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Vol. 38 No. 5 The Softwood Industry’s Only Newspaper...Now Reaching 36,187 firms (20,000 per issue) September/October 2023 

39th Year Of ILP Golf Celebrated 

Photos By Terry Miller 

Seven Feathers Hosts UVLA Annual Event 

Photos By Zach Miller 

Mark Swinth, Brett Slaughter, Mark Kelly, Terry Rasmussen, Tyler Robitaille and Aaron 

Fleming, Elk Creek Forest Products LLC, McMinnville, OR 

Additional photos on page 18 

Dan and Jenny Claridge, Terri and Chuck Dotson, Thompson River Lumber Co., 

Thompson Falls, MT 


The 39th Annual Golf Tournament of the Inland Lumber Producers (ILP) was 

recently held at the Coeur d'Alene Resort in Coeur d'Alene, ID with approximately 

350 in attendance. 

The tournament was a two-day event that was limited to the first 256 entries. 

Additionally, Hayden Lake Country Club served as the site for the annual ILP 

horse race 2-person format won by Kyle Welch with Boise Cascade Company, 

and Kody Miller with Idaho Forest Group out of 11 teams. 

A barbecue dinner ended the day. 

The final day of the annual gathering featured a shotgun start to a golf game 

at the Coeur d'Alene Resort golf course. That evening, attendees were given the 

option to enjoy a cocktail cruise. n 

The Seven Feathers Casino and Resort, located in Canyonville, OR, was the 

site for the multi-day Umpqua Valley Lumber Association (UVLA) annual banquet 

and golf tournament. 

UVLA members form a coalition of long-time timber and lumber operators 

located in the southwestern timber country of Oregon. 

The UVLA's stated mission is "to work together to support our industry and 

share best practices and, of course, the fun that comes from long-time partnerships." 

The event included such networking opportunities as the Hellgate jet boat 

excursion, a vineyard dinner buffet, as well an 18-hole golf tournament. UVLA 

members and guests were also invited to tour designated sawmills in the area. 

To learn more about this organization, visit www.uvla.net. n 

AWFS Grows In 2023 


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Technologies Inc., Newport, NC; Chris Knowles, Timber Products Company, Springfield, 

OR; Rachel Shaw, Timber Products Company, Corinth, MS; and Kendall Conroy, 

Timber Products Company, Springfield, OR 


AWFS®Fair recently hosted 40 percent more exhibitors this year than in 

2021 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV. AWFS is touted as a 

must-see event to reconnect with the industry at-large while taking advantage 

of networking opportunities to meet with other woodworking pros. The AWFS 

also is where new products are often launched. The New Product Showcase and 

Continued on page 42

Chris Bouchard is a sales representative for 

BPWood, located in Penticton, BC. BPWood is a domestic 

remanufacturer and global importer with a North American 

sales focus. 

BPWood describes themselves as “The Nimble 

Innovators” that use their understanding of the global wood 

market to build unique solutions for their partners. BPWood 

carries Douglas Fir, Western Red Cedar, Thermally 

Modified Wood as well as multiple imported wood species/ 

Chris Bouchard 

products. 

Bouchard has been with BPWood for seven years. He has been in the forest 

Who’s Who in Softwoods 

Continued on page 42 

Henry German is co-owner of DMSi Software, a company 

headquartered in Omaha, NE with sales regions in the 

U.S. and Canada. German drives DMSi’s solutions for their 

Log & Lumber division. His vision is to make DMSi the preeminent 

software provider at every step of the lumber supply 

chain and is currently leading the company’s growth strategy 

by integrating acquisitions into a cohesive offering. 

DMSi prides itself on software tailored to the forest 

products industry, including Agility ERP, eLIMBS, TallyExpress, 

Simply Computing, and Neural Grader. Agility ERP is 

Henry German 

inventory and order-management software designed specifically for lumber dealers 

and distributors. The eLIMBS system includes software and handheld solutions for 


Preliminary Results From Seismic Testing On 

Mass Timber Structure Breaks Records 

Claus Staalner is the president of American Wood 

Technology, LLC (AWT) located in Jefferson, GA. AWT 

operates in North America and sells wood treating equipment, 

which entails pressure treating plant for water-based 

preservatives like CCA or MCA used for decking, pilings, 

posts and poles. They also offer oil-based systems used for 

poles, rail ties, bridge timbers and more, as well as thermo 

modification plants for both Softwood and hardwood. 

Staalner began his career in the forest products industry 

Claus Staalner 

in 1983 when he started offering dust collection equipment 

from Denmark in North Carolina where the main concentration of the furniture in- 


Larry Schmedding is the sales manager at Empire 

Lumber Co., located in Kamiah, ID. 

Empire Lumber produces approximately 65 million board 

feet of lumber annually in the following species: Inland Red 

Cedar, Douglas Fir and Larch, White Fir, Idaho White Pine, 

and Engelmann Spruce and Lodgepole Pine. 

Empire Lumber is a member of the North American 

Wholesale Lumber Association and the Inland Lumber 

Producers Association. 

Larry Schmedding 

Schmedding has worked at Empire Lumber for 28 years and 

has held his current position for the past 23 years. His career in the forest products 

industry began 48 years ago with his first job on the clean-up crew at a remanu- 


Achieving Advocacy Goals Through 

Creative Means 

By: Jackson Morrill 

President & CEO of the American Wood Council 

Table of Contents 

FEATURES 

ILP Golf Tournament.....................1 

UVLA Annual Event.......................1 

AWFS Fair......................................1 

Hancock Lumber, 175 Years.........4 

Gilbert Smith Forest Prod.............6 

McCoy's Building Supply.............7 

WRCLA, A Builder's Choice..........8 

69th MLMA Convention.................9 

IFG/Alta Sawblade Tourn............10 

Idaho Forest Group Recept........ 11 

PotlatchDeltic/Stimson...............12 

DEPARTMENTS 

Who's Who in Softwoods.............2 

AWC News......................................2 

APA News.......................................2 

SLB News.......................................2 

NAWLA News.................................2 

Washington Scene......................13 

Retail Review...............................32 

Northeast Bus. Trends................34 

Inland West Bus. Trends.............34 

Midwest Bus. Trends...................... 36 

West Coast Bus. Trends...............36 

Southeast Bus.Trends...................40 

Ont./Quebec Bus. Trends...........40 

Stock Exchange......................58-62 

Industry News..............................67 

Calendar.......................................74 

Classified Opportunities.............74 

Index of Advertisers....................74 

COMMITMENT COMMITMENT 

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Image Courtesy Timberlab 

At the University of California San Diego (UCSD) this year, a 10-story mass 

timber structure has weathered earthquake after earthquake—all while the arid 

landscape around it remains undisturbed. A collaboration between the SLB, Think 

Wood, WoodWorks, the Binational Softwood Lumber Council, university research 

teams and other industry partners, the rigorous testing of the structure—the tallest 

2022 APA Safety and Health Award 

Winners Announced 


Program Recognizes Manufacturers’ Commitment 

to Workplace Safety 

APA – The Engineered Wood Association has announced the winners of its 

2022 Safety and Health Awards. The APA Safety and Health Awards Program is 

the premier safety award program for North America's engineered wood products 

industry. The program’s goal is to promote and recognize operational excellence 

and reduce injury and illness rates. 

Structurlam Mass Timber Corporation and LP won Safest Company Awards in 

their respective categories, while the coveted Innovation in Safety Award went to 

two winners: Tolko Industries’ Plywood Division in Armstrong, British Columbia, 

as recipient of the Equipment-Based Innovation Award, and Boise Cascade 

Wood Products, LLC of Lena, LA, as recipient of the Jeff Wagner Process-Based 

Innovation Award. 


The 2023 Farm Bill is AWC’s most important federal 

legislative initiative this year, and AWC is pursuing 

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new and creative approaches to getting advocacy wins 

while we coordinate with partner organizations. 

After extensive discussions last year to reach consensus on AWC’s priorities, 

we landed on three, which include continuing to support the Wood Innovations 

Grant (WIG) Program, addressing the affordable housing shortage through a 

pilot program to support wood-constructed affordable housing, and an education 

accelerator program focused on developing tall mass timber programs for 

the next generation of engineers and architects. To secure these priorities in the 

base text currently under development, AWC has taken a more concerted effort 

to build a presence on Capitol Hill and in the Administration by organizing our 

first fly-in, hosting a Congressional tour of innovative wood buildings on the 

National Mall and working with a range of traditional and new partner organizations, 

including environmental non-profits. 


NAWLA 10 Groups: Establishing Deeper Peer-to- 

Peer Relationships 

By The NAWLA Editor 

For years, NAWLA has been striving to create opportunities for lumber industry 

professionals to not only build powerful relationships, but also have the chance to 

exchange ideas with peers and grow in their crafts. Recognizing the need for open 

conversations on a wide range of industry topics, NAWLA launched its 10 Groups 

initiative — which has grown to become a cornerstone of value for members. 

Comprised of approximately 10 industry professionals with similar interests 

from non-competing firms, 10 Groups are small networking forums that provide 

NAWLA members with an avenue to freely share ideas and best practices related 

to the issues they face daily. They also allow members to reflect on how to positively 

impact their organizations and the industry as a whole. 

While being part of a 10 Group allows members to gain actionable ideas on 

common topics such as company management, human resources, multi-gener- 


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5th, 6th and 7th generation Hancocks gather in front of the Casco Sawmill. From left to right, Alison Hancock, Kevin Hancock, Carol Hancock, Sydney Hancock, and 

Abby (Hancock) Doherty. 

Sawmill COO, Aaron Schulte, commented on the complexity, beauty, and challenges of milling Eastern White Pine: 

“I will never forget the remark I heard from one of our production managers many years ago, 'There is nothing more complicated 

than producing a high quality Eastern White Pine Board!' This has stuck with me ever since as we quite often oversimplify 

the work that goes into producing a board generated from an Eastern White Pine tree. 

Hancock Lumber Celebrates 175 Years 

Being in the lumber business since 1848 says more about Hancock Lumber's 

commitment to the future than it does about the company's past. Today Hancock 

Lumber is a seventh-generation, family-owned integrated forest products company 

that is passionate about its people-first and values driven culture. 

Led by over 700 employees, Hancock has been awarded ‘Best Place to Work 

in Maine’ annually since 2014 and this year the business is celebrating its 175th 

company anniversary. Team Hancock operates high-efficiency sawmills, lumberyards, 

component manufacturing facilities, and full-service home design showrooms. 

An integrated forest products company, Hancock grows Eastern White 

Pine trees across 7,500+ acres of sustainably managed timberlands, manufactures 

Eastern White Pine boards at its four mills, operates truss and wall panel 

manufacturing facilities, supplies building materials to professional contractors, 

remodelers, and homeowners, and has nine kitchen design showrooms throughout 

Maine and New Hampshire. 

Kevin Hancock is the Chairman of this family business as well as an awardwinning 

author and nationally recognized public speaker. For the last decade, 

Kevin’s written books, spoken nationally, and created content that fuels his website, 

The Business 

of Shared Leadership, 

where he 

invites any visitor 

to follow his blog 

for leadership 

inspiration. The 

mission of his 

personal website 

is to heighten 

RESPECT FOR 

ALL VOICES. 

If everyone on 

Earth felt trusted, 

A historic version of the Hancock Lumber sign and logo. 

respected, valued, 

and heard, what might change? Kevin believes that everything might change–and, 

most importantly– that the workplace can and must become a catalyst for this 

transformation. It’s this mindset that has helped transform Hancock Lumber into 

a ‘Best Place to Work’ since 2014, where their culture focuses on the employee 

experience first and the customer an extremely close second. Hancock Lumber 

A collage of photos celebrating Hancock Lumber’s 175th 

year in business. 

believes every team 

member should feel 

trusted, respected, 

valued, and heard at 

work—which, in turn, 

helps produce worldclass 

products and 

customer service. 

In Hancock's 175- 

year company history, 

the company has only 

experienced two 

Eastern White Pine 

harvest cycles. It takes 

80 to 100 years before 

Pine trees are mature, 

making Hancock's 

business a long-term 

commitment. Their 

sawmills run with 

zero-waste of raw materials, 

as 100% of the 

log fiber is utilized. 

Sawdust by-products 

from the company's 

milling operations are 

used in place of fossil 

fuels, and Hancock generates power through turbines, converting otherwise 

wasted steam from drying lumber into power. The firm also has invested in other 

forest products to further encourage sustainable practices and industry longevity. 

Hancock Lumber's team can source and supply FSC Certified products, along 

with building materials that meet the rigorous Living Building Challenge requirements. 

Sawmill COO Aaron Schulte commented on the complexity, beauty, and challenges 

of milling Eastern White Pine: “I will never forget the remark I heard from 

one of our production managers many years ago, 'There is nothing more complicated 

than producing a high quality Eastern White Pine Board!' This has stuck 


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ENGAGED. EMPOWERED. 

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HancockLumber.com/Culture 

2014–2023

Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. Provides High Quality Wood 

Items To Global Markets 

By Zach Miller 

McCoy’s Building Supply, Maintaining Quality Throughout Four Generations 

By Scott Dalton 

Super B leaving GSFP with a full load of kiln-dried Western Red Cedar blanks for 

remanufacture to high end specialty products. 

Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. (GSFP), based in Barriere, British Columbia, 

four and a half hours inland from Vancouver, has manufactured specialty 

Cedar products for more than 65 years. “To diversify our fiber supply, we work 

with some other species, including Western White Pine and oversize Spruce, but 

our main focus is Western Red Cedar,” stated Greg Smith, company president and 

grandson of the company’s founder, Gilbert Smith. 

GSFP specializes in rough green blanks for remanufacturing into pattern stock, 

bevel blanks, S1S2E boards and other specialty products. Now with the addition 

of their new dry kiln in 2023 they now offer rough and finished kiln-dried 

products. 

“We are constantly trying to get the most value from a precious resource by 

investing in our people and new technology,” Smith said. 

GSFP, a multi-generational family company, began as a Cedar pole plant in 

1955. In 1967 a sawmill was built on the same site and then, over the ensuing 

years, continuous improvements, upgrades and additions have been made. 

GSFP’s mission statement is: “To create and enhance stakeholder value by 

supplying high quality wood products to global markets. We do this while caring 

about our employees and the community, providing careful stewardship of the 

forests and building strong, long-term relationships with valued customers.” 

Smith commented, “The approach at our company is: first and foremost, we’re 

a manufacturing facility, and we want to have a safety culture that will ensure 

that people – about 85 employees – are going home to their families every day. 

From that, when you 

have the workforce 

grounded in that 

sense, then you can 

consider how you 

further advance your 

business. What I 

really try to push is 

creative thinking and 

problem solving. But 

more so it’s trying 

to focus on specific 

programs or systems 

and just keep getting 

better and better at 

them.” 

GSFP has made 

many mechanical 

upgrades, the most 

recent being the addition 

of their Nyle 

dehumidification 

dry kiln. Smith said 

GSFP chose Nyle 

because of their 

Sales manager, Aidan Coyles, manning the GSFP booth at 

the 2022 NAWLA Conference in Phoenix, AZ. 

“expertise in dehumidification 

drying 

First Kiln charge loaded in Gilbert Smith’s new Nyle Dehumidification Dry Kiln. 

and energy management capacity. Once we landed on that, we knew the goal was 

to maintain a high drying quality to improve product value.” 

The mill and the new kiln are entirely powered by renewable hydroelectricity. 

In line with one of GSFP’s core values of sustainability, “We looked at what 

kind of technology is out there that we can use to dry a quality product without 

impacting greenhouse gas emissions,” Smith said. “In British Columbia, we are 

extremely fortunate with the hydroelectric generating capacity that we have in the 

province. So, we were able to dial into that available power source with a fully 

electric kiln.” 

Smith said, “I think the future looks good for Gilbert Smith Forest Products. 

We’ve got a good team together, including adding Aidan Coyles who joined the 

sales department a few years ago, whose expertise in forestry has helped us implement 

these strategic investments. So, I think we are positioned well. Certainly, 

there are a few market challenges to get through but, at the same time, we have 

been at it producing lumber for over 50 years. We’re good and we want to keep 

getting better by paying attention to the details that promote quality and value. 

“The multi-generational family-run business continues to grow due to sustained 

customer, supplier, owner, employee, Indigenous and community support.” 

For more information, visit www.gsfpcedar.com. n 

“To ensure our forest resources 

remain sustainable we strive 

to achieve the most value from 

them by investing in our people 

and technology.” 

– Greg Smith, 

president, Gilbert Smith Forest 

Products Ltd. 

In 1927, Frank McCoy decided to uproot his family and his small roofing company in Houston in favor of the town of Galveston, Texas. The Company is now headquartered 

in San Marcos, TX. 

In 1927, Frank McCoy decided 

to uproot his family and his small 

roofing company in Houston in 

favor of the town of Galveston, 

Texas. It was a challenging time 

for businesses, about to become 

even more challenging two years 

later, when the Great Depression 

put so many out of work. But then, 

as now, McCoy’s, headquartered 

in San Marcos, TX, faced the 

challenges head-on, focusing on 

customers and building a company 

that would last multiple generations 

and well into the next century. 

That small roofing company 

quickly grew, with Frank’s son, 

Emmett eventually taking over 

the business and expanding it to 

include a retail operation, selling 

not only roofing, but other 

building supply materials as well. 

Rebranding the company as the 

McCoy Supply Company, Emmett 

built on Frank’s vision through the 

1950s and 1960s, expanding both 

the company’s reach and product 

“We like to differentiate 

ourselves on the quality of 

what we sell. We work with 

mills that produce quality 

products, and we specify 

higher grades. You can walk 

in off the street for a two by 

four and know that you are 

getting good quality lumber 

produced in a good quality 

mill.” 


