logging<br />
Activity Could Be<br />
Seen In Tongass<br />
GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski<br />
of Alaska is attempting to undo restrictions<br />
on logging in her state’s<br />
Tongass National Forest, which<br />
is reportedly the largest national<br />
forest in the U.S., according to<br />
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Brett Bleichrodt, Collins, Littleton, CO; Lee Jimerson, Collins, Wilsonville, OR; and Brian<br />
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Photos by Terry Miller and Zach Miller<br />
rlando, Florida–The Orange County Convention Center, located here,<br />
was the recent site of the <strong>2018</strong> National Association of Home Builders<br />
International Builders’ Show (IBS). This year IBS was held in conjunction<br />
with the National Kitchen & Bath Association’s Kitchen & Bath Industry<br />
Show during Design & Construction Week®. The event was expected to bring<br />
together approximately 80,000 building industry professionals from around the<br />
globe<br />
Sources in the transportation industry who ship North American wood products<br />
around the world shared with <strong>Import</strong>/<strong>Export</strong> <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Purchasing</strong> <strong>News</strong> their insight<br />
about current market activity and export challenges that may arise in <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
Curtis Struyk<br />
TMX Shipping Co.<br />
Morehead City, North Carolina<br />
TMX Shipping Company Inc. had another record year<br />
for lumber and log<br />
exports in 2017 with a 17 percent increase over the previous<br />
year. China led the way with 65 percent of the market,<br />
Curtis Struyk followed by Vietnam at 6.5 percent and Great Britain at 5<br />
percent. With ocean freight rates holding at record low levels,<br />
the rst quarter of <strong>2018</strong> is shaping up to look much the same.<br />
Ocean carriers tried to increase rates throughout 2017 without much success.<br />
We expect they will continue to push for general rate increases which<br />
have to be mitigated and dealt with on a carrier by carrier basis. This trend<br />
will likely carry over well into <strong>2018</strong> as larger ships compete for export market<br />
share.<br />
We are currently experiencing container decits at some major rail ramps<br />
IBS - Continued from page 1<br />
educational and informational sessions. For example, the Master Sessions<br />
were in-depth, 3-hour intensive programs that delved into specic industry<br />
topics. The ve topics covered were: home performance errors before and<br />
after construction; building prots by shaping culture; marketing to build brand;<br />
innovations that sell more homes; and converting online leads.<br />
“Tech Bytes” sessions were also offered at IBS. Each session was presented<br />
as an interactive, hands-on and how-to 30-minute demonstration, followed<br />
by a Q&A session between the expert speakers at these sessions and attendees.<br />
Tech Bytes were designed to provide practical guidance about various<br />
tech tools and how to incorporate them into business.<br />
Additionally, builder clinics were hosted at IBS. These were designed to<br />
show techniques, tips and tricks for delivering character and functionality<br />
inside and outside a home. Through a series of hands-on demonstrations,<br />
attendees learned how to create custom features and nishes that are budget<br />
friendly. These clinics focus on kitchens and bathrooms, outdoor living spaces<br />
and maximizing living and storage space.<br />
Learn more about this event by visiting www.buildersshow.com. <br />
PEFC - Continued from page 1<br />
the 22nd PEFC General Assembly. “Society is at a crossroads and the strategic<br />
direction we choose will provide the opportunity for us to demonstrate the<br />
real value of sustainable forests and their contribution to society in achieving<br />
Specialists in <strong>Import</strong>ed Tropical Hardwoods<br />
Direct wholesale importers of tropical hardwoods and decking:<br />
Specializing in FSC ® certified hardwoods<br />
the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Climate change, a growing urban<br />
global population, cooperation challenges, are all issues we have to tackle by<br />
demonstrating how forests are an important part of the solution,” Gunneberg<br />
highlighted. “By working interdependently with a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude,<br />
sharing knowledge, working together, helping each other and acting at the local,<br />
national and international level, the PEFC family of some 50-plus national<br />
forest certication systems (and still growing) can and will change society’s<br />
perception and place forests at the heart of the solutions to these challenges.”<br />
Present at the annual general meeting and the stakeholders dialogue were<br />
representatives of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) from the U.S. and<br />
Canada, along with other forest management standard-setting bodies around<br />
the world endorsed by PEFC. SFI is the largest by forest area of all the national<br />
certication schemes endorsed by PEFC. Jason Metnick from SFI was<br />
joined by Sarah Crow, Senior Director, Sustainability Solutions, American Forest<br />
Foundation, which runs the PEFC-endorsed American Tree Farm System.<br />
They were accompanied by PEFC Board members from the U.S. – Brian Kernohan,<br />
David Ford and Joe Lawson, who then stepped down from the Board,<br />
and John Dunford from Canada.<br />
Sarah Crow presented “Connecting Brand Ownership with Family Forests,”<br />
given that 56 percent of all U.S. forests are either family or privately owned.<br />
She showed a video – “Forests in Focus” – covering risk assessment, opportunity<br />
identication and conservation impacts, citing many American brands<br />
that have joined up.<br />
Jason Metnick, Senior Vice President, Customer Affairs, SFI, reported,<br />
“PEFC endorsement and its<br />
global network is important to<br />
the SFI supply chain community<br />
as SFI Program Participants<br />
export certied products to over<br />
120 countries worldwide. The<br />
SFI forest management<br />
standard is applied across the<br />
U.S. and Canada and over 116<br />
million hectares (288 million<br />
acres) have been certied to<br />
the standard on private, public,<br />
Indigenous, conservation and<br />
community lands. Of the 39<br />
forest management standards<br />
endorsed by PEFC, SFI represents<br />
approximately 40 percent<br />
of all PEFC endorsed forest<br />
certications around the world.”<br />
The program for this PEFC<br />
event brought together over 250<br />
people from 50 countries. The<br />
next PEFC International Week<br />
will be held in Geneva, Switzerland<br />
in November this year.<br />
Learn more at www.pefc.<br />
org. <br />
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TRANSPORTATION - Continued from page 1<br />
Lloyd Lovett<br />
Lloyd Lovett<br />
King City Forwarding USA Inc.<br />
Alliston, Ontario<br />
The year 2017 solidified the alliances between all Vessel<br />
Ocean Carriers (VOC). We are left with three major<br />
participants, first being the ‘Ocean Alliance’ consisting<br />
of CMA-CGM, APL – the merger was finalized with CMA<br />
2017, Cosco China Shipping – which was consolidated as<br />
of winter 2016, Evergreen Shipping Agency Corp., as well<br />
as OOCL.<br />
Second, we’ve got ‘The Alliance,’ which is made up of Hapag-Lloyd, UASC<br />
(which was taken over by Hapag-Lloyd last spring), “K” Line, MOL, NYK Line,<br />
and Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.<br />
Finally, ‘2M’ was held up by MSC, Maersk, Hamburg-Süd (incorporated by<br />
Maersk). Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), though not officially part of the 2M<br />
alliance, does exchange slot purchases with both MSC/Maersk respectively.<br />
These three major alliances will represent approximately 85 percent of the<br />
global container trade. Fortunately, these VOC’s are operating independently<br />
and the likelihood of any more major mergers in the future is scarce. The<br />
overall market rates have been steadily going down but if history is correct,<br />
somewhere along the line in this post-merger market the rates will start to<br />
increase back up again.<br />
<strong>Export</strong> container costs have<br />
been relatively cheap for a third<br />
year in a row, with slight fluctuations<br />
moving downward throughout<br />
the year. Q4 of 2017 saw<br />
further decreases in the cost to<br />
export a container to China. It’s<br />
unclear if this trend will continue<br />
through <strong>2018</strong> though it’s been<br />
suggested that fuel prices (bunker<br />
fees) will start to increase<br />
due to lack of production, which<br />
could increase container costs<br />
overall.<br />
In other news, in December<br />
2017 the government passed<br />
the new ELD (Electronic Logging<br />
Device), which monitors the<br />
hours a driver can be on duty<br />
and operating their truck. When<br />
installed the device is programmed<br />
to shut the truck down<br />
SLC<br />
when it reaches its daily limit.<br />
This is concerning for shippers<br />
as every container of lumber<br />
or logs will be trucked at some<br />
point. Trucking companies are<br />
facing long delays at the terminals,<br />
weather conditions, and<br />
breakdowns, which can in turn<br />
affect the container productivity.<br />
Every shipper will have to<br />
brace themselves for some slight<br />
increases on inland trucking from<br />
mill to port.<br />
In summary, we’ll have to keep<br />
a close eye on these three major<br />
alliances in <strong>2018</strong>. We’ll see if<br />
the steamship lines still operate<br />
as separate entities as they say<br />
they will, or if the alliances will<br />
work within each other to start<br />
moving the prices back upward.<br />
Only time will tell, and we wish<br />
you a prosperous <strong>2018</strong>!<br />
I would like to take this opportunity<br />
to thank all our loyal<br />
customers for their continued<br />
support throughout the years,<br />
with many more to come.<br />
Quote for the year of <strong>2018</strong> by<br />
John F. Kennedy–“Change is the<br />
law of life and those who look<br />
only to the past or present are<br />
certain to miss the future.”<br />
Stephen A. Zambo<br />
Ally Global Logistics LLC<br />
Norwell, Massachusetts<br />
2017 was a very interesting year. There were many<br />
events that took place that helped shape the future and<br />
what <strong>2018</strong> more specifically will hold. The largest critical<br />
event was the Petya cyberattack. Maersk and some ports<br />
Stephen Zambo were crippled by the cyberattack which led to many split<br />
shipments, customs problems and for some additional<br />
cost. The next series of events in 2017 that took place that will help to shape<br />
<strong>2018</strong> is the continual “wave” of consolidation the industry is facing. Carriers<br />
have merged or been acquired by other organizations. United Arab and Hapag<br />
- Lloyd merged. Cosco absorbed China Shipping in late 2016 and acquired<br />
OOCL this past year. CMA-CGM Group has three separate shipping companies<br />
under their umbrella which are CMA, APL and ANL. Maersk had acquired<br />
SeaLand some years ago and has also acquired Hamburg-Süd in 2017 to<br />
increase market share within the South American Trade. In the next few years<br />
there will only be a handful of major steamship lines. Once carriers return to<br />
profitability, you will see new steamship lines enter the market to capitalize on<br />
what seems to be a market ripe for “profits.”<br />
Continued on page 14<br />
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TRANSPORTATION - Continued from page 13<br />
In <strong>2018</strong> I see similar trends in the industry. First, I expect to see more<br />
