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March/April 2010 Page 21 Enterprises is a national manufacturer of Pine boards, decking, shop and dimension. The company produces in excess of 200 million board feet of pre- mium lumber products annually. All products are manufactured solely from Ponderosa Pine. Neiman Enterprises is composed of three divisions, including Devils Tower Forest Products in Hulett, WY, Rushmore Forest Products in Hill City, S.D. and Spearfish Forest Products in Spearfish, S.D. The company is a member of the Western Wood Products Association and the North American Wholesale Lumber Association. McGrath holds a business administra- tion degree from Black Hills State University in Spearfish. He enjoys spending time with his wife of 35 years and also enjoys hunting. • Continued on page 22 an Illinois wholesaler since 1897 - han- dles a broad selection of Cedar prod- ucts, including timbers, lumber, siding, shakes, shingles, and a myriad of custom millwork options. The compa- ny is recognized as a factory finishing pioneer since 1961, and runs numer- ous priming and finishing lines featur- ing Cabot machine coatings. Edmund Allen’s employee-owners have the expertise and capacity to coat any Cedar, fiber cement, or engi- neered siding and trim, and pride themselves on standing behind any product they finish. Van Sickle has spent 21 years in the forest products industry in a variety of capacities including purchasing, mar- keting, management and sales. His first job in the industry was as an inside sales representative for Empire Co. Inc. in Zeeland, Mich. The Grand Rapids, Mich.-native earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Michigan State University in 1987. He is a member of the Michigan Lumber & Building Materials Assoc. In his spare time, Van Sickle enjoys playing and coaching sports, boating, reading, writing and music. He and his wife, Julie, have three children, Sophie, Paige and Chase. • Western Red Cedar’s warm tone, natural grain, and rich texture make it the product of choice for siding, decking, railing, and fascia, and, no one does Western Red Cedar like Mary’s River. Give us a call at 1-800-523-2052 Mary’s River Lumber Co. 4515 NE Elliott Circle Corvallis, OR 97330 Toll Free 800-523-2052 Fax 541-752-5143 www.marysriverlumber.com Mary’s River Western Red Cedar, that is. It doesn’t get Greener than Red. Mary’s River Lumber Company has been committed to environmental stewardship since its inception over 35 years ago. From our energy efficient, state- of-the-art plants, to our proficient use of timber resources, Mary’s River is a leader in Red Cedar “green” production. Western Red Cedar is by nature “green.” Mary’s River Red Cedar is manufactured from abundant, fast growing, second-growth resources. It is durable, decay and insect resistant, has no chemical preser- vatives, is clean and safe to handle, and is 100% renewable, unlike cement and plastic composites. Mary’s River’s manufacturing requires less energy than steel, cement-based wood substitutes, and plastic-based composites. Our plants are closely regulated for environmental compliance. WHO’S WHO - McGrath Continued from page 20 WASHINGTON SCENE - Continued from page 2 84 LUMBER - Continued from page 4 WHO’S WHO - Van Sickle Continued from page 2 WHO’S WHO - Wilkins Continued from page 2 tom-built for each project, whether it is a home, agricultural building or com- mercial project,” Wilkens says. Over the years, Wilkens’ work for Enercept has included maintenance, buying, safety, shipping and the pro- duction manager position. Enercept purchases 2 million feet of oriented strand board, 300,000 feet of dimension and 100,000 to 150,000 feet of engineered wood products. The company purchases 1 to 5 per- cent FSC wood. Enercept carries all dimension lum- ber 2x4x8-feet through 2x12x24-feet, SPF/Fir Larch/Douglas Fir/Southern Yellow Pine, treated plywood, treated 2x4,6,8,10,12, engineered lumber LVL 5-1/2, 7-1/4, 9-1/2, 12-inches, 14- inches, 16-inches, 18-inches, 24 - inches, TGI all lengths 9-1/2, 12-inch- es, 14-inches and 16-inches and OSB. Enercept is a member of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the Watertown Chamber of Commerce. Wilkens has worked for Enercept 24 years. He began his career in the for- est products industry there. Wilkens graduated from Verdi High School in Verdi, Minn. He and his wife of 40 years, Carolyn, have two sons, two daughters, a grandson and a grand- daughter. • consideration. For more information visit www .afandpa.org . Developing Stewardship Contract Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell recently sent a letter to Regional Foresters, Directors and Deputy Chiefs outlining his desire to develop a single blended stewardship contract to relieve some of the burden from end result contracting and to reduce the number of contract versions and pages of requirements. Tidwell outlined the fact that steward- ship end-result contracts have been in place for 10 years, with four years remaining to use that authority. He stated his desire to seek permanent authority of this important tool, but he believes the best way to accomplish this is to develop one simplified con- tract instrument. Tidwell’s new con- tract will focus on achieving the end results identified through the collabo- rative process, facilitate best value contracting and protect the interests of the stakeholders and government. A team comprised of individuals from the Directors of Forest Management and Acquisition Management will develop this new contract. • spread-out company strategically works to keep all its workers on the same page. Wagner says cohesiveness comes, in part, from the fact that 84 Lumber never has acquired any other chains. It has grown from within. Executives of 84 Lumber, in addition to Hardy, include his daughter Maggie Hardy Magerko who is owner and president; executive vice president of operations Frank Cicero and CFO
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Enterprises is a national manufacturerof Pine boards, decking, shop anddimension. The company produces inexcess of 200 million board feet of pre-mium lumber products annually. Allproducts are manufactured solely fromPonderosa Pine.Neiman Enterprises is composed ofthree divisions, including Devils TowerForest Products in Hulett, WY,Rushmore Forest Products in Hill City,S.D. and Spearfish Forest Products inSpearfish, S.D. The company is amember of the Western WoodProducts Association and theNorth American Wholesale LumberAssociation. McGrath holds a business administra-tion degree from Black Hills StateUniversity in Spearfish. He enjoysspending time with his wife of 35 yearsand also enjoys hunting.
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an Illinois wholesaler since 1897 - han-dles a broad selection of Cedar prod-ucts, including timbers, lumber, siding,shakes, shingles, and a myriad ofcustom millwork options. The compa-ny is recognized as a factory finishingpioneer since 1961, and runs numer-ous priming and finishing lines featur-ing Cabot machine coatings.Edmund Allen’s employee-ownershave the expertise and capacity tocoat any Cedar, fiber cement, or engi-neered siding and trim, and pridethemselves on standing behind anyproduct they finish.Van Sickle has spent 21 years in theforest products industry in a variety ofcapacities including purchasing, mar-keting, management and sales. Hisfirst job in the industry was as aninside sales representative for EmpireCo. Inc. in Zeeland, Mich.The Grand Rapids, Mich.-nativeearned a bachelor’s degree in biologyfrom Michigan State University in1987. He is a member of the MichiganLumber & Building Materials Assoc.In his spare time, Van Sickle enjoysplaying and coaching sports, boating,reading, writing and music. He andhis wife, Julie, have three children,Sophie, Paige and Chase.
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Western Red Cedar’s warm tone, natural
grain, and rich texture make it the product
of choice for siding, decking, railing, and
fascia, and, no one does Western Red
Cedar like Mary’s River. Give us a call
at 1-800-523-2052
Mary’s River Lumber Co.4515 NE Elliott CircleCorvallis, OR 97330
Toll Free 800-523-2052Fax 541-752-5143
www.marysriverlumber.com
Mary’s River Western Red Cedar, that is.
It doesn’t get Greener than Red.
Mary’s River Lumber Company has been committedto environmental stewardship since its inceptionover 35 years ago. From our energy efficient, state-of-the-art plants, to our proficient use of timberresources, Mary’s River is a leader in Red Cedar“green” production.
