National Hardwood Magazine - June 2015

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NORTHEAST TRADE TALK - Continued AJD Forest Products Premium Kiln Dried Hardwoods Northern SERVING Red Oak THE is Our WORLD Specialty Lake FOR States OVER Largest 75 Producer YEARS of Specializing Industrial in 4/4 Hardwood Lumber Lumber Cummings P.O. Lumber Box Co. 629 Inc. Grayling, MI 49738 P.O. Phone Box 6, Troy, 989-348-5412 Pa 16947 FAX 989-348-2500 Phone: Email: 570-297-4771 fred@ajdforestproducts.com Website: Fax: 570-297-2766 www.ajdforestproducts.com Web: www.clc1.com DRY KILNS • 2 SAWMILLS Roy 25,000,000 Cummings Jr. - President BF ANNUAL Larry Cordner - roy@clc1.com PRODUCTION Sales Chip Cummings - Sales larry@clc1.com chip@clc1.com Lumber For A Lifetime. Phone: 319-986-5524 Toll Free: 877-SAWLOGS Fax: 319-986-5710 Email: sally@bateyltd.com Sales: Sally Johnson Specializing in Walnut, Soft Maple, White Oak and Red Oak Flooring Association’s Responsible Procurement Program (RPP). and Established to the producer.” to recognize wood flooring companies that work to sustain forests, He continued, the NWFA’s “Hopefully RPP is supported as we by continue the Forest to Stewardship recover from Council (FSC) and the FSC Family Forests Alliance. the winter, demand will come back a little more and people Three tiers are included in the program. Tier One is the entry-level stage will start building inventories again. Right now everybody is that requires a company to develop and adopt a Responsible Procurement only Policy holding that conforms a just-in-time to RPP requirements. inventory.” Tier n Two, the transitional stage that requires a company to obtain FSC chain-of-custody certification and Tier Three, the highest-level stage, requires a company to meet all requirements of Tier One Continued and Two and from achieve page 7at least 50 percent sales in FSC-cer- ONTARIO tified wood. while As part ensuring of the RPP, resources the NWFAare formed managed a FSC Procurement sustainably. Group, This which will is spearheaded also help by modernize a committee the that forestry includes sector manufacturers, and facilitate and industry the groups production both inside of and value-added outside of flooring. products According by supporting to the NWFA’s new communications director, Anita Howard, 270 million acres of U.S. forests are technologies. owned The government by small landowners, is continuing but only reduced 2.5 million stumpage acres are rates FSC-certified. for 2015-16 “The Procurement for Poplar Group and is White trying Birch to combine trees landowners as further confirmation group, and of its remove commitment some of the to barriers boost of the certification,” competitiveness Howard of said. into a larger For more information about Anderson Hardwood Floors visit Ontario’s forest sector. n www.andersonfloors.com and for more information about the NWFA’s RPP visit www.nwfa.org. QUEBEC Continued from page • 7 cent Arcadia, in 2016. Wis.—Ashley Furniture Industries Inc., based here, recently restructured EDC’s forecast its sales for divisions the American and sales management economy is with 3.6 a percent goal of boosting efficiencies in 2015 and and eliminating 3.3 percent redundancies, in 2016. according The outlook to Furniture for Ca-Todanadian magazine. GDP growth is 2.4 percent for both 2015 and 2016, growth continues The divisional the report. structure will be segmented into three product categories: case goods, stationary upholstery and motion upholstery. Independent Some councils in northern Ontario communities are looking at supporting the province of Quebec’s stance on anti- marketing specialists will be dedicated to each division in order to ensure that the sales organization continues to offer the same level of product forestry campaigns. The strongly worded document essentially puts non-governmental organizations, such as Green knowledge, product training and assistance to retail customers, the company’s CEO Todd Wanek told Furniture Today. Peace “Simply and put, the prior Rain to this Forest refocus, Action each of Network the divisions on notice would that often call their on the campaigns same accounts,” to undermine Wanek explained. the provincial “As part of our forest ongoing industriement in to Ontario be as efficient and Quebec as possible, will we not made be these tolerated. changes Councillors in order to serve commit- were our dealers unanimous at the highest in their level.” request for more time to review and research the issue in order to make an informed vote on the • resolution. Washington, The resolution D.C.