consolidation within the shipping industry. The three Japanese carriers have<br />
announced they will all merge together to offer a stronger product. The new<br />
company comprised of what was once KLINE, NYK and MOL will now be<br />
named “ONE” which stands for Ocean Network Express. They will begin<br />
taking new bookings come this April <strong>2018</strong>. With the current market, there are<br />
only a few steamship lines that are available for acquisition. I believe with the<br />
continued consolidation we will see new challenges arising with carriers. Being<br />
a freight forwarder, we are in the shipping business and I think it would be out<br />
of line to comment in depth on the state of the lumber industry. What I can say<br />
is that we can only hope that demand is there and the market remains stable<br />
or increases!<br />
At the time of this writing there are increases expected for <strong>February</strong>. Carriers<br />
have announced GRI’s which is typical for this time of year. I expect a<br />
few mild increases over the next few months. In saying that, it is important to<br />
remember that rates are at historic lows. In order for steamship lines to run<br />
a company that is able to efficiently service its clients they must be profitable.<br />
Similar to a sawmill, when pricing is down and you are “hanging on by<br />
a thread,” any level of increase will help. This is the same with the steamship<br />
line industry. One topic that I haven’t spoken about yet is the addition of new<br />
ships. Carriers have announced many orders for larger vessels. Many of these<br />
ships will hold two, three or even 4,000 containers more than some of the vessels<br />
they are replacing. One thinks when there is mass industry consolidation<br />
that rates would go up and the organizations remaining would be extremely<br />
profitable. As steamship lines tend to do, it seems to me they will continue to<br />
self-sabotage. By that, I mean carriers are building vessels that need more<br />
cargo which in turn should help to depress freight rates as there is a finite<br />
amount of cargo being exported. More space with the same amount of cargo<br />
is not a recipe to increase rates long term. It will be interesting to see how<br />
carriers plan for the future while they contradict their current goals of being<br />
profitable with the same amount of freight, and more space.<br />
Ally Global Logistics has been in somewhat of a bubble, but the answer in<br />
short is, Yes. We have grown exponentially over the past few years and with<br />
each year we have seen our volumes increase. For our company our pre-<br />
Chinese New Year arrivals were at an all-time high. I expect this to remain<br />
the same for post Chinese New Year arrivals. The market has treated many<br />
lumber and log shippers well this past year, and the industry sentiment is that<br />
this will be the case in <strong>2018</strong>. All I can say is that I am hopeful that is the case!<br />
<strong>2018</strong> is going to be an interesting year. Politically we will see what happens<br />
as this past year has been…a year in its own right. If we are judging the<br />
economy by the stock market then I expect to see some regression, however,<br />
I would prefer that the markets’ and our economy continues to trend upwards.<br />
As for Ally Global Logistics, we have just opened a new office in Jacksonville<br />
FL to further support our growth and southern shippers. Like the stock market,<br />
I very much expect that branch to soar as we continue to develop the southern<br />
lumber market and that particular office. ■<br />
GLOBALIZATION -<br />
Continued from page 2<br />
remained significant issues and<br />
verifying the legality and sustainability<br />
of the bona fide industry’s<br />
products could also prove<br />
complex, said speakers. Ensuring<br />
raw material supply, given<br />
growing worldwide demand, was<br />
another challenge.<br />
The consensus was that the<br />
hardwood business has exciting<br />
opportunities, but operates<br />
in an ever-faster moving, more<br />
competitive market. Key issues<br />
highlighted were globalization<br />
and seismic geographical shifts<br />
in consumption to emerging<br />
markets, notably, although not<br />
exclusively, China, or as AHEC<br />
Executive Director Michael<br />
Snow put it, the “800-pound<br />
gorilla in the room.”<br />
In his welcome address Fedecomlegno<br />
chairman and CEO<br />
of Legnonord Spa Alessandro<br />
Calcateterra summarized the<br />
sector’s position. “Average per<br />
capita wood consumption is still<br />
just 0.5 percent, so there’s huge<br />
growth capacity,” he said. “In<br />
fact global roundwood demand<br />
is forecast to rise 60 percent by<br />
2030. This makes it more critical<br />
to address where timber comes<br />
from, how it’s produced (FAO<br />
experts forecasts one-third will<br />
come from plantations by then)<br />
and where it should be used.”<br />
Hardwood log exports:<br />
A crucial issue for<br />
European sawmills<br />
EOS president Sampsa<br />
Auvinen highlighted industry<br />
challenges. In Europe, he said,<br />
the hardwood sector had to<br />
contend with a lack of growth<br />
despite economic recovery. In<br />
fact sawmill numbers in France,<br />
Germany and Belgium alone<br />
were down 30 percent in the last<br />
decade. ■<br />
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HHP- Continued from page 4<br />
Jeremy Almstrom is HHP’s sawmill manager (left) and Bruce Dahn is the company’s sales<br />
manager. They are pictured inside HHP’s sawmill facility.<br />
The company operates a PHL optimizing edger with Comact controls.<br />
are contracted for additional drying capacity), as<br />
well as on-site export preparation and container<br />
loading.<br />
All green lumber is end-waxed to prevent end<br />
splits and checking. The end wax is supplied by<br />
U-C Coatings.<br />
<strong>Export</strong> markets have become a focus for HHP<br />
in the last five years. Distributors make up the lion<br />
share of the company’s customer base around the<br />
globe.<br />
Dahn said, “Because our customers are distributors,<br />
they have warehouses with multiple lumber<br />
brands sold alongside ours. We have worked very<br />
hard the last few years to improve the appearance<br />
of our packaging and presentation so that it meets<br />
our customers’ expectations in order for them to be<br />
successful marketing our lumber to their customers.”<br />
Dahn makes regular trips to visit customers. He<br />
noted, “Whether they’re in Rhode Island or Shanghai,<br />
we think it’s important to visit our customers at<br />
least a couple of times a year to hear their experiences<br />
and make sure our products are meeting<br />
their expectations. It’s difficult to do that sort of networking<br />
from afar. You have to put your feet on the<br />
ground next to them to understand their markets<br />
and learn how you can better serve them.”<br />
That means when new equipment and processes<br />
are necessary to meet customers’ needs,<br />
HHP considers all options to find the one that<br />
will help them continue offering the best possible<br />
value. D’Elia explained, “Our recent investment in<br />
what we call our TPS line, which stands for tally,<br />
paint and strapping, was a result of our listening<br />
to our customer’s need for packs with a consistent<br />
appearance, coupled with HHP’s need for efficient<br />
production. We used to hand strap the metal bands<br />
around each pack, which took at least two people<br />
if not more. It wasn’t consistent or efficient, so we<br />
fixed that with the installation with an in-line Vision-<br />
HHP’s 6-foot PHL Band Resaw with PHL Servo Control Line-<br />
Bar System.<br />
Tally from Industrial Vision Systems, followed by a<br />
paint booth and strapping station. Now when kilndried<br />
or green production comes off the stacking<br />
Continued on page 16<br />
Photos continued on page 16<br />
Forest Products Inc.<br />
Produits Forestiers<br />
Manufacturers of Grooved Kiln Sticks<br />
(From Left) Robert Goodfellow, John Goodfellow and Bruce Goodfellow with “Nikon”.<br />
Supplier of Northern Hardwoods<br />
• Distribution Yard<br />
• Dry Kilns<br />
• Surfacing<br />
• Mixed Container Loads<br />
• Climate Controlled Storage<br />
• 4 million Board Feet of Hardwood Inventory<br />
• Within 40 kilometers of the Port of Quebec<br />
Species Include:<br />
White Hard Maple • Brown Hard Maple • Yellow Birch • White Birch • Northern Ash •<br />
Butternut • Beech • Soft Maple • Red Oak • White Oak • Basswood • Walnut<br />
544 Barr Street • Hemmingford, Québec, Canada, J0L 1H0<br />
Phone: (450) 247-2775 • FAX: (450) 247-2114<br />
U.S. Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 303 •<br />
Mooers, New York 12958-0303<br />
www.jwgoodfellow.com<br />
John Goodfellow - Email: john@jwgoodfellow.com<br />
Robert Goodfellow - Email: robert@jwgoodfellow.com<br />
Bruce Goodfellow - Email: bruce@jwgoodfellow.com<br />
Daniel Larose - Email: daniel@jwgoodfellow.com<br />
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HHP - Continued from page 15<br />
line and through the TPS system it is ready for shipment.”<br />
According to D’Elia, another important component of these<br />
recent upgrades was the relocation of the company’s tilt hoist<br />
from the back of the mill. “We brought it around to the front end<br />
of the mill where we would take the lumber when it came out of<br />
the kiln and then reintroduce it to the lumber inspectors, trimmer,<br />
and the edger so that we were able to do the upgrades or<br />
cutbacks as needed to ensure that the presentation was good<br />
and didn’t have excess wane, checking and so forth.<br />
“Continual training is another key here at HHP. We keep our<br />
lumber inspectors updated so that they know the dollar value<br />
of each grade for each specie that we are producing so that<br />
they can make the best value decisions in their trimming, and<br />
re-edging solutions. We work hard to make sure all production<br />
employees understand the high quality, high value lumber we<br />
are trying to produce.”<br />
Dahn said, “We really listened to what our customers were<br />
telling us about what we needed to do to become the premium,<br />
recognizable brand. They showed us what the differences were.<br />
We had to change our mindset from producing a high volume of<br />
wood every day to producing a consistent, high-quality output<br />
every day.”<br />
With a majority of HHP’s lumber finding its way to yards<br />
overseas, the implementation of new technologies, and ongoing<br />
training have been highly effective in eliminating any inconsistency.<br />
“There is no question on pieces, volume or footage being<br />
shipped and the packs all have a high quality appearance. It<br />
helps to increase our reputation for being a dependable company with a consistent<br />
product to offer. Our customers can count on us and the products we<br />
produce,” said Dahn.<br />
In addition to VisionTally, some of the other brands of equipment enabling<br />
HHP to manufacture and supply the highest quality Northern Hardwoods possible<br />
are: PHL Equipment Inc., McDonough Manufacturing Company, Nicolson,<br />
and Comact.<br />
In <strong>2018</strong>, and going forward, the company’s goal will be offering the highest<br />
quality products to new and existing customers. D’Elia’s retirement saw the<br />
appointment of Richard Carrier’s brother, Marco, to the position of president<br />
The company operates a VisionTally system for accurate tallies.<br />
at HHP. Additionally, Richard’s nephew, Joseph, joined the partnership and is<br />
working in mill operations.<br />
“Our success boils down to the fact that we keep things simple,” Dahn<br />
stated in closing. “We ship orders on time, and the products we ship consistently<br />
exceed our customers’ expectations.”<br />
HHP is a member of NHLA, American Hardwood <strong>Export</strong> Council, Hardwood<br />
Manufacturers Association and New England Lumbermen’s Association.<br />