Western Red Cedar is by nature “green.” Mary’sRiver Red Cedar is manufactured from abundant,fast growing, second-growth resources. It is durable,decay and insect resistant, has no chemical preser-vatives, is clean and safe to handle, and is 100%renewable, unlike cement and plastic composites.
Mary’s River’s manufacturing requires less energythan steel, cement-based wood substitutes, andplastic-based composites. Our plants are closelyregulated for environmental compliance.
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WHO’S WHO - Van SickleContinued from page 2
WHO’S WHO - WilkinsContinued from page 2
tom-built for each project, whether it isa home, agricultural building or com-mercial project,” Wilkens says.Over the years, Wilkens’ work forEnercept has included maintenance,buying, safety, shipping and the pro-duction manager position.Enercept purchases 2 million feet oforiented strand board, 300,000 feet ofdimension and 100,000 to 150,000feet of engineered wood products.The company purchases 1 to 5 per-
cent FSC wood.Enercept carries all dimension lum-ber 2x4x8-feet through 2x12x24-feet,SPF/Fir Larch/Douglas Fir/SouthernYellow Pine, treated plywood, treated2x4,6,8,10,12, engineered lumberLVL 5-1/2, 7-1/4, 9-1/2, 12-inches, 14-inches, 16-inches, 18-inches, 24 -inches, TGI all lengths 9-1/2, 12-inch-es, 14-inches and 16-inches andOSB.Enercept is a member of the NationalAssociation of Home Builders (NAHB)and the Watertown Chamber ofCommerce.Wilkens has worked for Enercept 24years. He began his career in the for-est products industry there. Wilkensgraduated from Verdi High School inVerdi, Minn. He and his wife of 40years, Carolyn, have two sons, twodaughters, a grandson and a grand-daughter.
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consideration.For more information visitwww.afandpa.org.
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Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwellrecently sent a letter to RegionalForesters, Directors and DeputyChiefs outlining his desire to developa single blended stewardship contractto relieve some of the burden fromend result contracting and to reducethe number of contract versions andpages of requirements. Tidwell outlined the fact that steward-ship end-result contracts have been inplace for 10 years, with four yearsremaining to use that authority. Hestated his desire to seek permanentauthority of this important tool, but hebelieves the best way to accomplishthis is to develop one simplified con-tract instrument. Tidwell’s new con-
tract will focus on achieving the endresults identified through the collabo-rative process, facilitate best valuecontracting and protect the interestsof the stakeholders and government.A team comprised of individuals fromthe Directors of Forest Managementand Acquisition Management willdevelop this new contract.
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spread-out company strategicallyworks to keep all its workers on thesame page.Wagner says cohesiveness comes,
in part, from the fact that 84 Lumbernever has acquired any other chains.It has grown from within.Executives of 84 Lumber, in addition
to Hardy, include his daughter MaggieHardy Magerko who is owner andpresident; executive vice president ofoperations Frank Cicero and CFO
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Dan Wallach.84 Lumber sells lumber, plywood,
insulation, trim, moulding, flooring, sid-ing, drywall, decks, trusses, roofing,skylights, engineered lumber, hard-ware, doors and windows, kitchensand baths, garages and pole barnsand 84 Home Packages and Plans.Services include 84 Components, 84
Travel, Lending & Credit, Inner CircleRewards Program, Maggie’sManagement, LLC, Installed Salesand Builder Plan Services.The company’s website says, “84
Lumber exists for the purpose of serv-ing our customers through a team ofdedicated, honest and hardworkingassociates. 84 is dedicated to supply-ing our customers with the best qualityproducts from the top manufacturers.84 saves for its customers by offeringcompetitive value-added pricing foreach specific market. 84 Lumber isdedicated to being the low costprovider of lumber and building materi-als to professional home and commer-cial builders, and remodelers/renova-tors adding value to our productsthrough a highly trained, knowledge-able and motivated team of profes-sional associates.”These associates participate in on-
the-job training and take home-studytests. Associates learn in-depth prod-uct knowledge about windows anddoors, framing, hand tools, power
California as it is in Pennsylvania. Theway we do business, the way wedress, the way we think, it’s all oneculture. I think that gives us a verystrong advantage in the marketplace.”For more information, go to
www.84lumber.com.
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demolished in a storm. The familychose to have them salvaged ratherthan let the trees, some up to 4 feet indiameter, rot and degrade.The company produces 400,000board feet of Softwood lumber peryear, primarily Pine, and another600,000 board feet per year of heavytimbers, primarily white oak – both themainstay in species inventoried.Timbers used are air dried/green orkiln-dried, Grade No. 1 or Better, andavailable in S4S, rough sawn, handhewn, distressed, or adzed. The mid-dle of the log is used for square tim-bers, and periphery cuts are chan-neled into flooring, stair parts, cabinetmaterials, and decking. The Woodmizer sawmill operateswithin the 23,000 square foot, state-of-the-art beamery adjacent to the4,200 square foot office and designstudio. Equipment initially bought atan auction, refurbished to factoryspecs and retrofitted, has metShortridge’s expectations through
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PACIFIC WESTERN LUMBER, INC.
• Manufacturers and wholesale distributors• Log home and timber frame components
• Appearance grade Douglas Fir beams, green or dry
Visit our website: www.pacwestlumber.com
• Manufacturers and wholesale distributors.
• Appearance Douglas Fir & Western Red Cedar
beams – green or kiln dried.
• Milled Log Home patterns, profiles and cants.
• Fabricated timber trusses.
• Timber frame components.
• Lathe turned Douglas Fir/Whitewood/Cedar
logs, up to 18” diameter, 8’ to 85’ lengths.
• Kiln Dried 4x4 Appearance Grade Hem-Fir & Douglas Fir.
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Two locations to serve your Specialty Lumber NeedsMAIN OFFICE: Lakewood, WA800-232-2132 Fax: 253-581-1343
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tools, load bearing for floors androofs, lumber quality, blueprint readingand everything in between.Store employees also get sales train-
ing. They are taught to ask open-ended questions to find out what cus-tomers want and need. They aretrained to figure out all materialsneeded for adding on a kitchen or agarage – or even for constructing anentire home. They are to be able toread blueprints and make a bid for thecustomer’s business.84 Lumber stores are designed to
function as an extension of the cus-tomer’s business, anticipating whatproducts the customer might neednext. Wagner says the idea is to keepthe customer satisfied.Each store is staffed by a manager, a
co-manager, a manager trainee andthree to four outside salespeople.These employees get an increase inpay when completing training and,eventually, can earn promotions.84 Lumber’s headquarters is located
in the foothills of the AppalachianMountains, 35 miles from Pittsburgh.Today, its stores spread across the
varied landscapes of the nation, usinga cohesive company culture and aproven business plan to meet theneeds of professional builders. “We’revery customer-oriented,” Wagnersays. “We’re going to do whatever ittakes to make that customer happy.”84 Lumber is aggressive in growing
market-share, Wagner adds.“We have one culture,” Wagner says.
“The company identity is the same in
each upgrade over a 20-year period inlow waste production, safety, accura-cy, and company service. The major component is the sawhead where the head rig blade slicesentering logs into pieces before pro-ceeding on to the edger, resaw, andend-trimmer. On the preproduction side, an initialdesign is created in Autocad, thenchallenged with overlays of otherengineering programs. When thedesign is perceived as sound enoughto withstand strong weather elements,that same program creates the join-ery. Upon completion, the design isdirected to the Hundegger K2 CNCmachine, which pulls the timbers in,dresses all four sides, and fits eachpiece of wood to the timber needs list.All pieces are conveyed into the shop,where they’re hand-tooled. Ends oftimbers are jointed and edges arechiseled by hand for a custom fit.After a thorough once-over, packagesare numbered and shipped to the sitesequentially so that whenunwrapped, the pieces fit together inorder like a puzzle. The crew raises approximately 5,000square feet of house a week. Thatspeed has earned the company a siz-able amount of business in Sundance,Utah, where the window of opportuni-ty lasts only from early June to lateSeptember before the advent of snowand ice. “We have to work fast,” saidShortridge. “Everything revolvesaround accuracy, quality, and speed.