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President of Merchandising, 

McCoy’s Building Supply 

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Why Western Red Cedar Is A Builder’s Choice 

Guest article by: Brad Kirkbride, Managing Director, Western Red Cedar Lumber Association 

69th MLMA Convention And Trade Show Wraps Up With Great Success 

Photos By Paul Miller Jr. 

Western Red Cedar clad Laguna Row, by California-based architect and builder 

Brett Farrow. 

Custom home builder Vernon Construction built Halfmoon Bay cabin with Western 

Red Cedar to meet client’s need for using sustainable materials. 

Dwight Joslin, The Teal-Jones Group, Antlers, OK; Nikole Robbins, UFP Industries 

Inc., St. Clair, MI; Jo Anne Battles, The Teal-Jones Group, Antlers, OK; and Kiel Miller, 

The Teal-Jones Group, Edenton, NC 

Laura Sanders, Jay Hilsenbeck, Belinda Remley and Gary Kellum, Arxada LLC, 

Atlanta, GA 


FENCES THAT 

STAND FOR 

SOMETHING. 

At Alta Forest Products, our fences stand just a little bit taller. Craftsmanship, 

sustainability and American-grown Western Red Cedar are at the core of who we 

are. We value relationships more than anything, and believe in giving our partners 

the right tools to get the job done. 

www.altafp.com 800-599-5596 

Wood, and more specifically 

lumber, is one of the oldest building 

materials on the planet. Selected for 

its strength, durability and its versatility, 

it’s been an obvious choice for 

builders for millennia. 

Today there are numerous other 

reasons for choosing wood, such as 

aesthetic preferences and a desire 

to reduce the environmental impact 

of a building project for choosing 

wood, but there are also a plethora 

of non-wood competitive products 

vying for builders’ attention and 

market share. And yet, wood is still 

being utilized, is still popular, and 

in many applications, its use is on 

the rise. 

At the Western Red Cedar 

Lumber Association, our mandate 

to enhance demand for WRC and 

drive sales and value means we 

follow market trends and behavior 

to capitalize on opportunities that 

increase usage and grow market 

share. Architects and designers have 

been two highly influential groups 

that the association has targeted in 

the past; this year we’ve expanded 

that audience to include custom 

home and multi-unit dwelling builders 

and contractors. 

Ducker Attitudinal Research 

found that a large majority of builders 

in this category (roughly 90 

percent) are familiar or very familiar 

with WRC, and most (about 80 

percent) are interested in knowing 

more about the attributes and benefits 

of using WRC. 

While awareness of Western Red 

Cedar and an interest in learning 

more about it are helpful, it’s the 

attributes that influence product 

consideration that are more likely 

to lead to a builder specifying WRC 

and ultimately result in a sale. 

Likely due to its high awareness, 


The Mississippi Lumber 

Manufacturers Association 

(MLMA) recently concluded its 

highly anticipated 69th annual 

Convention and Trade Show, 

held at the Beau Rivage Resort 

and Casino in Biloxi, MS. Over 

800 members were in attendance 

from across North America. 

The highlight of the convention 

was the bustling trade show. 

Sixty-nine exhibitors showcased 

their innovative products and 

services, providing attendees 

with valuable insights into 

the latest advancements in the 

lumber manufacturing sector. 

From cutting-edge machinery 

and equipment to sustainable 

forestry practices, the trade show 

presented a comprehensive array 

of solutions. 

A family event, the MLMA 

Convention and Trade Show 

went beyond business interactions 

and offered a range of 

engaging activities to foster 

fellowship among members. 

The golf tournament saw over 

40 golfers at The Preserve Golf 

Club in Vancleave, MS, while 

the fishing tournament allowed 

anglers to showcase their skills 

on the waters of the Mississippi 

Gulf Coast. 

While the golfers and fishermen 

competed on the fairways 

and cast their lines, the ladies 

enjoyed a brunch at The Chimney’s 

in Gulfport. The festivities 

continued with a lively pool 

party on the Beau Rivage pool 

deck. 

"The 2023 MLMA Convention 

and Trade Show truly surpassed 

our expectations," exclaimed 

Bud Reaves, President of 

MLMA. "We are delighted to 

witness the enthusiastic par- 



IFG/Alta Welcome Guests to 9th Saw Blade Tournament 


Idaho Forest Group Hosts Customer Appreciation Reception/Dinner 


Bryan Riga, Idaho Forest Group LLC, Coeur d’Alene, ID; Tyson Sands, Disdero 

Lumber Co., Clackamas, OR; Max Heller, Pelican Bay Forest Products, Bend, OR; 

and Shawn Cox, OrePac Building Products, Boise, ID 

QUALITY PEOPLE CREATING QUALITY WOOD PRODUCTS 

Scott Vigil, Builders FirstSource, Denver, CO; Erol Deren, Idaho Forest Group 

LLC, Coeur d’Alene, ID; Roger Fossett, Boise Cascade Company, Boise, ID; and 

Chuck Dibling, Builders FirstSource 


The Saw Blade Invitational Golf 

Scramble, hosted by Idaho Forest 

Group (IFG) and Alta Forest 

Products, and held at the Coeur 

d'Alene Resort in Coeur d'Alene, 

ID, marked its 9th year recently. 

The team that won the Saw Blade 

Invitational was Travis Vezina, 

T J Forest Inc., Nampa, ID; Eric 

Oien and Todd Shipp, Alta Forest 

Products, Chehalis, WA; and Terry 

Miller, The Softwood Forest Products 

Buyer, Memphis, TN 

IFG is a growing family-owned 

company, operating multiple 

sawmills and a finger-joint facility 

in North Idaho and, most recently, 

Lumberton, MS, that built a new 

Southern Yellow Pine mill. The 

company is now one of America's 

largest lumber producers, with 

capacity well over 1 billion board 

feet per year and markets around the 

globe. 

Alta Forest Products, headquartered 

in Chehalis, WA, offers multiple 

lines of fencing products, from 

Western Red Cedar to pre-stained 

Whitewood and Premium Treated 

products, according to the company's 

website, and is the largest wood 

fence manufacturer in the world. 

Learn more about the host companies 

by visiting www.ifg.com and 

www.altafp.com. n 

Andy and Alivia Dunham, James and Jennifer Mortimer, Erol Deren, Idaho Forest 

Group LLC, Coeur d’Alene, ID 

Every year Idaho Forest Group hosts 

their annual Saw Blade golf tournament 

at the Coeur d’Alene Resort 

Golf Course. Teams are made up 

consisting of IFG members and their 

customers. A scramble format is 

played followed by both team and 

individual awards as well as lunch. 

In the evening Idaho Forest Group 

hosts a private Customer Appreciation 

reception and dinner. The 

evening event is for IFG’s valued 

customers so they can be recognized 

and appreciated for their longstanding 

partnerships. This year we 

hosted the dinner on the front lawn 

of the CDA Resort. The weather was 

perfect as the sun set and the breeze 

from the lake rolled in. Live music 

was enjoyed by all plus amazing 

food and lots of laughs with a beautiful 

backdrop of the Resort. 

Idaho Forest Group grows, harvests, 

manufactures and distributes lumber. 

Headquartered in Idaho, the company 

is now one of America’s largest 

lumber producers with capacity of 

well over 1.5 billion board feet a 

year and markets around the world. 

Learn more at www.ifg.com. n 

Chad Findlay, West Bay Forest Products Ltd., Langley, BC; Mike and Jennifer Henley, 

Idaho Forest Group LLC, Coeur d’Alene, ID; and Shawn Cox, OrePac Building 

Products, Boise, ID 

Patrick Lumber Company 

Over 100 Years in Business 

Est 1915 

Patrick Lumber Company is a secondary manufacturer and exporter of niche high-grade 

softwood products sold to a network of worldwide distribution. 

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West Coast Softwoods 

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PotlatchDeltic/Stimson Lumber Co-Host Annual Reception 

Photos by Terry Miller 

(Front, from left) John and Alice Walcott, J & H Forest Products Inc., Coeur d’Alene, ID; 

Rick Palmiter, BPWood Ltd., Harrison, ID; and Erika Bouchard, BPWood Ltd., Penticton, 

BC; (back, from left) Chris Bouchard, BPWood Ltd.; and Andrew Campbell, Stimson 

Lumber Company, Portland, OR 

Taphouse Unchained in Coeur d’Alene, ID was the local site for the recent 

cocktail reception that PotlatchDeltic and Stimson Lumber Company co-host 

ARCHITECT: MARTIN FENLON | PHOTO: ZACH LIPP 

A family-run operation. 

An international reputation. 

Highest quality, select knotty, fascia & trim, 

siding and specialty products. 

Wide range of superior, clear, vertical grain 

decking, siding and specialty products. 

Paneling | Siding | Fascia & Trim | Dimension | Engineered 

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Paul Waldon, Wildwood Trading Group/Vaagen Bro. Boise, ID; and Hanna Smith and 

John Branstetter, Wildwood Trading Group/Vaagen Bro., Colville, WA 


annually. Each year this reception is held in conjunction with the annual Inland 

Lumber Producers golf event. 

According to the company’s 

website, PotlatchDeltic is a leading 

timberland owner and a top 10 manufacturer 

of lumber in the United 

States. The company has a long 

legacy of excellence in timberland 

management and wood products 

manufacturing with operations in 

six states. PotlatchDeltic is committed 

to being a responsible corporate 

citizen and manages its timberlands 

for future generations to come. 

PotlatchDeltic, a Real Estate Investment 

Trust, owns approximately 

1.8 million acres of timberland in 

Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Louisiana 

and Mississippi and operates 

seven manufacturing facilities that 

produce lumber and plywood, according 

to the company's website. 

Learn more at www.potlatchdeltic.com. 

Today, Stimson Lumber Company 

stretches across Oregon, 

Idaho and Montana. The company 

employs more than 650 people; 

operates seven mills in Oregon and 

Idaho; and owns and sustainably 

manages over 500,000 acres of 

forest land in the western United 

States. Stimson Lumber is proud to 

be active partners in the communities 

where employees live and do 

business, according to the company’s 

website. 

Learn more at www.stimsonlumber.com. 

n 

NAHB: Slowing Building Material Price 

Growth Another Signal Inflation Is Cooling 

According to the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) report, which is produced 

by the Bureau of Labor Statistics the price level of inputs to residential construction 

less energy (i.e., building materials) was unchanged in June 2023, according 

to the most recent data available, as reported by National Association of Home 

Builders Eye on Housing blog. 

March 2023 was the last month prices increased. The index gained 0.5 percent, 

year-to-date, and has not increased 1.0 percent or greater in any month since 

March 2022. 

The PPI for all final demand goods was unchanged in June following a 1.6 

percent decline in May. Year-over-year, the index declined 0.2 percent while 

the PPI for final demand goods less food and energy increased 2.0 percent. The 

growth rates of the indices for final demand goods and final demand goods less 

food and energy have slowed 12 and 15 consecutive months, respectively. 

The PPI for goods inputs to 

residential construction, including 

energy, has decreased 3.6 percent 

over the past 12 months—the 

largest 12-month decline since 

October 2009. June was the second 

consecutive month in which prices 

were unchanged. 

The PPI for Softwood lumber 

increased 3.9 percent in June—the 

second increase over the past three 

months. Although prices are up 7.2 

percent over that period, the index 

has decreased 20.9 percent over the 

past year and has fallen by more 

than half since June 2021. 

Prices were unchanged in the 

Northeast and Midwest, but they increased 

0.2 percent and 0.5 percent 

in the South and West, respectively. 

Year-to-date, prices increased the 

most in the Midwest, followed by 

the Northeast, South, and West 

regions. 

The price index of services inputs 

(excluding labor) to residential 

construction increased 0.2 percent 

in June after a 1.0 percent decline 

in May. Prices have declined 8.8 

percent over the past year but have 

stabilized in 2023, down 0.1 percent 

through June. 

The price of truck and rail transportation 

of freight decreased 2.1 

percent and 0.4 percent, respectively, 

in June while the PPI for 

ocean freight increased 0.4 percent. 

Trucking freight prices have declined 

13.7 percent over the past 

year with both long-distance (-15.1 

percent) and local (-9.2 percent) 

motor carrying prices falling 9.2 

percent and 4.1 percent, respectively. 

For more information, visit www. 

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WASHINGTON SCENE 

A.W. Stiles Contractors, Inc. 

A.W. Stiles provides a full line of Modern Day Equipment serving both Softwood and Hardwood markets. New Installations 

and Complete Rebuilds on Existing Equipment: High Temp Track Kilns, Hardwood Package Kilns, Predryers, Walnut Steamers 

(Right) Charles Ingram Lumber in Effingham, SC. A.W. 

Stiles Contractors fabricated and installed a patent pending 

dual path kiln consisting of a 60’ center chamber and 40’ 

extension chambers. The engineering firm over the project 

was Tinsley Consulting Group of Hot Springs, AR. 

Complete Rebuilds Including: 

• Roof Replacements/Complete Reskins 

• Heating Coils and Complete Steam Systems 

• Energy Efficient Upgrades - 

controls, insulation additions, wind flow, 

heating capacity, door seals, etc. 

(Left) T. R. Miller Mill Co. in 

Brewton, AL. A.W. Stiles Contractors 

fabricated and installed two 

steam-heated patented dual path 

kilns each kiln consisting of 94’ 

center chambers and 62’ extension 

chambers. The engineering firm over 

the project was Tinsley Consulting 

Group of Hot Springs, AR. 

• Doors and Carriers 

• Structural Repairs 

• Protective Coatings 

• Complete line of replacement parts 

Lee Stiles Cell: (931) 409-0144 

Email: lee@awscontractorsinc.com 

Glenn Thompson Cell: (615) 372-4261 

Email: glenn@awscontractorsinc.com 

Casey Miller Cell: (931) 607-7451 

Email: casey@awscontractorsinc.com 

Office: (931) 668-8768 • Fax: (931) 668-7327 

286 Bass Lane, McMinnville, TN 37110 

awscontractorsinc.com 


ILP – Continued from page 1 

Alex Lindsay, Skana Forest Products Ltd., Vancouver, BC; Jennifer 

Smelko and Matthew Kelly, PotlatchDeltic Corporation, Spokane, WA; 

and Troy Lundquist, Silvaris Corporation, Bellevue, WA 

Mike Carey, Parr Lumber Company, Hillsboro, OR; LaVonne Carey, MiCROTEC, Corvallis, OR; Sean 

Coughlin, Utah Lumber Company, Bend, OR; April Herzog, Parr Lumber Company; and Carter and Leianne 

Stinton, Hampton Lumber, Portland, OR 

Pat Way, Idaho Forest Group LLC, Coeur d’Alene, ID; Jeff Bowers, 

Bowers Forest Products Inc./Woodway, Beavercreek, OR; and Jenny 

and James Mortimer, Idaho Forest Group LLC, Coeur d’Alene, ID 

Tyson Sands, Disdero Lumber Co., Clackamas, OR; Cassie Brajcich, Silver Valley Forest Products Ltd., 

Smelterville, ID; Mary Jacobson and Elizabeth McGuire, Hampton Lumber, Portland, OR; and Kelsey 

Kline and Gunnar Brinck, Disdero Lumber Co. 

James Venters, Eric Oien, Scott Suh, Todd Shipp and Gib Gibor, Alta Forest 

Products, Chehalis, WA 

Jenlian Chadwick and Janan Hays, Seaboard 

International Forest Products 

LLC, Nashua, NH; and Catherine Duemler, 

Fox Lumber Sales Inc., Hamilton, MT 

Chris and Erika Bouchard, BPWood Ltd., Penticton, BC; and 

Gemma and Rick Palmiter, BPWood Ltd., Harrison, ID 

Kevin Lang, Central Forest Products Inc., Canby, OR; James Venters, 

Alta Forest Products, Chehalis, WA; Joe La Berge, Collins Pine, Portland, 

OR; and Mark Kleps, International Wood Products LLC, Clackamas, 

OR 

Bill Nocerino, PotlatchDeltic Corporation, Spokane, WA; Jenny Claridge, Thompson River Lumber Co., 

Thompson Falls, MT; Edward Anzo, Sapphire Lumber Company, Hamilton, MT; and Nina and Alex Ford, 

Edmund Allen Lumber Company, Momence, IL 

Jon Zeigler, LMC, Wayne, PA; Pat Way, Idaho Forest Group LLC, Coeur d’Alene, ID; 

Steve Weiser, LMC; Aaron Fleming, Elk Creek Forest Products LLC, McMinnville, OR; 

and Mark Dwyer, LMC 

Joe Belknap, The Teal-Jones Group, Spokane, WA; Rick and Gemma Palmiter, BPWood Ltd., Harrison, ID; 

Jenna Linerud, International Wood Products LLC, Clackamas, OR; and John Branstetter, Wildwood Trading 

Group/Vaagen Bros. Lumber Inc., Colville, WA 




Troy Wilharm, Matheus Lumber Company, Hauser, ID; Mark Smith, Ziggy’s 

Home Improvement, Spokane, WA; Christopher Morrison, Franklin Building 

Supply, Boise, ID; Jim Williams, Seaboard International Forest Products 

LLC, Nashua, NH; and Justin Blaha, Franklin Building Supply, Boise, ID 

Chad Findlay, West Bay Forest Products 

Ltd., Langley, BC; Ben Meachen, OrePac 

Building Products, Wilsonville, OR; and 

Ryan Kline, Disdero Lumber Co., Clackamas, 

OR 

Scott Elston, Forest City Trading Group LLC, Portland, 

OR; Kim Barranco, Tampa International Forest Products 

LLC, Tampa, FL; Joe Belknap, The Teal-Jones Group, 

Spokane, WA; and Sam Barranco, Tampa International 

Forest Products LLC 

Jason and Mary Jacobson, Hampton Lumber, Portland, OR; and 

Cozette and Ted Ellis, Idaho Timber LLC, Meridian, ID 

Tom Lund, Western Timber Products Inc., Coeur 

d’Alene, ID; Larry Schmedding, Empire Lumber 

Company, Spokane, WA; and Dan Seid, Western 

Timber Products Inc. 