To learn more, visit www.hhp-inc.com.<br />
Trust America’s Hardwoods Company.<br />
northwesthardwoods.com<br />
Trust the on-grade quality of Northwest Hardwoods, America’s largest and only<br />
coast-to-coast hardwood lumber producer. Our inspection and grading ensures that<br />
our lumber quality and appearance are both exceptional and consistent. That’s why<br />
our customers rank us above other brands – we always live up to our responsibility.<br />
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SOUTHWEST CLUB - Continued from page 7<br />
and Texas.<br />
A Mississippi sawmill source said lumber prices have been “very stable”<br />
and cited the rise in log costs as a concern, which creates cause for concern<br />
in regard to profit margins. This SWHMC contact added, “Another troubling<br />
factor is the cost of replacing equipment in the mill has rapidly increased over<br />
the last 10 years.”<br />
Another person reported, “Mills continue to struggle to make money with<br />
the rising cost of logs. However, the lumber business is strong and we look for<br />
demand to be good in <strong>2018</strong>.”<br />
A purchasing agent for railroad ties noted that crosstie inventories in the<br />
U.S. dropped, especially during the first eight months of 2017. At the time of<br />
this writing, the prediction in regard to crossties was that inventory would be<br />
down to about 17 million by the first of <strong>2018</strong>. “When the tie market drops to<br />
15 million, which it could by spring due to wet weather, we get worried and<br />
certainly get more aggressive on our purchasing,” the source said. A lumber<br />
representative from Tennessee said crosstie sales have been good in his<br />
market, and his flooring sales have slowed down since early November, which<br />
they normally do until the start of the new year.<br />
A hardwood flooring and sawmill owner stated that the market for solid<br />
wood flooring has been good but solid strip flooring –2-1/4 inch and 3-1/4 inch<br />
– only makes up 5 percent of the market. His lumber sales are good domestically<br />
and internationally, and he believes <strong>2018</strong> will be a good year.<br />
The SWHMC weekend began with a “Welcome to New Orleans” Cocktail<br />
Hour at Galatoire’s sponsored by local five-generation Robinson Lumber<br />
Company, located in New Orleans, LA. The next morning began with an<br />
Architectural Walking Tour of the Garden District, once again hosted by Toto<br />
Robinson of Robinson Lumber Company.<br />
Later, attendees made their way to Brennan’s of New Orleans for the Annual<br />
Cocktail Party hosted by Keith D. Peterson & Co. Inc., located in Shreveport,<br />
LA, which has been hosting SWHMC Annual Christmas Cocktail Party<br />
for 40 years. There were 52 people in attendance at the annual Christmas<br />
dinner.<br />
Upcoming meetings for SWHMC are the Annual Crawfish<br />
Boil, April 28 in Natchez, MS, and the Southwest/Westside<br />
Club Joint Meeting in Sandestin, FL, July 5-8.<br />
RAINEY MILLWORKS - Continued from page 9<br />
Sapele and Oak are the primary species used in Rainey Millworks’ staircases.<br />
products that will receive a lot of wear like stair treads do.<br />
Rainey buys primarily random widths, with 16-to18-foot lengths being<br />
predominant. He primarily uses four-, six- and eight-quarter thicknesses. The<br />
lumber is already kiln-dried, but “in the rough” so the lumber is then edged and<br />
planed using a CNC machine and 12-foot and 8-foot Weinig moulders.<br />
In 2017, Rainey is celebrating its 33rd year as a manufacturer of custom<br />
cabinets and millwork. To reach this anniversary, Rainey Millworks has operated<br />
under a principle of taking on the projects that few other manufacturers<br />
can handle. Arched baseboards and crown mouldings, arched-top windows<br />
and doors, and curved staircases are among his company’s specialties.<br />
Rainey stated, “We do what nobody else can do or will do. This includes a<br />
lot of radius millwork products.”<br />
The beauty of made-to-order custom projects is that each product manufactured<br />
by Rainey Millworks has a home before it’s finished, which deletes the<br />
necessity for warehouses to hold inventories other than lumber.<br />
Most of the millwork is sold to builders mainly in the Southeastern United<br />
States, with Rainey Millworks installing most cabinets and delivering the other<br />
products to the job sites. But there was a recent exception to the rule when<br />
his cabinets, a kitchen island and countertops were installed inside a house in<br />
Continued on page 20<br />
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1 x 40’ 3 of 6/4 x 40’ FAS/FAS1f Cherry 7’ and 14”+ up PROMPT<br />
Cherry<br />
SI MON 5/4 Prime LUSSIER KD rgh LTEE<br />
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Veneer Logs – 4 sides clear<br />
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2 x 40’ Northern Red Oak 15”+<br />
4/4 #2C rift&Qtr KD rgh<br />
2 x 40’ Ohio White Oak 16”+<br />
2 x 40’ Cherry 14”+<br />
Veneer<br />
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Logs<br />
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– 3 sides<br />
--<br />
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3 x 40’ 4515 Hard tr Maple 367 14”+<br />
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5 x 40’ Voice: Ohio 330-893-3121<br />
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3 fax: x 40’ 330-893-3031 Cherry 14”+<br />
Cherry<br />
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<strong>Import</strong>/<strong>Export</strong><br />
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4/4 SEL KD Rgh<br />
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FOR SALE<br />
5 8/4 S&B Basswood<br />
5 T/L 4/4 4/4 2 #2 Com Com Beech<br />
5 T/L 6 6/4 4/4 S&B Hard Beech Maple<br />
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554/4 T/L 4/4 S&B S&B Unsel. White Hard Maple<br />
5 T/L 6/4 6/4 1 Com #1 Com Unsel. Hard Maple<br />
5 8/4 5 T/L S&B 8/4 Unsel. S&B Hard Hard Maple Maple<br />
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5<br />
T/L<br />
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2 Com<br />
#2 Com<br />
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T/L 6/4 S&B Hickory<br />
5 6/4 1 Com Hickory<br />
5 T/L 5/4 6/42 #1 Com Com Poplar Hickory<br />
55 T/L 6/4 4/4 S&B #2 Com Poplar Poplar<br />
55 T/L 8/4 5/4 S&B #2 Com Poplar<br />
5 10/4 T/L 7/4 S&B Poplar<br />
45 12/4 T/L 8/4 S&B Poplar<br />
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5 4/4 5 T/L 210/4 Com S&B Soft Poplar Maple<br />
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T/L<br />
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T/L 7/4 #2 Com Red Oak<br />
5 10/4 S&B Soft Maple<br />
5 512/4 T/L 8/4 S&B S&B Soft Red Maple Oak<br />
5 T/L 8/4 5 4/4 #1 Com 1 Com & Better White S. Oak Maple ND<br />
Cole Hardwood Inc.<br />
P. O. Box 568<br />
Logansport, Indiana 46947<br />
574-753-3151 Fax: 574-753-2525<br />
e-mail at: dave@colehardwood.com<br />
home page: www.colehardwood.com<br />
G.H. EVARTS & CO. LLC<br />
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W. springeld, Springfield, NH 03284<br />
603-763-4525<br />
ghevarts@tds.net<br />
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4/4 FAS/1F Sap&Btr 5/4 SELECT 7’ 7’ R.W.<br />
4/4 1C Sap&Btr R.W.L. 8/4 8/4 FAS/SEL UNSEL<br />
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4/4 Prime Unselected 2T/L<br />
8/4 Prime 70+% W1F 2T/L<br />
Cherry (90/80+)<br />
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4/4 #1C 2T/L<br />
4/4 Rustic 1T/L<br />
8/4 Prime 1T/L<br />
10/4 Prime 1T/L<br />
Soft Maple (Red Leaf/Sap & Better)<br />
4/4 Prime 4T/L<br />
4/4 #1C 2T/L<br />
5/4 Prime 2T/L<br />
5/4 #1C 2T/L<br />
Hard Maple<br />
5/4 #3CB (Brown) 1T/L<br />
6/4 #1C (1&2W) 1T/L<br />
10/4 Prime (1W) 1T/L<br />
Yellow Poplar<br />
4/4 Prime 1T/L<br />
6/4 Prime 1T/L<br />
Red Oak (Northern)<br />
4/4 Prime 2T/L<br />
KD Live Edged Table Tops<br />
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3" - 4" Thickness<br />
Danzer Group Company<br />
Bradford, PA<br />
Contact Fredrik, Sturesson<br />
fredrik.sturesson@danzer.com<br />
www.danzer.com<br />
Joe Francois, Brady Francois and John Hilgemann<br />
Joe Francois<br />
joe.francois@snowbelthardwoods.com<br />
Brady Francois<br />
Bfrancois@snowbelthardwoods.com<br />
John Hilgemann<br />
JHilgemann@snowbelthardwoods.com<br />
Tyler Francois<br />
Tyler@snowbelthardwoods.com<br />
Northern KD Hardwoods<br />
<br />
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345 Ringle Dr.<br />
Hurley, WI 54534<br />
Phone: 715-561-2200<br />
Fax: 715-561-2040<br />
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105 Ridgedale Drive<br />
Cookeville, TN 38501 U.S.A.<br />
P.O. Box 698 • Cookeville, TN 38503 U.S.A.<br />
931-526-6832 • 931-526-4769 Fax<br />
E-mail: info@hermitagehardwood.com<br />
lawson@hermitagehardwood.com<br />
Website: www.hermitagehardwood.com<br />
Contact: Parker Boles, Adam Moran,<br />
Steve Gunderson<br />
Lawson Maury - <strong>Export</strong><br />
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ASH<br />
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4/4 FAS R2E 4.5” 6m’<br />
4/4 FAS R2E 5” 10m’<br />
4/4 FAS R2E 5.5” 8m’<br />
4/4 FAS R2E 6” 4m’<br />
5/4 FAS 55m’<br />
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4/4 FAS 7.5” wider 15m’<br />
4/4 FAS 10” wider 30m’<br />
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RAINEY MILLWORKS - Continued from page 17<br />
Pictured here is a Maple board being gangripped<br />
before being used to make some of Rainey<br />
Millworks’ custom millwork.<br />
Darrell, Bill and Steve Rainey are pictured here with canine helper<br />
Sawyer. Behind them is some of the over 100,000 board feet of<br />
imported and domestic lumber the company purchases each year.<br />
Shown here is a view of a Rainey Millworks staircase, which was<br />
manufactured from Sapele.<br />
Edmonton, AB. Maple, Sapele and White Oak were the Hardwoods of choice<br />
for that job.<br />
Rainey uses a great deal of Sapele because it has the same rich reddishbrown<br />
hue as native Mahogany, but is more easily available. “Today’s plantation-grown<br />
Mahogany doesn’t have the same rich red color that the native<br />
Mahogany does. It’s more of a pale pink,” he noted.<br />
“Rainey Millworks has grown a great deal since its establishment in 1984<br />
when it was me and one man in a 1,200-square-foot building,” Rainey said.<br />
Today, the firm has 12 employees who work at the 24,000-square-foot facility,<br />
which consists of two buildings. “For a custom shop that’s a good size,”<br />
Rainey noted, “the majority of our team members are craftsmen who have a<br />
particular skill they bring to the table. Each one of them can do two or three<br />
different things really well, though, which helps us better serve our customers.<br />
The goal here has always been quality, not quantity,” Rainey said.<br />
Rainey’s sons, 43-year-old Darrell and 47-year-old Steve, became partners<br />
in the company three years ago. Rainey primarily handles sales, while Darrell<br />
runs the CNC machine and Steve operates the moulding machine. “They run<br />
the shop. I run the roads,” Rainey<br />
said, adding he is out of town calling<br />
on potential clients about 40 to 50<br />
percent of the time.<br />
One project that Rainey is particularly<br />
proud of is a wine room that<br />
Steve Rainey operates the company’s 12-inch<br />
Weinig moulder.<br />
was crafted for a customer in Bay St. Louis, MS. Up to 1,700 wine bottles can<br />
be held by the 12-foot-tall shelves that are reachable by a 7-foot-tall library<br />
ladder that rolls around the room. Also notable is a pair of curved Oak staircases<br />
that were crafted for the late NFL great Steve McNair’s mother.<br />
Even at 73, an age where many are long into retirement, Rainey said he still<br />
works because he enjoys it. “I can’t just sit at home.”<br />
