National Hardwood Magazine - Christmas Buyers Guide 2014

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TRADE TALK CONTINUED What are you up to now? Expanding your facilities, adding personnel or equipment, holding a meeting or convention? The National Hardwood Magazine would like to know so that we can publish your announcement. Send your news to: editor@millerwoodtradepub.com WOODLAND, WA—USNR, based here, recently introduced its Green Fuel Burner. The EPA has issued rules imposing stricter emission limits on industrial boilers, known as Boiler MACT, which requires “maximum achievable control technology” (MACT) for such equipment, a company representative said. “This has many in our industry scrambling to achieve compliance. USNR’s Green Fuel Burner generates hot air from a gasification process that ensures complete combustion, automatically reducing particulates to levels in compliance with EPA Boiler MACT rules.” According to the representative, USNR’s innovative Green Fuel Burner system eliminates the common problems of direct-fired burners while increasing lumber value. The unit burns sawdust for an economical heat source, but employs an afterburner module to ensure complete combustion. USNR has grown from a small sawmill equipment supplier to a world leader, with products ranging Modern Cross Circulation Kilns • Quality Millwork 10,000,000 BF Air Dried Yard P.O. BOX 909 LONDON, KENTUCKY 40743-0909 PHONE (606) 864-7375 FAX: (606) 864-7355 WEBSITE: www.chaneylumber.com SALES: Jim Baker - Bryan Gentry Weʼd appreciate your inquiries when you need quality kiln dried Appalachian Hardwood lumber in the species we specialize in which are: 4/4 & 5/4 Red and White Oak; and 4/4 through 8/4 Poplar that are all in #1 Common up through the higher grades. ALSO OUR BUSINESS IS CUSTOM KILN DRYING 600,000 BF Kiln Capacity 2,500,000 BF Dry Storage 1,400,000 Air Dried Shed Capacity 64 CHRISTMAS 2014 ■ NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE

from single machines to complete turnkey solutions for wood processors in the forest products industry. For more information visit www.usnr.com. ST. LOUIS, MO—The National Wood Flooring Association recently announced that it has renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in an effort to further the goal of environmental sustainability in the wood products industry. The collaboration will focus on three major areas: •Promoting environmentally responsible procurement of wood imports by NWFA members •Promoting better understanding about U.S. buyer expectations regarding technical and quality specifications •Seeking opportunities to connect NWFA members with WWF’s Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) participants To accomplish these goals, the two organizations will work togeth- Please turn the page FROM ALDER TO ZEBRAWOOD THE POWER OF POSSIBILITIES Our business is designed to bring options to yours. We manufacture domestically, source globally, and deliver reliably. For more information, visit www.northwesthardwoods.com. © 2014 Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. All rights reserved. FACILITIES: Distribution Yard • Dry Kilns • Own Trucks • S-382 Newman Whitney Planer • Diehl Straight Line Rip • Whitney DS-802 SPECIES: OAK • POPLAR • WHITE ASH • HICKORY • BASSWOOD • WALNUT • CHERRY • BIRCH • HARD & SOFT MAPLE Call (574) 753-3151 or (800) 536-3151 FAX: (574) 753-2525 or (800) 536-2526 Logansport, Indiana 46947 Web Site: www.colehardwood.com e-mail: dave@colehardwood.com Carl Rosenberry & Sons Lumber, Inc. 7446 Path Valley Road Fort Loudon, PA 17224 FAX: (717) 349-2044 Phone: (717) 349-2289 www.rosenberrylumber.com Email inquiries to Jackie Kriner at jackie@rosenberrylumber.com Fine Pennsylvania Hardwoods 75% Red and White Oak Maintaining 700,000’ K.D. Inventory and 1,000,000 bd. ft. of Green and Air Dried lumber 300,000 bd. ft. Kiln Capacity • Annual Production 7,000,000’ CHRISTMAS 2014 ■ NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 65