Matt and Cassie Brajcich, Silver Valley Forest Products Ltd., 

Smelterville, ID; and Amy and Jon Montague, General Building 

Materials Inc., Denver, CO 

Andy Dunham, Idaho Forest Group LLC, Coeur d’Alene, ID; Scott Vigil, 

Chuck Dibling, Jon Woods, Builders FirstSource, Denver, CO 

Robert Westbrook, American International Forest Products LLC, Portland, OR; Grant Phillips and 

Erin Klosterman, Wildwood Trading Group, Tualatin, OR; Catherine Duemler, Fox Lumber Sales 

Inc., Hamilton, MT; Justin Smith, Tampa International Forest Products LLC, Tampa, FL; and Fritz 

Klosterman, Wildwood Trading Group 

Terry Miller, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis, 

TN; Tyson Sands, Disdero Lumber Co., Clackamas, OR; Dan 

Seid, Western Timber Products Inc., Coeur d’Alene, ID; and 

Gunnar Brinck, Disdero Lumber Co. 

Ron Manzanares, Blue Ridge Forest Products, Albuquerque, 

NM; Laura Ganatos, Thompson River Lumber Co., Thompson 

Falls, MT; and Mike and Gail Mannex, Hampton Lumber, Portland, 

OR 

Todd Glomski, Viking Forest Products LLC, 

Minneapolis, MN; and Janice and Kirk Todish, 

Bennett Lumber Products Inc., Princeton, ID 

Brett Bennett, Mackenzie and Bryson Bennett, Bennett Lumber 

Products Inc., Princeton, ID 

Tony Geiger, Boise Cascade Company, Boise, ID; Brian Haberle, Orchard 

Wood Products Inc., Baker City, OR; and Kirk Plagge, Clearwater 

Forest Industries, Meridien, ID 

Paul Waldon, Wildwood Trading Group/Vaagen Bros. Lumber Inc., Colville, WA; Jeff Tucker, Trussway/Builders 

FirstSource, Houston, TX; Hanna and Marc Smith, Wildwood Trading Group/Vaagen Bros. Lumber Inc.; and Julie 

and Dana Iverson, Allied Midwest Merchandisers Inc., Sioux Falls, SD 


Page 16 Softwood Forest Products Buyer • September/October 2023



Jim Vandegrift, Bennett Lumber Products Inc., Princeton, ID; 

and Dennis and Bobbi Buttice, Buttice Forest Products Inc., 

Vale, OR 

Tony and Amanda Piper, Atlantic Forest Products LLC, Lake Owego, OR; 

and Isabella and Mike Flynn, PotlatchDeltic Corporation, Spokane, WA 

Kyle Welch, Boise Cascade Company, 

Lake Oswego, OR; and Kody Miller, Idaho 

Forest Group LLC, Coeur d’Alene, ID 

*Horse Race Winners 

Troy Lundquist, Silvaris Corporation, Bellevue, WA; Marissa and Sheldon 

Kernodle, Silvaris Corporation, Coeur d’Alene, ID; and April McGuire and 

Pat Way, Idaho Forest Group LLC, Coeur d’Alene, ID 

Andrew Mannex and Darcy Gamble, Hampton Lumber, Portland, OR; Samantha and Cam Stevens, 

Patrick Lumber Company, Portland, OR; Lexi and Alec Gans, Hampton Lumber; and Kyle and Lauryn 

McWhirter, American International Forest Products LLC, Portland, OR 

Robbins Lumber is expanding 

to bring the future of quality 

pine and unmatched 

customer service to the 

next generation. 

Searsmont, ME 

Hancock, ME 

East Baldwin, ME 

Troy and Holly Little, Boise Cascade Company, Boise, ID; John Lentz, Boise Cascade 

Company, St. Louis, MO; Tony Geiger, Nicole Dillavou, Anthony Nice, Boise 

Cascade Company, Boise, ID; Bob Hourigan, Boise Cascade Company, Eugene, 

OR; and Pat Duchien, Bitterroot Valley Forest Products LLC, Missoula, MT 

Josh Hetland, Buckeye Pacific LLC, Portland, OR; Max Heller, Pelican Bay Forest Products 

Inc., Bend, OR; Joe Scotti, Mokelumne River Forest Products, Boise, ID; Justin Blaha, 

Franklin Building Supply, Boise, ID; Dominic Scotti, Mokelumne River Forest Products; 

Riley Tough and Alex Lindsay, Skana Forest Products Ltd., Vancouver, BC 

UVLA – Continued from page 1 

NOW IN 4 

LOCATIONS! 

SEARSMONT | EAST BALDWIN | SANFORD | HANCOCK 

Sanford, ME 

Steven Sands, C&D Lumber Co., Riddle, OR; Dan Semsak, Murphy Company, 

Eugene, OR; and Leslie Southwick, C&D Lumber Co. 

Matt Ferguson, Wildwood Trading Group, Portland, OR; Peter Deibel, Vaagen Brothers Lumber 

Inc., Colville, WA; and Alex Compton, Andy Jones, Wildwood Trading Group 

Zach Miller, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis, 

TN; and Donna Jones, Patrick Lumber Company, 

Eugene, OR 

Bonna and Lee Greene, C&D Lumber Co., Riddle, OR 

Rob Endres and Alex Kopcho, LMC, Wayne, PA 


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UVLA – Continued from page 18 

ESTABLISHED 1977 ESTABLISHED 2013 

Lauren Pruett, Tioga Building Products, Rocklin, CA; Danny Osborne, South Coast Lumber Co./ 

Pacific Wood Laminates Inc., Brookings, OR; and Lisa and Bill Livingston, Douglas County Forest 

Products, Redding, OR 

Scott and Gloria Eilefson, Pelican Bay Forest Products, Bend, OR; and 

Kelly Brown, Boise Cascade Company, Medford, OR 

CONVENIENCE 

Trey Bosworth, Plateau Forest Products LLC, Bend, OR; 

and Rob Rowe, South Coast Lumber Co./Pacific Wood 

Laminates Inc., Brookings, OR 

Terri Adair, Boise Cascade Company, Medford, OR; Jeffry Reed, Builders 

FirstSource, Medford, OR; and Terri Littlefield, Boise Cascade Company, 

Lake Oswego, OR 

Cecil and Linda Higby, Bowers Forest 

Products Inc., Beavercreek, OR 

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Chuck Danskey, Billboard Lumber Products, Riddle, OR; Matt Johnson and Nick Johnson, C&D Lumber 

Co., Riddle, OR; and Tonya and Kevin Caughron, Wood-Ply Forest Products, Chico, CA 

Chris Tritschler, Channel Lumber Company, Richmond, CA; John 

Grove, Oregon-Canadian Forest Products Inc., North Plains, OR; and 

Dave Rainey, Retired, UFP Industries Inc., Woodburn, OR 

MOVING YOUR 

FREIGHT FORWARD 

Leslie Southwick, C&D Lumber Co., Riddle, OR; Justin March, Weyerhaeuser, Dallas, TX; 

and J.T. Taylor, Herbert Lumber Co., Riddle, OR 

Joe Robinson, Pat Collins and Kyler Land, TJ Forest Inc., Nampa, ID 

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Grant Phillips, Wildwood Trading Group, Tualatin, OR; Riley Tough, Skana Forest Products Ltd., Richmond, 

BC; Joe and Tasha Buttice, Swanson Group Inc., Roseburg, OR; and Kevin Dodds, Wildwood Trading Group 

Brice Absalon, Thomas & Sons Distributors, Springfield, OR; 

Rex Klopfer, Ganahl Lumber Company, Anaheim, CA; and Chris 

Rice, Thomas & Sons Distributors 


AWFS – Continued from page 1 

Glen Heiner and Kevin Corder, HEICOR Enterprises LLC, Monmouth, OR; and Russell 

Fite, Chad Sanders and Kraig Elliott, Wood-Mizer LLC, Indianapolis, IN 

Michael Acosta, Peterman Lumber Inc., Las Vegas, NV; Fiona Paolino, Wayne Nunnally 

and Abigail Manapul, Peterman Lumber Inc., Fontana, CA; and Sergio Campos, Peterman 

Lumber Inc., Las Vegas, NV 

Cami Waner, Collins, Wilsonville, OR; Steve Daugherty, 

Parr Lumber Company, Chino, CA; and Paul Eastman, 

Collins, Kane, PA 

Dean Miller and Kris Long, AHC Hardwood Group, Cleveland, 

GA; and J.K. O’Brien, Classic American Hardwoods 

Inc., Memphis, TN 

Josh Sneckner, Hardwoods Specialty Products, Perris, 

CA; Josh Silpe, Rugby E-Commerce, Atlanta, GA; 

and Philip Booth, Adentra, Seattle, WA 

Craig Albright and Jeremy Mortl, Messersmith Manufacturing 

Inc., Bark River, MI 

Sergio Sandoval, Sierra Forest Products, Salt Lake City, UT; Clay Stafford, Lignum Forest Products LLP, 

Vancouver, BC; Ashley Hoyt, Sierra Forest Products, Salt Lake City, UT; George Klukas, Sierra Forest Products, 

Burnaby, BC; and Kyle Delong, Sierra Forest Products, Boise, ID 

MLMA – Continued from page 9 

From our 440,000 acres of Northern California timberlands to our company-owned sawmills, 

treating plants,and distribution centers, to you — we are your source for top-quality, certified 

sustainable redwood, Douglas-fir, and preservative treated lumber and timbers. 

Michael and Ashley Taylor, and Melanie Thomas, Shuqualak Lumber 

Company, Shuqualak, MS; and Liz and Hunter Barlow, Southern Ag- 

Credit, Ridgeland, MS 

Rob Garrison and Nelson Bell, Peak NA US Inc., Irvington, AL; Tony 

Butler and Curt Allen, Hunt Forest Products LLC, Ruston, LA; and 

Brian Fehr, Peak NA US Inc., Prince George, BC 

Amar Doman, Mark Chatfield, 

Hixson Lumber Company, Dallas, 

TX; and Natasha Tucker, 

Weyerhaeuser, Hot Springs, AR 

REDWOOD 

Uppers available in 1-inch, 2-inch, 

and 4-inch dimensions in lengths 

from 6–20 feet. Timbers available 

in 6-inch and larger dimensions, 

up to 12” x 24”, and lengths 

up to 24 feet. 

DOUGLAS-FIR 

Joists and planks available in 3-inch 

and 4-inch dimensions in lengths up 

to 24 feet. Posts and beams available 

in 6-inch and larger dimensions, up to 

12” x 24”, and lengths up to 24 feet. 

PRESERVATIVE TREATED 

Comprehensive product assortment including 

Douglas-fir, Hem fir, and Southern Yellow Pine 

lumber, timbers, and plywood, available in a range 

of preservative treatments for above ground, 

ground contact, and fire-retardant applications. 

(Front, from left): Katie Corley, Southeastern Timber Products LLC, Ackerman, MS; Tanis Stoltz, Tolko 

Industries Ltd., Vernon, BC; Leah Simmons, Kim and Jim Olson, LaSalle Lumber Company LLC, 

Ruston, LA; and (back, from left): Ken Paine, Southeastern Timber Products LLC; Rick Stoltz, Tolko 

Industries Ltd; and Cullen Simmons, LaSalle Lumber Company LLC 

Elijah McCarty and Nick Girardi, KDS Windsor, Etowah, NC; and Marcus 

Trisdale, MiCROTEC, Corvallis, OR 



To order, please call (707) 764-4450 • MendoCo.com


J.D. Hankins, Hankins Inc., Ripley, MS; Morgan Hodges, Environmental 

Compliance & Safety Inc., Jackson, MS; and Caleb 

James, Environmental Compliance & Safety Inc., Sherman, MS 

Jack Hebert, BID Group/Smith Sawmill Service, Shreveport, LA; 

Dustin Norris, BID Group Holdings US Inc., Timpson, TX; and Dustin 

Lott and Travis McDonald, BID Group Holdings US Inc., St. George, 

SC 

Kyle Webb, UFP Industries Inc., 

Atlanta, GA; and Matt Frazier, Mc- 

Donough Manufacturing Company, 

Eau Claire, WI 

nordic.ca 

Bud and Starla Reaves, Stephanie and Drew Homan, Tri-State Lumber 

Company, Fulton, MS; and Joey Ferguson, Longleaf Forest Products 

LLC, Houston, MS 

John Harrison, Sunbelt Forest Products Corporation, Hot Springs, AR; Rick Holland, Sunbelt Forest 

Products Corporation, Bartow, FL; Phillip Hennessy, Sunbelt Forest Products Corporation, Union 

City, GA; and Richard Batton and Tyler Batton, Jack Batte & Sons Inc., Forest, MS 

Rosemary Couch and Tiffany Martin, Hankins Lumber Co. Inc., Grenada, MS; Mike Mitchell and Jada 

Smith-Mitchell, USNR, Hot Springs, AR; and Debbie Hankins, Abbott Hankins and Annaleigh Jones, 

Hankins Lumber Co. Inc., Grenada, MS 

Arturo Guerrero, Freedom Sourcing LLC, Tucson, AZ; and Ashley Taylor 

and Anderson Thomas, Shuqualak Lumber Company, 

Shuqualak, MS 

WE TRANSFORM 

Laurent Poudrier, BID Group Holdings US Inc., Montreal, QC; 

Dustin Norris, BID Group Holdings US Inc., Timpson, TX; and 

Loren Walker, BID Group Holdings US Inc., Hot Springs, AR 

Frank Garrison and Connie Garrison, Garrison Brothers Lumber 

Co. Inc., Eufaula, AL; and Bob Steed, Riverside Forest Products 

Inc., Augusta, GA 

Pete Johnson, Taylor Machine Works 

Inc., Louisville, MS; Randy Batte, Jack 

Batte & Sons Inc., Forest, MS; and Barry 

Black, Taylor Machine Works Inc. 

WHAT WE GROW 

Stan Webb and Debbie Webb, B & G Equipment Inc., Philadelphia, MS; Katie 

Goodwin and Casey Anderson, Mississippi Forestry Association, Jackson, MS; 

Justin Webb, B & G Equipment Inc., Philadelphia, MS; and Rita Hankins and David 

Hankins, Hankins Inc., Ripley, MS 

Laura Stone, Robert Hunter Jr. and Lisa Hunter, Shuqualak Lumber Company, Shuqualak, 

MS; Jeremy Pitts, Nyle Dry Kilns, Brewer, ME; and Rick Rigdon and Angie Rigdon, 

Shuqualak Lumber Company 



ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS 

A FULL RANGE OF I-JOISTS FOR RESIDENTIAL 

AND LIGHT-COMMERCIAL USE


Stay Above 

Supply Struggles 

Bubba Lammons, All Star Forest Products Inc., Fairhope, AL; Jeff Pierce, 

Efurd Machine of Mississippi, Petal, MS; Bob White, Pierce Construction & 

Maintenance Co. Inc., Jacksonville, FL; and Marty Cornett, Pierce Construction 

& Maintenance Co. Inc., Morristown, TN 

Gale Miller, Carbotech Group, Tuscaloosa, AL; Jennifer Sartain and Holly Hill, Grayson Lumber 

Corporation, Grayson, AL; Bruce Kicklighter, Carbotech Group, Evans, GA; and Matthew Phillips, 

Carbotech Group, Starkville, MS 

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President Bud Reaves, Tri-State Lumber Company in Fulton, 

Mississippi and Ellery Jones, the MLMA Executive Director. 

Dan Anderson, Vicksburg Forest Products LLC, Vicksburg, MS; Mark Culpepper, Chad Smith, USNR, Hot Springs, 

AR; Tracey Mitchell, USNR, Perry, GA; Larry Horn, USNR, Hot Springs, AR; and Marie Ricks and Pat Ricks, Mission 

Forest Products, Corinth, MS 

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Kelly Rud, WestRock Company, Cottonton, AL; Corey Bounds and Andrea 

Green, Continental Underwriters Inc., Richmond, VA; and Brian 

Smith, Mill Creek Lumber Products Inc., Haleyville, AL 

Richard Mills, Bridgett Lowe, Todd Nodine, Tracy Daniels, A.J. Webb, and Robert Foreman, Hood Industries 

Inc., Hattiesburg, MS 

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Dwight Joslin, The Teal-Jones Group, Antlers, OK; Lisa McGinness, The Teal-Jones 

Group, Pine Products LLC, Kinsale, VA; Jo Anne Battles, The Teal-Jones Group, 

Antlers, OK; and Neil Tatum, The Teal-Jones Group, Pine Products LLC, Martinsville, 

VA 

Michael Durr, Zee Company, Chattanooga, TN; Shane Page, Zee Company, Chatom, AL; and 

Todd Faulk and Lesa Johnson, Zee Company, Chattanooga, TN 

Tanya Hamill, Donna Cox, Ellery Jones, Hannah Bishop and Ann Ross Berry, MLMA 

Staff/Volunteers, Jackson, MS 

John Thomas and Mary Margaret Thomas, Shuqualak Lumber Company, Shuqualak, MS; 

Jeremy Pitts, Nyle Dry Kilns, Brewer, ME; Laura Stone, Shuqualak Lumber Company; and 

Jeremy Howard, Nyle Dry Kilns 

Mark and Brecca Hoffman, 

Bill Price, Charlie Barnes, 

Sarah and Patrick Price, All 

Star Forest Products Inc., 

Jackson, MS 

Michael Jones, 

Barge Forest 

Products Co., 

Macon, MS; and 

Marcus Trisdale, 

MiCRO- 

TEC, Corvallis, 

OR 


SAW BLADE PHOTOS – Continued from page 10 

Mike Kruse, Builders FirstSource, Boise, ID; Phil Schumock 

and Matthew Wittschiebe, Stella-Jones Corp., Tacoma, WA; 

and Bryan Tranter, Capital Lumber Company, Boise, ID 

Joe La Berge, Collins, Portland, OR; Ron Liebelt, TransPak 

Inc., Ridgefield, WA; Garrett Alford, Builders FirstSource, 

Boise, ID; and Jon Christiansen, UFP Packaging, Salt Lake 

City, UT 

Todd Pollard, Gemini Forest Products, Los Alamitos, 

CA; Wade Wheeler, Idaho Forest Group LLC, Coeur 

d’Alene, ID; Steve Culbertson, Atlantic Forest Products 

LLC, Georgetown, TX; and Mark Smith, Ziggy’s 

Home Improvement, Spokane, WA 

Continuous wood 

drying greatness 

Darren Bennett, UFP Industries Inc., Grand Rapids, MI; 

Dave Cochenour and Scott Suh, Alta Forest Products, Chehalis, 

WA; and Frank Ufkes, UFP Industries Inc. 

