National Hardwood Magazine - April 2017

Dwight Lewis Co., Inc.

Dwight Lewis Co., Inc. TRADE TALK Continued Junai Maharaj Kathy Buckman Gibson relationships with its customers,” said Otto Heissenberger Jr., chairman of the Buckman board of directors. He will retire as chairman this month. Kathy Buckman Gibson, Buckman International’s president and COO, becomes chairman of the board of directors upon Heissenberger’s retirement. Buckman is a privately held specialty chemical company that operates in more than 90 countries. It provides specialty chemicals to the forest products industry as well as other industries. For more information, visit www.buckman.com. Our Mission is to provide product knowledge, professional service, and insurance solutions for the forest products industry. Insurance for the forest products industry 708 Milam Street, Suite 300 Shreveport, LA 71101-5499 (318) 221-0547 FAX (318) 424-7516 www.keithdpeterson.com MILLERSBURG, OH–Tony Yoder, chief production and tech- ber, located here, recently announced the expansion of his pagers and Butler XP pagers. Yoder stated, “An issue that kept coming up in our Hardwood Tony Yoder Components plant was the wait time on forklifts to move material in and out of our machines. We were originally using radios to call on forklift drivers, but they just weren’t the right solution for that task. We decided to explore a paging system, - tion to them on where to pick up an order. Yoder said, “By installing the pagers we’ve actually created more standardization in processes at the plant. The ees keep materials in the same place and it has helped us always a good thing for safety.” lumber, operating two sawmills that produce over 12 million Oak, Poplar, Hard and Soft Maple, Hickory, Ash, Cherry and 84 APRIL 2017 NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE

Walnut. The company also offers veneer grade logs through their division, Rolling Ridge Woods, in Black Cherry, Black Walnut, Red and White Oak and Hard Maple. LRS, located in Addison, TX, manufactures paging systems that are used in a variety of applications and industries. Additional information can be found by visiting www.yoderlumber.com and www.lrsus.com. LOUISVILLE, MS–Taylor Machine Works, Inc. (TMW), a leading manufacturer in material handling equipment, recently announced that they are now “factory direct” in the state of Texas. TMW also announced that aftermarket parts service and support as well as generator sales and support will be delivered “factory Robert Taylor direct” by TMW’s sister companies, Sudden Service, Inc. (SSI), and Taylor Power Systems (TPS). Robert Taylor, vice president of TMW and president of SSI and TPS, stated, “I am proud to announce the opening of three factory direct store locations in Texas. Taylor Machine Works Inc., Sudden Service, Inc., and Taylor Power Systems have opened full sales, service, and rental stores in Fort Worth, TX (serving the Dallas/Fort Worth area), Comfort, TX (serving the San Antonio area), and Pasadena, TX (serving the Houston area).” According to company management, Taylor Machine Works’ goal is to make customers their top priority. The company has been in business since 1927. For more information, visit www.taylorforkliftsoftexas.com. For parts and service, visit www.suddenserviceinc.com, or for generator sales and service, visit www.taylorgeneratorsoftexas.com. CLINTON, MI–Devin Moore recently joined HMI Hardwoods LLC, headquartered here, as the newest member of the company’s production planning team. Moore has worked in various industries that have emphasized the importance of maximizing performance and increasing overall customer satisfaction. Since Devin Moore joining HMI, he has spent time learning the process and the importance of each step in the lumber manufacturing industry. HMI Hardwoods operates a system by which each of its Please turn the page APRIL 2017 NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 85