—Agriculture states that forest Secretary products for the companies U.S. Forest Service, in Ontario Tom Vilsack are recently governed announced by the that Crown the U.S. Forest Forest Sustainability Service will commit Act, an additional bound by stringent million to environmental address public standards safety concerns and and their forest products health needs. are sustainable. It notes that disinformation campaigns According based to on the ideology United States rather Department than science of Agriculture targeting customers Vilsack made of sustainable the announcement provincial during forest a conference products call negatively with Colorado (USDA), impacts Governor local Bill Ritter. economies and threatens the livelihood of citizens “Forest in regional lands play communities. a critical role in providing clean water and a healthier climate for all Americans, and the USDA is committed to protecting and The resolution advocates that these organizations be preserving this important resource from pests like the bark beetle,” Vilsack “held accountable” for the effect these campaigns have on said. “These funds will help address the growing threat posed by the bark the industry and their customers, forestry workers and communities. It demands that the NGOs “cease and desist” all beetle to millions of acres of forests across the Western United States.” For more information visit www.usda.gov. campaigns targeting consumers of renewable forest products harvested from Ontario’s boreal forest. n • 64 48 JUNE 2015 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE Hardwoods Have Workability

NEWS DEVELOPMENTS Continued from page 9 everyone who visits the home,” Payne added. “They especially like to touch the wood and always ask what type it is. I get a kick out of what we were able to create using Cypress.” For more information on Cypress, visit www.CypressInfo.org. To watch episodes or learn more about “For Your Home,” visit www.ForYourHome.com. MANUFACTURER OF QUALITY BAND SAWN NORTHERN APPALACHIAN HARDWOODS RED OAK WHITE OAK CHERRY SOFT MAPLE POPLAR WHITE ASH HARD MAPLE WALNUT rEaL aNtiquE Wood WiNS fLoor of tHE yEar Josey Quarter 4.9.15_Layout 1 4/28/15 1:39 PM Page 1 Real Antique Wood, based in Irvington, NJ, was recently announced as the National Wood Flooring Association’s (NWFA) 2015 Floor of The Year recipient. This is the four-year-old company’s second award given by the NWFA. Owners Gary and Lisa Horvath of Real Antique Wood were thrilled to accept their second award from NWFA. The design features Walnut slabs from fallen trees during Hurricane Sandy in 2013. After three years of kiln drying, the wood was moved to the site of the project in Pompton Plains, NJ, for installation. According to the company’s press release, General Manager and Master Carpenter Anthony Saraceno is the company’s primary designer and the creative brains behind the operation. Real Antique Wood was established in 2011 as a full service mill in addition to a custom workshop and antique shop. For more information visit www.realantiquewood.com. HardWood fEdEratioN, NHLa aNd coNGrESS MEMbErS tour HardWood faciLitiES 500,000 B.F. Dry Kiln Capacity 2 Million B.F. Dry Storage Container Loading Mixed TL’s S2S, Ripped to Width, Cut-Length & Finger-Joint Lumber Measured & Inspected after Kiln Drying 2240 Shermans Valley Road, Elliottsburg, PA 17024 Phone: 717-582-4122 Fax: 717-582-7438 Toll Free: 1-800-253-0263 E-mail: sales@tuscarorahardwoods.com Website: tuscarorahardwoods.com JoCo Lumber, Inc. is a division of Josey Lumber Company, Inc. The Hardwood Federation’s (HF) Policy and Public Affairs Council Manager Cary Moon recently set out on the road to tour some lumber facilities, including Neff Lumber Mills, located in Broadway, VA. Neff Lumber’s Marijo Wood and Mike Hoover hosted the tour. National Hardwood Lumber Association’s Mark Barford and staff hosted Corey Schrodt, legislative assistant from Representative Stephen Fincher’s (R-TN) office. According to HF, Schrodt took time out of his schedule to tour the NHLA facilities and stay for a discussion of the issues affecting the Hardwood industry. Eldon Burton and Andrew Densmore of Senator Mark Warner’s (D-VA) office visited Northland Forest Products facility in Troy, VA, for a tour and a discussion on exports and business issues. n Logan, Joey and Tripp Josey Our company offers: • 10,000,000 BF of annual production from our 6’ band headrig and 6’ band resaw. • Red and White Oak, Soft Maple, Ash, Poplar and Cypress in 4/4 through 8/4 thickness. • rough, surfaced, air-dried and kiln-dried lumber in random widths and lengths. • export prepping, container loading of logs and lumber, anti-stain dipping and end coating lumber. • 380,000 BF of dry kiln capacity. • 65,000 SF of enclosed warehouse for storage and loading of kiln-dried lumber. For Quality Appalachian Lumber Contact: JOsey Lumber COmpany, InC. JOCO Lumber, InC. 476 Lees meadow rd. • p.O. Drawer 447 scotland neck, nC 27874 TeL: (252) 826-5614 • FaX: (252) 826-3461 COnTaCT: emaIL: joseylbr@embarqmail.com saLes: C.K. (Joey) Josey, Jr. 1 JUNE 2015 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 65