Kyle Welch, Boise Cascade Company, Lake Oswego, OR; 

Jon Woods, Builders FirstSource, Denver, CO; Andy Dunham, 

Idaho Forest Group LLC, Coeur d’Alene, ID; and 

Glenn Fischer, Boise Cascade Company, Salt Lake City, UT 

Gib Gibor, Alta Forest Products, Chehalis, WA; Monte 

McLean, Specialty Wood Products Inc., Denver, CO; 

and Kay and Kevin Lang, Central Forest Products 

Inc., Canby, OR 

Tyrone Konecny, Utah Lumber Company, Ogden, UT; Brett 

Green, Idaho Forest Group LLC, Coeur d’Alene, ID; Steve 

Snyder and Aaron Fleming, Elk Creek Forest Products LLC, 

McMinnville, OR 

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Mason Anderson, Idaho Forest Group LLC, Coeur d’Alene, ID; Mark Rau, Buckeye Pacific 

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d’Alene, ID; Mike Montoya, OrePac Building Products; and 

Ben Meachen, OrePac Building Products, Wilsonville, OR 

Nick Cianciolo, Birmingham International Forest Products, 

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Boise, ID; Max Heller, Pelican Bay Forest Products, 

Bend, OR; and Dominic Scotti, Mokelumne 

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Dawn and Erol Deren, Idaho Forest Group LLC, Coeur 

d’Alene, ID 

Brad Bower, Eagle Forest Products, Eagle, ID; Steve and Jean 

Wilson, Coeur d’Alene Cedar, Spokane, WA; Mike Ebert, Eagle 

Forest Products; and Keelin Wilson, Coeur D’Alene Cedar 

Aaron Fleming, Elk Creek Forest Products LLC, 

McMinnville, OR; and April and Marc Herzog, 

Parr Lumber Company, Hillsboro, OR 

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Tim Atkinson, Stimson Lumber Company, Portland, 

OR; and Andy Duke and Matt Wittschiebe, Stella- 

Jones Corp., Tacoma, WA 

Dave Cochenour, Alta Forest Products, Chehalis, WA; Phil 

Schumock, Stella-Jones Corp., Tacoma, WA; and Mark 

Kleps, International Wood Products LLC, Clackamas, OR 

Kyle Welch, Boise Cascade Company, Lake Oswego, OR; 

Mindy Randall, Guest, Boise Cascade Company, Vancouver, 

WA; and Chuck Dibling, Builders FirstSource, Denver, CO 

Bob Hoyt, Humax Lumber Inc., Canby, OR; Bob Mai, PotlatchDeltic 

Corporation, Spokane, WA; Frank Peterson, 

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Josh Hetland, Bill Hetland, Tyler Hieb and Johnna Nalafouris, 

Buckeye Pacific LLC, Portland, OR; and James Lambert, 

J & H Forest Products Inc., Vancouver, BC 

Tony Pieper, Atlantic Forest Products LLC, Lake Oswego, 

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James Williams, Seaboard International Forest Products LLC, Nashua, NH; and Eric 

Oien and Todd Shipp, Alta Forest Products, Chehalis, WA 

John Colley, US LBM, West Olive, MI; Joe and Jill Angelo, Matthew Kelly and Jennifer 

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Retail Review 

Maximus Building Supply Acquires Brighton Lumber Co. 

Maximus Building Supply headquartered in Collierville, TN, has successfully 

acquired Brighton Lumber Co., a lumberyard located in Brighton, TN. The acquisition 

was completed from Oneal Tankersley, who has been the owner and manager 

of Brighton Lumber Co. for the past 17 years. The business fully reopened its 

doors on August 1st under the new identity of Maximus Building Supply. 

Serving the Mid-South, North Mississippi, and Oxford regions since 1984, 

Maximus Building Supply now operates four comprehensive lumberyards, evenly 

distributed between Tennessee and Mississippi. Additionally, the company operates 

a dedicated door and trim shop situated in Olive Branch, MS. They offer a 

variety of options for framing lumber, siding, house wrap, roofing and specialty 

woods. 

Richard Cooper, the President of Maximus Building Supply, shared his excitement 

about the opportunity to include Brighton Lumber Co. within their operations. 

He emphasized the strategic advantage of Brighton's location, situated less 

than 35 miles north of Memphis and conveniently near the emerging Ford Blue 

Oval City mega-campus in Stanton, TN. Cooper anticipates substantial growth 

potential within this promising market as a result. 

Oneal Tankersley, an industry veteran with 40 years of experience, is retiring 

from the building materials sales sector. However, he will continue to contribute 

to the community by building custom homes in the Brighton and Munford areas. 

For more information, please visit www.maximusbuildingsupply.com. 

West Coast Lumber Acquires Stone Truss 

West Coast Lumber (WCL), a San Diego based lumber and building materials 

supplier, has announced its acquisition of Stone Truss, a well-established designer 

and manufacturer of roof and floor truss systems. This acquisition follows WCL's 

recent hiring of Jason Walsh as Vice President of Component Manufacturing. 

Stone Truss, located in San Diego, has been creating truss systems for 30 years, 

customizing designs for residential and commercial construction. Stone Truss will 

continue its operations from its manufacturing facility in North San Diego County 

with plans to increase production capacity at the facility. 

WCL's move into acquiring Stone Truss marks its entry into manufacturing 

structural components. WCL 

operates across several California 

locations, including Agoura Hills, 

Bakersfield, Camarillo, and San 

Diego. 

Stone Truss founders Richard 

Thomas and Charlie Signorino 

will remain actively involved in 

the company, ensuring a seamless 

transition for customers and 

employees. The integration also 

offers Stone Truss employees the 

prospect of benefiting from WCL's 

people-focused practices, including 

its employee equity plan. 

For more information, please 

visit www.wclumber.com. 

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Northeast Business Trends 

By Cadance Hanson 

Staff Writer 

Lumber sales representatives and suppliers across the 

Northeast have noted a mixed trend in their markets, with 

some experiencing a slowdown. However, others have 

shared positive sentiments about their status at the time of 

this writing. 

In Massachusetts one lumber supplier has noticed 

a slight slowdown in business, but stated that market 

activities are returning to normal, resembling pre-Covid 

conditions. 

“Things are slowing down a little bit which is typical for this time of the year. 

We didn’t see that last year or the year prior, we stayed steadily busy year around 

for those two years. This is more reminiscent of what we saw pre-Covid, so we 

are kind of trending right where things should be in normal circumstances,” she 

stated. 

Her company handles both Eastern White Pine and Western Red Cedar, offering 

all grades and thicknesses from 4/4 to 8/4. 


Inland West Coast Business Trends 

By Terry Miller 

President 

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Across the Inland West region, sources are playing 

catch up in the market or are starting to slow down but 

they remain optimistic to finish out the year with stronger 

numbers. 

In Montana, a lumber spokeswoman running a sawmill 

near the Canadian border stated that her market has 

slowed down overall, but she is still taking advantage on 

select markets wherever she can. 

“It has slowed down. There was a bubble that kind of happened, and I took 

advantage of it. I was thinking should I sell this hard and project into it with some 

Fir-Larch. I got after it hard for a few weeks and after that had to think if I should 

have done that or not. Well then, I come back this week and no one is buying 

anything so now I’m thinking that I made the right decision.” In addition, she 

highlighted that competing with Canadian prices remains to be a challenge and 

will be until something major changes. 

Her company handles Spruce-Pine-Firs (manufactured south of the Canadian 

border) in 2x4, 2x6, 2x8, 2x10 and 2x12, Douglas Fir and Larch in No. 2 and 

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In her remarks, she added that 

Douglas Fir and Larch are her biggest 

product, but she is starting to 

carry more Spruce-Pine-Firs. “For 

20 years around here the Forest 

Service didn’t sell any of their 

Spruce logs and it was all Fir- 

Larch. Due to the administrative 

changes and policy reviews and 

fires the last year or two they have 

made a lot more of that Spruce 

lodge pole type stuff available on 

Forest Service ground.” 

She sells mostly to distribution 

yards and when asked how they 

were doing she remarked, “You 

know most of them are busy. They 

are busy in the specified lengths. 

I am banging my head on my 

desk because we finally learned 

as a sawmill how to quit making 

a bunch of 14 foot boards, but 

all of a sudden people need 14' it 

seems. If I make a change in the 

log lengths we bring in and how 

we buck the logs for the sawmill, 

it will go back the other way after 

we make those changes.” 

A lumber provider based in 

Utah also expressed facing challenges 

in the market at the time of 

this writing. 

“We are doing as good as we 

can right now. It’s been a tough 

market for just about everybody. 

Everyone is kind of liquidating 

their inventory right now and getting 

the feel for what’s going on. 

As of this morning it’s still that 

sloppy market that we have been 

in for the last few weeks. There 

is a lot of volume that has been 

moved, but I think it’s more of 

a market that’s going to be what 

kind of prices are your customers 

willing to pay and how soon can 

you get it to them,” he com- 



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West Coast Business Trends 

By Paul Miller Jr. 

Vice President 

In the Midwest, Softwood lumber providers mentioned 

that their markets are showing some signs of improvements 

at the time of this writing. When asked about 

the current state of their business, two of the sources both 

used the term “steady” to describe their situation. 

For a Missouri lumber spokesperson, his markets have 

recently picked up and he sees the current level of business 

staying the same for the remainder of the year. 

“The last month or two things have picked up. Not unusual with this 

time of the year. I think things are good, but not great is how I would word it. I 

think most of the customers and dealers we speak with kind of say the same thing. 

They expect this level of business pretty much throughout the year. Towards 

the end of the year we will try and reassess things, but for the next three or four 

months I think what we see now is what we’re going to get,” he commented. 

Spruce-Pine-Fir, Douglas Fir, and Western Red Cedar are the species that he 

markets, in No. 2 and Better in 2x4 through 2x12. “As far as framing lumber 

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By Zach Miller 

At the time of this writing West Coast commodity 

lumber sales are best described as stagnant, prices have hit 

a wall and in some cases are starting to trend downward. 

But not all sectors are experiencing pain, building in the 

U.S. is still happening and especially in the custom/private 

residential sector. The following is what a few West 

Coast manufacturers had to say: 

John McDowell of Oregon Industrial Lumber 

Products, Springfield, OR, said in regard to supply and 

demand, “Our Yellow Cedar is in a good spot at the moment. There is always 

more demand in clears. On STK there is probably a bit more out in the market, 

but the good quality stuff is holding steady. Lam stock is not on fire so we are not 

carrying a large inventory. Utility grades have been a little slow." 

McDowell continued, “Doug Fir clears move at a steady pace, prices seem to 

bounce back and forth based on demand for product; 6” and 8” are tight right 

now. Timbers seem to be going along ok and again flat grain it depends on the 

product. Most of our customers seem to be a little leery. They are not taking 

chances, nobody wants to be 

sitting on inventory with interest 

rates where they are. It’s job to job 

purchasing.” 

McDowell then said, “Biggest 

challenges we are facing is 

uncertain weather across the U.S., 

still having trouble getting parts 

for mill equipment, and labor is 

getting tighter.” 

Finally McDowell said, “We’re 

having a pretty good year so far, 

if we can stay the course it will 

end up being a not great but good 

year.” 

Dean Garofano of Delta 

Cedar Specialities, Delta, BC, 

said, "It has been a good spring 

and early summer at Delta Cedar 

Specialties. Our sales have been 

far from record breaking but have 

been impressive considering the 

market and very steady up to now. 

I had some concerns as we moved 

our way through August which is 

typically a slow month. This year 

may be worse with the excessive 

heat through much of the southern 

U.S. already slowing down 

construction the past few weeks. 

Inventories do not appear to be 

high in most items so September 

may show some renewed interest 

in replenishing stock.” 

Garofano continued, "Meanwhile 

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pace of wildfires roaring through 

the province. Most loggers do not 

expect to resume until September 

at earliest when we will hopefully 

get some relief from all the heat. 

Logging volume across the board 

is already down significantly from 

prior years before fire season 

started and loggers have little 

Cedar inventory other than small 

chip and saw logs. This shortage 

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Across the Southeast, multiple sources have indicated 

that their markets are experiencing a slowdown in comparison 

to previous years. 

In Alabama, a lumber supplier said that the market is 

extremely slow at the time of this writing. “I think it’s the 

worse it has been in 3 years,” she remarked. 

“Right now, if you call people, it usually goes to their 

voicemail or they will say they are not buying right now, 

or that they don’t need anything. I don’t know why it’s 

like this but it’s the worse I have seen it in three years. Things just have not been 

good this year. I think we might see an uptick later in the year when things cool 

down a bit,” she said. 

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the discussion this period. An Ontario manufacturer 

indicated that “we're quiet right now. It feels like the dog 

days of summer. You know, when housing starts went 

from 1.61 million in the U.S. to 1.4 and change, that really 

seemed to cut the market off at the knees. That was really 

compounded by the weather that we'd had at that point. 

July was like record high temperatures and I mean, if it's 

115 degrees in Phoenix, I don't know how many walls are 

being put up, right?” 

A Quebec wholesaler remarked that “the market took a punch from several 

directions, because the starts came off, the weather was terrible, and then the 

Federal government put the interest rates up again, so we're suffering from those 

actions. I'm hoping that in the fall we're going to see some more activity just because 

the level of U.S. housing starts are still decent numbers historically. I don't 

think people have a lot of wood. I think buyers are exercising a lot of restraint, 

they're buying kind of what they need. The futures yesterday bumped up a little 

bit, and then it's up a little bit 

again today, so maybe we're going 

to find some bottom over the 

next couple of weeks. The crystal 

ball's not very clear right now, 

just because interest rates are still 

inching up. I don't think the Feds 

have decided yet whether they're 

going to hold here or whether 

they're going to continue to raise 

interest rates, but in the short term 

here right now, it feels like it just 

wants to go down." 

“Things are not moving great, 

pretty much across the board 

now," noted a wholesaler from 

Ontario. "There's nothing that's 

really jumping out at us as a hot 

item or is that is tight. 2x8 eights 

and tens as well as 2x10 tens 

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maybe, items like that are a bit 

tighter than others. But if you just 

look long enough, you're going to 

find them. I heard from the LVL 

producers is the I-Joist producers 

in the U.S. have got solid order 

files, like six to eight to nine 

weeks out. They're running at 

pretty much full capacity. So that's 

one item that is strong. The timing 

was good for the Quebec construction 

holiday, in the sense that 

the Quebec firms weren't actively 

taking big counters. A lot of them 

were shut down and they are all 

coming back on stream this week 

and next week. So, they're coming 

into a market that's very, very soft. 

So that just adds a little bit more 

potential downward pressure." 

According to a Quebec-based 

producer, “Most people would tell 

you that we were flat for many 

months to start the year, in terms 

of pricing. Then the fires in Quebec 

certainly got the market going. 

It probably rallied the market 

$100. Now we are giving back, I 

would say 50 percent to 70 percent 

of that rally in terms of price, 

so the market seems to be bal- 



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AWFS — Continued from page 1 

special industry awards spotlight the best new ideas and give attendees a complete 

look at what is available now to help businesses stay current and competitive. 

From the largest machinery manufacturers to cutting-edge software providers, 

an impressive lineup of industry leaders and innovators converged at the 2023 

show, creating an opportunity for businesses to leave a lasting impression on the 

thousands of buyers who attended the 2023 Fair. 

Additionally, the "AWFS®Fair Live” booth, a stage on the show floor at AWFS, 

offered presentations and events throughout the show. Some of these were: 

WED Talks (Wood Education Talks) returned to AWFS. The three presentations 

featured design guru and High Point royalty Jane Dagmi, renowned chairmaker 

Brian Boggs, and closet industry expert Eric Marshall. 

An economic update with Dr. Chris Kuehl and supply chain discussion featuring 

“Five Factors to Watch This Year and Next" was among the many presentations. 

Visit www.awfsfair.org for future announcements about the 2025 Fair. n 

WHO’S WHO – Bouchard Continued from page 2 

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went on to travel the world for the next 12 years. He also went to the Canadian 

Ski Guide Institute and is a level 3 ski guide. 

Bouchard and his wife Erika have been married for a year, and they have a 

black lab mix named Brewski. He also has three nieces and two nephews. 

Bouchard is a professional helicopter ski guide in the winter months and 

spends the rest of his time mountain biking, dirt biking, kite surfing, rock 

climbing and hunting. 

BPWood is a member of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association, 

Western Red Cedar Lumber Association and British Columbia Wholesale 

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WHO’S WHO – Staalner Continued from page 2 

dustry was at the time. He then went on to introduce the automatic finish sanding 

equipment, “Fladder”, to the U.S. between 1985-1995. He started a new organization 

where he offered automatic rough mill equipment for secondary wood 

businesses. He introduced the first automatic scanner for lumber – WoodEye – to 

the North American market in 1997. Staalner then went on to found AWT in 

2010. 

