BOISE CASCADE ENGINEERED WOOD Product Line Now

October 2010
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BOISE CASCADE ENGINEERED WOOD Product Line Now Available FSC Chain-Of-Custody Certified
Increased Capacity — Again
and more profitable homebuilding is
Another reason more merchants have
now available. You’ll find ways to help
been putting their faith in Boise Cascade
your homebuilder customers profit with
is the commitment to making continual
more efficient design, accurate estiproduction capacity improvements to be
mating, elimination of wasteful cutting
able to meet demand. Boise Cascade
errors, reduced framing time, even the
already owns and operates the two
ability to accommodate last-minute
largest I-joist and LVL plants in the world,
plan changes profitably – all while
yet has been further expanding producbuilding green. You can view this
tion capacity. Because the homebuilding
brochure at www.bc.com/21 or call
industry has been using on average
800-232-0788 to request copies to
about 8% more LVL products per year in
hand out to your homebuilder cusnew homes, it will require as much LVL
tomers.
© 2010 Boise Cascade Wood
Boise Cascade operates the world’s largest I-joist/LVL to manufacture 1.4 million new homes in
Products, L.L.C.
BOISE, BOISE
plants, and company representatives say, “We’ve been 2012 as it took to build 2.1 million homes
expanding production capacity during the slowdown: We’re in 2006. To be ready for increased
CASCADE, BCI, ALLJOIST, VERSA- Utility lines can now be optimized through BCI Joists for
ready.
demand in the future, Boise Cascade is
LAM, VERSA-STUD, VERSA-RIM, faster framing, faster HVAC installation and lower heating and
again in the process of expanding proBOISE GLULAM beam and SAWTEK cooling bills the lifetime of the home.
Boise Cascade has announced the availduction
capacity
by
about
another
50%
are trademarks of Boise Cascade,
ability of FSC® Chain-of-Custody certified
Forest Stewardship Council.
LEED,
above peak 2006 capacity. Boise Cascade
L.L.C. or its affiliates. FSC and Forest
engineered wood products across its prodUSGBC and U.S. Green Building Council
intends to be the most reliable producer
Stewardship Council are trademarks of
uct line and throughout North America.
are trademarks of U.S. Green Building
and the most dependable
Boise Cascade products that can now be
Council. SFI and Sustainable Forestry
business partner in the
ordered FSC Chain-of-Custody (COC) cerInitiative are trademarks of Sustainable
engineered wood industified include: BCI® Joists with VERSAForestry Initiative.
try.
LAM® laminated veneer lumber (LVL)
flanges, ALLJOIST® I-joists with solid-sawn
“21 Ways To A
flanges, Versa-Lam® LVL headers, beams
Better 2010”
®
and columns, VERSA-STUD LVL framing
To learn more about the
®
lumber, and VERSA-RIM rim boards. FSC
new tools available to
COC-certified BOISE GLULAM® beams are
improve homebuilder proavailable in Western North America and
ductivity,
select Eastern markets. The availability of
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Boise Cascade’s new 12FSC COC certified Boise Cascade
Boise Engineered Wood Products are available FSC® Chain-of-Custody cerpage idea book on sus- tified,
®
®
SFI Chain-of-Custody certified or PEFC Chain-of-Custody certified
Engineered Wood Products means these
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tainability, better framing so builders can earn green building points.
products can now help builders achieve
®
LEED points under U.S. Green Building
CouncilTM residential and commercial green
building programs including LEED for
Homes and LEED for New Construction.
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FSC CHAIN-OF-CUSTODY
Chain-of-Custody is the path taken by raw
materials harvested from FSC-certified
sources through processing, manufacturing
and distribution until it is a final product
ready for sale to the end user. FSC COC
certification allows companies that manufacture and market forest products to label
them with the FSC brand consistent with
Forest Stewardship CouncilTM policies. The
standard ensures FSC-certified wood is
accounted for as it passes along the supply
chain and ensures that when FSC-certified
wood is mixed with other wood, the non
FSC-certified wood does not come from
controversial sources — illegally harvested
wood, wood harvested in violation of civil
rights, wood harvested from forests in
which high conservation values are threatened by management activities, wood harvested from areas being converted from
forests to plantations or non-forest uses, or
wood from forests in which geneticallymodified trees are planted.
Also SFI-Certified and NAHB Research
Center Green Approved
In addition to the FSC Chain-of-Custody
certification, Boise Cascade Engineered
Wood Products are also SFI® certified, with
all wood fiber purchased in compliance with
the rigorous Sustainable Forestry Initiative®
standard. Boise Cascade Engineered
Wood Products are also NAHB Research
Center Green Approved, bearing NAHBGA
certificates no. 00080-00083.
Now, Boise Cascade Engineered Wood
Products will enable homebuilders to obtain
green building points under either LEED or
National Green Building Standard programs.
AS A MANUFACTURER OF DIMENSION LUMBER, PLYWOOD, AND STUDS
WE HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON THE
PROPER MANAGEMENT OF THE FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT.
RAW MATERIALS
Swanson operates under some of the most
stringent forest harvesting practices on the
planet. For verification, our SFI Certification
ensures that our timber resources are
managed for sustainability and environmental responsibility, protecting species,
habitat, and water resources.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
COMMITMENT
Three of Swanson's five mills are working
with Pacific Power's Blue Sky program to
purchase energy from renewable sources.
Over the course of a year, this commitment
by Swanson avoids putting 1,108 tons of
carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Value-Added Services
Boise Cascade market share has
increased steadily in recent years for several reasons, including the wide variety of
electronic value-added services that help
homebuilders build better homes in less
time, at lower cost – all delivered to builders
through Boise EWP dealers. In addition to
making it possible for builders to be more
successful, the electronic services are
designed to help Boise Cascade dealers
forge ever-stronger working relationships
with their homebuilder customers with a
suite of services not available elsewhere.
Boise intends to continue being the leader
in bringing profitable new building solutions
to America’s builders via strong Boise
Cascade dealers. For example, Boise
Cascade SawTekTM precision processing
systems are now available equipped with
several different levels of features, from a
manual saw system starting at under
$50,000 all the way up to fully automated
processing that can mark and identify every
piece according to location in the structure,
automatically cut holes for HVAC, and perform other functions that help streamline
the construction process.
CULTURE OF GREEN
We are focusing on the future by creating a
sustainable culture that permeates the entire
company. Swanson is located in a very green
part of the world. We plan to keep it that way.
After all, its our way of life.
Got questions, we’ve got solutions.
