National Hardwood Magazine - October 2014

WHO’S WHO CONTINUED

WHO’S WHO CONTINUED No. 2 and Better character, KD furniture grade material, 4/4 through 16/4, all stored rough. In addition Kellogg Hardwoods offers Hardwood lumber. Value-added services include custom milling, stair treads, and S4S and S3S milling for walk-in customers. As owner and president of Kellogg Hardwoods, Allen handles many aspects of daily operations, including sales, purchasing, customer service, maintenance and over-seeing of manufacturing. He started the company alongside his father in 1992 and has spent 22 years in the industry, with previous jobs as a carpenter and heavy equipment operator. Kellogg Hardwoods is a member of the National Wood Flooring Association. Allen enjoys hunting, hiking, camping, wood-turning and is an instrument rated private pilot. He has been married to Karine for 11 years and the couple has one daughter, Maria. For more information visit www.kellogghardwoods.com. KENT MACPHERSON is owner of Quarter-Sawn Flooring LLC, located in Martinsville, IN. Quarter-Sawn Flooring manufactures engineered Hardwood flooring. The company purchases over 100,000 board feet per year of Hardwood lumber and logs, including Oak, Walnut, Cherry, Maple, Hickory and Sycamore (FAS and Select, any thickness, rough). MacPherson graduated from Bloomington High School North, Bloomington, IN, in 1974 and Indiana University School of Business, Bloomington, in 1982. He started in the forest products industry in the 1970’s as a woodworker. MacPherson has been owner of Quarter-Sawn Flooring for eight years, since the company was formed, and as owner he handles various aspects of the company, including purchasing and day-to-day operations. The company is a member of the National Wood Flooring Association and in 2005 was involved in the manufacture and installation of a floor which won an NWFA Wood Floor of the Year award. MacPherson’s favorite pastimes include cycling, billiards and chess. He has been married to Rita for 15 years and the couple has one son, two daughters and two granddaughters. For more information visit www.quarter-sawnflooring.com. ■ Holmes & Co., Inc. Phone: 800-222-5376 ext. 240 FAX: (260) 244-5694 Walnut Hard Maple White Oak Red Oak Soft Maple Ash Butternut Basswood Cherry P.O. Box 370 • Columbia City, Indiana 46725 Sales: Mista Feist and Ray Thompson Email: holmescomfeist@earthlink.net Ray Thompson, Mista Feist and Robert Greer standing in front of 16/4 F & Better, White Oak lumber. Daniel Almendinger standing with exceptional White Oak logs at Holmes & Co. We specialize in heavy stock 4/4 through 16/4 Band Mill Automatic Stacker Dry Kilns Surfacer Predryer Annual Production 9,000,000 ft. Avg. AD Inventory 2,000,000 ft. Avg. KD Inventory 3,000,000 ft. HICKORY • HARD & SOFT MAPLE • POPLAR • RED & WHITE OAK • WALNUT • ASH 74 OCTOBER 2014 ■ NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE

AHEC REPORT continued from page 24 Six Asian markets feature in the top twelve global markets for American Hardwoods, with significant volumes also to Japan, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. Of these only Thailand and Indonesia did not increase in value this year so far. Globally the three leading lumber species this year are Red Oak up 60% in value, White Oak up 29% and Tulipwood (Yellow Poplar) up 24%. Exports of these species approximately reflect their growing volumes in the Hardwood forest and their sustainability. Ash, USDA - Total U.S. Hardwood Lumber Exports by Species Maple and Walnut are also major export species. However in Asia individual markets demand a very different Increases for the first half of 2014 of American Hardwood mix of species. Top three in China are Red Oak, Ash and veneer were more modest with 4% in value to US0 million. Tulipwood, whereas Vietnam chooses Tulipwood, White Oak Asian countries have tended to import logs for their own veneer and Ash. In Japan Walnut, White Oak and Cherry are most valued. Thailand follows Vietnam exactly but Indonesia includes countries. Global exports of U.S. Hardwood logs this year were production with China, Vietnam and Japan all in the top four Red Oak in its top three. Malaysia, a major furniture exporter up 17% in both volume and value. ■ calls for White Oak, Walnut and Tulipwood. These differences depend on the sectors into which American Hardwoods fit, such as flooring and furniture in China, or furniture and hospitality sectors in Vietnam. P.O. Box 16767 Greensboro, North Carolina 27416-6767 Call Us or Fax Today 1-800-234-3343 • 1-336-378-1265 Fax: 1-336-379-0863 web site: www.beardhardwoods.com Complete export preparation at our wholesale distribution yards with milling facilities at Greensboro, NC. Distribution Warehouse in Long Beach, CA We now have a distribution warehouse in Long Beach, CA to better serve our West Coast customers. Specializing in Poplar, Red Oak, White Oak and Ash Mixed Truckloads Surfacing S2S Dry Kilns (400,000 ft cap) ® SALES JOHN BEARD jbeard@beardhardwoods.com DERICK SHULAR dshular@beardhardwoods.com WALT LANCASTER wlancaster@beardhardwoods.com PURCHASING DAVID LEONARD dleonard@beardhardwoods.com AARON FOUTS afouts@beardhardwoods.com OCTOBER 2014 ■ NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 75