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vesting operations to protect the rawmaterial supply, water quality, air qual-ity, soil, wildlife habitat and otherimportant resources our forests pro-vide. Participation in SFI and the useof the SFI label offers assurance toSwanson Group’s customers that theproducts they purchase are producedfrom raw materials harvested usingsustainable forest practices. Swanson Group Sales Co. is the
sales agent for the Swanson Groupfamily of mills located in Oregon.Those operations include two greenDoug-Fir dimension mills, a stud millthat produces kiln dry White Fir, Hem-Fir and Doug-Fir studs and two ply-wood mills. The stud and dimensionmills are members of the WesternWood Products Assoc. (WWPA) andthe plywood mills are members of theEngineered Wood Products Assoc.(APA). Swanson Group Sales alsoprovides products not manufacturedby the parent company in order to pro-vide their customers with completeand total buying satisfaction.
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that frame them. You can obtain contact throughwww.dreamingcreek.com or866.598.4328
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Buying mainly Southern Yellow Pineand White Pine the builder said he isn’texperiencing supply issues but pricingavailability is different than everbefore. “There are not as many bro-kers out there, that’s for sure. We usedto be able to get 8 to 10 bids but a lotof those guys aren’t around anymore,and now we may get 3 or 4 bids.”Going forward the builder said hebelieves the market has reached abottom. “We feel like things are firmingup. I think the end of the year will bringat least a 20 percent increase from2009. I think 2010 will bring ‘solid legsunder our table,’ and by 2011 thingswill get back to a decent profitabilitylevel.”According to Crow’s Market Report,North American lumber and panelprices are remaining firm, strength-ened by persistent inventory replen-ishment, low production output and logsupply issues. The report said SPFlumber buyers were not as active as inprevious weeks, however there is nourgency among mills to lower prices.Eastern White Pine prices wereaccounted for at firm levels forPremium and Standard grades butslightly soft levels in Selects. Signs ofan improvement in the Western RedCedar market were indicated, givingproducers optimism as springapproaches. The report also pointedout the amount of consumption thatlies ahead is still questionable.
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Volume of production is not para-mount rather vertical integration, con-trolling the process without introduc-ing problems. Following the premiseto ‘take the quality high road and leteveryone else chase you,’ never failedus.”The next step, said Shortridge, inattaining a self-contained operationstatus is adding a kiln, the missinglink. “No one else has the scheduleand agenda in mind like you get in-house and waste product from the kilncan be used to heat the plant.”The company is completely differentfrom the former pulp wood industrymainstay of the area. “We are contractbuilders with a sawmill. We do thehomework, understand the job andhave never issued a change orderwithout a scope change.”Today, son Bobby Jr. has joined hisdad as general manager and sales,and youngest son, Caeb, will fill theoutsourced engineer position after fin-ishing his schooling at VMI. The num-ber of employees is down from a fewyears ago when Shortridge saw theeconomic writing on the wall. Thosethat have been with the company along while include shop foreman, RonShaffer, with the company 15 years,and Mike Gaudreau, resident equip-ment engineer “inspector gadget.”Of his crew of employees, Shortridgesaid, “They tend to be fearless run-ning through fire as opposed to awayfrom it, taking on any challengethrown our way.” It’s a dream fulfilled,any way you look at each DreamingCreek structural project: a dreamteam of engineers, designers, andframers, reflecting the homeowner’swishes, respective of the life of trees
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species. The more it rains, the lessyou can get. When it dries up,Cypress will be readily available, butas long as it’s raining it’s hard to get.That’s just the nature of the species,”he said.When asked about transportationissues, the contact, which ships by railand contract trucks said, currentlytransportation isn’t an issue but heexpects it will be by summer. “Rightnow we’re not having trouble gettingtrucks in or getting them booked out.The only time we run into shippingtrouble is when fruit is in season. Thetruckers get paid more for fruit thanlogs.”Looking at the year as a whole, thesupplier expects 2010 will fare betterthan 2009. “We just attended a bigshow in Galveston, Texas hosted byMcCoy’s Building Supply and they arepretty positive that 2010 is going to bea lot better than 2009,” he said. That’sthe overall view that we are gettingfrom our customers as well.”In Kansas, a homebuilder said busi-ness conditions were a vast improve-ment from 2009. However, he attrib-uted the success of his company to aniche market. “We tend to do well inthe rural markets and the agriculturalmarkets in the central states are com-ing off of their second phenomenalyear,” he explained. “What that meansfor us is having always served thatmarket, it’s helping us some.”
also indicates that Swanson Grouppractices and promotes the use ofBest Management Practices in har-
Other members of the BCWLA boardof directors include JackHetherington, Past President(Evergreen Empire Mills, Burnaby,B.C.); Chris Sainas, 1st Vice-presi-dent (Dakeryn Industries, NorthVancouver, B.C.); Kent Beveridge,2nd Vice-president (Skana ForestProducts, Richmond, B.C.); CarlDobler, 3rd Vice-president (TaigaBuilding Products, Burnaby, B.C.);and Kip Fotheringham, SecretaryTreasurer (Welco Lumber Corp.,
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our service is second to none.
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west bay. we’re big on cedar.
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Supply shortagesand price increas-es are at the top ofthe list of concernsfor theN o r t h e a s t e r nregion. A sawmiller
in Pennsylvania said supplies weretighter than the previous six monthsdue to recent turns in the economy.“The economy is turning around a lit-tle bit so the demand for lumber isincreasing.” The source said loggingconditions are not currently favorabledue to weather. “We have had just anincredible amount of rain. Conditionsare too wet for the loggers right now,”he explained.The sawmiller said his inventory lev-els are at about 50 percent of a nor-mal level and he is in the process ofbuilding them back up. As for certified products he said, “Theword is out there that people wantlumber that is chain-of-custody certi-fied. More people are also going intothe export market, which requiresheat-treating so the demand for certi-fication is definitely there.”Going into the next six months heexpects some improvement. “Weexpect a slight improvement but noth-ing major until at least 2011,” he said.A Softwood lumber supplier in Mainesaid that while his current market isstill not what he considers ‘good’, it’sbetter than the same time period last
Softwood lumbersuppliers in theWestern regionsay they haveseen a very ‘quick’change in busi-ness conditions.While some con-
tacts said they were experiencingmoderate supply issues, othersreported an average availability oflogs.A Pine, Hem-Fir and Fir-Larch suppli-er in Idaho said, “We’ve had a veryquick change in the Pine board busi-ness. Low grade products haveimproved and the No. 2 Commonboards are finally starting to improveas well. It seems to be demand drivenon those products. Whereas on fram-ing lumber products, it’s supply driven.The boards are actually getting somedecent demand.”In reference to supply issues, thesource said he isn’t experiencing diffi-culty. “Logs are good right now, andour inventory levels are normal,” heexplained. Servicing the distributors and retail-ers, the contact said his customersare trying to build inventory. “With thedirection we see things going rightnow, people are trying to build inven-tories again, especially in the lowgrade products.”Optimistic about the coming sixmonths, he said he looks for a pricingcorrection in the spring and more
improvement in the summer.In Montana, a Softwood lumber sup-plier, which markets to builders saidhis area still had a large amount ofcompleted and unsold homes, whichhas slowed new construction.“Overall, activity is pretty slow.Commercial has slowed even further.Six months ago we had a little bit ofcommercial going on and it hasalmost dried up to nothing,” heexplained.As to the factors involved he said,“The commercial issues are vacancyrates of office and retail. The residen-tial market has to do with the numberof jobs available and a lot of the jobsthat have been lost. A lot of that goesback to housing. Housing creates alarge percentage of our jobs, bothfrom the primary framers and contrac-tors down to the work that’s done onthe inside. All of those jobs are slowright now. So it’s trickling down toeverybody.“When we first started having eco-nomic problems and the focus was onthe auto manufacturing industry andthe government said we can’t let themgo broke, it’s too many jobs. I think ifwe could count up the number of jobsthat have been lost in the buildingindustry and related industries, thenumber would be a lot bigger than theauto industry.”Supplying Douglas Fir and DouglasFir Larch, the contact said availabilityis tighter currently than a year earlier.“Our inventory levels are higher thanthey were 90 days ago because we’vehad trouble getting the inventory andspring is just around the corner,” heexplained. “At the retail level, I thinkthey’re probably at about the same asthey were 90 days ago.”Looking ahead he expects housing tobe one of the slower areas to recover.