Call Us
1-800-331-0831
www.swansongroupinc.com
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Advertoral
Wholesale/Wholesale Distributor Special Buying Issue
BENNETT LUMBER Navigating ENYEART Continues To Keep Busy In This
Through Difficult Times
More Challenging Business Environment
Princeton,
Idahoassured of receiving stock
Since
1939,
Bennett
that’s run fresh. It is not
Lumber Products Inc. has
something that has sat
proven to be an innovative
around and has had the
leader in the lumber indusopportunity or the ability to
try through four generachange due to conditions,
tions of this family-owned
so stock for patterns and
business.
specialty products is run for
As a business, it continues
order. Typically, it’s 10 days
today to re-invent itself,
on the shipment time, but
finding niche markets that
it’s fresh stock.”
enable it to survive during
Shipment of product by
the ongoing recesssionary
trucks is arranged by
times.
Bennett’s customers, and
Jim Vandegrift, sales manon the export side, “everyager at Bennett Lumber, Bennett Lumber Sales Manager Jim thing we do is by truck,”
explained, “During a tradi- Vandegrift is pictured with a 1x8 board of said Vandegrift. “It typically
Red Cedar.
tional year, we would
goes to either Portland
have a mix of all
or Seattle, the two
species produced in
closest ports for us.
the Inland area —
We are not stuffing the
Douglas
Fir/Larch,
containers here.”
White Fir, Ponderosa
Bennett’s export cusPine, Inland Red
tomers ship significant
Cedar, Idaho White
volumes of lam stock
Pine and Engelmann
to Japan, a high perSpruce boards. But
centage of No. 3 and 4
this year, due to the
Common Pine boards
market constraints in
are earmarked for
the dimensional prodexport as well. Mexico,
ucts, we’ve seen the
Pakistan
and
opportunity to go
Afghanistan are also
heavier
into
indirect export markets
Ponderosa
Pine Sales Assistant Bob Jahns of Bennett Lumber for the company.
boards and industrials, checks a 1x12 board of Ponderosa Pine.
Thanks to recogas well as Cedar
nizing emerging
boards.
market opportuniVandegrift
ties, Bennett was
explained, “We
able to reinstate
idled
our
the second shift of
Clarkston mill in
workers at both its
mid-2009 and it
planer
and
has been down
sawmill,
which
for a year now
resulted in 35
due to market
jobs reinstated.
constraints. Our
Now the Princeton
Princeton plant
plant’s labor force
went to a single
is back up to 160
shift about the
people total who
same time so we
help the firm precurtailed our propare products for
duction in the The Bennett Lumber sales team of Jim Vandegrift and Bob wholesale/distriJahns
are
pictured
in
front
of
Ponderosa
Pine
Selects.
neighborhood of
bution customers.
60 percent overall
“We do not sell
between the two mills. Yet what we have
the big box companies on a direct basis,”
seen is an opportunity to go into the
Vandegrift said. “However, our customers
Ponderosa Pine market heavier than we
– the wholesalers – market our products
have in years past. That is partly due of
into the retail lumber yard chains. We don’t
course to Clarkston being down and that
sell retail direct, so our base group is
mill was very, very heavy to Pine. So
indeed the people we’re looking to see at
Princeton is now heavy Pine, as well as
NAWLA’s Traders Market®.”
Cedar boards.
He added, “Every wholesaler out there
“We’ve also seen an opportunity to manuprobably has 15 to 20 key customers and
facture and market Idaho White Pine lumevery wholesale house has anywhere from
ber and the patterns we are capable of pro3 to 50 wholesalers out there. It’s like the
ducing for our valued customers. In the
branches of a tree and we consider ourspring, we were able to increase production
selves starting right at the trunk of the tree
of the Princeton facility to a 2-shift basis,
and it goes out to the wholesalers, to the
which took the mill back up to roughly 80
retailers and ultimately to the consumer.”
million board feet per year. We had previBennett Lumber is SFI certified. “We
ously curtailed it back to 45 to 50 million
believe in environmental soundness and
board feet.”
honestly, taking a great deal of pride in our
Vandegrift noted that Bennett Lumber
operation from the woods through the mill
prides itelf on producing very high quality
to distribution,” said Vandegrift.
Pine boards, as well as Cedar and Idaho
The firm is an associate member of
White Pine. “We do not pull home center
NAWLA, a full member of the Western
grades. So, the customer is getting a high
Wood Products Association, which is their
quality grade that hasn’t been picked
grading agency and abides by the
through in advance to put into the home
American Lumber Standard grading syscenters like you see out of other parts of the
tem.
marketplace where they go for valueKey personnel, in addition to Vandegrift,
added. This robs the cream of the crop. We
includes: Frank Bennett, President and
leave that cream in, and again the cusson of founder Guy Bennett; Brett Bennett,
tomer is receiving the best product the log
vice president; Bob Jahns, assistant sales
has to offer.”
manager; Jan Dimke, secretary-treasurer;
Bennett Lumber produces: Ponderosa
and Mitch Dimke, general manager of the
Pine and Idaho White Pine in 4/4 boards, C
Clarkston mill.
& Better through No. 4 Common; and
Going forward, Bennett Lumber has set its
Inland Red Cedar in 7/8-foot S1SE board,
sights on continuing to pursue all innova1x4 through 1x12, in both 3 & Better and D
tive avenues possible to remain a leader in
& Better, as well as 5/4x6 radius edge deckthe industry as it is now. “There’s a tening.
dency when market conditions are bad to
Vandegrift said, “In the Ponderosa, we get
cut corners and take things easy,”
a very high quality log that we cut very
Vandegrift said. “Bennett Lumber still
heavily for shop and the industrial market,
prides itself on producing a top quality
as well as for the window and door manuproduct out of every log that we get. We
facturers, so we are doing both 5/4 and 6/4
continue to get the highest quality material
in shop and moulding and Better.”
from the best people in the industry.”
The company prides itself on the quick
For more information about Bennett
turnaround time on all its products. “The
Lumber Products Inc., go online to
turnaround time on specialty products and
www.blpi.com or call 208-875-1321.
specialty patterns is usually 10 days or less
and in the vast majority of the situations, it
can be done within a week. So as far as just
stock items, generally speaking everything
is available inside a week and in a lot of
cases it’s available for prompt shipment.”
Bennett Lumber does not inventory patPlease Visit Us at NAWLA Booth No. 618
terns, but “we run it only per order,” said
Vandegrift. “That way, our customers are
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While many companies slow
administrative staff and Linda
up production due to recent
Elliott is now in sales. Both
m a r k e t
are located
w o e s ,
at the firm’s
Enyeart
c e n t r a l
C e d a r
offices
in
Products
Tigard, Ore.
continues to
Enyeart’s
run at full
manufacturcapacity – even
running extra overtime shifts on
many days to keep
up with demand.
“We look at this
market
as
an
excellent opportunity to further solidify the importance
of our part truck
and custom manufacturing capabilities. There is no
reason to buy Enyeart’s mill is strategically located right off HWY I-90 in North Idaho.
On-site scales allow every truck to ship to full capacity.
ing plant near Coeur
d’ Alene, Idaho, continued to upgrade its
equipment again in
2009.