Staalner graduated from high school in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as college 

where he earned a degree in 

mathematics and physics. He also 

went to the Copenhagen Business 

School where he earned a degree 

in sales and marketing. 

Staalner enjoys sailing, hunting, 

woodworking, pickleball 

and playing music. He has been 

married to his wife Kathy for 34 

years. He has two sons and one 

grandson. 

AWT is a member of Indiana 

Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association, 

National Hardwood Lumber 

Association, Western Wood Products 

Association, Southeastern 

Lumber Manufacturers Association, 

Hardwood Manufacturers 

Association, American Wood 

Protection Association, Moulding 

and Millwork Producers Association 

and Southern Pressure Treaters 

Association. 

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404-520-0239, email cstaalner@ 

awtech-llc.com, or visit www. 

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WHO’S WHO – 

German Continued 

from page 2 

the entire wood products supply 

chain, from timber and harvesting 

to production and manufacturing. 

Simply Computing provides 

handheld inventory software to 

hardwood businesses. TallyExpress 

is a visual tally app that uses 

artificial intelligence to calculate 

end tallies from a standard Android 

phone. Neural Grader leverages 

special cameras and artificial 

intelligence to identify defects 

and assign grades automatically 

to boards. 

DMSi provides unparalleled 

service to all customers. Every 

new customer has a dedicated 

implementation team walking 

them through the entire conversion process. The company’s Omaha-based support 

team (available 24/7 with no hidden fees or service tiers) is made up of industry 

experts who understand the unique needs and processes of lumber businesses. 

German has been with DMSi for 12 years, serving in almost every role from 

support and implementation to project management and now executive leadership. 

He was instrumental in bringing TallyExpress to the American market. 

In his free time, German enjoys golf, cigars, investing in local startups, and his 

family. He and his wife of 12 years, Annie, have a son and daughter together. 

DMSi is a member of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association, 

National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association and the National 

Hardwood Lumber Association. 

To learn more, visit www.dmsi.com. n 

WHO’S WHO – Schmedding Continued from page 2 

facturing company. 

Schmedding obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration 

from Eastern Washington University. 

In his spare time he enjoys fishing, golf, cooking and family time. He and his 

wife Shelly have been married 37 years. They are parents to a son, two daughters, 

one grandson, and two granddaughters. 

To contact Schmedding directly, 

call 509-534-0266, or email larrys@ 

empirelumber.com. 

Learn more at www.empirelumber.com. 

n 

SLB Column– 

Continued from page 2 

building ever to be tested on a shake 

table at full scale—is investigating 

the capacity of tall mass timber 

buildings to withstand major seismic 

events with minimal damage, allowing 

for the possibility of quick repair, 

rather than the need for replacement, 

of structures post-quake. Though 

some tall mass timber structures are 

already being built safely to code in 

earthquake-prone areas, results of the 

testing could pave the way for wider 

adoption of the material in seismic 

zones. The robust university-backed 

testing process, conducted under 

the umbrella of the Natural Hazards 

Engineering Research Infrastructure 

(NHERI) TallWood Project, is using 

earthquake simulations generated 

by the world’s largest shake table to 

assess mass timber’s resiliency in the 

face of one-in-a-millennia quakes. 

Testing in phase one testing 

focused on proving the seismic resiliency 

of mass timber, including that 

of a new mass timber rocking-wall 

assembly that provides an alternative 

design option for mass timber 

buildings in seismic areas. The 

results of the testing process—which 

WoodWorks President and CEO 

Jennifer Cover calls “a sharpening 

of the pencil” for building with mass 

timber in seismic zones—could 

pave the way for changes in building 

codes for residential and commercial 

structures that could lead to more 

widespread adoption of mass timber 

as a sustainable, strong and versatile 

building material. 

From May 1st to May 22nd, a total 

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of 100 tests were conducted by a research team led by investigators from the Colorado 

School of Mines, including 88 earthquake simulations with different ground 

motion intensities. Of these simulations, 46 replicated small earthquakes common 

in seismically active regions, 26 replicated seismic events at magnitudes nearing 

the structure’s designed-for tolerance and 16 earthquakes exceeded designed 

tolerances. Among those tests, were simulations of four historic 7.0+ magnitude 

earthquakes—the type that occur, on average, once in 2,500 years. 

Researchers held a media day on May 9, which featured two tests: the first subjected 

the subjected structure to shaking equivalent to the 6.7-magnitude Northridge 

Earthquake that struck Los Angeles in 1994; the second was the equivalent 

of the 7.7-magnitude Chi Chi Earthquake in Taiwan in 1999. A media outreach 

campaign supported by the SLB and other project stakeholders earned coverage 

for the successful test in national media such as ABC News; local media; and 

AEC trade publications including Engineering News-Record, which provided a 

detailed look at the extensive engineering expertise that went into the project from 

KPFF Consulting Engineers, LEVER Architecture, Timberlab and others on the 

design and construction team. This media coverage of the testing process, as will 

future coverage about the results, helped spread the word about the resilience of 

mass timber, encouraging more interest from the AEC community and the general 

public. 

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APA Column —Continued from page 2 

“We are proud of our members’ commitment to establishing processes that improve 

worker’s safety,” said APA President Mark Tibbetts. “It is important that we 

as an industry continue to implement best practices so we can continue to make 

our workplaces as safe as possible.” 

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Besides the Safest Company and Innovation in Safety awards, other competition 

categories include the Annual Safety and Health Award, Safety Improvement 

Award (2020-2022) and 3-Year Safety Award (2020-2022). The annual award, 

safety improvement and three-year average categories divide into three divisions 

based on the type of product manufactured at the mill (plywood; OSB; and 

glulam, CLT, I-joist, LVL and SCL). 

Seventy-two APA-member structural wood panel and engineered wood product 

facilities participated in the 2022 program. A total of 11 facilities representing 

seven APA member companies earned awards in various competition categories. 

Some mills were multiple award winners. 

While the program awards are limited to APA members, data is collected from 

member and non-member mills to provide a broad-based industry performance 

benchmark. 

2022 is the 15th year of the program and led by a revitalized safety effort spearheaded 

by the APA Safety and Health Advisory Committee comprised of several 

APA member company safety professionals. Under the committee’s guidance, 

three main goals were established: make the APA program the premier safety 

awards program in the industry, encourage the sharing of best practices to improve 

the industry’s safety culture and programs and, most importantly, improve 

the industry’s overall safety performance. 

The full list of winners and 

more information on the APA 

Safety and Health Awards Program 

can be found on the Association’s 

website at www.apawood. 

org. n 

SLB Column– 


tects. The full-day event began 

with presentations on state-of-theart 

mass timber seismic design, 

including the rocking wall system 

used in the NHERI structure, and 

participants were then able to witness 

the building’s performance 

under a max credible earthquake 

after it had withstood 96 other 

earthquake simulations. 

The SLB also provided funding 

for 10 insurance professionals— 

including brokers and underwriters—to 

attend a WoodWorks mass 

timber insurance workshop in conjunction 

with the shake table test. 

The event focused on educating 

the insurance industry in an effort 

to remove barriers related to insuring 

tall wood buildings during 

construction and post occupancy. 

Participants commented on the resilience 

of the rocking wall system 

and its ability to withstand largescale 

earthquakes. WoodWorks 

is building on these efforts with 

a soon-to-be-released solution 

paper, Repair of Fire-Damaged 

Mass Timber: Considerations for 

Insurers. 

Preliminary results from this 

phase one testing released in 

late summer proved promising: 

The test building was inspected 

for damage between all major 

earthquake simulations during 

the testing period, and no visible 

structural damage was found. In 

fact, the building remained plumb 

after all tests without the need for 

any repair. Non-structural systems 

installed in the test building (façade panels, partition walls, and stairs) also 

remained intact for after most simulations; minor drywall and connector damage 

was observed for tests that exceeded the design’s tolerance levels, but all the damage 

was repairable and posed no safety concern. 

This successful collaboration between the SLB, its funded programs and 

research institutions serves as a testament to the potential of wood’s seismic 

resilience. The results of these tests “prove mass timber’s viability as a safe and 

effective, as well as sustainable, alternative to steel-and-concrete buildings in 

seismically active areas, paving the way for broader adoption in taller mass timber 

structures nationwide,” says SLB President and CEO Cees de Jager. 

The full findings of the construction and testing of the building, and with them 

the potential opportunity to make the case for more widespread adoption of mass 

timber structures in seismic areas, are slated to be released later this year. n 

NAWLA Column —Continued from page 2 

ational workplaces and the growing number of women in the industry, it is the 

opportunity to make meaningful, close-knit connections with peers and the ability 

to grow professionally from the input of said peer groups that sets this NAWLA 

initiative apart from the rest. 

“The primary value you can find in a 10 Group is connection with your peers,” 

said Ben Jordan, member of the purchasing and sales team at Nicholson and 

Cates Limited and leader of the Trail 

Blazers 10 Group, which focuses on 

emerging markets, industry trends 

and current and trending business 

strategies. “Everyone is very busy 

and sometimes that can make you 

feel like an island. Being in a 10 

Group connects you to your peers 

and provides you with a platform to 

communicate about your individual 

experience within the industry. Your 

group is a place where you can 

check yourself and your perspective 

against that of your peers in a 

safe and diverse environment. Folks 

from all walks of life and all different 

experience levels and job titles 

coming together to share ideas is a 

very valuable thing.” 

This sentiment is echoed by 

Bethany Doss, business manager 

at Capital Lumber Company and 

leader of the GenNext 10 Group, 

which is comprised of individuals 

from the younger generation of the 

NAWLA membership and focuses 

on forward-thinking industry and 

business initiatives. 

“My 10 Group is one of the most 

valuable parts of my NAWLA 

membership. I have gotten to know 

these nine other people and would 

trust them with anything. They have 

met my spouse and my children 

and have been along this crazy 

ride we call the lumber industry 

since I first started in the industry. 

I value the business relationships, 

but what I truly enjoy is that each 

of these group members are people 

I would consider some of my best 

friends. This started out as a group 

of ‘young guns’ and it has turned 

into a group of people that have 

shaped and impacted my career 

profoundly.” 

And while building close-knit 

connections and growing as a professional 

are two of the many benefits 

of being in a 10 Group, at their 

core, these groups help individuals 

— whether in the first year of their 

career or nearing retirement — find their place in the lumber industry. 

“Being a part of a 10 group has made me feel more connected to my industry,” 

says Jordan. “Folks typically have the same set of responsibilities and speak to 

the same group of people every day. When you are focused on your daily responsibilities, 

while surrounded by the same people, you can easily forget that there 

are other perspectives and approaches to the same problems and questions we 

face daily. Being a part of a 10 Group can remind you that you are part of a bigger 

picture.” 

NAWLA currently supports thirteen 10 Groups, a number of which are currently 

accepting members. NAWLA members interested in joining a 10 Group are 

encouraged to learn more at nawla.org/Resources/10-Groups. Not a member? 

Reach out to NAWLA staff at info@nawla.org to learn how you can join. n 


AWC Column —Continued from page 2 

AWC’s First “Fly-in” 

In May, several AWC member companies joined AWC staff, National Alliance 

of Forest Owners and the Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association in 

support of a Farm Bill advocacy “fly-in.” Over three days, AWC members visited 

with nearly 40 members and staff, targeting House Agriculture Committee members 

in support of AWC’s Farm Bill priorities. 

Overall, the meetings were successful, offering AWC members an opportunity 

to educate Congressional Members and staff not just about our Farm Bill priorities, 

but about the wood products industry generally. As the House and Senate 

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Rutherford (R-FL); Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR); Rep. Derek 

Kilmer; and Kyle Hansen, CEO of Timber Age. 

staff. Additionally, as AWC expands its federal presence, we anticipate targeted 

advocacy days like this will continue to serve as a tool for highlighting and defending 

member priorities. 

Mass Timber on the Mall 

During the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing 

Innovation Summit, AWC hosted 

the House Working Forest Caucus 

on the National Mall to tour two 

modular mass timber buildings 

and discuss how wood products 

can provide a sustainable solution 

to our nation’s housing crisis. 

Shrouded in wood smoke from 

the Canadian fires, it was also a 

poignant reminder of the importance 

of well-managed forests and 

healthy wood product markets. 

Reps. Bruce Westerman (R- 

AR), Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and 

John Rutherford (R-FL), congressional 

staff, and more joined me in 

touring two modular mass timber 

structures temporarily built on 

the national mall by PathHouse, 

a design firm based in Oregon, 

and Timber Age, a firm based in 

Colorado. Both firms are Wood 

Innovations Grant recipients, and 

U.S. Forest Service staff were on 

hand to highlight the critical role 

the grant program plays in creating 

new wood products markets. 

Additionally, participants heard 

from Regina Gray, the director 

of HUD’s Affordable Housing 

Research & Technology department, 

about how mass timber is 

one of the tools HUD is considering 

in the quest to reduce housing 

costs nationwide. Both company 

CEOs spoke eloquently about the 

potential opportunities for CLT 

and prefabricated housing, lining 

up nicely with our second of three 

Farm Bill priorities – federal 

funding to support an affordable 

housing pilot program. 

Duarte (R-CA) to draft a “marker bill” which included our farm bill priorities. 

Marker bills, while not themselves destined for the President’s desk, are critical 

tools for building member support and expressing legislative priorities in text 

ahead of broad packages like the Farm Bill. Critically, at the request of Senator 

Wyden’s staff, AWC worked directly with the environmental group Sustainable 

Northwest to develop compromise legislation, which still reflects the consensus 

goals of AWC members. 

Historically, Sustainable Northwest has been critical of our sector, and their 

engagement and eventual agreement on our priorities reflects the inroads AWC 

has made through our willingness to lead with data and what we call “radical 

transparency.” 

These are just a few examples of the way AWC will continue to support our 

Farm Bill priorities in marker legislation and ultimately within the final law. We 

continue to be motivated by the strong support we have received from both sides 

of the aisle, a testament to the efforts our industry continues to make in promoting 

both our significant contribution to this country’s rural economy and the environment 

and public health. While the future Farm Bill negotiations may ultimately 

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Cookeville, TN 


interzum in Cologne, Germany, ended very successfully recently. With approximately 

62,000 trade visitors from some 150 countries, organizers said the 

leading international trade fair for suppliers to the furniture and interior design 

industry exceeded expectations and inspired all present at the stands and at 

numerous special event areas over the course of four days. The roughly 1,600 

exhibitors had waited four years to finally be able to convene at the industry’s 

leading global event again. 

The American Hardwood Export Council hosted a U.S. Hardwood Pavilion at 

this event. 

The exhibiting companies unveiled their innovative solutions and newest 

products at interzum and made their mark. “The trade fair could barely have 

showcased its importance for the industry any better,” said Oliver Frese, Chief 

Operating Officer of Koelnmesse. For him, the event’s success is a clear sign 

“that first-rate flagship events such as interzum are more vital than ever.” 

The importance of interzum for the industry was also underlined by the high 

number of international trade visitors. The countries with the largest number of 

visitors were Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland. The number of Turkish visitors 

was very encouraging, having increased by 16 percent compared to the previous 

edition of the trade fair. Likewise, the number of trade visitors from India increased. 

Considering the current situation with regard to the issuance of visas, 


Anthony Hammond and Lowery Anderson, Roy Anderson Lumber Company, Tompkinsville, 

KY; and Lawson Murray, Hermitage Hardwood Lumber Sales, Cookeville, TN 

The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) recently collaborated 

with Timber Development UK (TDUK) to host the American Hardwood Trade 

Symposium at The Building Centre in London. The event brought together 120 

delegates representing both American hardwood exporters and UK hardwood 

importers. 

This marked the first time in several years when American hardwood experts 

and suppliers, as well as UK and EU importers, traders and merchants gathered 

together from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss the state of the market. 

Speakers included Michael Snow, executive director of AHEC, Dan Meyer, 

editor of Hardwood Review, George White, consultant to the Sustainable Hardwood 

Coalition and Rupert Oliver, of Forest Industries Intelligence. 

Key presentations during the symposium focused on global trade flows of 

American hardwood, analysis of supply trends, how risk-based certification will 

change market access, and the implications of incoming EU Deforestation Free 

Regulation (EUDR). 

These presentations were supplemented by two panel discussions from both 

key American hardwood exporters, along with UK and European importers to 

gain insight on European market trends and get updates on the ongoing Sustainable 

Hardwood Coalition initiative and the impacts of the EUDR for the timber 

trade. 

Learn more at www.americanhardwood.org. 

Anthony Hammond and Lowery Anderson, Roy Anderson Lumber Company, 

Tompkinsville, KY; and Lawson Murray, Hermitage Hardwood Lumber Sales, 

Cookeville, TN 


Hancock — Continued from page 4 

A fleet of Hancock Lumber trucks getting ready to leave one of Hancock Lumber’s 11 

retail locations (Saco) at sunrise. 

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Our sawmills process various softwoods in Oregon and Idaho to 

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An aerial photo from the Casco Sawmill, one of Hancock Lumber’s four sawmill locations. 