year. “Our sales in dollar amount wereup 16 to 18 percent last month,” heexplained. “A couple of key things thatare involved are that inventories at themill level were lower going into thisyear and we had a small amount ofattrition. So the pipeline is very tightand it’s almost forcing the wholesalersand retailers to come back to the millsfor product. I think that is why ouractivity has been greater. We’re alsodoing a little bit more export now thanwe were a year ago at this time.”Manufacturing Eastern White Pine,the source said his log decks were ata decent level. As for transportationissues he said, “In the past few weekswe’ve had a couple of sizable region-al trucking companies go out of busi-ness so that may put a little bit of pres-sure on freight.”He said his wholesale customerswere still struggling. “It’s still a strug-gle at their level. They’ve seen a littlebit of an uptick in activity but not a lot.What’s happened for us is that a cou-ple of mills have gone down, whichhas allowed us to expand our cus-tomer base.”As for certified products the sourcesaid, “With our land base being herein southern Maine and with a lot ofsmall landowners, at this point it hasnot been an issue for us, but we dosee it playing a bigger part in the mar-ketplace going forward.”For the next six months the sourceexpects a fiber shortage. “I think aswe get into a seasonal adjustment inactivity, there is going to be a bit of ashortage in the fiber which will lead tosome firmer pricing as we go into thespring.”According to the National Associationof Home Builders (NAHB), a home-builder in Connecticut recentlydescribed himself as a “late adopter”
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South/SoutheastBusiness Trends
Softwood lumbersuppliers acrossthe Southeast
region accounted for marginalimprovements in business activity,along with wet logging conditions andsupply shortages.A Southern Yellow Pine and Cypresssupplier in Alabama said while hismarket is improving, it is doing soslowly. “Business is a little bit betterthan it has been, but still not great,” heexplained. “The banks are not loaningmoney to builders as they need it andas long as the builders are withoutmoney to build we’re not going to seemuch new construction.”The source remarked that SouthernYellow Pine was in short supply.“Southern Yellow Pine has becomescarce. With all the rain that we havehad in the South the mills are out oflogs. I’ve had a number of mills saythat they are only operating a coupleof days a week because they can’t getenough logs. We recently had anotherfive inches of rain last weekend. Allthe rivers in my area are out of theirbanks and there is just very little log-ging going on. Cypress is the sameway; the mills have no logs and theprices of Southern Yellow Pine andCypress lumber products are moving
up.”As for transportation the contactexplained, “We are not experiencingany issues in that area. There seemsto be adequate trucks out there. I thinkone of the biggest questions I’d like toknow the answer to is what will be theavailability of funding for new con-struction?”He expects to see an improvement inbusiness activity by the summer. “Idon’t think it’s going to be more than a15 percent improvement but I think wewill see somewhat better businessconditions when the season changesand the weather gets better.” A North Carolina Softwood lumbersupplier said he has also seen someimprovement in the lumber market inrecent weeks. He attributes theimprovement to supply shortages,and, he said he’s beginning to havetrouble finding most Softwoodspecies. “Our inventory levels arebelow average. We’re not at capacityon any species.”When asked about certified products,the Sustainable Forestry Initiative(SFI) certified source commented thathe has been receiving more inquiries.“Every now and then we will comeacross a job that requires it. Mostly weare just getting more inquiries andwhen we start discussing the price ofthe certified product, the interest isdispelled.”Going into the rest of the year hesaid, “I think the overall tone is cer-tainly going to get better. I think it hasto be a delicate balance between sup-ply and demand. Certainly the supplyissues are going to get better as theweather clears and people can getlogs, and when the banks will loosenup on their lending practices. Demandis the number one question. We all
Ontario/QuebecBusiness Trends
The prognosis forSoftwood lumberin Canada
remains uncertain, although many millowners and wholesale operations arereporting more positive numbers overthe past few months. Will this Januarythaw in frozen business mean thatsales are heating up for the longterm? Many in the industry remainapprehensive as to whether this willturn out to be a lasting trend or mere-ly a temporary improvement.The manager of one Quebec mill saidsales remained depressed, despitethe fact that there are fewer mills upand running than at this time last year.Although there is less lumber on themarket, the rate of orders has gonedown as well.“Our sales decreased about 10 per-cent,” he said of the past six months.He provided a litany of possible caus-es for the continuing struggle in themarket – the economy and theexchange rate chief among them. Butthere is another factor as well.“We harvest on Crown land,” he said.“Softwood is not doing good, so manyare not harvesting their allowances bythe government.”At the same time, private landownershave also become less likely to part
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with their lumber. Noting thatSoftwood accounts for nearly 75 per-cent of his business, he said that hismill can harvest the lumber itself, butthat such an approach comes withelevated costs that he would beforced to pass along to his customers.“If we harvest alone, our costsexplode and we are not competitive,”he explained. “Once the Softwoodmarket picks up, it will definitely helpus and our sawmill.”Despite the current downturn, thismanager predicts that the spring willlead to a turnaround in business.“We forecast a good spring,” he said,noting that he has seen some spikesof interest for certain types of lumber.Still, he said, the true test of a lastingrecovery for the market will come inthe form of a steady rise in generalprices rather than the itinerant jumpsin specific species. In fact, he said,such jumps can be counterproductiveto the overall health of the industry.“Sudden change is not very healthy;it’s artificial and based on a lack ofavailability,” he said, stressing that thebest approach in his opinion is one ofa diversified client base. “We haveworked with over 1,000 customers inthe past year.”The buyer at a mill in Ontario echoedthat sentiment. He said he felt themarket has been getting somewhatstronger in recent months, but that itstill has a long way to go to reach thelevels of previous years.“It sure has been a tough couple ofyears,” he said. “The building/housingend of it might be picking up…it’s pret-ty hard to say. Hopefully it does.”Echoing his Quebec counterpart, hesaid he has noticed that some privateland holders have reduced their rateof cutting, hoping that prices increase
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of the ‘green’ movement. “Buildersneed to educate consumers on airsealing, the importance of right-sizedheating systems and good insulation,and the advantages of rooms that canserve more than one purpose so thehome can be smaller and less expen-sive,” he said. “We need to make sus-tainable attainable.”Green building consultant SteveBertasso said many builders, remod-elers and product manufacturers arebeginning to adopt sustainable prac-tices. “This year is going to be a bigchange in the production buildingenvironment,” he explained.“Consumers are asking questionsthey didn’t ask two and half years agoand contractors are making betterdecisions.”Bertasso also noted that there arefew areas that cut as broadly acrossthe Endowment’s entire “theory ofchange” as the potential of distributed,appropriately scaled wood-to-energy
Vancouver, B.C.).BCWLA Senators (a senior advisoryboard comprised of former executivemembers) include Bill Barnett(Marathon Forest Products, NorthVancouver, B.C.) and Neil Billows(Millenium Lumber Distribution,Surrey, B.C.).For more information on this organi-zation, go to its website:www.bcwla.ca.
