National Hardwood Magazine - August 2023

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dried lumber and does some green purchasing. He also assists with logistics, trucking and accounts receivable. Monnoyer handles sales and purchasing of green lumber. The Deer Park Lumber Construction Company purchased D & K Lumber Co. in August of 1972. The partnership incorporated in 1978 and became Deer Park Lumber Inc. By 1982 the firm was purchased by Ronald Andrews, who, according to the company’s website, would forever change the dynamics of the operation by leading the way for it to become the progressive business it is today. Andrews and his family manage the business by promoting self-growth, customer service, harvesting quality timber, which in turn enables Deer Park Lumber to produce quality lumber. Because of his dedication to sustainable forestry, Andrews purchased and donated a truck and trailer for the WoodMobile, which travels Pennsylvania as an educational exhibit. This exhibit is displayed at schools and county fairs where people can learn about the forest and how it plays a part in our lives. In 2011 Deer Park Lumber added a forestry division that helps individuals make informed decisions where their timber tracts are concerned, thereby preventing needless damage to forestry resources. Deer Park Lumber Inc. is a member of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, Pennsylvania Forest Products Association, Penn-York Lumbermen’s Club, Keystone Wood Products Association, Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association and Northern Tier Hardwood Association. n For more information, visit www.deerparklumberinc.com. The new installations of the Pichè Inc. 60-bin sorter, as well as a Comact trimmer and grading scanner from BID Group Technologies Ltd. and PLC Controls from Logitech Controls, will increase Deer Park Lumber’s capacity as their employees become more proficient in the use of the new technology. DEER PARK LUMBER Continued ture and they can be left outside in the rain and it doesn’t matter. They work and they feed well through the automatic machines,” said Zona. “We would have to throw away a lot of the wooden style sticks. The wooden sticks bowed during the drying process and they didn’t feed as well.” Deer Park Lumber’s facility has a total dry kiln capacity of 500,000 board feet and an annual production of approximately 12 million board feet. The average lumber inventory available is 2.5 million board feet. Log inventory is approximately 800,000 to 950,000 board feet to allow about a three-week turnaround, preventing defects and staining in logs. Top-quality lumber begins with good inventory management. “We rotate the inventory as quick as we can, but we have a generous log supply and we are on in the summer months so, we use the black Shade-Dri®,” Zona said. “Black actually reduces the heat by 10 to 15 degrees in a log pile, which stops checking and staining. We also use U-C Coatings Corporation’s Anchorseal® on the lumber to wax and seal, and as we’re drying it we use 8-inch concrete rooftops that run through the drying process to keep the lumber flat. This is especially important for the top packages. The bottom packages get weight from all the other packages. The ones on top don’t have any weight unless we put these rooftops on them. Deer Park Lumber ships globally and offers customer pickup at the mill, flatbed delivery and/or container loading for both railcars and export shipping. “We’re marketing to distribution yards and direct to furniture and kitchen cabinet manufacturers, both internationally and domestically,” Zona said. “We’re shipping into China, Italy, Germany, Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, mostly in Pacific Rim countries.” Key personnel includes Joe Benko and Jack Monnoyer. Benko has worked at Deer Park Lumber for 12 years, he handles the sales of low-grade lumber, kiln- By Duramax sticks grip the lumber better and they stay straight. They should last us more than 10 years. We recommend Duramax! Joel Jennings Kiln Operations Manager Deer Park Lumber + ✔ COST-EFFECTIVE + ✔ NO WATER STAINING ✔ LASTS 15x LONGER THAN WOOD REQUEST A QUOTE! 48”, 72” and 96” LENGTHS IN STOCK! sales@redwoodplastics.com 1-877-595-2426 www.redwoodplastics.com 26 AUGUST 2023 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE RealAmericanHardwood.com/industry RealAmericanHardwood.com/industry AUGUST 2023 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 27