Most notably there
were
substantial
improvements made
to the dry kiln. By
adding a new Steam
Injection
system,
Enyeart Cedar is
able to provide a
more consistent and
more than you
need in this type of
market. Our customers realize they
are better off turning smaller inventories than sitting
on railcars of items
they may not need
or sell in a 3-6
month time period.
Our
services,
extensive inventoAnother day of multiple trucks waiting to get loaded.
ries and quick
shipments allow
even drying enviour customers to
ronment to help
better maintain
keep
up
with
inventories withincreased demand
out all the risk as
for higher end Kiln
they move in to
Dried
Cedar
the
winter
Products nationalmonths,”
said
ly.
Ron
Enyeart,
For more informapresident
of
tion, contact John
Enyeart
Cedar
Reed or Ryan
Products.
Walters at 1-800-551-6657 or
Recent changes at Enyeart
visit
our
website
at
over the past 6 months
enyeartcedar.com.
include adding two new
employees to help keep up
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with increased business.
Jesyca Tang joined the
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Tri-Pro Cedar™ and Tri-Pro™ Forest Expand Product Lines
By Terry Miller
Ron Cluster and Steve Linton, president and owner, Tri-Pro™ Cedar
Products Inc., Oldtown, Idaho; and Lance Hubener, Tri-Pro™ Forest
Products Inc., Oldtown, Idaho.
O r o f i n o , I d a h o —After making capital
improvements in 2008 with a new headrig
and debarker system, Tri-Pro™ Forest
Products, headquartered here, is now
able to offer many new products that
include Doug-Fir and White-Fir timbers.
The timbers are cut from Select logs and
used in treated and/or post and beam
interior applications. The innovative operation has the ability to cut up to 32’ and
dimensions up to 24”x24”.
Tri-Pro Forest Products offers a large
assortment of specialty products and
species. “The species we produce are
Western Red Cedar, Ponderosa Pine,
White-Fir and Doug-Fir/Larch,” vice president Ron Cluster said. “We want to be
known for all the different specialties and
the different species we offer. If you have
a need, give us a call.”
Tri-Pro also offers 2x4 through 2x12, 6feet through 20-feet, kiln-dried, S4S
dimension (Select Structural, Standard
and Better, No. 2 and Better, industrials
and low grade) with S4S capabilities up to
6x12.
Tri Pro Forest Products is located on 35
acres adjacent to Orofino Creek in
Orofino, Idaho, the company has two
headrig/debarker systems, two re-saws,
four dry kilns and a planer system.
The log yard consists of Western Red Cedar, Douglas Fir, White Fir, Doug
Fir/Larch and Ponderosa Pine. The mill produces timbers from 4x4 to
24x24 up to 32’ long. They also manufacture boards and dimension.
Key employees at Tri-Pro Forest
Products include Steve Linton, president;
Ron Cluster, vice president; Mike Boeck,
resource manager; Lance Hubener, sales
manager; and Jim Wells, plant manager.
From Western Red Cedar, Tri-Pro Cedar
Products manufactures tongue and
groove pattern stock in 4” through 12’
WP-4 Channels WP6 and WP11, for exterior applications along with interior use.
Four, six and eight-inch patterns are available with specifications such as fine line
center matching.
Bevel siding is also manufactured from
Western Red Cedar and is re-sawn at an
angle to produce tapered pieces from a
state-of-the-art siding manufacturing facility. “The bevels provided are both plain
and rabbeted. The thicknesses we produce in plain bevel are 11/16 in 6-inch and
8-inch and in 3/4-inch thicknesses we
offer 6-, 8- and 10-inch widths,” Cluster
said. “As for rabbeted bevel in 5/4 we offer
6, 8 and 10-inch widths and have the
capabilities to do up to 12-inch widths.
Western Red Cedar Decking, Fascia and
Boards are also available in a wide range
of grades and sizes at competitive prices.
“We do all the pattern stock, decking, siding, fascia and boards which can be
viewed on our website, www.tripro-
Tri Pro Forest put in a new slanted headrig and debarker in the fall of
2008.
cedar.com.”
Tri-Pro Cedar also offers special packaging, unit sizes and, if required, bar coding.
They can effectively handle everything
from 1x2 to 1x12, 8’, 10’ and 12’ on the
custom packaging line. It gives Tri-Pro the
capability to meet customers’ custom
package specifications on all the species
and products they produce.
Situated on 30 acres that overlooks the
Pend Oreille River in Oldtown, Idaho, TriPro Cedar’s production facility includes 10
dry kilns with 70,000 board foot capacity
each, four planers, seven re-saws, an
automatic stickering machine and
100,000 square feet of covered storage.
Key employees at Tri-Pro Cedar
Products include Steve Linton, president;
Ron Cluster, vice president; Terry Baker,
sales manger; Lance Hubener, sales and
traffic; and Karen Phillips, administration.
Between the two facilities, Tri-Pro has the
capability of producing approximately 72
million board feet annually.
The people at Tri-Pro recognize the economic situation of today but want customers to know that products will still be
available as needed. “Production in the
wood products industry has come to a
halt. Our intentions are to be innovative
and maintain the supply of demanded
products. We at Tri-Pro want to ensure
our customers that Cedar production will
be available from Tri-Pro as they need it,”
Cluster said.
Tri-Pro markets its products through
wholesalers and wholesale distributors,
and has customers throughout North
America. The company ships by BN or UP
rail, truck or van and can export prep and
container load.
“Wholesale distribution makes it easier
for our customers to handle our product.
Recently we’ve been asked to sell more
split loads to different customers and here
at Tri-Pro we pride ourselves in having a
large range of different products and we
do highly mixed truckloads,” Cluster
explained. “We are also doing a lot of
work on a custom basis at both facilities.”
Tri-Pro is a member of the Inland Lumber
Producers and a member of the North
American Wholesale Lumber Assoc.
(NAWLA).
For more information about Tri-Pro Cedar
Products or Tri-Pro Forest Products, visit
them at www.triprocedar.com or contact
directly at 208.437.2412.
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Advertorial
Wholesale/Wholesale Distributor Special Buying Issue
THE WALDUN GROUP– Focusing On Quality Cedar Products
Quality Throughout
Quality and integrity are the focal
points of The Waldun Group. Since
their founding in 1974, they have
used their time in the industry to perfect the manufacturing process of
top quality Western Red Cedar products. They have pursued, and
achieved, a level of excellence that
is unparalleled in the Western Red
Cedar industry.
The supervisors at The Waldun
Group each have 30-45 years of
experience. This has helped build
the character and knowledge of
these key employees. The entire
management team demands a level
of quality that will not be compromised. The quality of their production is set so high that it has created
craftsmen in the process.
Most of The Waldun Group’s
employees have been with the company for 15-30 years, and this has
led to a proud and loyal work force.
The company’s employees are now
a part of an engrained culture that
has made Waldun the most consistent producer in the industry.
