National Hardwood Magazine - October 2014

HMA UPDATE YOUR PERSONAL

HMA UPDATE YOUR PERSONAL INVITATION HAS JUST ARRIVED! There’s no time like the present to get your planning started! HMA’s 2015 National Conference and Expo is heading to the Omni Nashville, March 25 – 27, and you have my personal invitation to join us, there. We’ll be armed with the tools and strategies to assist in “Engineering an Optimal Tomorrow,” and all Hardwood lumber producers and processors are welcome to attend. As in past years, the event will feature speakers, workshops and roundtables on national and global economics, manufacturing and market trends, innovation and issues of importance to the Hardwood industry. Receptions and other meal venues will offer opportunities for networking and idea exchanges. And industry suppliers will present the latest technology at the not-to-bemissed Expo. I’m especially pleased to announce that two other industry groups, the Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association (SCMA) and the Wood Component Manufacturers Association (WCMA) will be conducting their annual meetings in Nashville in conjunction with HMA’s event. And that means that an already great event just turned into a super one. New faces! More contacts! This industry-wide Conference is a perfect opportunity to connect with key industry players! And remember, everyone is welcome to attend. So calling all HMA members and other interested participants! Online registration is already up and running at www.HMAmembers.org. It’s quick and easy, and if you act now, you’ll save $$. Then be sure to make frequent visits to the web- site for all of the Conference agenda details, hotel information, and an updated listing of participating industry suppliers. Before closing, I’d like to thank all who made HMA’s recent Northeast Regional Meeting in Pennsylvania such a success. If you weren’t part of the excitement, the actionpacked 36 hours featured tours of Wheeland Lumber Company, Patterson Lumber Co., Cummings Lumber Company, Barefoot Pellet Company, Lewis Lumber Products, and Koppers, Inc., and included time for nearly 150 participants to mix and mingle. Thank you tour hosts, service providers and all participants. Because of you, this was the “quintessential” Regional Meeting. And remember, Early Bird Registration is up and running. Plan to join us, March 25-27, for HMA’s 2015 National Conference and Expo, at the Omni Nashville. We’ll be “Engineering an Optimal Tomorrow” and I look forward to seeing you! The Hardwood Manufacturers Association is a national trade organization with membership limited to U.S. Hardwood lumber producers and processors. HMA is a member-driven association; providing member companies peer-networking opportunities, valuable information exchange and strategic management tools. The Association also conducts a focused, far-reaching promotion campaign, directed to both consumers and build professionals, extolling the beauty, environmental preference and lasting value of American Hardwood flooring, furniture, cabinetry and millwork. ■ BY LINDA JOVANOVICH, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, HARDWOOD MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, PITTSBURGH, PA 412-244-0440 www.HMAmembers.org About the Hardwood Manufacturers Association The Hardwood Manufacturers Association is a national trade organization with membership limited to U.S. Hardwood lumber producers and processors. HMA is a member-driven association; providing member companies peer-networking opportunities, valuable information exchange and strategic management tools. The Association also conducts a focused, far-reaching promotion campaign, directed to both consumers and build professionals, extolling the beauty, environmental preference and lasting value of American Hardwood flooring, furniture, cabinetry and millwork. www.HMAmembers.org 22 OCTOBER 2014 ■ NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE

Hardwood Manufacturers Association Providing industry leaders strategic tools to assist in their day-to-day business management since 1938. We are global providers of select, solid American hardwoods and the only national trade organization with membership limited to American hardwood lumber producers and processors. Join us! Call TODAY to discuss membership! It’s networking at its best. Just ask our members. Abenaki Timber Corporation Al-Tom Forest Products American Lumber Company Anderson-Tully Company Anthony Timberlands, Inc. Atlanta Hardwood Corporation B & B Lumber Company, Inc. Baillie Lumber Company Battle Lumber Co., Inc. Beal Lumber Co., Inc. Big River Cypress & Hardwoods, Inc. Bill Hanks Lumber Company Bingaman & Son Lumber, Inc. Brenneman Lumber & Kiln Drying Brownlee Lumber, Inc. Buchanan Lumber Birmingham BWP Hardwoods, Inc. Carl Rosenberry & Sons Lumber, Inc. Cersosimo Lumber Company Cummings Lumber Company Curtner Lumber Company Dwight Lewis Lumber Company East Perry Lumber Company Frank Miller Lumber Company Fred Netterville Lumber Company Granite Hardwoods, Inc. Haessly Hardwood Lumber Company Hanafee Brothers Sawmill Company, Inc. Hermitage Hardwood Lumber Sales HHP, Inc. High Country Lumber & Mulch Holt & Bugbee Company J. E. Jones Lumber Company J. T. Shannon Lumber Co. J. W. Black Lumber Company Jerry G. Williams & Sons, Inc. Johnson Brothers Lumber Company Josey Lumber Company, Inc. Keiver-Willard Lumber Corp. Kendrick Forest Products Inc. Kentucky Hardwood Lumber Kretz Lumber Company, Inc. Kuhns Brothers Lumber Company, Inc. Lewis Brothers Lumber Company, Inc. Linden Lumber, LLC Lumbra Hardwoods Inc. Maine Woods Company LLC Matson Lumber Company Menzner Lumber & Supply Co. Midwest Hardwood Corp. Mueller Brothers Timber, Inc. Nicolet Hardwoods Corporation Northland Forest Products Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. Oakman Hardwood, Inc. Oaks Unlimited Patterson Lumber Co., Inc. Pike Lumber Company, Inc. Prime Lumber Co. Quality Hardwoods, Inc. RAM Forest Products, Inc. Rives & Reynolds Lumber Company, Inc. Ron Jones Hardwood Sales Rossi Group Rutland Lumber Company Sirianni Hardwoods, Inc. T & S Hardwoods, Inc. T & S Sawmill Company, Inc. The Turman Group Thompson Appalachian Hardwoods, Inc. Thompson Hardwoods, Inc. Tigerton Lumber Company Turn Bull Lumber Co. Tuscarora Hardwoods, Inc. Virginia-Carolina Forest Products, Inc. Wagner Millwork, Inc. Ward Timber, Ltd. Watson Lumber Company Weaber, Inc. Wellborn Cabinet, Inc. Wheeland Lumber Company Whitson Lumber Company Yoder Lumber Company, Inc. Find us @ AmericanHardwds 412.244-0440 www.HMAmembers.org info@hardwood.org