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conversion. “If done correctly it canenhance the competitive position oftraditional forest industry, expanddomestic production of a needed car-bon-neutral energy product, provideadditional sources of income for forestlandowners, and increase options forproper management and retention ofhealthy working forests,” heexplained. “That’s not just a win-winbut a win-win-win-win.”
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and that they can command a higherreturn on their investment sometimein the near future.“They’re holding onto their treesmore. The landowners can wait,” heobserved, adding that he understoodtheir incentive to not sell just yet.“Compared with four or five years ago,it’s below half in terms of price.”He also reiterated the idea that someof the market’s recent recovery maybe attributed to the fact that there arefar fewer mills producing lumber nowthan in past years. The industry, henoted, has been reshaped by the eco-nomic events of the past couple ofyears.“I know a lot of people got out of it,” hesaid of the industry. “It’s going to takea while for it to turn around.”Wholesalers too are expressing cau-tious hope as they look toward thesecond and third quarters of 2010.One manager noted that comparedwith six months ago, his sales are cer-tainly lower. But then again, he quick-ly added, February has never been astrong month for lumber sales, andthat historically speaking, he was pre-pared for a downturn.
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“We’re doing average, not bad, com-pared with a year ago,” he said. “Iwould say sales are average for thistime of year. January was better, a lit-tle stronger than the year before.Today, it’s not as good.”He said that from his perspective, theissue of availability plays a central rolein the market’s fluctuations. Fewermills may mean a bettersupply/demand ratio, but for thosewholesalers and mills that have sur-vived, it can also prompt feelings offrustration.“Availability has a lot to do with it,” hesaid. “In northern Ontario, there arenot as many mills as a year ago.There are specific items – hot items –that are strong. But they’re only hotwhen one or two mills have it.”For example, he said there is anincreasing demand for wide boards,which he attributed to the availabilityof Fir. At the same time, he said hiscustomers still prefer wide Spruceplanks, when they can get them,which is less frequently in recentmonths.He noted that his wholesale operationsells to a diverse customer base, butadded that he and many other whole-salers remain dependent on the mar-ket in the United States to serve asthe steam engine for success.“The market will be strong for the nextfew weeks, but after that it’s all U.S.driven, isn’t it?” he noted. “A lot ofguys are just buying off the groundright now; they’re not buying trucks [oflumber].”Still, he said he is grateful for anysales, no matter how limited. He alsonoted that the first half of Februaryhas been agreeable in terms ofweather; no snow on the ground mightbe problematic for the WinterOlympics, but for those who work con-
struction, the snow can hold off indef-initely. Wholesalers who sell primarilyto building supply stores, as does thiswholesaler, feel much the same way.
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need to watch our production so wedon’t overstep demand with supply.”Home Channel News recently report-ed spending on home renovation proj-ects is likely to reach a cyclical bottomin the current quarter of 2010. Asteady rise is expected throughout therest of the year, as stated in theRemodeling Futures Program at theJoint Center for Housing Studies ofHarvard University’s recent report.Annual declines in home improve-ment spending are forecast to movefrom the current rate of 12.0 percentto 3.1 percent by the third quarter of2010. “Sales of existing homes are onthe rise, and home price declines aremoderating in most markets acrossthe country,” said Kermit Baker, direc-tor of the Remodeling FuturesProgram. “Financing costs are alsofavorable, although credit availabilityremains tight for many households.”
According to the Beige Book, themajority of realtors in the Southeastreported that existing home saleswere above the same time period lastyear, but new home sales and con-struction activity remained soft. Thereport also indicated many bankingcontacts said credit standards wereunchanged, with added documenta-tion requirements. A tightening ofcredit standards for commercial realestate loans was also reported.
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in the past six months, but our dimen-sion products are up over the past twomonths. That’s helped the overallsales figures.”Gene Secco, in sales for ForestGrove Lumber, McMinnville, Ore.,said, “We have a lot of good inquiriesfor our timbers, but we wish more buy-ers were pulling the trigger. We thinkMarch will bring better weather andmore building. Our customers saythey are getting inquiries and that themood is more positive than it was lastyear. Our own inventory of timbers isadequate but we aren’t carrying near-ly as much as we did last year. Pricesare level on timbers, but commodityprices are up.”Bob Maurer of Swanson Group,Glendale, Ore., said, “We’ve seenprices go up on our lumber and ply-wood products since the first of theyear. We’ve actually had about sixdecent months in a row. Sheeting wasup $5 to $15 this week alone. On theflip side, it isn’t that demand haspicked up so much. Prices havestrengthened because supplies areshort in many items due to so manymills curtailing or closing over the pastyear. There is not much wood in thepipeline; everyone has let their inven-tories drop way down. We’ve seenvery good orders coming out ofCanada for our panel products lately.However log prices are high andveneer costs have gone up, too. Wehave enough logs to meet our imme-diate needs. However, a friend fromthe Western Wood ProductsAssociation said recently that thereare some doubts about long term tim-ber supply, especially on the westcoast.”Vince Mast, handling sales forHampton Lumber, Portland, Ore.,said, “The market has been on a tearfor the past seven weeks. Prices are
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11 percent higher than 2009.“Whatever recovery is coming, it’sgoing to be slow,” Bernhardt said.“We’re anticipating Western lumberproduction will increase, which willend a five-year decline,” he continued.“Mills will slowly start to come back,and certainly ones that have closedaren’t coming back, they’re gone; butthose that are operating have learnedto be very efficient and hopefully we’llget a chance to show that.”
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The Book also mentioned that com-mercial construction activity remainsat very low levels. Contractor sourcessaid many projects were put on hold,resulting in less activity underway forthe early part of 2010.For the manufacturing sector, fewcontacts reported increased produc-tion levels and transportation contactsindicated freight demand had modest-ly improved over recent weeks.