Inspection
The Waldun Group’s products are
held to superior standards and rigorous testing. This stringent program
includes two independent grading
agencies. Both agencies perform
grading and testing on Waldun products even though only one is
required. This helps raise the expectations at the mill with the inspectors
that grade the product.
There are roofing mills that do not
even have independent inspectors
check their products. Some mills are
happy if an inspector misses off
grade product or turns a blind eye to
it. At Waldun the process has checks
and balances to make sure this does
not happen. The two inspecting
agencies are welcomed as part of
the company quality control program. Unfortunately many Cedar
roofing companies do not make the
published grading rules a priority.
They will actually hide defective
products from their inspector.
Excessive flat grain, knots or knot
shadows, and even rot in #1 shakes
and shingles can cause a roof to fail
in as short a time period as 5 years.
This has lead to a loss of market
share to the entire industry. Mills
knowingly labeling this off-grade
product with #1 grade labels
conforming to UBC 15-3 and
15-4 are participating in fraudulent activity.
Testimonials:
shakes were Certi; they were not.
She told the contractor to remove
them and he argued with her that all
labels are the same. She told him
“…if Certi is not on the label the
shakes can’t be Certi.” She did not
budge from this fact. The contractor
called the roofing specialist for his
assistance and he told him “…if you
don’t see the word Certi on the label
it is not a Certi shake or shingle.”
The non-Bureau product was
removed from the jobsite and
replaced with Certi shakes (these
shakes were Certi-Last).
H e r e i s a n e x a m p l e o f f r a u dulent product (100% flat
grain):
are defective will be switched to an
alternative product when the Cedar
fails.
The Waldun Group also takes time
and care with all the little things that
contribute to make a company stand
above the competition. The packaging is always done with care. Their
2-inch pallets, shrink-wrapping, and
air-bagging are always done with
durability in mind. Pallets are known
to break down and fall apart by the
time they get to a customer’s yard,
but Waldun rarely has this problem.
The organization counts every
piece of flatgrain that is packed. This
ensures that every bundle has 80%
edgegrain. They are the only mill
that goes through such rigorous procedures. There is no guesswork as to the level of quality in each bundle.
The Waldun Group encourages the roofing industry to
only do business with the
mills that participate in ethical practices; whether that is
in the production or application of on-grade products,
the providing of a safe work
environment, or paying a just
wage.
Southeastern Pennsylvania:
Last August a homeowner
(widow) called a Cedar roofing specialist to help her with
the specification of a shake or
shingle and if the CSSB could
provide information stating the
correct roof installation procedures. A Roof Manual, specification sheets and a “How to
•
Read a Certi Label” placard
was sent to her. She specified
Flat grain: when the growth rings run horizontally along the butt end of the piece
“…7/8’’ Premium Grade Certi
Labeled Tapersawn Shakes;
Any producer, wholesaler, or roofer
the contractor signed a contract and
that is knowingly selling, trading, or
promised that the shakes would be
Please Visit Us at
applying off-grade product is the
“…100% Certi”. The delivery of the
demise of the industry. Homeowners
74 Square of shakes arrived and this
NAWLA Booth No. 402
do not want a defective Cedar roof.
woman climbed to see the top of a
Unfortunately, most of the roofs that
pallet strictly to insure that the
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WESTSHORE/DELTA CEDAR PRODUCTS—Ready For The Next Fifty Years
Delta Cedar Products/Westshore shipping area.
D e l t a , B . C . — Delta Cedar Products,
based here, was founded in 1958 by the
late Errol Wintemute. The company specializes in Western Red Cedar and Pacific
Coast Yellow Cedar, but also entertains Fir
and Hemlock inquiries. A privately held
company, Delta Cedar Products operates
two sawmills, a remanufacturing plant, a
retail lumberyard and a commercial installation division.
The original Delta Cedar mill is located
along the Fraser River in Delta, B.C. The
remanufacturing plant is located across the
street and Sunbury Cedar, its retail and
commercial install divisions are adjacent to
the reman plant. The Halo Sawmill is located further up the Fraser River in Pitt
Meadows B.C.
During the downturn in the Japanese market several years ago the company created Westshore Specialties to lead the marketing rather than having the mills produce
lumber regardless of market conditions.
Westshore President Dean Garofano said,
“This allowed us to produce what the market wanted when the market needed it
instead of cutting logs just to keep the mill
going.” To fill the extra mill space the firm
expanded on their custom cut model that
had already worked well in conjunction
with their in-house production at Halo
Sawmill, incorporating it into the Delta mill.
Both mills have earned a solid reputation
for consistent quality and customer serv-
Company President Dean Garofano standing in front of the company’s
wrapped lumber products that are ready for shipment.
ice. Delta Cedar President Brian Dyck and
Halo President Glen Franke attribute the
two mills success to the crew. They both
acknowledge that anyone can put up steel
or buy equipment but having a dedicated
hard working, motivated crew is the key to
success.
Westshore Specialties production and
marketing focus is on decking, fencing,
fascia, timbers, pattern stock, bevel siding,
boards and clears. The company’s primary
market is distribution in North America but
also markets its products off shore. Most of
the remanufactured product sells for use in
the North American market with export
clears and shops generally sold to local
exporters for Europe and Australia. In addition to those markets, Westshore also supplies some of the local remanners and
sawmills with rough-cut lumber. Garofano
said “Many different items come out of a
cut so we keep the ones that fit in to our
programs then sell the other items locally
to others who incorporate it in with their
own production”. He explained how operating this way helps give Westshore a more
balanced inventory that better reflects their
customer’s needs. “The days of mills allocating lumber are long gone and good customer service is more crucial than ever.”
Garofano also said the key to Delta
Cedar’s success has been their ability to
be creative and adapt quickly in changing
markets, their over all diversity through out
Sales manager Gary Reid in front of Delta’s Western Red Cedar bundles.
the company and most importantly the
dedication and experience of the employees. With more than 250 employees
throughout the Delta operations many of
them are long-term key employees that go
the extra mile. Garafano said, “From the
sawmill floor right up to ownership, everyone rolls their sleeves up to get the job
done, and it is not uncommon to see ownership physically pitching in when an extra
hand is needed. We all have a very hands
on approach these days, wearing many
hats”.
The Westshore sales and marketing team
is comprised of Dean Garofano, Gary
Reid, Bill Paton and Brian Dysserinck.
“Between the four of us, we have over 90
year’s of experience in the industry,”
Garofano said. “Having experience like
that works to our advantage in getting
through these difficult times. We understand what relationships are all about and
know that now more than ever you need to
listen to your customers and be supportive
helping to find solutions to their problems.
We have a great team atmosphere that
communicates with each other very well.
Our sales team is not geographically
aligned for sales, as I believe different personalities click better with some than others. We like to let each sales person find
who they bond with best and by keeping
our communication close we do not step
on each others toes.”