More information is available at<br />
www.raineymillworks.com.<br />
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Who's Who - Stoufflet Continued from page 2<br />
spent in the forest products industry. He began his long career with the company<br />
driving a forklift, and quickly grew into sales and eventually management<br />
roles, learning while traveling with colleagues around the United States and<br />
throughout Robinson’s international operations, mostly in Latin America. Stoufflet<br />
attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana at Lafayette, located in<br />
Lafayette, LA.<br />
Robinson Lumber is a member of the National Hardwood Lumber Association,<br />
International <strong>Wood</strong> Products Association, Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen’s<br />
Association Inc., American Hardwood <strong>Export</strong> Council and the National<br />
<strong>Wood</strong> Flooring Association.<br />
Stoufflet has two sons. The eldest, Etienne, is a professional musician<br />
playing with two New Orleans-based bands and has been touring the United<br />
States. His youngest son, Zachary, is a barista with a highly-rated New<br />
Orleans restaurant. In his spare time, Stoufflet enjoys attending music and<br />
sporting events, and traveling.<br />
More information is available at www.roblumco.com. ■<br />
Who's Who - Lussier Continued from page 2<br />
sales and Lussier took on the role of export sales coordinator. Lussier was officially<br />
promoted to export sales manager in 2015.<br />
Simon Lussier Lteé is a member of the National Hardwood Lumber Association,<br />
Penn-York Lumbermen’s Club, New England Lumbermen’s Association<br />
and the Quebec <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Export</strong> Bureau.<br />
In his spare time, Lussier enjoys music, fishing, hunting, golf and hockey. He<br />
and Johanne have one daughter and one son.<br />
More information can be found at en.simonlussier.com. ■<br />
Who's Who - Francois Continued from page 2<br />
flooring plant and grading lumber in the sawmill.<br />
Snowbelt Hardwoods is a member of the National Hardwood Lumber Association,<br />
American Hardwood <strong>Export</strong> Council, Lake States Lumber Association,<br />
and the National <strong>Wood</strong> Flooring Association.<br />
Hobbies of Francois’ include running, fishing, hunting, long-range shooting<br />
and reloading, water skiing and downhill skiing.<br />
For more information visit www.snowbelthardwoods.com. ■<br />
AHEC Continued from page 2<br />
is what they described as “smoked Oak,” which is essentially Oak with a dark<br />
Walnut-colored finish.<br />
Any increase in the use of stained Oak with darker finishes could provide<br />
opportunities for manufacturers to use Red Oak. AHEC SE Asia is planning a<br />
series of promotion activities around Red Oak to make industries in Vietnam<br />
more aware of its potential, including seminars and a student design competition.<br />
At the same time AHEC in Europe is also increasing activity around Red<br />
Oak, targeting designers and retailers. As Europe is an important destination<br />
for Vietnamese furniture production, these decision makers could play a vital<br />
role in what species are used in future product ranges.<br />
During Vietnam<strong>Wood</strong>, AHEC held a seminar attended by furniture producers,<br />
designers and architects. Presentations focused on the National Hardwood<br />
Lumber Association grading rules, sustainability of U.S. hardwoods,<br />
underused species such as Red Oak, Cherry and Maple and the opportunities<br />
of thermally modified (TMT) American hardwoods for exterior and interior use,<br />
especially in high humidity environments. In <strong>2018</strong>, AHEC will continue to explore<br />
the growth potential of Red Oak in Southeast Asia as a price substitute<br />
for White Oak – mirroring similar promotions in Europe last year. It is our belief<br />
that a coordinated promotion of Red Oak in both Europe and SE Asia will have<br />
a lasting effect of creating a new, sizeable market for the species outside of<br />
China, and work as a “pressure valve” to sustain healthy demand and reduce<br />
the risk of relying on one market. ■<br />
IWPA Continued from page 3<br />
want real-world tools that they can use. The Audits course has been developed<br />
to educate compliance professionals about the ways audits can be<br />
developed, implemented, and then used to address non-conformities and take<br />
corrective actions.<br />
The rollout of these courses is especially timely as many in our industry<br />
are beginning to digest the recent legal settlement between the U.S. Department<br />
of Justice and Young Living Essential Oils, L.C. for illegal trafficking of<br />
Rosewood oil and spikenard oil in violation of the Lacey Act. While this case<br />
involves essential oils rather than more traditional wood products, there are<br />
important lessons for our industry such as DoJ’s requirement that Young Liv-<br />
Continued on page 22<br />
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IWPA Continued from page 21<br />
ing conduct periodic audits of its supply chain with frequency based on risk<br />
assessments.<br />
In addition to the advanced <strong>Wood</strong> Trade Compliance courses, we at IWPA<br />
are working in a number of other ways to ensure that our members have the<br />
latest information about Lacey Act compliance. In January, IWPA co-hosted a<br />
webinar with attorneys from the law firm Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer about<br />
the Young Living settlement and its lessons for the imported wood products industry.<br />
IWPA members who were unable to attend the webinar in January can<br />
view it on the members-only portion of our website at www.IWPAwood.org.<br />
Lacey Act compliance will also be a key topic at our annual World of <strong>Wood</strong><br />
Convention from <strong>March</strong> 14-16 at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans<br />
where we will hold a panel discussion entitled “Due Care: A Supplier-<strong>Import</strong>er<br />
Partnership from the Compliance Professional’s Perspective” that will bring together<br />
compliance professionals to share some of their hard-earned insights.<br />
We look forward to any opportunity to help IWPA members address compliance<br />
challenges. We strongly believe these new advanced courses are a<br />
proactive way to do just that. ■<br />
Ontario<br />
CANADIAN TRENDS<br />
Hardwood contacts said that green lumber production was not overwhelming<br />
in demand for key species such as Red and White Oak, Ash and Hard<br />
Maple.<br />
Ash is still in great demand both on domestic and international markets. This<br />
has caused prices for No. 2A and Better to be reported as firm to higher. Production<br />
for this species was low but is expected to increase over the winter.<br />
Lumber contacts commented that Birch demand varied according to grades<br />
and thicknesses. Production of this species was controlled, fostering price<br />
increases for No. 1 Common 4/4 and prices identified as steady for other<br />
grades and thicknesses. Distributors reported that their inventories were thin.<br />
Secondary manufacturers expected supplies to increase over the short term,<br />
thus improving kiln-dried stock availability.<br />
Basswood reports were mixed according to areas contacted. Some reported<br />
that supply was ample while others were experiencing shortages. Prices for<br />
this species varied. Demand was noted as better for the higher thicknesses of<br />
No. 1 Common and Better than for the No. 2A and No. 2B stocks.<br />
Sawmillers commented that Soft Maple production had not yet reached<br />
its peak as late as December of last year. Some felt output for this species<br />
had been controlled. Depending on areas contacted, demand had declined.<br />
There was more interest reported in Common grade stocks for upper grades.<br />
Demand had also waned slightly on both the domestic and export markets.<br />
There is solid demand for Hard Maple. Distribution yards and secondary<br />
manufacturers were focused on building and/or replacing on-hand supplies.<br />
There were upward price pressures over the past several months for this<br />
species. Contacts also added that demand for kiln-dried Hard Maple was still<br />
good. Some wholesalers noted having low inventories of No. 2A and Better,<br />
while other thicknesses and grades were adequate.<br />
The Bank of Canada held its rate locked at 1 percent on December 6,<br />
2017, yet warned that increases were likely on the way, but offered no clear<br />
indication about when the bank might hike again. The bank pointed to several<br />
positives that could support another increase in the coming months, such<br />
as encouraging job and wage growth, sturdy business investments and the<br />
resilience of consumer spending despite heavy debt loads and higher borrowing<br />
costs. It also said the economic benefits from government infrastructure<br />
investments were becoming increasingly evident in the economic data.<br />
But on the other hand, the bank said exports had slipped more than expected<br />
towards the end of 2017 after a powerful start to the year, and it noted that<br />
the international outlook faced considerable uncertainty mostly due to geopolitical<br />
and trade-related factors.<br />
Moving forward, the bank said it would remain cautious and that it would be<br />
influenced by incoming economic data such as wage growth, employment,<br />
the evolution of Canada’s economic capacity and how the economy reacts to<br />
higher interest rates.<br />
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) cut its home sales forecast<br />
for <strong>2018</strong> due to the impact of tighter mortgage regulations that came into effect<br />
January 1, which are expected to rein in spending for some buyers.<br />
CREA said in an updated projection the banking regulator’s revised mortgage<br />
underwriting guidelines, which include a stress test for uninsured mortgages,<br />
will reduce sales activity across the country, particularly in and around<br />
Toronto and Vancouver.<br />
The association now forecasts a 5.3 percent drop in national sales to<br />
486,600 units this year. That new estimate shaves about 8,500 sales from<br />
its previous <strong>2018</strong> forecast. The national home price is expected to slip by 1.4<br />
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Ontario Continued from page 22<br />
percent in <strong>2018</strong> to $503,100.<br />
CREA said in a statement in late 2017 that some homebuyers had likely advanced<br />
their purchase decision before the new rules came into effect in <strong>2018</strong>,<br />
the “pull-forward” of these sales coming at the expense of sales in the first half<br />
of <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
These new rules could have an impact on the housing market and the renovation<br />
markets. As the new year moves forward, the effects of these rules will<br />
be revealed. ■<br />
Quebec<br />
Sources were in shared agreement that demand for hardwood lumber here<br />
is generally good. With exports to China having been strong over the past<br />
year, there is a positive and optimistic outlook for <strong>2018</strong>. Sales are reported as<br />
being good in domestic markets, especially for distribution yards, wholesalers<br />
and flooring manufacturers as well as pallet producers. With the onset of<br />
winter, some areas were disrupted by stormy weather conditions.<br />
Ash sales were brisk at the time of this writing, especially for overseas markets,<br />
particularly to China. Cherry is in great demand, and sawmills are having<br />
difficulty keeping up with demand. Again, the Chinese market is the driving<br />
force for demand of this particular species.<br />
Hickory demand is readily absorbing production for this species. There has<br />
been demand from flooring manufacturers and from export markets for kilndried<br />