The Casco Mill is also home to Hancock’s HPF facility. 

with me ever since as we quite often 

process in-house at its new facility 

located on the Casco Sawmill 

oversimplify the work that goes into 

producing a board generated from 

campus. Team Hancock partnered 

an Eastern White Pine tree. The 

with experts to source, install, and 

average EWP tree took 80 years to 

leverage state-of-the-art technology 

mature into a desirable sawlog and 

and cutting-edge science to create 

the right coating formulations 

in the matter of five weeks, this log 

has been harvested, transported, 

for Eastern White Pine boards, 

sawn into lumber, dried for seven 

made for both interior and exterior 

days in a kiln, milled, and delivered 

to the end-user. How simple 

in-house is a long-term investment, 

applications. Taking the process 

is that!? However, the amount of 

but Hancock’s commitment to quality 

makes it the right decision for 

effort to make that board is almost 

unimaginable to the end user unless 

the company, its customers, and the 

they have had the opportunity to see 

environment. Not only does Hancock 

Lumber manufacture the pine 

it firsthand. There is a tremendous 

amount of planning and work that 

products and apply the coatings, the 

starts at the stump to sustainably 

company also stocks Hancock Proharvest 

the sawlog to ensure strong 

Finish products in its lumberyards 

regeneration of future forests while 

across Maine and New Hampshire. 

minimizing the forest floor impact 

"We also are launching our new 

as if no one was ever there before! 

line of stained products which will 

Now we must turn this knotty round 

also be stocked in our retail stores," 

log into useable Pine boards and byproducts. 

This process involves an 

Sawmill Chief Revenue Officer. 

said Matt Duprey, Hancock Lumber 

incredible amount of technology in 

“We branded it Hancock ProFinish 

heavy equipment, automation, high 

(HPF) since that is exactly what it 

speed sawing, optimized scanning, 

is. A group of our employees that 

inventory management systems, 

take pride in providing our customers 

with a professional, high-quality 

product tracking, precision milling, 

custom packaging and an amazing 

coatings system that is used as exterior 

siding and trim, or interior trim 

team committed to manufacturing 

world-class Eastern White Pine 

and pattern stock. The most exciting 

part of this for me is that we are 

products. Being able to make a 

consistent product, custom specified 

controlling our destiny and managing 

product quality at the source. 

for every order and customer from 

one of the most inconsistent wood 

During the pandemic we could not 

species on the planet is a long-term 

get our own product primed and 

commitment!” 

to our stores due to using a thirdparty 

primer and labor issues. We 

Team Hancock’s four Eastern 

White Pine sawmills are focused on 

lost opportunity and we were not 

capital reinvestments and utilizing 

able to keep our own stores stocked 

new technologies to advance the 

with product. Now we have total 

company's offerings and manufacturing 

capabilities. One of these 

and flexibility of what we can do 

control of the quality, availability, 

exciting additions is the Hancock 

with our product. The other exciting 

thing for us is we have been 

ProFinish facility and products. 

After years of research, testing, 

able to apply new technologically 

and product development, Hancock 

advanced coatings with no VOC’s 

Lumber’s brought the finishing Continued on page 52 

A Team Hancock employee busy at work at the Hancock ProFinish facility. 

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McCoy — Continued from page 7 

line up. In the 1990s, Brian McCoy, the third generation, led the company into a 

brighter and more expansive future than Frank could have ever envisioned nearly 

a century ago. 

Waylon Walker, Senior Vice President – Operations and Merchandising, noted 

A team member performing a quality assurance check on finished HPF Pine boards. 

McCoy’s maintains a 400-truck fleet of delivery vehicles, including everything from 

pickup trucks to 18-wheelers with forklifts. 

McCoy’s 85 – and growing – retail locations carry a wide variety of lumber and building 

supplies. 

An archival photo from 1940, showing a few employees at work at the Casco Sawmill. 

McCoy’s Building Supply sells an extraordinary quantity of Western species lumber, 

including Hemlock-Fir, Douglas-Fir, Spruce-Pine-Fir and White Fir. 

that the next generation of the family is poised to help lead the company to even 

greater success. 

“Brian McCoy has led us on this journey to where we are today until May of 

last year. Now the fourth generation, Meagan McCoy Jones, President and CEO, 

is leading us,” he said. “Her passion and care for our customers and team is infectious 

and is furthering their family legacy.” 

Walker, who oversees Operations and Merchandising, has worked with the 

company for more than 30 years. He started in the lumberyard, working his way 

up through management ranks. He pointed out that he has spent his entire career 

with the company. 

“We have a strong culture at McCoy’s and it is very much a family atmosphere,” 

Walker said. “There’s not a lot of turnover in our leadership ranks other 

than due to retirement. We believe in mentoring and have a culture of caring for 

one another like a family.” 

That’s a sentiment echoed by Brandon Bishop, who serves as Vice President of 

Merchandising. Bishop has been with McCoy's for 15 years, and like Walker, has 

worked his way through the company’s ranks during a career that has been spent 

exclusively at the company. 

“Waylon’s comment about the family atmosphere is spot on. The culture is 

about the people who work here,” he said, noting a yellow dot on his company 

ID. It features the number 492, which means Bishop is now part of top 500 employees 

McCoy’s based on tenure. 

“It took me 15 years to crack the top 500,” he noted with a laugh, adding that 

this small dot is an indication of the loyalty that the company feels for its employees, 

as well as the dedication the employees feel for McCoy’s. 

Looking at the chain’s 85 – and growing – retail locations, Bishop noted that 

McCoy’s carries a wide variety of products in terms of lumber. The company 

sells an extraordinary quantity of Western species lumber, including Hemlock- 

Fir, Douglas-Fir, Spruce-Pine-Fir and White Fir, but as Bishop is quick to point 


and performance that is excellent. Our coatings have been through accelerated 

weather testing that proves out performance through time and different weather 

variabilities which gives us a high degree of confidence bringing our product to 

market.” 

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Team Hancock hopes to be going strong for another 175 years and is incredibly 

proud of the company's past, present, and future. Hancock Lumber celebrates 

how far it has come and is continuously adapting, evolving, and growing to continue 

to flourish in the future. 

Team Hancock added this statement: "Thank you to our employees, customers, 

vendor + industry partners and communities for being alongside of us since 

1848." 

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To ensure that its customers have reliable access to lumber supplies, McCoy’s has 

three strategically-placed commodity distribution yards throughout Texas, covering 

more than 340 acres of land with warehousing in excess of 300,000 square feet. 

out, the company focuses on quality as much as quantity. 

“We like to differentiate ourselves on the quality of what we sell,” he said. “We 

work with mills that produce quality products, and we specify higher grades. You 

can walk in off the street for a two by four and know that you are getting good 

quality lumber produced in a good quality mill. We’re also a full line building 

materials supply company – from shingles to hardware to finish the outside to 

drywall, anything it takes to build the envelope and interior of the home.” 

Between dimensional lumber and stud material, Bishop estimated that the company 

goes through approximately 300 million board feet a year. Walker added 

that the company has maintained its commitment to quality even through the 

height of the Covid pandemic, which challenged every industry. 

“I feel that Brandon and his team, working in partnership with our preferred 

vendor providers, have done an exceptional job,” he said. “It’s a credit to Brandon 

and his procurement team, as well as our vendor relationships and we’ve 

been able to get the product we needed. We’ve all struggled, but I feel we’ve 

done an exceptional job there.” 

Walker also touched on the employment-related challenges of the past 

few years. 

Between dimensional lumber and stud material, Brandon Bishop, Vice President of 

Merchandising estimated that McCoy’s goes through approximately 300 million board 

feet a year. 

With such a storied history and a successful recent past, one might wonder where 

McCoy’s heads next. Waylon Walker said he is confident in a bright future for the 

company because of solid leadership. 

“Everyone struggled with hiring and retaining folks,” he said. “There were so 

many unknowns, with people being paid to stay home and be safe creating a new 

dynamic that no one had experienced before. But we had people showing up every 

day to serve our customers. In fact, we grew at such a pace it was a challenge 

to keep up with diminished staffing. Today, I feel confident where we are at the 

right place, and we have an opportunity to grow at a reasonable pace.” 

Walker noted that the company has carefully established a distribution footprint 

in Texas and the surrounding states, growing at a rate of about two stores a 

year while also remodeling older stores. 

“We have an aggressive remodeling program,” he said, noting that McCoy’s 

expects to add approximately 7,000 SKUs to all their stores within the next five 

years. “We work hard to stay connected with our vendors and manufacturers, 

working hand-in-hand with them to do our best. And we are always listening to 

our customers.” 

Beyond its retail locations, McCoy’s also operates two door-hanging facilities, 

totaling approximately 180,000 square feet of manufacturing. To ensure that its 

customers have reliable access to lumber supplies, the company has three strategically-placed 

commodity distribution yards throughout Texas, with more than 

300,000 square feet of warehousing and more than 340 acres of warehousing and 

lumber yards. And the company is expanding its already-extensive warehousing 

operations, adding 250,000 square feet of capacity this year alone. One facility, 

in particular, will have rail running through it. 

“Our Burnet facility will take 15 center beam rail cars at a time,” Walker 

pointed out. “Quite a bit of capacity there.” 

To help ensure that all of this supply makes it to customers, the company 

maintains a 400-truck fleet of delivery vehicles, including everything from 

pickup trucks to 18-wheelers with forklifts. This means the company can service 

all of its customer base, which Walker said is divided almost evenly between 

contractor-led new construction and retail homeowners and home improvement 

customers. 

With such a storied history and a successful recent past, one might wonder 

where McCoy’s heads next. Walker said he is confident in a bright future for the 

company because of solid leadership. 

“First and foremost, the family is committed to the business. Meagan has a 

passion for the business, our customers, and for making the world a little bit better 

place. It’s easy to follow that sort of person,” he said, adding that the company 

will continue to grow from within. “We have worked very hard to establish a 

leadership training program, not hiring outside for leadership too often. Generally 

speaking, everyone comes through our leadership program from within. As 

we grow, we want to control that cultural piece and pace ourselves.” 

Walker added that he knows that no matter what comes next, McCoy’s, as it 

always has, will be ready to take on the challenge and help its customers succeed. 

“When Emmet was the owner in the 60s, we were a cash and carry company,” 

he recalled. “In the 90s, we had to change completely who we were as a company. 

Big box competition started moving in, and we struggled knowing who we 

served. At that point in time, we did not offer any charge accounts. Then when 

Brian took over, we redesigned ourselves. If there is one thing that defines us, it 

is the resiliency that the company has and the grit and the willingness to make 

modifications. We’re going to be here, and we are going to fight for this.” 

To learn more, visit www.mccoys.com. n 

WRCLA — Continued from page 8 

WRC rates well on the attributes and benefits that builders (and architects) deem 

most important: beauty, durability, and the character it adds to projects. Factors 

such as installation and maintenance are also key, as of course is cost. It is 

interesting to note, however, that while the majority of builders researched stated 

that cost was important in influencing the buying decision, it wasn’t critical, and 

“... if the material wasn’t seen as providing value, it wasn’t valuable to [them] as 

a homebuilder.” (Source: venveo.com/marketing-to-builders-trends-reports). 

What is valuable to a builder is meeting their clients’ needs, and increasingly 

those needs include sustainable and natural materials like Western Red Cedar. 

California-based architect and builder Brett Farrow noted that, “Basically all 

my clients are eco-minded and going with wood framing and wood siding is an 

effective way to build when sustainability is the goal.” He further commented 

that, “Western Red Cedar has been my preferred building material for over a 

decade. It’s versatile, can be used in a variety of applications and is long lasting. 

Using Western Red Cedar is a mark of quality all on its own.” 

Awareness of building with sustainable materials is on the rise, as is the emerging 

trend of biophilic design, in which studies have shown that using natural 

materials like wood can reduce stress and stress-related illnesses. 

"In terms of clients making environmental and biophilic requests, it goes in 

waves,” noted Kurt Vernon, CEO of British Columbia’s Vernon Construction, 

“but we are seeing a growing trend towards sustainable materials like Real Cedar, 

particularly among European clients. As well, the younger generation are far 

more knowledgeable about biophilia and the environment.” 

As a younger demographic moves into the housing market WRC’s benefits 

like sustainability and its role in biophilic design will play a greater role in the 

purchase decision, which underscores the importance of creating WRC advocates 

among the building community today. 

"When clients seek advice on material selection… we try to get involved early 

in the process, and direct them towards sustainable and efficient building choices," 

stated Kurt Vernon. “Western Red Cedar allows us to fulfill their desires for 

sustainable and non-toxic materials." 

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MLMA — Continued from page 9 

ticipation from our members and the industry as a whole. Each year, 

this event serves as a fantastic setting for fun, fellowship, and business 

development in our industry. We are grateful for the continued support of 

our dedicated members." 

The MLMA Convention and Trade Show provided a unique opportunity 

for industry professionals to connect, exchange ideas, and discover 

groundbreaking solutions to the challenges facing the lumber manufacturing 

sector. By fostering collaboration and promoting innovation, the event 

further solidified MLMA's commitment to driving the lumber manufacturing 

industry forward. 

The Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Association looks forward to 

building upon the success of this year's event and anticipates an even 

more remarkable 70th annual Convention and Trade Show in June of 

2024. 

For more information about MLMA and its upcoming events, please 

visit www.mlmalumber.com. n 

NORTHEAST TRENDS Continued from page 34 

She sells mostly to industrial manufacturers and independent lumber yards. 

When asked how their sales were doing, she remarked, “It’s a mixed bag. We sell 

to a variety of different industrial manufacturers, so depending on the end user, 

that product is either staying steady or it is a little slow right now. That is typical 

for industrial manufacturers during this time of the season. That again is kind 

of reflecting what normal circumstances would be like from before Covid,” she 

added. 

When asked about her labor she stated that labor is always a challenge, but 

they have been lucky to bring in some good new employees over the past year. 

“We are very fortunate to have brought on some great new people over the past 

year. We are not quite at the struggle we were at last year or the year prior.” 

In Maine, a Softwood sales representative has dealt with challenges in recent 

weeks, but he is expecting a good fall season. 

“It’s been tough this week that’s for sure and has been that way the past few 

weeks. I think it has been so hot across the US that is has been putting an impact 

on demand and there is more wood showing up so we're certainly giving some 

back this week. There is a lot of pressure from the European Imports again. I 

think the demand is still decent and we are still expecting to have a good fall but 

it’s just the heat right now is slowing things down,” the source stated. 

He sells mostly SPF in grades that range from Appearance to Economy and 

a little bit of Eastern White Pine in Select, Premium, Standard and Industrial 

grades. 

“We have a variety of customers. We have some retail customers for our 

Premium, we sell to professional distributors for Struct grade No. 2 and we will 

sell our low grade to pallet people,” he said and added that he thinks most of their 

demand is staying steady at the time of this writing. 

Regarding labor, he mentioned that they are doing good, maintaining full production 

across all locations with no significant slowdowns this season. 

Over in New Hampshire things are going well for one lumber supplier, and 

when asked about his markets he stated, “We are doing good. We have been 

steady for the past several months and would say business is overall okay.” 

His mill works only with Eastern White Pine for Softwoods and Grades in 

Industrial, Standard, Premium, and D and Better Select. 

“We deal mostly with brokers and wholesale distributors. They seem to be 

doing well. I know that some of the shed and barn siding products seem to be 

slowing down a bit, but I think overall they are doing okay,” he commented. 

Labor challenges have not been as big of an issue for him and commented, 

“We are doing good and probably better than some others out there. We got a 

good core group of workers and have been lucky to have them.” n 

INLAND WEST TRENDS Continued from page 34 

well and find out where the market is going and have a target price in mind where 

they would like to buy. Anything with a flexible shipment status is a key item for 

our customers right now.” 

A source in Idaho said that he is making some progress in his markets but has a 

lot of work remaining for the rest of the year to fully reach those pre-Covid levels. 

“We are starting to catch up. We have been behind ever since the pandemic 

started. We are still about 30 days out. There is still a lot that needs to be produced 

and I can see us catching up but it’s going to be a stretch,” the source commented. 

His sawmill handles only Split Rail Inland and Western Cedar and sells to 

“anybody and everybody. We sell to the big box to the mom and pops. Most of 

our stuff ends up in lawns and gardens and that market hasn’t changed too much 

over the years.” 

He also noted, apart from sales, that they are currently facing challenges with 

labor. “We are way short on labor and struggling with the number of employees. 

I’d say we are down about three or four.” n 

MIDWEST TRENDS Continued from page 36 

goes, Green Douglas Fir is doing good. Engineered wood is doing okay but not 

great,” he added. 

He mostly sells to pro-dealers and retail lumber yards. “Multi family business 

seems to be a little better than the single family. I think nationwide, certainly in 

our market in the Midwest, housing starts are going to be down but that is what 

we were expecting them to do.” 

Labor is still an issue for him, particularly in the material handling and warehouse 

work positions. 

According to one South Dakota lumber representative, their business has been 

experiencing consistent conditions, adding that it’s about the same as it was 

several months ago. 

“Yeah, it’s steady. I would say it’s been busy. It’s still taking a long time to 

get supplies in. We are a few weeks behind on some orders just waiting to get in 

everything we need,” he added. 

His company offers SPF, Hem Fir, and Cedar in No. 2 and No. 2 Premium. He 

offers Hem Fir in Select Struct and Cedar in Tight Knot or Appearance grade. 

His primary customer base consists of distribution yards and when asked how 

their business was doing, he said that was a mixed bag. “Some say they are busy; 

some say they are steady, and some say they are slow. But with the heat we had I 

know a lot of them had to slow down just from that.” 

One Texas lumber supplier again used the word “steady” to initially describe 

how his market was doing and shared that his business has been having some 

good months. “We probably just had our best July ever,” he commented. 

“We are okay. Seems like it’s gone back to a seasonal situation. It usually 

slows down this time of the year but for the most part it seems like it’s going 

back to normal seasonal sales. We topped some of last year’s numbers which we 

didn’t think we would. Honestly, we haven’t had much inflation on the material. 

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increased prices with gas prices and labor issues.” 

He handles green and kiln-dried Douglas Fir No.1 and Better and Western Red 

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him, he commented, “Douglas Fir is our best seller for sure.” 

