The Softwood Forest Products Buyer - March/April 2024

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Anthony Muck is the head of business development for DMSi, an Omaha-based software company. DMSi develops software exclusively for the building materials industry. The company is a member of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association, the National Hardwood Lumber Association, the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's Association and the North American Building Material Distribution Association. Muck began his career in the forest products industry Anthony Muck over 15 years ago when he joined DMSi. He has held leadership roles in customer support as well as sales and marketing and now Who’s Who in Softwoods Continued on page 30 Addison Ross is the Oceania and Specialties Sales Manager at San Group, located in Langley, BC. San Group is a vertically integrated forest products company that sells globally. San Group has three sawmills and two remanufacturing facilities that produce both traditional and engineered products in all coastal species. Their state of the art remanufacturing facilities enable them to offer a wide array of engineered Addison Ross products such as their San Signature CVG T&G, FJ-EG boards/bevel and laminated timbers. Ross has been in the forest products industry for 11 years, where he had his first job at Skana Forest Products. He has been with San Group for eight years. Continued on page 30 Paw Taw John Services, Inc. (PTJ), located in Rathdrum, ID, recently welcomed David Quane as outside sales and marketing. PTJ is a machine systems integrator, distributor and repair center. They are the only repair facility and the largest stocking distributor of Temposonics® in the United States. They maintain a deep inventory in support hardware such as cables, magnets and connector assemblies. Probe lengths on the shelf are in 6-inch increments from 6 inch to 72 inch with some special lengths used by machine manufacturers. PTJ also distributes Encoder Products encoders and David Quane Conexus laser products. This keeps PTJ uniquely centered in the wood products industry control system world and the cutting edge of technol- Continued on page 30 Nicole Cappetta is a wholesale lumber sales representative at Robbins Lumber Sanford, LLC, located in Sanford, ME, who also oversees the planer mill schedule, completes orders, and books trucking. Robbins Lumber is a vertically integrated forest products firm, with timberland, manufacturing and finishing facilities, as well as warehousing and local distribution. While Robbins Lumber’s core business is throughout the state of Maine and New England, they can ship all over the U.S. and export overseas. Nicole Cappetta Robbins Lumber produces 75 million board feet from their four locations, which include, Searsmont, East Baldwin, Sanford and Downeast. They offer Eastern White Pine boards with five total moulders, custom Continued on page 30 AWC Releases New Standards Used to Design & Build U.S. Wood Structures Table of Contents FEATURES IBS/KBIS ........................................1 FenceTech......................................1 Prime Forest Products..................4 Miller Lumber Sales......................5 Delta Forestry Group....................6 Lumber Shipping Trends..............7 DEPARTMENTS Who's Who in Softwoods.............2 AWC News......................................2 APA News.......................................2 NAWLA News.................................2 SLB News.......................................2 Washington Report.....................18 Retail Review...............................20 Northeast Bus. Trends................22 Inland West Bus. Trends.............22 Midwest Bus. Trends...................... 24 West Coast Bus. Trends...............24 Southeast Bus.Trends...................26 Ont./Quebec Bus. Trends...........26 Stock Exchange......................60-63 Industry News..............................64 Calendar.......................................69 Classified Opportunities.............70 Index of Advertisers....................70 WE REMEMBER OUR 100-YEAR LEGACY, AND LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING THE NEXT 100. Why A Diversified Demand Base Is Key To Lasting Demand For Wood Products By: Jackson Morrill President & CEO of the American Wood Council Lumber demand from single-family home construction and remodeling is volatile—the last few years alone have seen major swings from the COVID pandemic in 2020 to high interest rates last year. To minimize the impact of that volatility on the wood products industry, the work of the Softwood Lumber Board to expand and diversify Softwood lumber demand into commercial construction is significant. The SLB continues to defend share of market in single-family and outdoor applications while pursuing new market opportunities in non-residential and multifamily construction. To maximize those opportunities, the SLB invests in Education, the American Wood Council, Think Wood, and WoodWorks to influence key decision makers for these building types and convert more projects to wood. A strategy of engaging design and construction’s key decision makers SLB’s Education initiatives focus on on educating design and and construction profes- Continued on page 32 APA Names New Chair, Vice Chair, Chair Of Finance, Trustees Join APA Board Matthew Brown has been promoted to the newly created position – director of energy policy and code, effective December 18, 2023. With over 15 years of experience in the construction industry, Brown brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to APA. His career began with a prominent regional production builder and progressed through roles at an energy rating and engineering firm before joining APA in 2014. Brown's deep understanding of energy efficiency and sustainability in wood construction makes him exceptionally qualified to educate Matthew Brown stakeholders, including raters, code officials, designers and builders, on behalf of the industry. Continued on page 35 The American Wood Council (AWC) has just released three new 2024 wood design standards: the Jackson Morrill National Design Specification® for Wood Construction (NDS®), Wood Frame Construction Manual (WFCM) for One- and Two-Family Dwellings, and Fire Design Specification for Wood Construction (FDS). These publications are the result of five years of work by AWC staff and committees to update standards and codes to ensure the safety and stability of woodbased buildings. The AWC design standard process includes regular meetings of AWC’s Wood Design Standards Committee, comprised of interested parties, who review and vote on change proposals to AWC's design standards in compliance with the American National Standards Institute’s (ANSI) consensus process. AWC’s design standards represent the minimum requirements for building structural systems for residential and commercial buildings in the United States, meaning that to properly design and build a wood structure in the United States, Bringing NAWLA Education To You The NAWLA Editor Continued on page 34 For over 130 years, the North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) has been the uniting bond from one end of the supply chain to the other, helping the industry grow by helping NAWLA members grow. The vision for 2024 is no different. If anything, NAWLA and the NAWLA Board of Directors are looking to help NAWLA members grow even more this year by strengthening the relationship each member has with the association, particularly through educational opportunities. To do this, NAWLA will once again be hosting seven regional meetings throughout 2024. Intended to be opportunities for industry professionals in the United States and Canada to network and learn on a localized level, the meetings allow NAWLA members to come together for a day to discuss new solutions for issues impacting their regions, hear from top-notch speakers on an array of Continued on page 35 A Bi-Monthly newspaper serving North America’s Softwood Forest Products Buyers Published by Softwood Trade Publications, Inc. P. O. Box 34908 Memphis, Tenn. 38134 Tel. 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