lumber for this species. Prices are reported as fairly steady as well.<br />
Demand for the regionally important species – Hard Maple – has been rising,<br />
although it is not all the same for the grades and thicknesses. It was noted<br />
that business was stronger for 4/4 than for thicker stocks of No. 1 Common,<br />
No. 2A, and No. 3A than for the uppers. Flooring, cabinet and wood component<br />
manufacturers were purchasing more of this species than other end<br />
users.<br />
Soft Maple has dropped and was noted as being sluggish, with upper grade<br />
sales being slower than for No. 1 Common and No. 2A sales of most thicknesses.<br />
Contacts noted there has been no difficulty moving Red Oak as demand<br />
has held particularly good. Flooring manufacturers continue purchasing large<br />
quantities of this species, as are those who produce truck trailer flooring.<br />
Some supplies of this species are being kiln-dried for export to China, with<br />
orders set for delivery before and after the Chinese New Year.<br />
White Oak has been in demand from flooring manufacturers, as well as for<br />
domestic and export markets. Demand for Poplar has also been strong to<br />
moulding, millwork and wood furniture factories for most grades of this species.<br />
Thus, production has kept pace with demand, and prices are holding<br />
firm. ■<br />
BUSINESS TRENDS U.S.A.<br />
Lake States<br />
Hardwood sources in the Lake States region are reporting an overall healthy<br />
and robust market, with few transportation issues.<br />
A Michigan sawmill representative said the market in his area right now is<br />
better than it was six months ago.<br />
“We’re Hard Maple, 85 percent, and all grades are moving briskly,” he said,<br />
adding he had no concerns or problems with transportation.<br />
He also said he had no major issues with raw material shortages.<br />
“There’s heavy competition, but that would be the only reason for the shortage,”<br />
he said.<br />
The supplier, who sells to distribution yards and end users, said he’s not<br />
heard of any issues with demand for lumber outside of the industrial market.<br />
“Industrial-grade seems to be in short supply,” he commented.<br />
An Ohio provider of rift and quartered sawn noted that in her market, business<br />
was worse compared to six months ago.<br />
“In White Oak, our queue is a little slow right now,” she said.<br />
The lumber provider, who sells No. 1 Common and No. 2 Common and Better<br />
FAS in Red and White Oak and Walnut, said she doesn’t have any problems<br />
with transportation.<br />
“We are domestic and export, we do a little bit of everything. More domestic<br />
than export, though,” she said.<br />
As far as shortages, she has noticed problems with log availability.<br />
“Logs have been a real issue,” she commented.<br />
The source said she hasn’t heard much change in demand, but she knows<br />
Walnut sales slowed down after a short uptick before the end of 2017.<br />
“As far as what customers are looking for, nothing has changed,” she said.<br />
“We went through a spurt where everyone wanted nothing but Walnut. It’s kind<br />
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of slowed down a little bit; everyone still wants it, but I think they know it’s not<br />
available.”<br />
In Wisconsin, a hardwood supplier said the market has stayed steady, for<br />
the most part.<br />
“It seems like the cant market’s taken up pretty good,” he said. “Everything<br />
else seems pretty steady; I really don’t see an uptick or a downtick in anything.<br />
It seems pretty smooth.”<br />
He said he handles many types of hardwood, including Red and White Oak,<br />
Hard and Soft Maple, White and Black Ash, Basswood, Aspen, and Yellow and<br />
White Birch. Of all his species, he said, he’s only noticed a change in demand<br />
for White Oak.<br />
“White Oak was absolutely flare-hot for the last year,” he commented, “and<br />
that’s maybe calmed down a little, but it’s still pretty good. Other than that,<br />
everything else is just steady.”<br />
The source said he doesn’t have issues with transportation.<br />
“I don’t have any problems because I have my own trucks,” he said, adding<br />
that although one driver had to leave for health reasons, he was able to hire<br />
another without any problems.<br />
No major shortages are affecting the Lake States market that he’s noticed.<br />
The representative, who specializes in grade lumber, said as far as demand,<br />
it’s a seller’s market, adding he sells “good lumber to facilities with dry kilns,<br />
pallet plants buy my low-grade, flooring manufacturers want the low-grade<br />
lumber; and I sell it to whoever pays me the most.”<br />
He said he communicates with customers a lot via text message, which is<br />
advantageous, since he can process orders more quickly. However, because<br />
of that communication method, he’s not heard about much change in demand<br />
for their products.<br />
“You really don’t get that big of a feel, but usually if things are getting tight,<br />
you can tell,” he added. “It’s pretty easy to get orders right now.” ■<br />
Northeast<br />
Hardwood lumber suppliers in the Northeast report that business was<br />
steady overall and expect a strong beginning to <strong>2018</strong>, although some sources<br />
noted a slowdown as companies closed their doors for extended holiday<br />
breaks.<br />
One New Hampshire supplier said the market for most species was holding<br />
strong.<br />
“We’re predominantly cutting Red Oak, but even our secondary species like<br />
White Oak, Ash and Maple are selling very steadily,” he said.<br />
He added that all grades of Red Oak are “moving really well.”<br />
“Pallet cant sales are so strong that it’s almost causing a shortage for us.<br />
We can’t get enough of them to satisfy our customers’ needs,” he said.<br />
As far as transportation, the lumber source said his company had been<br />
lucky.<br />
“With the lottery of issues out there, I think we lucked out that transportation<br />
is one we didn’t end up having to struggle with,” he said.<br />
Supply, he said, is out there, although currently it is taking a while to get<br />
orders in, a problem he said customers are avoiding by placing orders in<br />
advance.<br />
“The grade hardwood that we produce mainly goes through distributors<br />
across the Northeast and Midwest and overseas. Orders for early in the year<br />
are lined up into the spring,” he said.<br />
A hardwood concentration yard source in Pennsylvania said while Red<br />
Oak is moving steadily there as well, he also is seeing increased demand for<br />
Cherry.<br />
“We’re glad to see the increased activity in that species. We have hopes<br />
that the increase will certainly continue,” the source said. He said his company<br />
is also drawing plenty of Red Oak and Hickory.<br />
Transportation costs, the Pennsylvania supplier said, have been rising, at<br />
least partly due to a shortage of truckers.<br />
“Domestic transportation has been very price-sensitive,” he noted. “If you’re<br />
wanting to have a quick release at times for trucks, they’re happy to charge<br />
you a high price.”<br />
This supplier said he was not encountering any problems getting the materials<br />
he needed, although he expressed concern about the direction exports<br />
were taking the industry.<br />
“We’re able to get the material we need that we’re looking for, though we are<br />
rather concerned with the increased buying appetite from the Chinese. That’s<br />
a trend, and it’s something we believe that these log exporters may need to<br />
have a better control of than what’s happening right now,” he remarked.<br />
The supplier, who sells to distributors and end users, said he anticipates that<br />
demand for hardwood products will continue moving along, although he said<br />
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being in a global market means anything can change.<br />
“We just have to make sure we’re doing the best that we can,” he said. “We<br />
anticipate that the markets are going to be OK for the upcoming year.”<br />
Another Pennsylvania supplier said changes to transportation will likely<br />
mean increased prices.<br />
“With these new regulations coming in, we’re hearing the pricing is going to<br />
go up as much as 12 to 15 percent, and then it’s going to be much harder for<br />
truckers to run longer hours. So we’re anticipating that,” he said.<br />
With his customer base driven by companies manufacturing hardwood<br />
products for homes, he said demand has gone down in some areas due to a<br />
slower housing market.<br />
“On some levels, they’ve found it slow,” he explained.<br />
One Massachusetts lumber salesman said he’s noticed a very unpredictable<br />
market overall.<br />
“The market has been very volatile,” he said. “Supply has been volatile,<br />
needs have also been volatile. It’s been rather a roller coaster.”<br />
Despite the volatility, he said work is steadily coming in.<br />
“All in all, it’s been good,” the source noted.<br />
The supplier sells mostly No. 1, 2 and 3 Common Hard Maple, No. 1 Common<br />
Yellow Birch, Select & Better Walnut, furniture-grade Eastern White Pine,<br />
and some Hemlock. He added that when selling green, some products such<br />
as Hard Maple have been hard to come by.<br />
“A lot of mills have their own kilns, so they don’t want to sell green,” he said.<br />
Cost of transportation is an area of concern, he said, due to new safety<br />
regulations.<br />
“We’re running trucks all the time,” he said. “We don’t have our own fleet, so<br />
we go through brokers. They are utilizing the ad hoc market.”<br />
The source explained he can’t argue with predictions that transportation<br />
costs will continue to rise, but said the industry will have to adjust. “You have<br />
to move your stuff,” he said.<br />
Most of his customers are end use manufacturers, and some are distributors,<br />
he said. Many clients had expected the market to level out in the fall,<br />
which didn’t happen.<br />
“We made some preparations to hunker down over the winter, keep our<br />
inventories a little low and now we’re struggling to catch up,” he observed. ■<br />
Southeast<br />
Hardwood lumber activity in the Southeast is steady and strong, say<br />
sources in the region.<br />
A hardwood supplier in North Carolina whose business is largely exports<br />
said the market is stable.<br />
“We have to work very hard on transportation, but that’s pretty steady for us<br />
as well,” he said.<br />
Most of his customers are distributors and furniture manufacturers, and he’s<br />
heard positive comments about product demand.<br />
“Everybody’s optimistic, and their sales are pretty good,” the source said.<br />
One hardwood flooring company in Arkansas said the market is better today<br />
than it was just six months ago.<br />
“We manufacture flooring here, we handle No. 1 Common, No. 2 Common<br />
and 3/8-inch Red and White Oak, and we manufacture 2/4 through 8 inches<br />
wide plank form,” the source explained.<br />
The cost of freight is going up, he noted.<br />
“Transportation is an area of concern,” he said.<br />
The source, who sells to wholesalers, said he’s had no trouble obtaining any<br />
species and hasn’t noticed any shortages. Overall, he said he thinks business<br />
will increase.<br />
“It looks good; it looks like there will be some positive growth,” he noted.<br />
A Kentucky lumber representative also said business was better now than<br />
six months ago, despite the recent holiday slowdown.<br />
“We’re mainly Red and White Oak and Poplar, and we also sell Walnut,<br />
Hickory, Ash, Hard and Soft Maple,” he said. “I think the demand for almost<br />
everything is good, it looks to be getting better, except for maybe low-grade<br />
Poplar. The industrials are getting a lot of activity and right now, really, everything<br />
is really in pretty high demand.”<br />
He said he noticed issues with the availability of some transportation equipment.<br />
“We export some products, so container availability is an issue that it seems<br />
