National Hardwood Magazine - September 2019

WHO’S WHO IN HARDWOOD

WHO’S WHO IN HARDWOOD PURCHASING Do you purchase a minimum of 100,000 board feet of No. 2 Common and Better domestic Hardwoods annually for your wood working plant? If so, National Hardwood Magazine would like to feature you– FREE–in our Who’s Who in Hardwood Purchasing! Our news item will highlight your career and feature pertinent information about your company’s products and services. For more information email our Who’s Who Coordinator at whoswho@- millerwoodtradepub.com. MIKE HALL is the lumber purchaser, estimator, and IT Coordinator for Woodland Supply & Manufacturing Ltd., located in Winnipeg, MB. Woodland Supply & Manufacturing purchases approximately 2.5 million board feet annually of Northern Red Oak, Eastern Hard and Soft White Maple, Walnut, Birch, Aspen, Mike Hall and Poplar (Select and Better, No. 1 and No. 2 Common, Rough, KD, 4/4 through 8/4). Woodland Supply manufactures solid wood baseboards, casings, crown mouldings, doorjambs, balusters, newel posts, solid doors, handrail and rail components, hot and cold air registers as well as S4S lumber. Value-added services offered by the company include custom profiled mouldings and designed wood products. The company also has a retail store on-site that supplies the required hardware for the products they manufacture for the home building industry as well as the public. Hall has been with the company since 2003 and in his current position since 2007. He began his career in the forest products industry as a custom door manufacturer. Later he became a journeyman cabinetmaker and owned and operated his own custom cabinet and woodworking shop. A graduate of British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC, he served in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves and was a volunteer firefighter for three years. Hall is a certified P.A.D.I. rescue diver and enjoys touring the country with his wife on their Harley-Davidson. He has been married to his wife Brenda for 33 years and the couple has one daughter and two granddaughters. For more information visit www.woodlandsupply.- ca. TODD McCLURE is owner and chief executive officer for McClure Tables Inc., located in Hudsonville, MI. McClure Tables is a manufacturer of butcher blocks, kitchen islands, shuffleboard tables, and butcher block tops and solid edge-glued countertops. The company purchases 62 SEPTEMBER 2019 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE

A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LEADING PURCHASING EXECUTIVES IN THE HARDWOOD INDUSTRY rustic a total of 200,000 board feet of Hard Maple, Walnut, Cherry, Red and White Oak, and Hickory (FAS, No. 1 and No. 2 Common, 5/4, 6/4, and 8/4). A small volume of Mahogany and Teak is also purchased. McClure Tables was founded in 1991 as a retail company, but 10 years ago the company became a woodwork manufacturer. Each product is created custom by skilled bench carpenters, furniture makers and sample makers. McClure graduated from Underwood High School, Underwood, IA, in 1976 and also attended Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO. McClure has been married for 30 years to his wife Judy McClure. For more information visit www.mccluretables.- com. ED EISENHOOTH is supply chain manager for Birch Holdings of PA LLC. DBA Rutt Handcrafted Cabinetry, located in New Holland, PA. Rutt Handcrafted Cabinetry is a manufacturer of custom cabinetry, sold under the brand names of Rutt Classic and Rutt Regency. The company purchases approximately 250,000 board feet yearly of Poplar, Hard and Soft Maple, Cherry, Rift White Oak, Walnut and African Mahogany (all lumber is kiln-dried, FAS, and No. 1 Common; 4/4 and 5/4 lumber is purchased Surfaced and 6/4 to 12/4 lumber is purchased Rough). Eisenhooth graduated from Dallastown Area High School, located in Dallastown, PA, in 1968 and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Management degree in 1972 from York College of Pennsylvania, located in York, PA. He has worked at Rutt Handcrafted Cabinetry for 18 years as supply chain manager, with responsibilities including lumber purchasing, inbound freight, receiving and overseeing the raw material storerooms. Previous positions held within the forest products industry include 17 years at Thonet Industries Inc. where Eisenhooth worked in the quality control and engineering departments, as well as working as production/inventory manager and purchasing manager; 10 years as materials manager for Yerger Brothers Inc.; and four years in the position of lumber buyer for the Darlington, MD, rough mill operated by Conestoga Wood Specialties. Devereaux rustic white oak is live sawn to reveal the natural character of the tree. It’s perfect for unforgetable, long-lasting floors that can only be called timeless. 48 year legacy of consistant excellence Improve yield with widths 5 ¾” – 10 ¾” Exceptional, timely customer service SAW MILL, INC. PEWAMO, MI (989) 593-2552 Sales@DevereauxSawmill.com Download your virtual pack: www.DevereauxSawMill.com/VirtualPacks Please turn the page SEPTEMBER 2019 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 63