According to Sales Manager Gary Reid,
“Production balance is very important in
today’s market place. You need to run as
lean as you can on inventory, but cannot
afford to run so lean that you do not have
the right stock at the right time. Orders
today are smaller and more specialized
than ever and the customer wants it yesterday when they call.” Garofano added,
“This is why frequent communication with
your customer is essential in maintaining
the right amount of stock to please both the
customer and the banker.”
The Delta Cedar group has earned a good
reputation for quality over the past 50
years and is well positioned to continue for
another
50-plus
years.
Delta
Cedar/Westshore is an active member in
B.C. Wood and the North American
Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA)
attending every Traders Market from day
one in Dallas, Texas. For more information
on Delta Cedar and Westshore Specialties
visit the company web site at
www.deltacedarproducts.com or call 604-
589-9006.
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ROBBINS LUMBER Gains More Efficiency With Upgrades
Chief Executive Officer and owner of Robbins Lumber, Jim Robbins and Alden
Robbins, Lumber Sales Manager and Vice President, standing in front of a
load of White Pine ready for shipment.
S e a r s m o n t , M a i n e —Fifth generation
Eastern White Pine manufacturer, Robbins
Lumber Inc. becomes even more efficient
by adding a new dry storage facility and
making state-of-the-art upgrades to their
facilities.
Robbins Lumber Inc. manufactures 4/4
and 5/4 Eastern White Pine boards and 8/4
Selects, up to 24-inches wide. Secondary
products for the company include a line of
clothes drying racks, wooden louvers and
ice cream freezer buckets.
President and owner of Robbins Lumber,
Jim Robbins said, “We don’t acquire orders
based on price. Our products are based on
quality and service as is our business and
in order to maintain that level of service we
are continuously implementing new methods and making changes that benefit our
customers and make our operations more
efficient.”
“We also produce Live Edge log cabin siding,” Alden Robbins said. Alden is Sales
Manager and Vice President of the firm. He
is also Jim Robbins son. “We’ve actually
been manufacturing it for a number of
years, but we haven’t actively marketed it.
For a long time we produced it regionally
by request only, but recently we saw an
opportunity to grow with it and we’ve started offering it on a national scale.
“It’s a heavy bevel made from a 4/4 product. It’s completely tapered and the entire
face is beveled, removing any imperfec-
President Jimmy Robbins Jr. who oversees day-to-day mill operations is
shown here in the rafters of the construction of a new shed.
tions,”
Alden
the process of
Tonia Tibbetts, inside sales, joined Robbins Lumber Co.
explained.
“This in July of 2009.
upgrading one of
product has been
our planing mills for
kiln dried at 10-12
better planing and
percent, which gives it a very unique, rusa larger production. We’re going to install a
tic look. It can be used as an accent piece,
new sorting chain, a new feed table and
like up in dormers of log cabin sidings or
bridge between the trimmer and the planer
maybe just up in gabled ends of a house,
so that we’ll get more uniform feeds to the
or for tool, tractor, or storage sheds.”
planer with better milling. A new green
Jim said a new dry storage facility was
chain will enable us to get the finished lifts
built to eliminate staining of the company’s
out of the planer mill quicker and we’ll get
products. “We decided to build another
better production without bottlenecking.”
storage shed for our rough dry lumber
Upgrades at the company’s sawmill
because after its kiln-dried, if the item is
include installation of a new log deck and
moving slow, you set it back outdoors.
conveyor.
When it’s outdoors, lumber has the potenBecoming the sole owner of priming opertial to stain. We pride ourselves in manuation, Penobscot Bay Coatings in 2009,
facturing a product with no stain, so we
Robbins will make upgrades to that operabuilt the new facility to allow more of our
tion as well. “We’re still looking for the right
lumber to stay under cover, preventing that
equipment and we’re working on the plant
problem.”
design right now,” he said.
Robbins Lumber carries up to 4 million
Robbins Lumber Inc. employs approxiboard feet of dressed lumber. The new
mately 112 people. Including Jim and
facility has approximately 2.5 million board
Alden Robbins, key members of the comfoot capacity for rough, dry lumber.
pany’s sales team include manager and
“We are also modernizing our reman facilsales of the secondary manufacturing line,
ity so we can react to small orders quicker,”
Dawn Manton; Tonia Tibbets, inside sales;
Robbins added. “We find a lot of the retail
George Weaver, outside sales; and John
yards that we deal with directly in Maine
Benjamin who handles primed product
only, want to purchase smaller lots, so
sales. Jim’s daughter Catherine Robbinswe’re making the necessary changes to
Jolliffe, accounts receivable, Jim’s son,
become more efficient.”
Jimmy Robbins Jr., Vice President, overMore upgrades are underway at Robbins
sees day to day mill operations. “Jimmy
Lumber as Robbins explained, “We’re in
works with the different division managers
and makes sure everything is running
smoothly,” Jim said. “He works with the log
buyer, the sawmill manager and the planer
mill manager fielding and solving problems.”
Changes are also going to be made in the
sales department as George Weaver prepares to retire. “George has been with us
for 41 years. He’s done a wonderful job for
us and will be retiring at the end of the
year,” Jim explained. Weaver will be
replaced by Jason Fuller. “Jason has
worked here for many years. Currently he’s
in charge of quality control and safety. He’s
very professional with a great personality
and he gets the job done,” Jim said.
Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and
International
Organization
for
Standardization (ISO) certified, Robbins
Lumber Inc. is a member of the North
Eastern Lumber Manufacturer’s Assoc.
(NELMA), and the North American
Wholesale Lumber Assoc. (NAWLA). For
more information about Robbins Lumber
Inc.’s products and services contact
www.rlco.com.
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Multi-Generational GILBERT SMITH
MARY’S RIVER LUMBER Western Red
FOREST PRODUCTS Plots Future Sucess Cedar, The Naturally Green Choice
B a r r i e r e , B . C . – At Gilbert Smith
enables it to effectively do a cut-in-two
Forest Products Ltd. (GSFP), located
program that targets 4 square 8’, 2x4
adjacent to the Yellowhead Hwy. 5 here,
products, along with other re-man proWestern Red Cedar is turned into varigrams for 4’, 5’ and 6’ lengths.
ous dimension products, boards and
Established in 1955 by Gilbert Smith
timbers.
and his family, GSFP began as a Cedar
The plant is situated on 28 acres of
pole plant. In 1957 GSFP shipped over
industrial land that includes the sawmill,
13,000 Cedar poles and many more
planer, log storage, lumber storage,
Pine poles and Fir pilings to sites across
scales and parking. Staff works five 8Canada and the US. In 1962, a motorhour shifts weekly at the mill and five 12ized pole peeler was purchased to prohour shifts at the planer producing 25
duce up to 11,000 lineal feet in an 8 hour
million board feet of product annually.
shift.