like everyone is dealing with,” he noted.<br />
He said the availability of species is good, although he’s observed some<br />
issues getting White Oak and Walnut in his state.<br />
“White Oak is a struggle; you’re competing with the stave guys here in Kentucky.<br />
But for the most part, we’re getting our fair share,” he said.<br />
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The supplier sells to a variety of customers, from cabinet makers to<br />
flooring companies, and also does some exporting. He said he’s seeing<br />
an upward trend in demand for his customers’ products.<br />
“Generally speaking, all of them seem to be pretty optimistic and were<br />
looking to increase their inventories going into the winter,” he said, adding<br />
that right now, “everybody’s looking for wood.”<br />
“Prices are steady, and I think everybody’s optimistic,” the source commented.<br />
A Mississippi provider of hardwood said the market is steady, adding<br />
his loyal customer base helps.<br />
“They’ve been steady, true-blue customers for several years. I haven’t<br />
had any trouble with anything except for low-grade Oak, and I sell most<br />
of my lumber green,” he said.<br />
He also said his company sells a lot of Red and White Oak, Poplar and<br />
Ash, with a lot of Oak going overseas.<br />
“I go to China every three months to sell the Oak, and we do really well<br />
with that too,” he commented.<br />
This source said because his company has its own trucks and uses<br />
local drivers, he hasn’t observed any problems with transportation.<br />
He also mentioned he’s not had any shortage issues.<br />
“We pretty much have what we need,” he said.<br />
Since his company sells to a lot of housing manufacturers, he’s noticed<br />
business is affected by the slow real estate market. But for the most part,<br />
he said, the market is holding steady.<br />
“I’ve seen it go really strong on the unfinished flooring. As far as anything<br />
else, they’re going strong, too,” the supplier noted. ■<br />
West Coast<br />
Lumber representatives along the West Coast report a steady market,<br />
although the holiday season caused a little bit of a slowdown.<br />
A California source said although business was sporadic in the fall, he<br />
expected it to pick up again in the first quarter of the new year.<br />
The supplier, who sells Walnut, White Oak and Hickory, noted Walnut<br />
is selling the best, and he’s not noticing any shortage issues.<br />
“I’m able to get what I need,” he said.<br />
Also, he explained he’s not having any trouble with transportation,<br />
although he knows other areas of the country are experiencing trouble<br />
there.<br />
His customers are mostly flooring and retail operations, and he said<br />
he’s heard business remains stable for them.<br />
“They said they’ve been pretty steady,” he stated.<br />
Another California lumber representative said activity was slightly down<br />
from this time last year.<br />
“We are busy, but the pace flips from breakneck to quiet with very little<br />
in between,” he noted. “I’d like to see more consistency.”<br />
He said White Oak and Walnut are moving well for him.<br />
He added some areas of transportation were affected by the wildfires.<br />
“The Southern California wildfires have impacted inbound containers,<br />
but have not delayed or affected our ability to deliver,” he remarked.<br />
In Oregon, a mill source said the market was holding up “uncharacteristically<br />
well” prior to the Christmas season.<br />
“We’re keeping our order file fairly short at this point, because we see<br />
the market continuing to get a little stronger in the first quarter,” he said.<br />
“Normally, we expect a little more of a drop-off, and part of that is that log<br />
experts from the East Coast are helping keep prices for lumber up and<br />
log supply down.”<br />
The mill salesman said the species he carries are primarily Pacific<br />
Coast Poplar, and he brings in Hard and Soft Maple, Red Oak, Cherry<br />
from the East Coast and imports Aspen from Midwestern Canada.<br />
“Cherry is firming up,” he stated. “It’s been a slow creep the last six<br />
months, but it’s going up monthly. I’m just putting an order together now<br />
for <strong>February</strong> and we’re up modestly on all of our <strong>February</strong> shipments.<br />
Hard Maple is oversupplied and somewhat weak, at least upper-end<br />
Hard Maple; I can’t say everything is going north.”<br />
The availability of trucks has been an ongoing problem, he said, so<br />
he’s paying more to ship via rail.<br />
“I’m paying more to put three trucks on a rail car, because customers<br />
are screaming for the wood and we can’t get trucks,” he said.<br />
He said the mill sells to a wide variety of customers, including hardwood<br />
distributors, larger end users not typically supplied by distributors<br />
and some exporters.<br />
The source said about 30 to 40 percent of his business is exports.<br />
“We do export a significant amount ourselves directly into China,<br />
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Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, a little into Europe. Also Mexico has some<br />
good business for us as well,” he said. He added he exports “a little bit”<br />
to Canada.<br />
“I mostly export the Pacific Coast Poplar and Aspen, which don’t come<br />
out of our mills; I wholesale that,” he said.<br />
From his customers, he’s heard getting business may take a little more<br />
work.<br />
“One guy just went from Northern California to Seattle, and said work<br />
had been slow, but he did a little more footwork and came up with some<br />
more business,” the source noted. “So business isn’t giving; you need to<br />
work for it, but it’s out there.”<br />
A Washington distribution yard said the market in his area has been<br />
stable overall.<br />
“It’s been kind of steady. The Red Oak, that’s the only thing we’re seeing<br />
is Red Oak, the No. 1 Common, and the uppers are kind of hanging<br />
around, hard to sell,” he stated.<br />
He also commented that White Oak is selling “really strong,” and<br />
added that’s what customers are seeking the most often.<br />
“Everybody wants White Oak, so that’s been in demand, and Poplar is<br />
just kind of a fill-in product,” he observed. ■<br />
BUSINESS TRENDS ABROAD<br />
INDONESIA—Overburdening regulations and problems obtaining raw<br />
material supplies have caused poor performance of the furniture sector<br />
here, as have overlapping regulations and a shortage of craftsmen.<br />
The Indonesian Timber Legality Verification System (SVLK) and the<br />
Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) license<br />
system have slowed down the industry, and FLEGT implementation has<br />
not caused a significant increase in sales, according to Andang Wahya<br />
Triyanto, Vice Chairman of the Raw Materials Sector of the Indonesian<br />
Furniture Handicraft Industry Association. Although the FLEGT license<br />
system was promoted as a way to bring more exports into the European<br />
Union, Triyanto says that’s not happened. Overall, both FLEGT<br />
and SVLK are considered to have slowed the furniture and handicraft<br />
industries.<br />
Additionally, competitors have been able to move in and grab international<br />
market share due to inadequate market promotion, and because<br />
Indonesian manufacturers have grown less competitive compared to<br />
manufacturers in Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam, according to Gati<br />
Wibawaningsih, Director General of Small and Medium Industry in the<br />
Ministry of Industry.<br />
To combat these problems, the Ministry of Industry plans to increase<br />
its support for export promotion, and manufacturers are encouraged to<br />
not only improve productivity, but come up with more creative designs.<br />
Indonesian furniture exports in 2015 totaled US$1.21 billion, but fell to<br />
US$1.04 billion in 2016. Despite the widespread problems in the furniture<br />
market, the government hopes that furniture and handicraft exports<br />
will top US$2 billion in <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
CHINA—The Chongqing Traffic and Transportation Group has invested<br />
RMB2.5 billion for an international wood products trading center<br />
in the Jiangjin Comprehensive Bonded Zone in Chongqing municipality.<br />
The 2.2-kilometer center, which will serve western China, will offer<br />
an online trading platform for wood products such as logs, sawn wood,<br />
wood-based panels and pulp. It also will help lower transportation costs,<br />
since timbers used for processing in the Chonqing region are brought in,<br />
mainly from Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu province. The cost savings will go<br />
into effect when the new trading center is fully operational, according to<br />
publishers’ reports.<br />
The center will be strategically placed among ports, roadways and rail<br />
lines, and stands to become a significant location in the Yangtze River<br />
Economic Belt. It will link Chongqing, Kunming and the Trans-Asian<br />
Railway, also called the Eurasian Landbridge, which is the beginning of<br />
the China/Europe International Railway Corridor.<br />
The Jiangjin Comprehensive Bonded Zone is located in Jiangjin<br />
Luohuang Industrial Park, and is the third Special Customs Supervision<br />
Zone in Chongqing municipality.<br />
Manufacturers and <strong>Export</strong>ers<br />
of Fine Hardwood Lumber<br />
W. Springfield, NH<br />
MANUFACTURERS OF:<br />
NORTHERN & APPALACHIAN<br />
Hard & Soft Maple, Red & White Oak, Yellow Birch,<br />
Basswood, Cherry, Yellow Poplar, Hickory and Beech.<br />
Specializing in Mixed Containers Green, Air Dried,<br />
Kiln Dried (Thicknesses 4/4-16/4)<br />
G.H. Evarts & Co., LLC<br />
P.O. BOX 96 • 2377 ROUTE 4A<br />
WEST SPRINGFIELD, NH 03284-0096 U.S.A.<br />
Contact: GEORGE H. EVARTS<br />
TELEPHONE: (603) 763-4525<br />
FAX: (603) 763-4701<br />
GHEVARTS@TDS.NET<br />
WWW.GHEVARTS.COM<br />
AUSTRALIA—OneFortyOne Plantations (OFO) has signed an agreement<br />
to acquire New Zealand-based Nelson Forests, one of the island<br />
country’s leading forestry businesses, for an undisclosed sum of money.<br />
The transaction is expected to be completed this year, subject to ap-<br />
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Grantham, NH<br />
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proval by New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Office, and will allow for the<br />
exchange of best forestry management practices between the two countries.<br />
Nelson Forests is a vertically integrated plantation and mill operation in<br />
New Zealand’s Nelson/Marlborough region, while OFO is a leading company<br />
in the Australian forestry industry. The Nelson plantation, which is more<br />
than 60,000 hectares, sits in a region with annual log processing capacity<br />
of 1.4 million cubic meters. OFO, which has 80,000 hectares, holds longterm<br />
harvesting rights to a softwood plantation estate in the Green Triangle<br />
region.<br />
After the acquisition, OFO plans to increase processing activities in the<br />
Nelson region.<br />
Global Forest Partners LP, a U.S.-based timberland investment management<br />
organization, currently owns Nelson Forests. Campbell Global,<br />
Gresham Partners and MinterEllisonRuddWatts served as advisory partners<br />
to OFO on the acquisition.<br />
SOUTH AFRICA—<strong>Import</strong>ers are facing an uphill battle to lift wholesale<br />
prices as the country is affected by a weak rand, causing traders to only<br />
order wood they need the most. As a result of the depreciated currency,<br />
traders also are working to secure price increases for Meranti and U.S. and<br />
African hardwoods to offset the rand’s drop in value.<br />
Demand for panels is low since most of the shop-fitting work in the malls<br />
has been finished, leaving fewer projects coming down the pipeline. The<br />
