National Hardwood Magazine - November 2013

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WCMA Tours Welcome More Than 150 Attendees Canton, OH–The McKinley Grand Hotel served as the site for the Wood Component Manufacturers Association’s (WCMA) 2013 annual conference, which included the Wood Technology Expo followed by two days of tours of eight separate facilities in the Canton area. Photos By Smithberger Photography Inc. The WCMA represents manufacturers of dimension and wood component products who can supply any component needed for cabinetry, furniture, architectural millwork, closets, flooring, staircases, building materials and decorative/specialty wood products made from Hardwoods, softwoods and a variety of engineered wood materials. WCMA member companies are located throughout the U.S. and Canada. Among the facilities toured were: ■ Yoder Lumber Co. Inc., of Millersburg, OH, has been family-owned for three generations. Offering Appalachian Hardwoods, Yoder has three locations and services wholesalers, millwork distributors, the dimension and international markets. Yoder offers the following in varying thicknesses, lengths and color sorts: Red and White Oak, Poplar, Hard and Soft Maple, Cherry, Ash, Black Walnut, Hickory, Beech and Birch. For more information, www.yoderlumber.com. ■ Gerber Wood Products, of Kidron, OH, is a manufacturer and distributor of FSC certified wood products. Gerber manufactures a wide variety of products, including architectural moulding, stair parts and industrial components. Visit Andre and Martin Lefebvre of Bois Nordex Inc., Mont-Laurier, QC, gather literature about Gerber Wood Products during a tour of that company. www.gerberwood.com for more information. ■ Keim Lumber Company, located in Charm, OH, is a one-stop home center that offers such products as custom millwork, doors and windows, specialty wood and flooring, as well as a large selection of building materials. For a complete listing of products and services, visit online at www.keimlumber.com. ■ Walnut Creek Planing Ltd., located in Millersburg, OH, operates a 125,000- board-foot manufacturing facility for wood components and finished wood products and a separate facility of 10 acres with air-drying and kiln-drying facilities. Walnut Creek has the capability to dry up to 300,000 board feet of material at any one time. For more information about this company, visit online at www.wcplaning.com. Also toured were the following: ■ Hiland Wood Products, of Walnut Creek, OH, manufacturers of high quality cabinet doors, drawer boxes, moulding and architectural millwork. For more information, visit www.hilandwoodproducts.com. ■ Miller Wood Designs, of Sugarcreek, OH, which began in 1993, runs all Hardwood species through its facilities in order to manufacture cabinet, furniture and stair parts. Products can be viewed on the company’s website at www.millerdesigns.com. ■ Hochstetler Wood Ltd., Millersburg, OH, which is a Hardwood dimension and flooring producer, was also toured. For more information, phone 330-893-1601. (Left) Leon Osborne, Osborne Wood Products, Toccoa, GA, and Bob Blaut, Bioformix Inc., Loveland, OH, listen as Steve Gerber, of Gerber Wood Products, Kidron, OH, discusses a wood process used by his facility. ■ Eagle Machinery & Supply Inc., located in Sugarcreek, OH, offers several products and specializes in rough mill solutions with custom designed material handling machinery, optimizing machinery for rip-chop operations and integration of complete dimension systems. A complete list of what Eagle offers can be found at www.eaglemachines.com. For more information about the WCMA, visit the organization’s website at www.woodcomponents.org. ■ 28 NOVEMBER 2013 ■ NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE

Pictured are over 150 of the attendees at The Wood Component Manufacturers Association’s (WCMA) recent 2013 annual conference and Wood Technology Expo, held at the McKinley Grand Hotel in Canton, OH. Mel Yoder, Yoder Lumber Co. Inc., welcomes WCMA attendees to his facility in Millersburg, OH. (Pictured center) Among WCMA attendees, Tim McIntyre and Mark Paisley, of Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers, Auburn, ME, observe as a Yoder Lumber employee binds together cut wood. Yoder Lumber employees carefully saw Appalachian Hardwoods, including Red and White Oak, Poplar, Hard and Soft Maple, Cherry, Basswood, Ash, Black Walnut, Hickory, Beech and Birch. A Gerber Wood Products representative discusses various products on display during a WCMA tour. In attendance are manufacturers of dimension and wood component products. Amos Yoder, of Keim Lumber Company, Charm, OH, gives Al Ryan, of Tri-Wood Products, Louisville, KY, and other WCMA attendees a tour through part of that company’s large selection of building materials. A Keim Lumber Company employee produces custom-cut wood pieces as WCMA attendees observe various phases of production in process. Along with accompanying WCMA attendees, Brad Smith (center, right) of Walnut Creek Planing Ltd., located in Millersburg, OH, and Tim Yoder, of Tilo Industries, Lewisburg, PA, observe product advancement on the production line. More photos on page 37 NOVEMBER 2013 ■ NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 29