In production, GSFP utilizes a Hewsaw,
In 1967, a sawmill was purchased and
R200 small log line and a double circuset up onsite. In 1968, less emphasis
lar large log line with a Kockums 12-inch
was placed on the pole plant. The Cedar
single arbour gang and finishes with a
sawmill became our main focus to utilize
Stetson Ross 610 planer. When Cedar
the whole Cedar log with minimum
Logs enter the firm’s yard, they follow a
waste. In 1968, a planer was purchased,
series
of
and followwork stations
ing that in
b e f o r e
1972 barkbecoming a
ing and chipcompleted
ping facilities
product.
were added.
These staG i l b e r t
tions include:
Smith Forest
the
weigh
Products
scales, log
Ltd.
has
yard,
log
b e e n
bucking,
expanding
Nicholson
since then
27-ring
or,
and
now
Rosserhead
employs
debarker and At Gilbert Smith Forest Products (GSFP) in Barriere, B.C., the first board planed a p p r o x i the firm’s Stetson Ross 610 Planer is inspected. Pictured are: Dan
Linden step through
Doyle, mill superintendent; Bob Easton, retired planerman; Greg Smith, gener- mately fifty
f e e d e r s . al manager; and Mike Kennedy, planerman.
people at the
Small logs
sawmill and
a
r
e
planer, four
processed at
people in the
the Hewsaw
woodlands
and
larger
department
logs are cut
and seven
on a head rig
administraand lumber is
tive staff.
sent to a
Greg Smith,
large gang
General
combo and
Manager, is
board edger
a third genor a small
eration famiboard edger.
ly member
Lumber
is
that grew up
Appearance grade timbers in GSFP’s yard await shipment.
also directed
in
the
through the
sawmill and
vertical resaw
woodlands
to
extract
part of the
extra valuebusiness.
added prodF u t u r e
ucts, it then
plans for the
p a s s e s
company
through
a
i n c l u d e
trimmer/gradmore focus
ing station,
on
small
sorted in a 30
log
STK
bin
j-bar
products,
sorter
and
increasing
stacked out.
recovery
After that, the Pictured are the debarker and log infeed decks at the Gilbert Smith Forest with some
Products’ sawmill.
product is put
planned
in the rough
edger and
lumber yard to await being planed, gradheadrig upgrades, and developing offed, piled, wrapped, banded and loaded
shore markets.
on trucks for shipping to customers.
Key personnel at the firm include: Ted
Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. uses
Smith (Retired), President; Greg Smith,
one of the largest single arbour gang
General Manager; Dan Doyle, Mill
edger’s ever built in B.C. It was
Superintendent;
Mike
Kennedy,
designed to produce a board with no
Planerman; and Kathy Cooper,
saw step and has the capability of proShipping. Greg handles all sales
cessing everything from a 1x4 to ganginquiries.
ing a 12-inch cant to 2x12’s, as well as
Gilbert Smith Forest Products’ Ltd. cuscapable of handling large timbers up to
tomers consist primarily of wholesalers,
8 inches high and 16 inches wide. This
stocking distributors and remanufacture
enables the company to be diverse in
plants located within Canada and the
producing custom products and accomU.S. The firm has the capability to ship
modate new markets.
internationally and is currently developA few years ago, GSFP installed a
ing markets into China.
small log line and the bucking line was
For sales inquires, contact Greg Smith
modified to distribute logs of various
at:
diameters to different product programs,
250-672-9727
such as either of the two debarkers, log
Fax : 250-672-5644
yard inventory, storage decks, head rig
gilbert_smith@telus.net
and the new Hew Sew R200. This piece
Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd.
of equipment is a highly advanced 34411 Borthwick Ave, PO Box 689
dimensional optimized machine center
Barriere, BC V0E 1E0
that calculates a solution, rotates and
positions and makes all the size adjustments based on value and recovery.
With these upgrades, the sawmill
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increased production 20 to 25 percent
and realized a gain in recovery. The
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firm’s newly installed planer and trimmer
•
requiring dry bevel siding,” says Don Dye,
C o r v a l l i s , O r e . –Mary’s River Lumber
sales manager.
Company believes it has become one of
Brad Kirkbride, president, adds, “Our proAmerica’s leading Western Red Cedar
duction facilities and procedures are conmanufacturer’s for a variety of reasons.
tinuously evaluated to manufacture supeAmong those reasons are: commitment to
rior Western Red Cedar more efficiently.
outstanding customer service, product
The result is a top-quality product that is
excellence, production innovation and
competitively priced.”
diverse product availability.
Mary’s River’s siding is available in bevel,
Additionally, Mary’s River remains comchannel, and tongue & groove patterns.
mitted to continually updating its three
Knotty T & G siding, with its outstanding
manufacturing facilities as they strive to
texture and rustic appearance, is the corprovide superior service. During the past 4
nerstone of production. When Western
years, its Montesano, Wash., facility has
Red Cedar is coated with a solid-finish oil
been completely rebuilt, for example. Now,
stain, it makes a handsome statement in
Mary’s River is installing a fifth kiln at
almost any architectural style. Mary’s
Montesano, and each of its kilns handles
River siding is ideal for home center marabout 90,000 board feet. This newest kiln
ket with end-caps and bundled packagwill boost the board footage to a total of
ing.
500,000.
Mary’s River offers a full selection of all
Mary’s River’s Philomath, Ore., sawmill
natural
has also
Western
b e e n
R e d
rebuilt in
Cedar
the past
decking.
f o u r
Tightyears.
k n o t ,
The comsecond
p a n y
growth
plans to
timber is
install a
selected
bin sorter
to prosoon, and
duce the
then the
beauty
renovaof natution will
ral wood
be comRick Ingram, Don Dye, and Raymond Luther comprise the sales team for Mary’s decking
plete. The River Lumber Co., located in Corvallis, Ore.
with staPhilomath
b i l i t y,
m i l l
durabilirecently
ty, and
saw the
weather
installaresisttion of its
ance.
fifth dehuDecking
midificais availtion kiln.
able in
Corvallis
5/4 x 4,
serves as
5/4 x 6, 2
the site of
x 6 with
the com3 / 1 6 ”
pany’s
radius
h e a d q u a r t e r s Raymond Luther, a salesman at Mary’s River, says, “We offer a full selection of all e d g e
and 2 x
and, here, natural Western Red Cedar decking.”
4 and 2
remanux 6 with eased edges. Decking is availfacturing for the Philomath sawmill takes
able in even lengths only from 6’ to 20’.
place.