furniture market here is also moving slowly, despite a slight improvement<br />
in disposable income levels that lifted retail sales in the third quarter. Still,<br />
consumers are cautious about making purchases that can be delayed,<br />
including household items.<br />
Last year was a tough one for sawmills, although one expert wrote in<br />
Sawmilling South Africa there is hope for this year, thanks to significant<br />
change of ownership in the sector, which could bring renewed interest in the<br />
industry.<br />
In recent years, many sawmills had considered the feasibility of converting<br />
biomass into electricity, but a stabilization in the national power grid<br />
means sawmills will return to focusing on modernization and mechanism<br />
of mill operations. Sawmill workers will also work to increase productivity,<br />
especially since the government plans to introduce a National Minimum<br />
Wage this year.<br />
EXPORTERS OF VENEER AND SAW LOGS<br />
MANUFACTURER OF QUALITY BAND SAWN<br />
NORTHERN APPALACHIAN HARDWOODS<br />
RED OAK WHITE OAK CHERRY SOFT MAPLE<br />
POPLAR WHITE ASH HARD MAPLE<br />
500,000 B.F. Dry Kiln Capacity<br />
Container Loading<br />
S2S, Ripped to Width, Cut-Length & Finger-Joint<br />
Lumber Measured & Inspected after Kiln Drying<br />
WALNUT<br />
2 Million B. F. Dry storage<br />
Mixed TL’s<br />
2240 Shermans Valley Road, Elliottsburg, PA 17024<br />
Phone: 717-582-4122 Fax: 717-582-7438<br />
Toll Free: 1-800-253-0263<br />
E-mail: sales@tuscarorahardwoods.com<br />
Website: tuscarorahardwoods.com<br />
INDONESIA—The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) has<br />
decided to allow plantation log exports, since the volume produced is more<br />
than the domestic market can absorb and the log quality is suitable for the<br />
export market.<br />
Critics of the decision, including the Association of Sawn Timber and<br />
Processed Timber Manufacturers Softwood Producers (ISWA), argue Indonesia<br />
shouldn’t open the door for log exports, especially after more than 30<br />
countries have banned them. They also have expressed concern that poor<br />
export oversight could cause the illegal lumber trade to grow.<br />
The KLHK said permitting log exports will create competition, yielding<br />
better prices for local log producers, which in turn will encourage plantation<br />
owners to invest more in advanced harvesting systems to increase productivity.<br />
BRAZIL—According to recent reports, a forest concession system of<br />
management can help preserve the Amazon and reconcile job and income<br />
generation with forest conservation.<br />
According to published reports, a forest concession system can help<br />
deliver verified, legal timber to the market. Currently, efforts are underway to<br />
make the Documents of Forest Origin (Documentos de Origem Florestal, or<br />
DOF) system more transparent, since the DOF is responsible for oversight<br />
and control of forest product transportation throughout the country.<br />
Better transparency will help create strong public and private systems<br />
to combat illegal timber activities. The Ministry of Environment says many<br />
Amazon wood products come from illegal harvesting, largely in protected<br />
areas such as conservation units (UCs) and indigenous reserves. Improved<br />
transparency in issuing DOFs also will legitimize forest products exchanged<br />
between traders and consumers, all of which is crucial to ensure the timber<br />
trade from the Amazon is legitimate.<br />
Brazil has 29 forest concession areas, in which nearly 1 million cubic<br />
meters of wood have been sustainably produced.<br />
ITALY—Italy is now the third country to publish a national forest stewardship<br />
standard (NFSS), which will become effective Feb. 21.<br />
The NFSS is based on version 5 of the FSC Principles and Criteria, and<br />
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is applicable to forest operations seeking FSC certification in the country.<br />
The standard’s primary aims are to promote, disseminate and support<br />
responsible forest management at the national level and enhance forest<br />
functions from environmental, social and economic viewpoints. The NFSS<br />
applies to all forest types, including non-timber forest products (NTFP) and<br />
ecosystem services.<br />
The development of the Italian standard began in January 2015, when a<br />
national approach was adopted to develop a forest management standard<br />
for all the different types of Italian forest.<br />
More than 80 countries are currently transferring their national standards<br />
from version 4 to version 5 of the Principles and Criteria. Ten countries<br />
have finished or are near finishing changing standards. Of the remaining 70<br />
countries, about 40 countries have a chamber-balanced standard development<br />
group, which is usually supported by an FSC national or regional<br />
office. In the 30 countries where there is no FSC presence, certification<br />
bodies are developing interim national standards.<br />
Forested areas cover about one-third of the country, or 9.2 million hectares.<br />
Only 93,000 hectares are classified as primary forests, and 8.5 million<br />
hectares are considered naturally regenerated forests. Almost 0.64 million<br />
hectares are forest plantations, mostly Poplar.<br />
Sixty-five percent of Italy’s forests are in mountainous regions, and sit<br />
above 500 meters altitude. About 42 percent of the country’s forests are<br />
managed as coppices, 36 percent are stand (high) forests and the rest<br />
consist of riparian and rupicolous forests and shrubs. Coppice forests are<br />
primarily in central southern Italy, while most of the productive high forests<br />
are main coniferous located in the northeast. The main coniferous species<br />
are Pine, Spruce and Larch. Broadleaved species, such as Beech, Oak,<br />
Poplar and Chestnut make up two-thirds of the national growing stock.<br />
NORWAY— Moelven Industrier ASA will build the world’s largest timber<br />
building in Mjøstårnet. It will stand more than 80 meters tall, more than 30<br />
meters taller than the current record-holder in Vancouver, Canada.<br />
The building will have more than 18 floors and include apartments, an<br />
indoor swimming pool, a hotel, offices, a restaurant and several common<br />
areas. Moelven, a Scandinavian industrial group, will supply the timber<br />
from local spruce forests. The record-breaking building will sit on the edge<br />
of the northeastern tip of Norway’s largest lake, Mjøsa, in the small town of<br />
Brumunddal, an hour and half north of Oslo.<br />
Construction is slated for completion in December.<br />
Arthur Buchardt, an investor and contracting client working with the<br />
project, said the building exemplifies “world-class engineering,” and despite<br />
its height, will be done without external scaffolding. Buchardt said they will<br />
primarily use cranes, supplementing with lifts as needed. At the time of<br />
publication, 33 meters of the building were completed.<br />
Moelven Industrier ASA is an industrial group that supplies products and<br />
services to the Scandinavian construction market. The group’s businesses<br />
employ more than 3,600 people and has an annual turnover of NOK 11<br />
billion. The group’s production units are organized into timber, wood and<br />
building divisions.<br />
UNITED KINGDOM—More than £111 million of forestry was sold here in<br />
2017, 40 percent more than 2016, according to forestry investment reports.<br />
The report is based on commercial forest properties sales between Oct.<br />
1, 2016 and Sept. 30, 2017, demonstrating the market bounced back after a<br />
quieter 2016.<br />
The increase is thanks to a buoyant market, high-value properties and<br />
portfolios, steady demand and an influx of new investors. A total of 87 forest<br />
properties were sold, compared to 67 in 2016, for a total of £111.04 million.<br />
Sales were up £31.8 million from 2016, and were higher than the five-year<br />
average of £104 million annually.<br />
A total of 17,272 hectares were traded, 78 percent in Scotland. Forestry<br />
in England accounted for 18 percent of the market, and just 4 percent in<br />
Wales.<br />
The report backs up MSCI IPD index findings that the industry is in good<br />
shape with strong annual returns. While demand for large-scale commercial<br />
plantations was strong, supply was decreasing. With some exceptions, no<br />
commercial plantations have been established for almost 30 years, as many<br />
of the larger private plantations are now owned by collective funds and<br />
portfolios.<br />
Experts say in the changing world of Brexit, generational succession will<br />
play a big role in the forestry market. Also, new afforestation opportunities<br />
may arise as a result of existing farmland owners planting areas, or from<br />
changed ownership to forestry investors. Engaging in afforestation and<br />
promoting the need to plant trees will help safeguard the British forestry<br />
industry. ■<br />
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NEWSWIRES<br />
ALICEVILLE, ALABAMA—Buchanan Hardwoods<br />
Inc., located here, has installed a new<br />
Hasko HSSM SideMatcher, said Bill Buchanan,<br />
managing director.<br />
The site in Aliceville is the headquarters of<br />
all manufactured products for export, including<br />
preparation and loading, as well as sales from<br />
the company’s Appalachian concentration yard in<br />
Granite Falls, NC.<br />
Buchanan stated, “This new Hasko SideMatcher<br />
is going to help us increase our efficiency and<br />
Bill Buchanan<br />
continue to offer the highest quality products to<br />
our customers. The SideMatcher also automatically cuts a hollow back<br />
out of the flooring blanks, saving a step in the manufacturing process.”<br />
The Hasko SideMatcher will allow Buchanan Hardwoods to process<br />
up to 550 feet per minute of flooring.<br />
Buchanan Hardwoods is a major supplier of North American hardwood<br />
products to markets worldwide, including Europe, Asia, Middle<br />
East, Central America, South America and Africa. The company produces<br />
more than 30 million board feet of hardwood lumber and flooring<br />
each year, including Red and White Oak, Ash, Poplar, Red Gum and<br />
Cypress.<br />
More information can be found at www.buchananhardwoods.com.<br />
FITZPATRICK & WELLER<br />
12 Mill Street · PO Box 490 · Ellicottville, NY 14731<br />
www.fitzweller.com · sales@fitzweller.com<br />
Ph: 716-699-2393<br />
Fax: 716-699-2893<br />
A.H.E.C. and<br />
U.S. Hardwoods<br />
Great American Resources<br />
The American Hardwood <strong>Export</strong> Council - the<br />
only major overseas export program for U.S.<br />
hardwoods. AHEC services the trade with<br />
information and assistance for importers,<br />
specifiers and users:<br />
• Source lists of suppliers<br />
• Information on U.S. marketing and manufacturing systems<br />
• Promotional assistance<br />
• Technical information on U.S. products and species<br />
• Market development programs<br />
AHEC members include all major U.S. hardwood<br />
industry associations and hardwood exporting<br />
companies representing a full range of U.S. hardwood<br />
products.<br />
®<br />
AHEC - U.S. Headquarters<br />
AHEC - Europe/Middle East/India<br />
1825 Michael Faraday Dr.<br />
Unit 20.1, AHEC-Europe/Middle 20-22 Vestry East/India Street<br />
3, St. Michael’s Alley<br />
Reston, VA 20190<br />
London, London United EC3V Kingdom<br />
9DS<br />
Tel: (703) 435-2900<br />
N1 7REUnited Kingdom<br />
www.ahec.org or<br />
Tel: (44) FAX: 2044-171-626-4222<br />
7626-4111<br />
www.americanhardwood.org<br />
Fax: (44) 20 7626-4222<br />
AHEC-Korea<br />
United States Headquarters www.ahec-europe.org<br />
U.S. Agricultural Trade Ofc.<br />
1111 19th Street, N.W., Director: c/o American David Venables<br />
Forest & Paper Assoc.<br />
AHEC - Southeast Asia & Suite Greater 800 China<br />
Room #303, Leema Building<br />
Suite 1305<br />
Washington, D.C. 20036 AHEC 146-1. - Mexico Suson-dong, Chongro-ku<br />