Selling mostly to retail lumber yards working with custom orders, he said that 

their activity has been similar to his. “It’s trending back to a normal seasonal 

type of sales situation which we haven’t seen in three or four years. A lot of our 

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When it came to his labor or any other outside factors in the market affecting 

him, he said that he had nothing significant he could think of. He did add that the 

weather has been so hot that some yards won’t have any workers outside past 

2 pm. n 

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upcoming spring. The recently released final determination for the fourth anti 

dumping and countervailing was welcome news with the duty rate going down 

slightly for all other rates. With the huge reduction in allowable annual cut for 

BC that has led to many mill closings, one has to wonder how there can be any 

justification for a duty.” 

Michael Kirkelie of Rosboro Forest Products, Springfield, OR, said, “The 

market seems over-supplied or the demand has been spooked into taking a backseat 

until prices stabilize. Our customers are very cautious right now, covering 

needs just for the next quarter. There just doesn’t seem to be a sense of urgency 

and buyers are sitting on their hands.” 

Kirkelie continued, “The biggest challenge we’re currently facing is the cost of 

raw materials, log costs are not getting cheaper and we are in the middle of fire 

season. I would rate this year a 6-7 out of 10 so far, but we anticipate a tough finish 

for the year as prices are stagnant, not trending upwards heading in the wrong 

direction.” 

Leslie Southwick of C&D Lumber, Riddle, OR, said, “Supply has once again 

started to outpace demand in a majority of products and it still has been lackluster 

in many Cedar products. While Cedar timber orders remain strong, the decking 

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a trading level that buyers will even entertain buying it. Pricing continues to be 

volatile. A few weeks ago we saw prices starting to strengthen but then as quickly 

as the market came up it has started to plummet again, which sends buyers to 

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Southwick continued, “Customers for the majority of the summer have been 

busy and positive, but as we head into fall I think the optimism is quickly fading 

with many agreeing that we will continue to see a sluggish market through the 

fall. This will lead to customers being cautious and pricing remaining relatively 

flat. I don’t feel that customers see any urgent need to purchase when the mills 

have plenty of supply." n 

SOUTHEAST TRENDS Continued from page 40 

have. They don’t have any room for more lumber, even for the people who buy 

the lumber for pallet grades. It’s hard to move the lower grade material because 

the pallets aren’t moving. I think it’s affecting most of my customers,” she commented. 

One lumber sales representative based in Louisiana reported that the slowdown 

of the market also continues for him this year. While his overall business remains 

slow, he noted that some customers are more active than others. 

“We are an export mill and for us the slowdown does continue. It’s uneven 

across zones. Europe is much slower as is Asia. Those are areas we are really 

suffering as far as sales go and are easily off as much as 70 percent. It’s not great 

but you know at least it’s uneven. It’s not dead everywhere and it seems to be 

regionalized,” the source stated. 

For Softwoods, his company mainly handles Southern Yellow Pine in thicknesses 

of 4/4-16/4 and in all grades. 

“We sell to end use manufacturers, stocking distributors, and importers overseas. 

Hearing from them, their orders are quite slow. A lot of their furniture production 

facilities are sitting idle, and they don’t have any new orders. Americans 

have stopped buying couches and love seats and it’s affecting their business,” he 

added. 

When asked about any other factors affecting his business, he mentioned that 

trucking costs have come back in line, but he did add that drayage and warehouse 

prices have not dipped much from their Covid highs. 

Over in Mississippi, a lumber supplier expressed that his markets were doing 

“okay” at the time of this writing but were still down from previous years in terms 

of sales. 

“We are doing okay. Our markets are getting a little better. Pallets and pallet 

components are staying steady for us. General lumber sales are probably right 

now at 50 to 60 percent compared to the last couple of years,” he commented. 

He handles only Southern Yellow Pine in industrial grades with most of it 

going to pallets or pallet components. “These pallet markets always seem to be 

steady for us so that’s a positive.” 

When asked about other challenges, he mentioned that there are currently no 

external factors giving him much of an issue. n 

ONTARIO/QUEBEC TRENDS Continued from page 40 

anced when there was a little imbalance. It gave us a rally, but it was completely 

supply driven. The demand dynamic is probably the same, and now we'll see 

where prices land. We're not back to where we started, but we're getting closer 

and closer every day. I guess you would say interestingly that the low grade, the 

economy and No. 3 are kind of holding their own, relative to the No. 2's. It was 

the No. 2's and the studs that gained when the market rallied. It was like the No. 

2 in studs that reacted to those fires. The No. 3's seem to have been steady flat for 

month after month. The low grades are selling well. The No. 2 grade is coming 

off more than the low grade, percent wise. Looking ahead to the next couple of 

months? I am an optimistic guy, I always think that it's going to get better, but 

we'll see how she plays out. I mean, it's really been a balanced market all year." 

Noted an Ontario producer, “There was like a big rally, in terms of demand 

and price increases, through June and the early part of July. Since then, we've 

entered a slower period, where the market lagged a little bit. It's still lagging. 

That's a function of a lot of lumber being sold though in North America. It is also 

due to the fact that we've been going through the middle of the summer with a 

lot of heat in the U.S. and the south and less activity in construction. So it's been 

a struggle for mills, all over North America to, to be able to sell their products. 

You could say prices have melted a little bit. We've given back most of the price 

increases that we had in June and early July, at this point in time. That period 

of giving back is slowly diminishing and we're seeing more and more business 

and demand and requests for quotations. Although the pricing is still not what 

it should be, we think that within the next couple of weeks we'll have a good 

market again going into the fall period. The more stable grades have been the low 

grades, economy and No. 3's." 

A Quebec manufacturer reported that “if anyone thinks that the fires have not 

had a big impact so far, they will have. We haven't seen that much yet. They will 

have an impact, because it's taken a long time to get the Quebec government to 

authorize mills to roll back and harvest that dead wood. Since it's taken a long 

time, we're going to be dealing with worm hole issues in August and early fall and 

probably until the spring, because people don't realize how big of an area was impacted 

by the forest fires this season. We're going to see the fires take fiber away 

from the commodities because a lot of that, especially the worst pieces, are going 

to the economy grades as opposed to stay in the commodity grades. It's going to 

have an impact through the fall, then probably through the winter on the lumber 

business in North America. In terms of the next couple months, we see a good 

market ahead. We're seeing more stability. We keep following the U.S. housing 

starts to see if there's a trend developing. There was a big month in May at over 

1.6 million starts, then June fell down to over 1.4 and we're expecting to see the 

July result (soon after the time of this interview) and if we have anything around 

1.4 million housing starts, it's probably a trend developing that's better than what 

was predicted. The forecast was there was going to be around 1.3 million for 

2023, based on all the data available at the end of last year. So there's a chance 

it's going to be a better market than expected. But on the other side, there's the 

economy and the interest rates and in the U.S. where they're saying that the Fed 

may need a few more interest rate hikes this year to be able to combat inflation 

properly. Depending on what that is, that's going to have an impact as well. It's 

a juggling act at the moment. Nobody knows where it's going to end up, but we 

expect it's going be better than now." n 

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is one of the leading forest products and building material buying groups in the 

USA. 

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OrePac Building Products, based in Wilsonville, OR has acquired a 40-acre 

facility spanning 130,000 square feet near Roseburg, Oregon. The facility will be 

dedicated to manufacturing moulding and millwork products. 

Operating across the western U.S. with 10 branches, OrePac is recognized for 

fabricating, assembling, and distributing door and building components. This 

investment represents the supplier's first significant greenfield venture into manufacturing 

capacity for the region. 

As a part of this initiative, OrePac will establish Pacific Manufacturing & 

Logistics, a wholly owned subsidiary responsible for overseeing the facility. The 

new plant is projected to commence operations in early 2024, potentially employing 

up to 50 individuals. 

For more details about OrePac Building Products visit https://www.orepac. 

com/. 

John McKenna Promoted To LMC Millwork 

Purchasing Manager 

John McKenna, a industry professional with 34 

years of experience in the lumber and building materials 

industry, has ascended through the ranks at LMC's 

Millwork Department located in Wayne, PA. Joining 

in 2011, he progressed to become Department Manager 

in 2017 and has now been elevated to Purchasing 

Manager, overseeing the entire LMC Millwork Department. 

John McKenna 

With insights gained from working at an LMC 

dealer prior to joining the company, McKenna brings a profound understanding 

of the competitive landscape our dealers navigate. He recognizes the importance 

of forging connections with the right suppliers, enabling dealers to explore better 

options and unlocking fresh growth opportunities. McKenna's role extends 

beyond pricing management; he facilitates strategic partnerships that empower 

dealers to expand their capabilities. 

R.P. Lumber Acquiring Wright Building Center Location 

R.P. Lumber Co., Inc. has expanded its reach with the acquisition of Wright 

Building Center's Sparta, IL location. The collaboration was recently official and 

was finalized in early September. The Sparta location of Wright Building Center 

will transition to operating as R.P. Lumber shortly after Labor Day. 

Headquartered in Edwardsville, IL, R.P. Lumber currently runs 82 locations 

across Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and its home state. Apart from this 

extensive network, R.P. Lumber also operates two truss manufacturing sites and 

provides e-commerce options for customers. 

In addition to providing lumber, shingles, siding, and drywall, R.P. Lumber's 

recent acquisition in Sparta will introduce a diverse range of hardware merchandise. 

This assortment will encompass power tools, paint, plumbing essentials, 

and electrical supplies. Furthermore, a skilled design team will focus on creating 

designs for a wide array of projects, ranging from decks and patios to cabinets and 

countertops in kitchens and bathrooms. 

Another Wright Building Center site in Murphysboro, IL, will remain operational 

and is not included in this agreement. 

For more information, please visit https://www.rplumber.com/. n 

Steve Rhone 

Weston Forest Announces 

Acquisition of Kings Wood 

Products 

Weston Forest, located in Mississauga, ON, 

a leading distributor and remanufacturer of 

Softwood and hardwood lumber and specialty 

panel products, serving North American industrial 

and construction sectors, announced it has 

acquired Kings Wood Products of Paris, ON. 

“Kings Wood Products expands our manufacturing 

base in Canada while adding to the mix of products we can 

offer our existing Industrial customers,” said Steve Rhone, President 

and CEO of Weston Forest. Rhone goes on to say, “Kings has been 

a key customer of ours for decades, and this is a natural progression 

for both companies. They have an excellent reputation in their 

industry, and the Kings niche product mix is a logical addition to 

Weston’s existing Industrial offerings.” 

According to Dennis Kings, President of Kings Wood Products, 

“This new partnership with Weston Forest is the right direction for 

our business. Weston has been a trusted supplier of ours for a very 

long time, and this move provides the continuity we want for our 

people and for our customers.” 

This acquisition represents Weston’s sixth in the last decade and 

their second since the company was purchased by the Watermill 

Group in 2021. 

Weston’s remanufacturing and inventory management services 

help customers create specified crating, packaging, pallets and boxes 

and other niche wood products that are essential for the production 

or shipment of industrial goods. The company’s logistics and justin-time 

fulfilment capabilities support truss manufacturing, framing, 

lagging and shoring, concrete forming and other processes that are 

crucial to commercial and residential construction and large infrastructure 

projects. 

For more information, visit www.westonforest.com. 

JD Irving Ltd. Tests New Valutec Installations 

JD Irving Ltd., headquartered in New Brunswick, Canada, recently 

commissioned Valutec’s TC continuous kilns at their sawmills 

in Ashland and Pleasant River, ME. Thomas Wamming, Valutec’s 

R&D Manager, and Automation Manager John Karbin recently 

visited these mills, where their aim was to carry out quality and capacity 

tests at the installations, both to ensure drying quality and to 

identify opportunities for improvement. This type of visit forms part 

of Valutec’s commitment in every project. 

“A lot depends on the type of raw material dried in the kiln. There 

is often a need to adjust the process over time depending on what 

passes through the kiln. The ability to visit the sawmills provides a 

great opportunity to capture these types of issues,” said Wamming. 

“But it's just as much about meeting the people working around 

the kilns. Meeting them gives us a better idea of what their challenges 

are, how the operators think and so on. This is very important as 

they will handle the operation on a daily basis. This can differ quite 



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a lot between different sawmills, e.g. in terms of how responsibilities 

are distributed,” he continued. 

During the visit, Wamming and Karbin also had the opportunity 

to provide additional training to JD Irving Ltd. sawmill 

employees in Valmatics 4.0, the Valutec control system that 

allows sawmills to optimize their processes in terms of quality, 

capacity, and energy consumption. 

The TC continuous kiln is a potent installation with great capacity. 

To use it to its full potential, it must also be regarded as 

forming an integral part of the overall sawmill flow. 

“To benefit from the kiln’s full potential, sawmill personnel 

also need a picture of how the TC continuous kiln interacts with 

the rest of production. While it’s partly a matter of raw materials, 

it’s also about loading and package lengths. The sawmills 

that are best in these regards also tend to do really well in terms 

of both product quality and the bottom line,” said Karbin. 

For more information, visit www.valutec.ca or www. 

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Natalie Heacock 

CFO of Patrick Lumber 

Company Honored as a 40 

Under 40 Recipient 

Patrick Lumber recently announced that 

Natalie Heacock, Chief Financial Officer 

(CFO) of the company has been recognized 

by the Portland Business Journal as one of 

the esteemed recipients of the 40 Under 40 

list for 2023. This award celebrates the outstanding achievements and 

significant contributions made by young professionals in the Portland, 

OR, business community, where Patrick Lumber is headquartered. 

The 40 Under 40 award showcases Heacock's exceptional leadership, 

innovative thinking, and unwavering dedication to advancing 

the financial landscape of Patrick Lumber’s business, according to a 

statement by the company. It stated further that her visionary strategies, 

financial acumen and commitment to driving sustainable growth 

have played a pivotal role in propelling Patrick Lumber Company to 

new heights in the industry. 

Patrick Lumber congratulates Heacock on this well-deserved honor. 

They are immensely proud to have her as their CFO. Being named to 

the 40 Under 40 list is a testament to Heacock's achievements and her 

commitment to excellence. 

Patrick Lumber manufactures and trades wood products to diverse 

markets worldwide. They show up, pay attention and create value 

through honesty, synergistic action and investments in their facilities, 

employees, customers and suppliers. They believe their efforts 

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Collins Appoints New Chief Financial Officer 

Collins, located in Wilsonville, OR, recently announced that Lara 

Moore, will become Chief Financial Officer for the company. 

Moore has 20 years of experience in business affairs in higher education 

including 10 years as the CFO/Vice President for Finance & 

Administration at Eastern Oregon University. 

Moore’s strong leadership was critical to creating 

dynamic financial systems used to build 

and monitor the fiscal health of the university. 

Additionally, Moore was responsible for the 

oversight of facilities and planning, information 

technology, human resources and safety 

and security. This past year, Moore held a 

dual role serving as CFO and Interim Co- 

Lara Moore President for Internal Affairs. Her leadership 

was instrumental in maintaining the momentum 

of numerous initiatives aligned with the university’s strategic 

plan. 

Moore received her MBA from Marylhurst University. 

For more information, visit www.collinswood.com. 

A.W. Stiles Makes A Litany Of Repairs 

And Upgrades 

A.W. Stiles Contractors Inc., located in McMinnville, TN, has 

recently made a litany of repairs and upgrades to customers’ lumber 

dry kilns at various sawmills across the country. Some of their work 

includes: 

Southern Parallel, in Albertville, AL, and Charles Ingram, in Effingham, 

SC, both fabricated and installed NoRev DPK 

Continuous Kiln. 

Ashton Lewis, in Gatesville, NC, replaced some of their kiln track. 

Camden Timbers, in Camden, AR, fabricated and installed NoRev 

DPK kiln conversion, and Barge Forest Products, in Macon, MS, 

had roof replacements installed. 

For more information, visit www.awscontractorsinc.com. 

JoeScan Hires New Engineers 

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Perry has over 15 years of software development 

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JoeScan has a full product development schedule underway, with 

a new “super snapshot” scanner model featuring 3-inch laser spacing 

slated for release later this year. “We designed the Z8 scanner 

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Nyle Dry Kilns Welcomes 

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Ingo Wallocha joined Nyle Dry Kilns, 

located in Brewer, ME, as their new VP of 

International Sales. 

Wallocha brought more than 20 years 

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There he gathered valuable experience in the international 

market and became responsible for the North American sales area. 

After that, Wallocha and his family took the opportunity to move 

to Canada, where Valutec AB, out of Sweden, wanted to open their 

first North American sales office. Within seven years, Wallocha 

established Valutec as a major supplier for continuous kilns in the 

North American market with customers such as Pleasant River 

Lumber, Hampton Lumber and JD Irving. 

Wallocha’s family - wife and three kids, all Canadian citizens - 

started to miss their homeland Germany and subsequently decided 

to move back, at least for a while. At the same time, Nyle Dry 

Kilns was looking for a Vice President of International Sales, and 

Wallocha’s experience and living in Europe again made him a good 

fit for that role. 

Wallocha loves music, and in his spare time, he is a passionate 

drummer. 

Nyle Dry Kilns is a member of Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers 

Inc., Appalachian Lumbermen’s Club, Great Lakes Kiln 

Drying Association, Hardwood Manufacturers Association, Indiana 

Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association, Kentucky Forest Industries 

Association, Lake States Lumber Association, Maritime Lumbermen's 

Bureau, Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Association, 

North American Wholesale Lumber Association, New England 

Kiln Drying Association, Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association, 

National Hardwood Lumber Association, Ohio Forestry 

Association, Pennsylvania Forest Products Association, Southern 

Forest Products Association, Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers 

Association and Western Hardwood Association. 

For more information visit www.nyle.com. 

Taylor Machine Works Appointed as 

Authorized Magni Telescopic 

Handler Dealer 

Taylor will offer the complete range of Magni's telehandlers. This will 

include the Rotating Telehandler (RTH), the Heavy Lift (HTH) and the Fix 

Boom Telehandler (TH) models. 

