Read the March 2024 issue of National Hardwood Magazine to get the latest hardwood industry news! This issue features stories on Edensaw Woods Ltd., updates to the American Hardwood Lumber Grading workshop, the LSLA Winter Meeting, insights from the the ALC meeting and much more.
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606-932-3 17 Our digital footprint is a big deal. QUARTER SAWN WHITE OAK Contents NationalHardwoodMagazine MARCH 2024 Volume 98 No. 2 Features & Industry Events 26 30 32 Diverse Hardwood Lumber And Lumber Products At Edensaw Woods Ltd. AHEC Updates American Hardwood Lumber Grading Workshop LSLA Winter Meeting Includes Hardwood Industry Updates Departments 10 Hardwood Calendar 12 U.S.A. Trends 14 Canadian Trends 16 Industry News 18 HMA Update 20 AHEC Report 36 40 22 NWFA Review 24 NHLA: Why Knot... ALC Meeting: Logging Leader Says Rising Costs Hurt The Industry Penn-York Kicks Off New Year Of Meetings 64 Who’s Who 70 Classified Profit Opportunities 72 Advertisers Index WORLD’S LARGEST PRODUCER OF WHITE OAK PRODUCTS 26 About The Cover For over two decades, Graf Brothers has been serving the wood products industry worldwide with logs, lumber, barrel staves, plycore, and Hardwood flooring products to fit the industry’s needs. As the global leader in the rift and quarter sawn industry with a customer base that extends all over the world, it is no surprise that Graf Brothers is the world’s largest manufacturer of rift and quarter sawn White Oak products. Graf Brothers Flooring is an environmentally conscious company located in the heart of the Appalachian foothills, a geographic region known for its abundant natural resources of the choicest Hardwoods. Graf Brothers occupies an 80-acre site in South Shore, Kentucky where it houses the entire manufacturing process that is overseen through each step. Skilled workforce across a range of disciplines, scaling support through manufacturing operation, taking full responsibility for long-term product performance. Graf Brothers is proud to manufacture 100% American-Made products. Reach out and partner with Graf Brothers at 606-932-3117 or visit www.grafbro.com for more info. Founded in 1927 by: O.L. Miller – 1894-1963 Publisher: Paul J. Miller – 1963-2010 • Forest Products Export Directory • Imported Wood Purchasing Guide • Import/Export Wood Purchasing News • Hardwood Purchasing Handbook • Green Books’s Hardwood Marketing Directory • Green Books’s Softwood Marketing Directory • The Softwood Forest Products Buyer Terry Miller – President Paul J. Miller Jr. – Co-owner Zach Miller – Sales Executive Chris Fehr – Sales Executive Sue Putnam – Editor Cadance Hanson - Staff Writer Dolores Buchanan - Who’s Who Coordinator Rachael Stokes – Graphic Artist Camille Campbell – Graphic Artist Tammy Daugherty – Production Manager Jennifer Trentman – Green Book Market Sales Lisa Carpenter – Circulation Manager Lexi Hardin – Subscription & List Services Graf Brothers Flooring grafbro.com sales@grafbro.com 606-932-3117 ADVERTISING OFFICES: 5175 Elmore Rd., Suite 23, Memphis, TN 38134 901-372-8280 FAX: 901-373-6180 Reach us via the Internet at: www.nationalhardwoodmag.com E-mail addresses: ADVERTISING: tammy@millerwoodtradepub.com EDITORIAL: editor@millerwoodtradepub.com SUBSCRIPTIONS: circ@millerwoodtradepub.com EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS: Chicago, Los Angeles, High Point, Grand Rapids, Portland, Toronto Controlled circulation postage paid at Memphis, TN (USPS #917-760) The NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE (ISSN 0194-0910) is published monthly, except for two issues in December, for .00 per year and .00 (U.S. dollars) per year for Canada by NationalHardwoodMagazine, Inc., 5175 Elmore Rd., Suite 23, Memphis, TN 38134. Periodicals Postage paid at Memphis, TN, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to NationalHardwoodMagazine, P.O. Box 34908, Memphis, TN 38184. Publications mail agreement No. 40739074. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: P.O. Box 503, RPO W. Beaver Cre., Rich-Hill, ON L4B 4R6. The publisher reserves the right to accept or reject editorial content and Ads at the staff’s discretion. 2 MARCH 2024 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE MARCH 2024 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 3 QUARTER SAWN WHITE OAK WORLD’S LARGEST PRODUCER OF WHITE OAK PRODUCTS Graf Brothers Flooring grafbro.com sales@grafbro.com www.RealAmericanHardwood.com/industry www.RealAmericanHardwood.com/industry GRAF BROTHERS FLOORING Scan to sign up and recieve our virtual issues FREE. 6 MARCH 2024 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE www.RealAmericanHardwood.com/industry www.RealAmericanHardwood.com/industry MARCH 2024 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 7