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“Because our geographical area is sooverbuilt, it may be one of the slowerareas to recover,” he said. “Havingsaid that, as summer approaches welook for some recovery just due toseasonality, with the do-it-yourselfersand projects that aren’t done in thewinter. Hopefully we’re looking forabout a 15 percent single family resi-dential housing increase.”Overall Western timber companiessay they are cautiously hopeful for arecovery in 2010 but acknowledge itmay be a slow one. “The fact is we fin-ished 2009 at 554,000 (homes built),”Western Wood Products Association(WWPA) spokesman RobertBernhardt said. “The last time wewere that low was 1945, so we thinkthat’s the bottom. There have beensome encouraging signs in terms offoreclosures and home prices haveflattened or even picked up a little bit.”The WWPA projects 34.5 billion boardfeet will be produced by the U.S. tim-ber manufacturers in the coming year,
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Sales manager Jim Dunse of Mill &Timber Products, Surrey, B.C., said,“We are seeing buying beginning topick up for our Cedar products.Inventories are very low at the distri-bution level. We have a bit of an orderfile now and I have a feeling that in thenext two months Cedar sales couldget hectic. We have a good log inven-tory and decent lumber inventories sowe are poised and ready for addition-al orders. All the bad weather aroundthe country has definitely pent upsome of the buying that’s coming.”A major timber producer in Oregonsaid, “Our major concern is log supply.Right now we are okay on logs, butthe dollars do not make sense. Logprices keep going up but we have notbeen able to raise our prices on ourtimbers. Even with our production atless than 100 percent, sales are astruggle. Customers are optimisticthat business will be somewhat betterthis year over last when spring weath-er kicks in. Demand is growing, butbank loans are hard to get and that’sa problem. We have seen no priceincreases or changes on our timbers
up appreciably, which has definitelyhelped the mills. It has stemmed theflow of red ink and helped offset highlog prices. It is becoming more difficultto get logs, especially small diameterlogs,” he said. “The market is two anda half times better than it was inFebruary last year. Our export markethas helped a lot, but now those buy-ers are backing away from higherprices on high-grade material, but notlow grade. Low grade sales are stillholding up well in the export market.We are busy and the home centerseason has not even started yet. Allin all, it looks like a very promisingnew year from this point in time.”Todd Fox, sales manager for Lazy SLumber, Beavercreek, Ore., said, “Becareful how you say our name! Weare more optimistic than last year; thelast three weeks have been improved.We see just-in-time buying with threedifferent Cedar items in one package.Our exterior siding is going strong.Our Cedar sales into construction andretail are growing stronger and buyersseem to be more upbeat.”Don Dye, sales manager for Mary’sRiver Lumber, Corvallis, Ore., said,“Our two Cedar mills are both takingdown time for the past two weeks. Wetook five weeks off to help balance ourinventory to sales. We have continuedto process our rough lumber into fin-ished product. We see businessbeginning to pick up. Buyers seemmore positive about the new year. Butunemployment is too high. The maindifference we see in this new year isthat we are all better positioned withsmaller inventories than we had lastyear. During the last few months ourmill at Montesano, Wash., has seenthe front end completely reconstruct-
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GG ll ee nn dd aa ll ee ,, OO rr ee .. ——The SwansonGroup Sales Co.h e a d q u a r t e r e dhere, recentlyannounced thatDixie Tibbets hasretired after 26years in the lum-ber business. Shebegan in theindustry at Medcoand rose throughthe ranks to headup sales for the company’s Della StudMill. After Medco closed Tibbets wentto work for Swanson Group and soldthe mill production at the company’sGlendale sawmill.Swanson purchased Sun Studs locat-ed in Roseburg, Ore., in 2001 andTibbets was asked to sell the stud pro-
ed and improved. Now that the millhas been rebuilt front to back in abouta year’s time. We recently purchasedan additional 10 acres at Elma,Wash., near Montesano in order tobuild additional dry kilns and for addi-tional lumber storage.”Darren Duchi, of Siskiyou ForestProducts, Anderson, Calif., said, “Isee a lot of prices going up on variousSoftwoods that we purchase, but it issupply driven. I think it is good for thesawmills, but the challenge is that it isnot a market driven rise. If five moresawmills restart production and makethe same products, the prices will fallagain.“We feel optimistic about the way oursales are going. We have madeinvestments in new equipment tobecome more efficient in our manu-facture of moulding and pattern stock.We recently purchased a new highspeed planer/moulder in order to elim-inate a bottleneck in our production.Our business has changed in the pastyear somewhat. It used to be that ourproduction of door and window partswas 50 percent of our production.Now that’s down to about 20 percent.But we are seeing more orders formouldings, pattern stock and for ourprimed product. A lot of people wetalk with believe this will be a morepositive year. They are optimistic butcautious, and that’s about how I feel.“Over the past two years we are run-ning with 25 percent fewer employ-ees, partly due to better and more effi-cient equipment. We are producingmore clear Redwood patterns andmore Select on Redwood, Clear A andB grades and heart B grade. We aredoing more tally packs for contractorson finished lumber and our customerslike this service. Our direct sales toexport customers in places likeEurope and New Zealand have defi-nitely buoyed our business, but I don’twant to over commit to export cus-tomers and leave domestic customerswanting. We have the potential to bevery, very busy this year. The possibil-ities for the new year are very promis-ing!”
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duction from that mill which she diduntil her recent retirement. “Dixie wasvery active in the industry and workedon committees for the Umpqua ValleyLumber Association (UVLA), theRogue Valley Hoo Hoo club andhelped raise scholarship funds forchildren of industry workers,” BobMaurer said. “She was once recog-nized by her personal Oregon Licenseplate—LBR LDY. Dixie was a greatambassador for Swanson Group andalso for the industry.”Along with her husband Dick, shelooks forward to spending a lot moretime with their grandchildren.Swanson Group Sales Co. is thesales agent for the Swanson Groupfamily of mills located in Oregon.Those operations include two greenDoug-Fir dimension mills, a stud millthat produces kiln dry White Fir, Hem-Fir and Doug-Fir studs and two ply-wood mills. The stud and dimensionmills are members of the WesternWood Products Assoc. (WWPA) andthe plywood mills are members of theEngineered Wood Products Assoc.(APA).
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AAccccoouunntt MMaannaaggeerrSSaaiinntt--EEpphhrreemm,, QQuueebbeecc——Presidentof Industries P.H.L., Denis Côtér e c e n t l yannounced thatJoe Thompsonhas been appoint-ed as senioraccount managerfor Western NorthAmerica. “Wellknown bysawmillers inwestern Canadaand the PacificNorthwestern United States,Thompson has more than 30 yearsexperience in sawmill optimizationand equipment sales,” Côté said.Quebec-based Industries P.H.L.offers a full range of sawmill and plan-er mill equipment including optimizededgers, trimmers, band saws, chip-pers, canters, stackers and stick plac-ers. Thompson can be reached at (250)248-0261 and by email at [email protected].
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NNeeww SSttaaffff MMeemmbbeerrssSS uu rr rr ee yy ,, BB .. CC .. ——The Teal-JonesGroup, headquartered here, recentlyannounced Scott Boates as managerof sales and marketing for Teal CedarShake & Shingle Division.According to a recent press release,Boates has been working in the man-ager’s capacity over the past fewmonths and has now fully transitionedinto his new role. He will continue hiswork on the sales and marketing ofTeal Products but will increase hisroles and responsibilities within thedepartment to include many of theday-to-day activities, development ofprograms and the overall direction ofthe sales team.“Scott has proven to be extremelycompetent, detailed and an asset tothe sales department and company,”
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CEO Tom Jones said. “We have everyconfidence that he will continue tosupport and provide you with the high-est level of customer service andquality product that you have come toexpect with the Teal name.”
The company also announced thatKevin Tisdall has joined the Teal-Jones Group sales and marketingteam of the Cedar Shake & ShingleDivision. Tisdall’s efforts will befocused on providing quality serviceand products associated with the Tealbrand.In recent weeks Tisdall has beenfamiliarizing himself with Teal’s opera-tions and processes and will workclosely with the existing sales team.“We have every confidence that Kevinwill diligently work to provide you andyour customers with excellent prod-ucts and services,” President DickJones said.Through four corporate divisions,including forestry and log supply,Whitewood lumber, Red Cedar lum-ber and Red Cedar shakes, shinglesand sidewalls, the company employsover 1,000 people, and owns andmanages renewable timberresources, sustainable logging opera-tions, specialty saw and planer milland state-of-the-art manufacturingplants that support a global sales andsupply network.