Western Red Cedar boards and fascia
It has been said that in comparing buildare manufactured with the same attention
ing materials, Red Cedar is as distinct as
to quality as Mary’s River’s other STK and
diamonds are to other gemstones, due to
Clear products. Boards and fascia are
its outstanding appearance, durability,
offered in 1”, 5/4” and nominal 2” depths
dimensional stability and insulation value.
and nominal 4” through 12” widths, with
For these reasons, manufacturing Red
rough sawn or S1S2E finishes. Quality
Cedar products is a very hands-on
control recognizes that its Standard and
process as compared to producing comBetter boards are used in fascia, trim and
modity 2x4’s and 2x6’s.
board and batten where excellent appearHands-on quality starts with selecting
ance is essential.
tight-knot, second growth Western Red
In today’s surging “green” market,
Cedar logs for specific products and
Western Red Cedar is a natural choice.
grades in a full range of Red Cedar prodMary’s River Western Red Cedar comes
ucts. From there, the logs are sawn into
from fast growing, abundant, secondlumber at one of two Mary’s River fully
growth forests where 95% of the tree is
integrated sawmills situated in the
used. The branches, the remaining 5 perWestern Red Cedar region of Coastal
cent, are left on the forest floor to biodeOregon and Washington. The Oregon
grade into rich compost for the next gensawmill at Philomath is in the Coast Range
eration. Compared to concrete composwest of Corvallis. Here, the lumber is conites and plastic substitutes, WR Cedar
verted to kiln-dried, rough-cut lumber on
production has the lowest energy constate-of-the-art equipment designed
sumption, is non-hazardous to handle,
specifically to mill Red Cedar for optimum
and is totally biodegradable and renewquality. The rough-cut lumber is transportable.
ed to Mary’s River’s finishing/shipping
Mary’s River customers are stocking
facility in Corvallis to be milled into siding,
wholesalers, both domestic and internaboards, paneling, decking, fencing and
tional. The firm provides services and
dimension in a wide variety of grades and
products to clients in Canada, Australia,
sizes. Shipping operations are located
Europe, Japan, Korea and Tahiti.
close to Union Pacific’s mainline and I-5
Mary’s River is an industry leader in
for quick shipment by rail or truck.
Western Red Cedar due to its commitWashington operations are located at
ment to customer satisfaction, innovation
Montesano, where all facets of manufacto stay on the cutting edge in quality and
turing are performed at one location. The
production, community involvement, and
operations complement each other to proa safe and healthy environment for its
vide flexibility in product mix, quick
employees. For more information, call the
response to customer inventory requiresales team Don Dye, Rick Ingram, and
ments, optimum efficiency, and competiRaymond
Luther,
or
visit
tively provide customers the Western Red
www.marysrvr.com.
Cedar they need with on-time delivery.
Mary’s River’s skilled craftsmanship and
innovation provides the quality and the
unique appearance that sets its siding
apart from composites that try to copy the
appearance of Western Red Cedar. An
innovative solution to drying is the custom
dry kilns, designed for the optimum condiPlease Visit Us at
tioning of Red Cedar. “Our computerized
NAWLA Booth No. 414
dehumidifying kilns allow us to produce
superior kiln-died bevels for markets
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IDAHO TIMBER Employees Contribute To Success
B o i s e , I d a h o — Idaho Timber, headquartered here, believes strongly in the
power of its people — the employees
who have given the company its reputa-
Cedar remanufacturing facility able to
produce 40 million board feet of Cedar
boards, fencing and pattern stock.
The Chadbourn, N.C., facility produces
Pictured is the corporate team of Idaho Timber, located in Boise, Idaho. Ted Ellis (far right, front) president and CEO, leads the company, which began in 1979.
tion in the market. Ted Ellis, president
and chief executive officer, said their
hard work is impossible to duplicate.
“We have found that our business model
from an equipment and manufacturing
standpoint is easy to duplicate,” Ellis
said. “The expertise of the people is
nearly impossible to duplicate due to the
base of experience, length of service and
talent we have been able to attract and
retain within our company.”
Idaho Timber, which began in 1979,
maintains a sawmilling operation in
Carthage, Ark., which specializes in 5/4
SYP decking and 2x4 to 2x12 dimension;
and a Cedar split-rail fencing mill in Troy,
Idaho.
The Weiser, Idaho, facility produces
boards in Ponderosa Pine, Spruce and
Radiata Pine (1x4 to 1x12), Lodgepole
Pine (1x4 through 1x12), and pattern
stock and strips (1x2, 1x3, 2x2). The
Boise, Idaho, facility produces Doug Fir
and Hem-Fir studs and dimension (2x4
through 2x12/8’ to 20’). This location
recently completed construction of a
SYP, SPF and European Spruce studs
and dimension (2x4 through 2x12),
Ponderosa Pine, Engelmann Spruce
By Terry Miller
Henderson,
N.C.
facility
produces SPF
and
Hem-Fir
studs
and
dimension (2x4
through 2x12/8’
to 20’).
The Lake City,
Fla., facility produces SPF and
SYP
(2x4
through 2x12/4’
to 24’) studs
and dimension
and
pallet
stock.
The
Albuquerque,
N.M.,
facility
produces SYP,
Hem-Fir, SPF Idaho Timber maintains 11 facilities throughout the U.S., including this manufacturing
and Ponderosa and distribution operation in Henderson, N.C.
Pine
(2x4
provide new opportunities.
through 2x12/8’ to 20’) studs and dimen“Even though we are concerned about
sion, boards, pattern stock, decking, plythe current market, we are excited about
wood, OSB, glulams and roofing materithe opportunities for growth,” Ellis said.
als.
“Overall, Idaho Timber is looking forward
Ellis said Idaho Timber’s goal is “having
to taking advantage of the new opportuenough of the quality products that our
nities that will soon present themselves
customers need on a daily basis and
due to the eventual balance between
attempting to provide them within 24
supply and demand. We consider this
hours.”
time of struggle an experience and an
“We are a very service-oriented organiopportunity of a lifetime.”
zation,” he said. “We’re known for our
Idaho Timber is a member of the North
people and our ability to service our cusAmerican
Wholesale
Lumber
tomers. Most of our managers have
Association (NAWLA), Temperate
grown from the bottom up and gained a
Forest Foundation, Sustainable Forest
tremendous amount of experience.”
Initiative and Forest Stewardship
“They have greater empathy and underCouncil.
stand their customer’s needs,” Ellis said.
For more information on Idaho Timber,
“That’s what allows you to be the best at
visit www.idahotimber.com.
what you do.
The Idaho Timber management team
continues to focus on the basics of running a good company. They have been
able to retain key people while also
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adding exceptional people that have
been displaced by the market. The
team is ready to accelerate quickly when
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HANCOCK LUMBER, Manufacturing Pine Through The Eyes Of The Customer
Headquartered in Casco, Maine, some key personnel at Hancock Lumber
includes; Matt Duprey, vice president of sales, Jack Bowen, vice president of sales, and Kevin Hynes, chief operating officer.
C a s c o , M a i n e —Hancock Lumber Co.
has a history that spans approximately 162
years. Since 1848 the company has been
servicing the forest products industry with
quality Eastern White Pine products by
way of continued innovation and a knowledgeable staff, according to Chief
Operating
Officer
Kevin
Hynes.