Taylor Machine Works, Inc., located in Louisville, MS, the 

fourth-generation manufacturer of material handling equipment 

since 1927, was recently appointed as the Authorized Magni 

Telescopic Handler Dealer for the state of Mississippi, western 

Arkansas and select Louisiana parishes. Hal Nowell, Director 

of Sales, remarked, "We are so pleased to have the opportunity 

to sell this complete line of Magni Telehandlers in our home 

state of Mississippi and areas in these neighboring states. This 

addition will give our customers more lift capabilities allowing 

us to take care of their material handling needs." Taylor 

will offer the complete range of Magni's telehandlers. This will 

include the Rotating Telehandler (RTH), the Heavy Lift (HTH) 

and the Fix Boom Telehandler (TH) models. Also, Taylor Machine 

Works will offer the Magni models and attachments for 

rent across its network in North America. 

"We are delighted to have Taylor Machine Works join our 

prestigious dealer network," expressed Joe Leinwol, Chief 

Sales Officer at Magni America. "Their profound expertise in 

industrial equipment, encompassing application, sales, parts, 

and service, positions them as an ideal partner for us. We have 

full confidence that Taylor's unwavering dedication to customer 

satisfaction harmonizes perfectly with Magni's unwavering 

commitment to delivering exceptional quality and service." 

"Taylor's industry knowledge, technical expertise, and commitment 

to customer success make them an excellent fit for 

our dealer network," says Robert Cloud, Magni Regional Sales 

Manager. "Together, we will provide unrivaled support and 

solutions to meet the evolving needs of Taylor's customers." 

Known for their exceptional performance, versatility, and advanced 

features, Magni caters to various industries, such as the 

wood products industry, concrete construction, masonry, steel 

erection, framing and more. 

For more information on Magni Telescopic Handlers, visit 

www.magnith.com. For additional information on the extensive 

product lines Taylor offers, visit www.taylorbigred.com. 

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INDUSTRY NEWS 

David Quane 

David Quane Joins Paw Taw 

John Services, Inc. 

David Quane is outside sales and marketing 

for Paw Taw John Services, Inc. 

(PTJ), located in Rathdrum, ID. PTJ is a 

machine systems integrator, distributor 

and repair center. They are the only repair 

facility and the largest stocking distributor 

of Temposonics in the United 

States. They maintain a deep inventory 

in support hardware such as cables, magnets and connector 

assemblies. Probe lengths on the shelf are in 6-inch increments 

from 6-inch to 72-inch with some special lengths used by machine 

manufacturers. PTJ also distributes Encoder Products encoders 

and Conexus laser products. This keeps PTJ uniquely centered in 

the wood products industry control system world and the cutting 

edge of technology advancements. 

Quane was recently brought on board at PTJ after spending 25 

years in the commercial business sector. His most recent position 

before joining PTJ was at REC Silicon, located in Moses Lake, 

WA, a polysilicon manufacturing company. 

Quane graduated from the University of Idaho as an electrical 

engineer and went on to practice at engineering technology companies 

for 15 years before moving into the commercial business 

sector. 

Quane and his wife, Jill, live on a homestead where they garden 

and keep bees. He also enjoys woodworking and making furniture. 

Quane and his wife have three children, Austin, Audrey and 

Lauren. 

For more information, visit www.pawtaw.com, email david@ 

pawtaw.com or call 208-449-4950. 

Continental Underwriters, 

Inc. Welcomes Kelly G. Park 

Kelly G. Park, CSP recently joined 

Continental Underwriters, Inc., located in 

Richmond,VA, as a senior risk assessment 

representative. Continental Underwriters 

works with their clients to identify risk, 

control risk and protect assets, enabling 

Kelly G. Park, CSP their clients to produce their products and 

services successfully. 

Park has been in the insurance industry as a safety consultant 

for 35 years. He has worked for and with multi-line carriers, selfinsured 

group programs, brokers, TPAs and captives. While Park 

has worked with various industries throughout his career, the forest 

products industry is one that he has worked with closely. Park 

has successfully led risk management programs for the Tennessee 

Forestry Association Workers Compensation Program and the 

Kentucky Forest Industries Workers Compensation Program. 

Park graduated from Murray State University, located in Murray, 

KY, in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational 

Safety and Health. Park is also a Certified Safety Professional 

(CSP). 

Park is married to Kelly E. Park. In his spare time, Park enjoys 

golf and home projects, as well as spending time with family and 

friends. He is also the author of When the Pros Played on the 

Sandlot, Volume 1 and 2. 

Park is a member, and the former president, of the American 

Society of Safety Professionals. He is also a member of the Board 

of Certified Safety Professionals and a county board member of 

the Kentucky Farm Bureau. 

Continental Underwriters is a member of Indiana Hardwood 

Lumbermen's Association, Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers, 

National Wood Pallet & Container Association, Hardwood 

Manufacturers Association, North Carolina Forestry Association, 

Western Wood Products Association, Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers 

Association, Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association 

Inc., Great Lakes Timber Association, National Hardwood 

Lumber Association, Virginia Forestry Association, West Virginia 

Forestry Association, Wood Products Manufacturers Association, 

Lake States Lumber Association and Western Hardwood Association. 

To learn more, call 804-643-7800 or visit www.contund.com. 

Culpeper Wood 

Preservers Welcomes Phil 

Fortson As Director of 

Business Development 

Culpeper Wood Preservers, located in 

Culpeper, VA, one of the largest manufacturers 

of pressure treated lumber in the United 

States, is proud to announce that Phil Fortson 

is joining the company as Director of 

Phil Fortson 

Business Development. 

Fortson has over 35 years of experience in the lumber and building 

materials industry. He started with Osmose Wood Preserving 

in 1985 as a Field Services Manager. Then in 1989, he became the 

Southern Yellow Pine and Treated Buyer for LMC. From there, he 

entered the wholesale forest products arena working with BMA and 

Specialty Timbers. In 2007, Fortson joined Potomac Supply as the 

VP of Sales. In 2009, he was named National Accounts and Business 

Development Manager with Madison Wood. Throughout his 

career, Fortson has established himself as a leading resource to both 

National Accounts and Independent Lumber Dealers. Originally 

from Athens, Georgia, Fortson takes great pride in being a Georgia 

fan. He enjoys spending time with his two adult children and 

watching college football, hunting, fishing and other outdoor sports. 

“We are very excited to have Phil join our team. His knowledge 

and experience immediately make us an even stronger company. 

His commitment to the entire customer experience is well aligned 

with the culture of Culpeper Wood. I am confident that he will 

have an immediate impact within our organization and enhance our 

talented sales team,” noted Jonathan Jenkins, President of Culpeper 

Wood Preservers. 

Chris Brown, Executive Vice President for Culpeper Wood Preservers, 

said, “Phil has been a presence in this industry for many 

years. Not only will his expertise be an asset to us, but his enthusiasm 

for the customer will be evident across our entire footprint. 

Phil desires to grow professionally, and we feel strongly that Culpeper 

Wood is the perfect avenue to achieve that. We look forward 

to working together in utilizing his relationships to expand our 

market coverage.” 

In 1976, Culpeper Wood Preservers sprouted from a single location 

in Culpeper, VA. Today, the company is a leading manufacturer 

of pressure treated products for the residential, commercial, industrial 

and marine markets. Culpeper Wood brand name products are 

sold exclusively through lumber dealers throughout the Mid-Atlantic, 

Northeast, Mid-West and Southeast. For more information, visit 

www.culpeperwood.com. 

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C E D A R N E E D S . 

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OUR CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING WORKS 

800-844-1280 

CALENDAR 

September 

Global Buyers Mission, Whistler, BC. www.bcwood.com. Sept. 7-9. 

Reserve your position in the 

2023 NAWLA Special Edition 

of the Softwood Forest Products Buyer 

Lumbermen's Association of Texas, 137th Annual Convention & 

Expo, Live! by Loews, Arlington, TX. www.lat.org. Sept. 18-20. 

NAWLA, Regional Meeting, Live! by Loews, Arlington, TX. www.nawla. 

org. Sept. 18. 

Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association, 90th Annual Meeting, 

Samoset Resort on the Ocean, Rockport, ME. www.nelma.org. 

Sept. 20-22. 

NAWLA, Regional Meeting, Samoset Resort on the Ocean, Rockport, 

ME. www.nawla.org. Sept. 21. 

Alan Bonhoff Memorial Golf Tournament, Host: Los Angeles Hardwood 

Lumberman’s Club, Yorba Linda, CA. www.northamericanforestfoundation.org/naff-golf-classic. 

Sept. 29, registration deadline Sept. 20 

LMC Expo, Philadelphia, PA. www.lmc.net. Nov. 8 

NAWLA Traders Market, Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, 

OH. www.nawla.org. Nov. 8-10. 

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 

AGL Group, The..................................... 53 

AHC Hardwood Group........................... 76 

Air Systems Mfg. of Lenoir, Inc.................. 

Alta Forest Products................................ 8 

American Wood Technology LLC............... 

Arxada.................................................... 65 

Automation & Electronics USA LLC....... 35 

BC Wood Spec./Global Buyers Miss.......... 

Biolube....................................................... 

Blue Book Services.................................... 

Boise Cascade BMD LLC...................... 32 

Boise Cascade EWP LLC.......................... 

Bowers Forest Prod............................... 69 

BPWood Ltd........................................... 47 

Brunette Machinery.................................... 

Cersosimo Lumber Co. Inc.................... 42 

Collins........................................................ 

Continental Underwriters, Inc..................... 

Culpeper Wood Preservers........................ 

DMSi...................................................... 27 

Delta Cedar............................................ 43 

DiPrizio Pine Sales.................................. 9 

Disdero Lumber Co................................ 46 

Durgin & Crowell Lumber Co................. 34 

Elk Creek Forest Products..................... 63 

Empire Lumber Co..................................... 

Fraserview Cedar Prod.............................. 

Gates Milling.......................................... 10 

Hancock Lumber Co................................ 5 

Humboldt Sawmill............................... 23 

Huscroft, J.H., Ltd.................................. 64 

Idaho Forest Group................................ 15 

Idaho Timber............................................ 7 

Jazz Forest Products............................. 59 

Keller Lumber Co................................... 72 

King City Forwarding USA, Inc.............. 21 

Kop-Coat Protection Prod.......................... 

Legna Software...................................... 62 

Mars Hill, Inc.............................................. 

Messersmith Manufacturing....................... 

MiCROTEC................................................ 

Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Assoc. 

(MLMA)...................................................... 

Neiman Enterprises............................... 33 

Nicholson & Cates Ltd............................... 

November 

Nordic Structures................................... 25 

N. Amer. Forest Foundation (NAFF)...... 72 

N. Amer. Whls. Lbr. Assoc. (NAWLA)..... 44 

N. Eastern Lbr. Mfg. Assoc. (NELMA).... 58 

Nyle Dry Kilns........................................ 38 

Pacific Western Wood Works Ltd........... 12 

Partap Forest Prod. Ltd.......................... 57 

Patrick Lumber Company...................... 11 

Paw Taw John Services, Inc...................... 

PPG Industrial Coatings............................. 

Prime Forest Products........................... 67 

Quebec Wood Export Bureau/Montreal 

Wood Convention....................................... 

Restoration Forest Products.................. 66 

Richardson Timbers............................... 55 

Robbins Lumber Inc............................... 19 

RoyOMartin.............................................. 3 

SII Dry Kilns............................................... 

San Group.................................................. 

Sandy Neck Traders.............................. 73 

SASCO.................................................. 70 

Shaver Wood Products, Inc. Reload Div.... 

Shelton Lam & Deck.............................. 46 

Silvaris................................................... 61 

Siskiyou Forest Products....................... 71 

Skana Forest Products.......................... 60 

Softwood Lumber Board (SLB).................. 

Southern Forest Prod. Assoc. (SFPA)........ 

Smith, Gilbert Forest Prod......................... 

Stiles, A.W., Contractors Inc.................. 13 

TS Manufacturing................................... 17 

Taylor Machine Works, Inc......................... 

Teal-Jones Group................................... 31 

Thompson River Lumber....................... 41 

Timber Products Co................................... 

Tolko Industries Ltd................................ 37 

U-C Coatings......................................... 48 

U.S. Lumber........................................... 49 

Vaagen Bros. Lumber............................ 36 

Valutec Wood Dryers............................. 29 

West Bay Forest Products Ltd............... 73 

Western Forest Products Inc.................. 68 

Western Red Cedar Lbr. Assoc. (WRCLA) 

Woodgrain Lumber & Composites......... 50 

USED MACHINERY FOR SALE 

USED MACHINERY FOR SALE 

• USNR 4TA30 Top Arbor Three Shifting Saw Edger 

• Infeed Landing Deck 

• USNR – Lunden Cam Unscrambler S/N 41419 

• Even Ending Rolls 

• Queuing Hooks (2) ahead of Scanner 

• Queuing Hooks (2) after Scanner 

• Edger Infeed Model 600 Maximizer S/N 2951-A 

• USNR 4TA30 Edger with 200 HP Arbor Drive Motor 

• Outfeed Belt with Shifting Edging Shears 

• Specs – Hardwood 1” to 4” Thick x 4” to 24” Wide x 6’ to 16’ Long 

• Saw Kerf .160” x Saw Plate .120” 

• Two Hydraulic Units 

• Water Mizer Oil Mist Guide System 

• Set of Babbitt Guide Tools 

• USNR 4TA30 Top Arbor Three Shifting Saw Edger: 200 hp drive motor, 

includes unscrambler, control cab, infeed and outfeed. $95,000. 

Contact: James Robbins Cell: (207) 322-3162 

Email: jarobbins@rlco.com 

CLASSIFIED OPPORTUNITIES 

Classified Rates: Display $60.00 per column inch, fractions of an 

inch will be charged as a full inch. 

All classified Ads must be received by the 15th of the preceding 

month. Example: Ads for the January/February 2021 issue must be 

in by December 15th, 2020. 

Also, please specify the number of times Ad is to run. All Ads to be 

inserted on prepaid basis only. 

Classified advertising accepted only for: Position Available, 

Position Wanted, Business Opportunities, Machinery For Sale, 

Machinery Wanted, Wanted To Buy, Service Offered. 

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*RENEWED ADVERTISERS IN 2023: *NEW ADVERTISERS FOR 2023: 

*AGL Group, The 

*AHC Hardwood Group 

*Air Systems Mfg. of Lenoir, Inc. 

*Alta Forest Products 

*American Wood Technology, LLC 

*Automation & Electronics USA LLC 

*Bennett Lumber Products, Inc. 

*BID Group 

*Biolube 

*Boise Cascade BMD 

*Boise Cascade Plywood 

*BPWood, Ltd. 

*Brunette Machinery Company 

*Brunner Hildebrand Lumber Dry 

Kiln Co. 

*C & D Lumber Co. 

*Cersosimo Lumber Co., Inc. 

*Collins 

*Continental Underwriters 

*Cooper Machine Company, Inc. 

*Corley Manufacturing Co. 

*Culpeper Wood Preservers 

*Delta Cedar Specialties 

*Diorio Forest Products 

*DiPrizio Pine Sales 

*Disdero Lumber Co. 

*DMSi (Distribution Mgnt. Systems, Inc.) 

*Durgin and Crowell Lumber Co. 

*Elk Creek Forest Products LLC 

*Empire Lumber Co. 

*Fraserview Cedar 

*Furtado Forest Products Ltd. 

*Gates Milling 

*Goodfellow, Inc. 

*Hancock Lumber Co. 

*Hood Industries 

*Humboldt Sawmill 

*Huscroft, J.H., Ltd. 

*Idaho Forest Group 

*Idaho Timber 

*Irving Forest Products 

*Jazz Forest Products 

*King City Forwarding USA, Inc. 

*Kop-Coat, Inc. 

*Legna Software, Inc. 

*Leslie Forest Products 

*Lewis Controls 

*Lumber Blue Book Services 

*Mars Hill 

*McGinnis Lumber Co., The 

*Messersmith Manufacturing, Inc. 

*MiCROTEC 

*NAWLA 

*Neiman Enterprises 

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*NELMA 

*Nicholson and Cates Ltd. Building Products 

*Nordic Structures 

*Nyle Dry Kilns 

*Pacific Western Wood Works Ltd. 

*Partap Forest Products 

*Patrick Lumber Company 

*Paw Taw John Services 

*Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual 

Insurance Co. 

*PotlatchDeltic Corp. 

*PPG Industrial Coatings 

*Prime Forest Products 

*Quebec Wood Export Bureau/Montreal 

Wood Convention 

*Real Performance Machinery, LLC 

*Restoration Forest Products 

*Richardson Timbers 

*Robbins Lumber, Inc. 

*Rosboro 

*RoyOMartin 

*San Group, Inc. 

*Seaboard International 

*Shaver Wood Products, Inc. Reload Division 

*Shelton Lam & Deck 

*SII Dry Kilns 

*Silvaris 

*Skana Forest Products, Ltd. 

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*Smith, Gilbert Forest Products 

*South Coast Lumber Co. & Pacific Wood 

Laminates 

*Specialty Building Products (SBP) 

*Stella-Jones 

*Stiles, A.W., Contractors, Inc. 

*Sundher Group 

*TS Manufacturing 

*Taylor Machine Works, Inc. 

*Teal-Jones Group 

*Thompson River Lumber 

*Timber Products Co. 

*Tolko Industries Ltd. 

*U-C Coatings 

*USNR 

*Vaagen Bros. 

*Valutec Wood Dryers 

*Warren Trask Company 

*West Bay Forest Products & Mfg. Ltd. 

*Western Forest Products 

*Western Red Cedar Lumber Association 

*Westervelt Lumber 

*Weston Forest Products 

*Wholesale Wood Products 

*Woodgrain Lumber 

*Zip-O-Laminators

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