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CCooaasstt SShheelltteerrDDaapphhnnee,, AAllaa..——Gulf Coast ShelterInc., recentlyannounced JackClark as directorof operations andadmin is t ra t ion .Clark brings 35years combinedexperience in bothSoftwood andhardwood indus-tries. He will over-see productionand distribution of Gulf CoastShelter’s Softwood and hardwoodIndustrial Products and building mate-rial distribution as well directing thecompany’s administrative supportprocesses.“I look forward to providing efficiencyin operation and administrativeprocesses for current business andsupplying a basis for the plannedfuture growth of Gulf Coast Shelter’soperations and sales activities,” Clarksaid.Previous positions held by Clarkinclude Manager Planning andAdministration with Canadian ForestProducts and Senior Vice President of
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Hardwood and Industrial productswith North Pacific Group.Gulf Coast Shelter, Inc. is a whollyowned subsidiary of Shelter Products,Inc., a contractor direct supplier ofbuilding materials. Shelter Products,Inc. is headquartered in Portland, Ore.with the southeast regional offices inDaphne, Ala. and Laurel, Miss. Formore information visit www.gulfcoast-shelter.com.
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m a r k e t i n g ,Monique Bauerrecently joinedCira Creative asvice president ofclient services.Bauer will overseethe Northwest ter-ritory and otherselect accounts inthe United States. “After many years
at corporations like North Pacific andXerox, I decided it was time to workon the agency side and help clientswith their marketing needs,” she said.“I am particularly excited about mar-keting in 2010 because I believe Ciraoffers the right marketing at the rightprice at the right time. Our job is tomake our clients look good and helpthem achieve their business goals byproviding breakthrough strategy andcreative results. Our work includes thefull range of marketing and communi-cation services: messaging, branding,advertising, graphic design and webdevelopment.”Cira Creative is a marketing agencythat offers a wide range of servicesfrom strategy to design to program-ming. For more information visitwww.ciracreative.com.
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BBuuyy WWeeyyeerrhhaaeeuusseerr MMiillllPP oo rr tt ll aa nn dd ,, OO rr ee .. ——HamptonAffiliates recently agreed to acquire aWarrenton lumber mill fromWeyerhaeuser Company. Based inFederal Way, Wash., Weyerhaeuseracquired the mill, which produceswide-dimension Hemlock lumber in2002, according to Oregon BusinessNews. Weyerhaeuser owns approximately900,000 acres in Oregon and hasseven other manufacturing facilitiesthat specialize in Douglas Fir andengineered wood products.Spokesperson Greg Miller said, “Webelieve we have a competitive advan-tage in Douglas Fir. It’s a win-win. Wehave an owner in Hampton who isinterested in manufacturing in theWarrenton area.” According to arecent press release, Hamptonannounced it would idle the mill fornine to twelve months for extensivemachinery upgrades. “The people ofthe Warrenton mill have investedmuch hard work over the years andtheir focus, dedication and profession-alism have strengthened the opera-tions,” said Rob Taylor VP, iLevelSoftwood Lumber Technologies. “Thesale provides the mill with a new
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owner that has the focus and interestin manufacturing lumber inWarrenton,” he said.
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NNeeww CCaarrttrriiddggeessJJ aa cc kk ss oo nn CC ee nn tt ee rr ,, PP aa .. ——ImperialSystems Inc., based here, recentlyintroduced replacement filter car-tridges for all brands of cartridge dustcollectors.
According to the company’s pressrelease the replacement filter car-tridges capture more air pollutantswith 99.999 percent high filter efficien-cy on 0.5-micron particles.Imperial Systems Inc. specializes inoffering custom design, fabricationand complete package systems. Formore information visit www.isystem-sweb.com.
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WWoooodd TTrreeaattiinngg PPllaannttAAbbbbeevviillllee,, AAllaa..——Great SouthernWood Preserving Inc., based here,recently, announced that one of itssubsidiaries has acquired a woodtreating plant in Brookhaven, Miss.The plant, formerly owned byColumbus Lumber, LLC, brings to 11the total number of treatment facilitiesGreat Southern and its subsidiariesown across the South and portions ofthe Midwest.Jimmy Rane, Great Southern’s presi-dent and chief executive officer, saidthe company would make a substan-tial investment in the facility, resultingin 15 to 20 jobs for the Brookhavenarea, including management, sales,taggers and administrative positions.The plant will serve markets through-out Mississippi and Louisiana.“We are planning to hit the groundrunning,” said Rane. “We are delight-ed to be moving into the Brookhavencommunity.”Great Southern was founded in 1970in Abbeville, Ala. Additional plants arelocated in Columbus, Texas; Conyers,Ga.; Jesup, Ga.; Muscle Shoals, Ala.;Mobile, Ala.; Sumter County, Fla.;Glenwood, Ark.; Buckner, Mo., and
Mt. Pleasant, Texas. Great SouthernWood-Brookhaven, Inc., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Great SouthernWood Preserving, Incorporated. Forinformation about Great Southern, callus 334-585-2291.
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TTaaccoommaa,, WWaasshh..——A variety of resi-dential raised wood floor constructionmethods are showcased in the newpublication, Raised Wood Floors:Case Studies in Progressive HomeConstruction. The brochure is pub-lished by APA, in cooperation with theSouthern Pine Council, as part of aRaised Floor Living campaign to pro-mote the advantages of raised floorconstruction using sustainable woodproducts in the Southeastern U.S.“A raised wood floor is the savvy wayfor builders to address design issuessuch as sloping lots, floodplain con-cerns, problematic soils and tradition-al aesthetics,” said Bob Clark, APARaised Floor Project Manager. “Andstudies show that consumers preferraised wood floor homes.”Eight case studies are featured in thebrochure. “This diverse compilationshows how other builders and design-ers are experiencing success withraised wood floors,” said Clark. “Bycombining traditional architecture withprogressive building techniques,these builders are constructing raisedwood floor homes that are durable,aesthetically pleasing and sell quick-ly.” The brochure also identifies 10 topreasons for builders to design andbuild raised wood floor systems,including: costs less to build thanslab-on-fill; expedites the schedulingof trades; speeds up construction;provides more level foundations onany soil type; solves floodplains andsloping lots; simplifies repairs andrenovations; identifies the builder asgreen and progressive; sells homesfaster and for more profit; matcheschanging consumer preferences; andreduces call-backs and liability.Raised Wood Floors: Case Studies inProgressive Home Construction,Form K110, is available for free down-load at www.apawood.org. Printcopies of the brochure are availablefrom APA for $2. Additional informa-tion about the featured builders andraised wood floor construction sys-tems is available atwww.apawood.org/raisedfloors.
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SSaaiinntt JJoohhnn,, NN..BB..——J.D. Irving Ltd.,located here, recently announced thatChristian Gilbert joined the J.D. Irvingteam. Formerly with Tembec located
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in Quebec, Gilbert will serve asSpruce sales manager.Founded in 1882, J.D. Irving Limited(JDI) has operations in EasternCanada (New Brunswick, NovaScotia, Prince Edward Island,Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland andLabrador), and the United States. Thecompany has a team of 15,000employees, with business units inforestry and forest products; trans-portation; shipbuilding and industrialmarine; retail; industrial equipment;construction services and buildingmaterials; and consumer products.For more information visit www.jdirv-ing.com.
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II nn cc ..BBeeaavveerrttoonn,, OOrree..——J.V. Torgerson,27-year lead salesman of Allen ForestProducts Company’s wholesale divi-sion, recently introduced TorgersonForest Products Inc. (TFP). TFPbegan operations in January of 2008.Allen Forest Products is now closed.According to the company’s pressrelease, Rodger Seid and Nate Vahlhave recently been added to TFP Inc.to assist and expand the sales depart-ment with the intent to continue thewholesale business with the sameefficiency and professional ethics asdone by Allen Forest Products.“We will continue to deal in hard tofind items, specified tallies, particular-ly for heavy construction for bridges,railroads, and marine construction,”president J.V. Torgerson said. “Wehave experience in fabricated solidsawn timbers, glue-laminated timbers,pressure treatments, dry timbers,exposed beam construction, andspecified tallies. We will also continueto deal with distribution yards and bro-kers in South Dakota, Nebraska,Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota as wehave for many years providing fabri-
cated and treated Douglas Fir timbersand gluelams and piling.”TFP Inc. provides Douglas Fir treatedor untreated lumber, timbers and lam-inated beams. Mixed tallies, prefabri-cated and treated and less than truck-load quantities are available. For more information visit www.torg-ersonforest.com.
