National Hardwood Magazine - November 2023

Fall Begins With HMA Regional Meeting
Photos By Chris Fehr
Members and guests of the Hardwood Manufacturers
Association (HMA) recently gathered in St. Marys, PA,
for the association’s fall regional meeting.
After an HMA Board of Directors meeting kicked off
the event, tours were held at the following lumber manufacturers’
facilities (the following information provided by
HMA’s program agenda):
Bradford Forest Products
Located near the Pennsylvania-New York border in
Bradford, PA, Bradford Forest Products, part of the Rossi
Group since 2021, specializes in high-quality Cherry,
Hard and Soft Maple, Red and White Oak, and Ash. The
HMA tour included two Rossi Group facilities: Bradford
Forest Products and Emporium Hardwoods.
Emporium Hardwoods
Emporium Hardwoods, nestled in Emporium, PA, is
a state-of-the-art operation touting two double cut slant
head-rigs, two band re-saws, and a sorting line with 37
automated bays to ensure a maximum range of sizes
and grades before stacking and kiln drying.
RAM Forest Products
A manufacturer and exporter of quality Pennsylvania
Hardwoods—and specializing in Ash, Red Oak, Hard
and Soft Maple, and Cherry—RAM Forest Products Inc.,
Shinglehouse, PA, is located in the northwestern corner
of Potter County, AKA “God’s Country!”
St. Marys Lumber Co.
With five production facilities located in the Northern
Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania, Bingaman &
Son Lumber prides itself in producing kiln-dried lumber,
strips, dimensions, glulam curtain wall beams, thermally-modified
lumber, and more.
St. Marys Lumber Co., St. Marys, PA, specializing in
Black Cherry, Ash, Soft Maple and Poplar, joined the
Bingaman family of businesses in 2006, establishing a
direct link to the vast timber resource in the Allegheny
National Forest region.
HMA fall regional meeting attendees also enjoyed ample
networking opportunities during a reception and dinner
to conclude the event. n
Learn more about the Hardwood Manufacturers Association by visiting www.hmamembers.org.
Ted Rossi, Rossi Group, Cromwell, CT; Ed Weiner, Emporium
Hardwoods Inc., Emporium, PA; and Tommy Petzoldt, East Perry
Lumber Company, Frohna, MO
Dan McDonald, Tim Brownlee and Dan Brownlee, Brownlee
Lumber Company Inc., Brookville, PA; and Trevor Vaughan, Ron
Jones Hardwood Sales Inc., Union City, PA
Wayne Law, New River Hardwoods Inc., Mountain City, TN; Amy
Coyner, MiCROTEC, Belpre, OH; Randy Flament, Emporium
Hardwoods Inc., Emporium, PA; and Javan Mallery, Wolverine
Hardwoods Inc., Allegan, MI
Tripp Josey, Josey Lumber Co. Inc., Scotland Neck, NC; Peter
McCarty, TS Manufacturing Co., Levant, ME; Logan Josey, Josey
Lumber Co. Inc.; and Hud Caldwell, Rossi Group, Cromwell, CT
Ryan Cosens, NWH, Frisco, TX; Bob Bell, McDonough Manufacturing Company, Eau Claire, WI; Jason Kelley and Bob Zandi, Baillie
Lumber Co., Hamburg, NY; and Matt Tietz, McDonough Manufacturing Company
Additional photos on next page
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