National Hardwood Magazine - November 2016

WHO’S WHO CONTINUED

WHO’S WHO CONTINUED Peter DeViVi is president and founder of Peter DeVivi Productions inc., located in Waterloo, NY. Peter DeVivi Productions Inc. purchases 150,000 board feet annually of upper grade plain and quarter sawn Red and White Oak, Cherry, Ash, Hard Maple, Hickory, Walnut, Poplar and Black Locust. The company produces solid wood flooring, custom trims, custom staircases, solid wood mortise and tenon doors and Wine Stix, which are Oak barrel alternatives for the wine manufacturing industry. DeVivi began his career in the wood products industry as a sawyer. He cut Walnut trees and logs into slabs for furniture. He attended the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, after graduating from Orange County High School in Orange, VA. He also served two terms as president of the NorthEast Wood Machine Association. Peter DeVivi Productions Inc. won the 2004 Central New York Patent Law Association Mechanical Patent of the Year award for the Tapertite® tongue and groove patent for solid wood flooring. DeVivi and his wife Andrea have been married for 14 years and have three sons, three daughters and a grandson. More information can be found at www.tapertite.com. robert “bob” SiMon is milling manager and lumber buyer for Point Five Windows & Doors inc., located in Fort Collins, CO. Point Five Windows & Doors is a manufacturer of custom designed windows and doors, purchasing approximately 100,000 board feet annually of Cherry, Hard and Soft Maple, White Oak, as well as some Sapele and Teak (Select and Better, 4/4 through 12/4, kiln-dried and rough). Simon has worked at Point Five Windows & Doors for 30 years, with 16 years spent in his current position. His responsibilities include daily operations of the milling facility and he also serves as the Forest Stewardship Council program administrator for the company. Simon is married to Carol and the couple has two sons and a daughter. In his spare time he enjoys jet skiing, vintage motorcycles, remote control helicopters and trout fishing. Additional information can be found at www.pointfivewindows.com. n 52 NOVEMBER 2016 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE

ONTARIO Continued from page 49 the bank’s surprisingly pessimistic tone may be part of an effort to keep downward pressure on the Canadian dollar and short-term interest rates. A lower dollar and lower interest rates generally help drive exports and business investment. Canada’s economy shrank 1.6 percent in the second quarter, dragged down by the effect of the wildfires on oil production in and around Fort McMurray, AB. Some economists are already scaling back their expectations for next year and beyond. In a report released by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) chief economist said Canada’s economy won’t hit 2-percent growth until 2019 at the earliest. CIBC is now forecasting growth of 1.8 percent next year, down from 2.1 percent, and 1.9 percent in 2018. n mer 2014_Layout 1 2/2/15 11:41 AM Page 1 QUEBEC Continued from page 9 merce was expected to lag the growth of the world economy, the trade body said. The figures should be a wake-up call for governments, WTO Director-General said in the sixmonth trade outlook report. The data underlined concerns that, after a long period of growth through globalization and reliance on global trade, governments are increasingly seeking to protect their own industries and promote domestic producers at the expense of foreign competitors. Although all governments deny protectionism, trade is no longer outpacing economic growth as it used to. Trade has grown 1.5 times faster than gross domestic product over the long term, and twice as fast when globalization picked up in the 1990s. This year trade will grow only 80 percent as fast as the global economy, the WTO said, the first reversal of globalization since 2001 and only the second since 1982. The benefits of trade should be shared more widely, he said, with a system that does more to include poor countries, small firms, marginalized groups and entrepreneurs – an apparent nod to anti-globalization activists who say that secretive trade talks are exclusively aimed at helping big business. The WTO Director-General said four out of five job losses in industrialized countries were not due to competition from cheap imports but to automation and efficiency campaigns that allowed firms to cut their work force. The WTO further said it anticipated slower 2017 trade growth than in its previous forecast, with a rise of 1.8-3.1 percent rather than the 3.6 percent it had estimated in April. n WORMY CHESTNUT • TROPICALS • QTR & RIFT • CYPRESS • ELM 6 million BF KD Inventory West Coast Sales 626-445-8556 Headquarters, Concentration Yard & Kilns in Hickory, N.C. Phone (828) 397-7481 FAX: (828) 397-3763 www.cramerlumber.com Hardwoods • White Pine • Cypress “LIMBO” The Lumber Rule Atlanta, GA Warehouse 770-479-9663 4/4 thru 16/4 thicknesses Export Sales 706-736-2622 HICKORY • HARD & SOFT MAPLE • POPLAR • RED & WHITE OAK • WALNUT • ASH WHITE PINE • BASSWOOD • BEECH • BIRCH • CEDAR • CHERRY NOVEMBER 2016 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 53