FAX: 202-463-2787<br />
Bank of America Tower<br />
Sierra Seoul, Candela (110-140), No. Korea 111 - 507<br />
FAX: 82-2-720-1898<br />
12 Harcourt Road<br />
Col. Lomas de Chapultepec<br />
Hong Kong<br />
11000 AHEC-Mexico/U.S. Mexico, D.F., ATO Mexico<br />
Tel: (852) 2724-0228<br />
Tel: (52) U.S. 55-2623-1850 Agricultural Trade Office - 51<br />
Jaime Balmes No. 8, Piso 2<br />
Fax: (852) 2366-8931<br />
Fax: (52) 55-2623-1853<br />
Col. Los Morales Polanco<br />
www.ahec-seasia.org<br />
www.ahec-mexico.org<br />
11510 Mexico, D.F.<br />
Director: John Chan<br />
Director: FAX: Luis 52-5-282-0919 Zertuche<br />
Michael Snow, Executive Director<br />
Telephone: telephone: +1 202-463-2774<br />
(703) 435-2900<br />
AHEC-Southeast Asia<br />
Rm. 528, West Wing<br />
New World Office Bldg.<br />
20 Salisbury Road<br />
Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong<br />
FAX: 852-2366-8931<br />
AHEC-Osaka<br />
c/o American Consulate General<br />
2-11-5 Nishitenma<br />
Kita-ku, Osaka 530, Japan<br />
FAX: 81-6-6-315-5103<br />
AHEC-China<br />
Office C615<br />
Bejing Lufthansa Center<br />
50 Liangmaquiao Road<br />
Beijing 100016<br />
People’s Republic of China<br />
FAX: 86-10 6463-8047<br />
BRYN MAWR, PENNSYLVANIA—Walt McIlvain,<br />
president of Industrial Vision Systems Inc.,<br />
makers of the VisionTally System, announced<br />
a list of recent installations of his company’s<br />
VisionTally System. The installations include:<br />
At Primewood Lumber, located in Drummondville,<br />
QC, a High Speed VisionTally System<br />
recently was installed. Primewood Lumber<br />
manufactures hardwood lumber, including Hard<br />
and Soft Maple, Cherry, Walnut, and Poplar,<br />
Walt McIlvain among other species. Primewood Lumber is<br />
a leading hardwood exporter in Canada. Its<br />
success is largely thanks to its geographic location in Drummondville,<br />
a short distance from Montreal. The company has the benefit of marine<br />
services for overseas shipments as well as access to major highways<br />
for purchasing and distribution.<br />
At Turman Group’s Hillsville, VA operation, a Standard VisionTally<br />
System was installed. Turman Group produces hardwood lumber, flooring<br />
and other products, such as mulch and wood pellets from residuals.<br />
Turman-Mercer, a major component of the vertically integrated Turman<br />
Group, is a lumber supplier for customers domestically and abroad.<br />
At Somerset <strong>Wood</strong> Products in Burnside, KY, a Standard VisionTally<br />
System was installed. Somerset <strong>Wood</strong> Products is a manufacturer of<br />
hardwood lumber, flooring and other wood products.<br />
The VisionTally System is one of the most accurate, labor-free and<br />
efficient end-tally systems available, according to a company statement.<br />
Among its features is the ability to scan and measure bundles automatically<br />
from both ends simultaneously. Actual board measurements<br />
are recorded and converted to nominal footage and tallies. Wane is<br />
detected and analyzed for accurate measurements. No board marks or<br />
special preparation is required, and no manpower is needed during the<br />
scanning process.<br />
More information can be found at www.visiontally.com.<br />
CALEDONIA, MICHIGAN—Kamps Hardwoods Inc., located here,<br />
recently announced the installation of a new Walnut steamer.<br />
Rob Kukowski, general manager at Kamps Hardwoods, stated, “Our<br />
new steamer was manufactured by BOLDesigns Inc., of Lenoir, NC, and<br />
has a capacity of 30,000 board feet. It is constructed of all aluminum<br />
and stainless steel, while built on top of a concrete foundation. The unit<br />
is set up to produce steam indirectly by submerging a heating element<br />
and boiling a trough of water. The new steamer provides a more uniform<br />
color of sapwood and heartwood.”<br />
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This installation is the second such for Kamps<br />
Hardwoods, which constructed its first Walnut<br />
steamer in 2012. The company now has 55,000<br />
board feet of Walnut steaming capacity.<br />
As a manufacturer, distributor, and exporter,<br />
Kamps’ customer base extends throughout the<br />
U.S., Canada and other regions internationally.<br />
Kukowski noted that Kamps Hardwoods will<br />
steam all of its Walnut prior to air drying and kiln<br />
drying. Kamps Hardwoods currently produces<br />
Rob Kukowski all grades of Walnut in thicknesses ranging from<br />
4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4 and 12/4. Special pulls for<br />
proprietary grading, width sorting and premium<br />
color sorts are offered. Custom steaming will also be available.<br />
Walnut has become Kamps Hardwoods’ signature species and<br />
makes up about 40 percent of the company’s total kiln-dried lumber<br />
production. The company also recently joined the American Walnut<br />
Manufacturers Association.<br />
More information is available at www.kampshardwoods.com.<br />
HENNIKER, NEW HAMPSHIRE–HHP Inc., a major manufacturer of<br />
Northern hardwoods, pallets and chips, located here, has announced<br />
the following management changes: Ross D’Elia announced his<br />
retirement as the president effective Dec. 31, 2017. D’Elia has served<br />
the company since 1989, when he partnered with Richard Carrier to<br />
purchase HHP Inc. D’Elia has overseen the extensive growth and<br />
implementation of technology into the manufacturing facility over the<br />
last 28 years as it has evolved to be one of the most modern, efficient<br />
hardwood sawmills in the Northeast.<br />
Upon D’Elia’s retirement, Richard Carrier’s brother, Marco Carrier,<br />
will succeed D’Elia as president of HHP. Also joining the partnership is<br />
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PEWAMO, MICHIGAN—Craig Devereaux,<br />
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ALEXANDRIA, ONTARIO—Alexandria Moulding, located here,<br />
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House of Fara was founded in 1961 by the Fara family. The company<br />
manufactures standard, decorative and embossed hardwood mould-<br />
Continued on page 33<br />
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<strong>March</strong><br />
Vietnam International Furniture & Home Accessories Fair, Saigon<br />
Exhibition and Convention Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. For<br />
more information: www.vifafair.com. <strong>March</strong> 7-10.<br />
www.bingamanlumber.com<br />
Malaysian International Furniture Fair, Putra World Trade Center<br />
& Malaysia International Trader Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<br />
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Indonesia International Furniture Expo, Jakarta International Expo,<br />
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China International Furniture Fair, phase 1, China <strong>Import</strong> and <strong>Export</strong><br />
Fair Complex, Guangzhou, China. Details online at: www.ciff-gz.com.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 18-21.<br />
Canadian Hardwood Bureau, Meeting, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth<br />
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<strong>March</strong> 20-21.<br />
Montreal <strong>Wood</strong> Convention, Meeting, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth<br />
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<strong>March</strong> 20-22.<br />
China International Furniture Fair, phase 2, China <strong>Import</strong> and <strong>Export</strong><br />
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<strong>March</strong> 28-31.<br />
Bingaman & Son Lumber, Inc.<br />
P.O. Box 247 Kreamer, PA 17833 USA<br />
570.374.1108 Fax: 570.374.5342<br />
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www.BingamanLumber.com/IE10<br />
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NEWSWIRES - Continued from page 31<br />
Lumber<br />
ings, as well as other specialty products.<br />
Alexandria Moulding, founded in 1943, is a manufacturer and distributor<br />
of mouldings and related millwork products. Among the species it<br />
sells are imported Brazilian Virola in No. 1 Common, 4/4 and 5/4 kilndried.<br />
Andre Cholette, president of Alexandria Moulding, said the two companies<br />
are continuing a decade-long joint enterprise.<br />
“This partnership solidifies our hardwood supply and product offering<br />
through our distribution facilities. House of Fara has a strong, specialized<br />
team and is a cultural fit. We will leverage each other’s strengths to<br />
further enhance the value we bring to our customers,” Cholette stated in<br />
a press release.<br />
The acquisition of House of Fara assets will allow Alexandria to<br />
strengthen its North American manufacturing presence.<br />
“Our hardwood moulding capabilities is a natural extension of Alexandria’s<br />
business, giving significant growth potential and opportunities<br />
for our combined business and people,” said Mike Fara, president of<br />
House of Fara. Tom Fara will join the Alexandria team and support the<br />
integration and combined business over the long term. Mike Fara, Dan<br />
Fara and Mark Martin have announced plans to retire.<br />
The acquisition will take place during the upcoming months. House of<br />
Fara will continue to operate in the same building, and current customer<br />
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AHEC (Amer. Hard. <strong>Export</strong> Council)......... 30<br />
Allegheny <strong>Wood</strong> Proucts ............................ 3<br />
Ally Global Logistics LLC .......................... 25<br />
Argo Fine <strong>Import</strong>s ..................................... 24<br />
Atlanta Hardwood Corp<br />
Baillie Lumber Co. .................................... 21<br />
Bingaman & Son Lumber,Inc. ................... 32<br />
Cardin Forest Products LLC ..................... 20<br />
Clark Lumber ............................................ 31<br />
Cole Hardwood, Inc. ................................. 11<br />
Danzer Lumber North America, Inc. ........... 9<br />
Fitzpatrick & Weller ................................... 30<br />
G.H. Evarts & Co., LLC ............................ 27<br />
Gutchess Lumber ....................................... 7<br />
Hardwood Forestry Fund<br />
Hardwoods <strong>Import</strong> Lumber Division ......... 12<br />
Hermitage Hardwood Lumber Sales Inc... 22<br />
HHP, Inc. ..................................................... 5<br />
Independence Lumber, Inc. ...................... 26<br />
IWPA (Int’l. <strong>Wood</strong> Products Assoc.) .......... 29<br />
J.W. Goodfellow Inc. ................................. 15<br />
Kretz Lumber Co., Inc.<br />
Lawrence Lumber Co. Inc. ....................... 23<br />
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Lumber Resources Inc. ............................ 33<br />
Alan McIlvain Company<br />
Midwest Walnut Co. .................................. 14<br />
Neff Lumber Mills, Inc.<br />
Newman Lumber Co................................. 36<br />
Northwest Hardwoods .............................. 16<br />
Penn-Sylvan International, Inc.................. 29<br />
Ram Forest Products, Inc. ........................ 31<br />
Robinson Lumber Co................................ 33<br />
Rolling Ridge <strong>Wood</strong>s, Ltd.<br />
SFPA (So. Forest Prodts. Assoc.) ............. 10<br />
Salamanca Lumber Co., Inc. .................... 13<br />
Simon Lussier Ltee. .................................. 19<br />
Snowbelt Hardwoods, Inc. ........................ 18<br />
Thompson Hardwoods, Inc....................... 28<br />
TMX Shipping Company, Inc.<br />
Transit King City/Northway Forw. Ltd. ...... 17<br />
Tuscarora Hardwoods, Inc. ...................... 28<br />
U•C Coatings ........................................... 34<br />
Wheeland Lumber Co.,Inc. ....................... 32<br />
Harold White Lumber, Inc.<br />
Yoder Lumber<br />
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