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SS ee aa tt tt ll ee ,, WW aa ss hh .. ——Plum CreekTimber Co., based here, recentlyannounced Bob Jirsa as vice presi-dent of government relations pro-gram. Jirsa will continue to overseethe company’s government relationsprogram. John Hobbs has been named vicepresident of investor relations. Hobbswill continue to lead the company’sinvestor relations function. DanTucker was also named as vice presi-dent of the company’s tax depart-ment.“These appointments recognize thesignificant contributions Bob, Johnand Dan have made to creating long-term value for Plum Creek,” presidentand chief executive officer Rick Holleysaid. “In their respective roles, eachhas continually demonstrated thehighest level of professionalism andresponsibility, and our constituenciesrecognize their performance. Theyhave served the company well formany years and these appointmentsrecognize their commitment and dedi-cation.”Joining Plum Creek in 1994 as direc-tor of corporate affairs, Jirsa camefrom Alaska Airlines where he servedas vice president of public affairs andis also formerly of ARCO where heserved as director of governmentaffairs. Hobbs came to Plum Creek in2001 as director of investor relationsfrom Georgia-Pacific in Atlanta wherehe held the same position. In 1998,Tucker joined Plum Creek as directorof tax. Previously he was senior taxmanager at PricewaterhouseCoopersand Ernst & Young.
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OBITUARIESVVaannccoouuvveerr,, BB..CC..——J. Allen Ward,92, recently passed away. A formerpresident of the North AmericanWholesale Lumber Association(NAWLA), he was involved in thewholesale lumber industry for manyyears and was active in Kiwanis,Scouts, Big Brothers, church activitiesand golf. He was also the author of,‘NAWLA—A Century of Friendship,Dedication and Vision.’ His work wasrecognized in 1980 when he receivedNAWLA’s first Mulrooney award.Ward was preceded in death by hiswife of 49 years, Dorothy. He is sur-vived by his sons Rick (Dory) and Buff(Louise); four grandchildren; and onegreat-grandchild. Funeral services were held atShaughnessy Heights United Churchin Vancouver.
•PP oo rr tt ll aa nn dd ,, OO rr ee .. ——Ernest “Ernie”Mantze Fullmer, 90, recently passedaway. Born in Pontiac, Mich., to Alfred
and Verna Fullmer, he graduated fromRoosevelt High School in KeegoHarbor, Mich. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Corps in1942 and became a staff sergeant.Preceded in death by his wife of 36years, Albina Mary Pavlinac, and ason, Douglas, he is survived by chil-dren Ernie Jr. (Carol), Donna Crace(George), Ted (Vickie), Tom(Maureen), Mike (Pam), John(Larinda) and Anne Chin (Loren).Ernie owned and operated FullmerForest Products and Hell’s CanyonLumber Co. Sons Ted and Mike con-tinue the family business. Memorial contributions in hisname may be made to theCatholic organization Maryknoll;The Franciscan Spiritual Center(www.FrancisSpCtr.com); or St. PiusX Church (www.stpius.org).
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MAYNELMA 2010 Annual Meeting, HyattRegency Boston, Boston, Mass.Contact: 207-829-6901. May 13-14.NAWLA Regional Meeting, MarriottBoston Newton, Boston, Mass.Contact: 847-820-7470. May 13.
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Anthony Forest Products............................11
Boise Cascade LLC .....................................4
Cabot............................................................7
Colonial Machinery Sales, Inc....................17
DiPrizio Pine Sales ....................................36
Durgin & Crowell Lumber Co. ......................9
Forest Grove Lumber Co. ..........................25
Goodfellow, Inc...........................................23
Hancock Lumber Co. ...................................6
Hardwood Forestry Fund ...........................36
Hood Distribution/McQuesten Group .........33
Idaho Timber Corp. ....................................15
Keller Lumber Co. ......................................36
Limington Lumber Co.................................38
Lumbermen’s Underwriting Alliance...........20
Mary’s River Lumber Co. ...........................21
Mid Valley Lumber Specialties, Ltd. ...........40
Mill & Timber Products Ltd. ........................31
NELMA (Northeastern Lbr. Mfrs. Assoc.) ...28
Nordic Engineered Wood...........................33
Pacific Western Lumber, Inc. .....................22
Pacific Western Wood Works Ltd. .............26
Pa. Lumbermens Mutual Ins. Co. ..............30
PPG Industries/Olympic ..............................3
R. B. Lumber Co. ......................................34
Richardson Timbers ...................................35
Robbins Lumber Inc.....................................8
Sandy Neck Traders ..................................37
Sawarne Lumber........................................36
Shelter Forest International........................27
Siskiyou Forest Products ...........................32
Swanson Group .........................................13
Teal-Jones Group.......................................29
Tri-ProTM Cedar Products Inc......................18
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West Bay Forest Products & Mfg. Ltd........24
Wynndel Lumber Sales..............................16
Zip-O-Log Mills, Inc. ...................................34
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In order to accomplish these objectives, we are looking to strengthen our team. We will do this in twoways; First, we will continue to provide resources and opportunities so existing employees can growand be successful; and second, we are interested in attracting and hiring new people to help us growin all aspects of our operations in sales, management, operations, purchasing, etc.If you are interested in joining our team, visit our website at www.bc.com/careers to learn more
about our company and current job openings.If you’d like to learn more, please contact us by faxing or emailing your interest to 208/331-5886 or
[email protected]. We’d like to hear from you!
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One Success Story After Another...
“...having advertised in your publication for several years, we haveseen the benefits and results tthat it has provided to our company...”
The Softwood Forest Products BuyerP.O. Box 34908Memphis, Tennessee 38184-0908
Dear Terry,
“Having advertised in your publication for several years, we haveseen the benefits and results it has provided for our company. Withyour knowledge of the market and wide distribution within theindustry, the ‘Softwood Buyer’ was our first choice to expand ourmarket exposure. Not long after an issue is published, we alwaysreceive calls from what may be new customers. I consider yourpublication almost ‘required reading’ within the industry.
As our business continues to grow and change, I look forward toa continued working relationship with you. From a cost/benefitanalysis, the ‘Softwood Buyer’ has been a very good investment forour marketing program.”
Best Regards,
B. Manning - General ManagerDurgin & Crowell Lumber Co.New London, N.H.
Durgin & Crowell Lumber Co. 231 Fisher Corner Rd., New London, NH 003257, carries seven 1/2 Island Ads in four-color in The Softwood ForestProduct Buyer. They have manufactured Eastern White Pine lumber since 1976. They have 30 million board feet of production; 630,00 board feet of drykiln capacity, in-line moisture detectors and a modernized cut-up shop. Their telephone number is 603-763-2860; fax: 603-763-4498 and their website iswww.durginandcrowell.com.
CALL TODAY 901-372-8280Email us at [email protected]
OR FAX US AT 901-373-6180
For Ad rates and marketing support services unavailable elsewhere.
“It’s everywhere you need to be to get more business!”
DURGIN & CROWELL LUMBER CO.
231 FISHER CORNER RD.
NEW LONDON, N.H. 03257
B MANNING