“Throughout the economic downturn we
haven’t stopped making improvements,”
he explained. “We are constantly innovating and looking for ways to improve and
become more efficient.”
The firm’s recent installations include a
Weinig Hydromat 2000 moulder. Vice
President of Sales Matt Duprey said, “We
installed an additional Weinig moulder at
our Bethel, Maine, facility, which will complement the moulder we have in Casco. So
we now have two moulding facilities to
handle our pattern production.”
Customer service oriented, Hynes said the
decisions made at Hancock Lumber Co.
are in direct response to the needs
expressed by the company’s clients. “We
work diligently to see things from the point
of view of the customer,” he said.
“Expediting the product from order to finished goods as efficiently as possible for
our customers is imperative, which is part
of the reason we went with the additional
Weinig moulder,” Duprey added.
Pattern manufacturing is about 25 percent
of Hancock’s business. “Twenty-five per-
Hancock’s Red Bag Solution: Made in Maine, Eastern White Pine.
cent and growing—it is a large portion of
what we do,” Hynes said. “As time goes
on, what customers need and want grows
too. They’re looking for better quality,
shorter lead times, and smaller runs. We
have developed a partnership with our customers and what they need is what we’re
going to provide. So when we looked at our
pattern business we realized that we were
outgrowing the one moulder in Casco. So
we installed the Weinig moulder at the
Bethel facility.”
The Weinig Hydromat 2000 can be used
for applications from 2-inches wide up to
12-inches wide and according to Hynes, is
the industry’s leading moulder. “This is the
third Weinig that we’ve purchased for our
planing and finishing facilities,” he said.
“We are now using this machine with four
people operating it versus a whole planer
mill with up to 10 people running it. Cost
effectiveness is right there,” Duprey said.
“Having the ability to run smaller 12-inch
patterns is really key for us and an asset to
our customers.”
Hancock Lumber Co. held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony when the
new moulder came on line. “This is a huge
win for Hancock Lumber Co. but it’s also a
huge win for our customers,” Duprey said.
They get the service, the flexibility and the
timeliness and we become more efficient.
We wouldn’t be able to do these things if
we didn’t have great customers.”
The people at Hancock Lumber Co. real-
Russell Coulter, general manager of Hancock’s Bethel mill operations
standing by the new Weinig Hydromat 2000 moulder.
ize the importance of maintaining customer
relationships in good times and in bad.
“The orders our customers place today are
not truckloads or half truckload orders,
they’re a unit of this and a unit of that.
They’ve had to change the way they do
business and we’ve adjusted to accommodate them,” Hynes said.
“We’re operating our mills to meet the
requirements of our customer in terms of
volume,” Hynes continued. “The ripping
operation gives us the flexibility to take an
8-inch board and make two 4-inch boards
if the demand for 4-inch increases. If we
need more 6-inch high grade lumber, this
allows us to take 8-inch grade lumber with
edge defects and rip it down to 6-inch, creating the opportunity to produce what the
market demands.”
“When we go into a different market or
make a different product for a particular
customer, we make sure the product is
exactly what that customer is looking for,”
Duprey said. “Our goal is to create long
term relationships so we get inside the
client’s operation and see exactly what
they need and what they’re trying to
accomplish so that we can offer the best
product available. That creates repeat
business and it cements the relationship.
When a customer buys our product they
know they’re getting something that’s world
class and that they can be successful with.
We’ve created a partnership where we
know what they need and what their
requirements are because we listen to
them and provide them with product that
they can make exceptional products out
of.”
The team that makes up the sawmill division at Hancock Lumber Co. consists of
200 people. Additional key personnel on
the sales team include Kevin Hancock,
President and CEO; Jack Bowen, Vice
President of Sales; Wayne Huck and Mike
Michaud, Scheduling and Sales Support;
Monica Evans, Shipping Coordinator and
John Kohtala who manages the Pine sales
to the company’s 10 retail locations in
Maine and New Hampshire.
Hancock Lumber operates a diverse array
of businesses. Three state-of-the-art
Eastern White Pine sawmills that are
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and
Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) certified, 10 retail lumberyards in Maine and
New Hampshire and a land division with
15,000 acres. The firm is members of the
North American Wholesale Lumber
Association (NAWLA) and Northeast
Lumber
Manufacturers
Association
(NELMA). For more information visit the
company’s website at www.hancocklumber.com.
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WINSTON MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
www.winstonmachinery.net
800-844-7680
Winston Machinery makes a variety
of material handling equipment that is
custom built, on-time and at a great
price such as:
• lumber stacker systems
• tilt hoist systems
• stick removal systems
• conveyors • pull chains
• lumber decks • unscramblers
• even enders
• singulating unscramblers
• roll case and transfer systems
• log handling equipment
• saws
Every customer of ours has always had different machinery needs, so call us for pricing on custom
built, heavy, high production handling equipment built for your application. Whether you need one
machine or a whole system, our staff is ready to serve you before, during and after the sale.
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1281 West Main St. • P.O. Box 159 • Lynn, AL 35575 • 205-893-5487 • Fax: 205-893-2401
October 2010
Advertorial
Page 59
IDAHO FOREST GROUP Introduces Gold Into Market
The Sales Team at Idaho Forest Group consists of: (from left) Rick Palmiter,
Melody Martz, Ahren Spilker, Jesika Daniels, Wade Wheeler, Erol Deren,
Ken Koenig, Andy Dunham, Jim Scharnhorst and Robin Martin.
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho–Throughout
modern history, gold has been seen
as a symbol of great value – a highly
sought after and coveted item. So
when Idaho Forest Group (IFG)
recently introduced a new specialty
line into the market, it chose a name
to show this value: “Idaho Forest
Gold”.
“This product is top tier on the quality spectrum,” said Rick Palmiter,
manager for specialty product sales
at IFG. “We want to produce the highest quality products in the market.
Idaho Forest Gold is a specialty product and brand our customers will
want to invest in, just like they would
invest in gold.”
Erol Deren, Vice President of Sales
and Marketing at IFG, added, “With
Idaho Forest Gold, we are expanding
our footprint in export, Pine, and
Cedar. We created this brand at the
request of our customers who wanted a differentiated specialty brand
identity while staying connected to
Idaho Forest Group’s LaClede facility is a specialty mill that produces
boards and dimension in Ponderosa Pine, Cedar, Idaho White Pine, Doug
Fir and Hem Fir.
Idaho Forest Group. ‘Idaho Forest
Gold’ is how we are satisfying this
customer’s request.”
This new product line joins an extensive history of success in the lumber
for IFG, which owns four Idaho lumber manufacturing facilities in Chilco,
Grangeville, Laclede and Moyle
Springs. All of the mills are efficient
top tier operations. The mills can provide custom services such as private
labeling, end branding, special package sizes, bar coding, custom dimensions, and custom grades.
Chilco is a random length mill that
produces dimension lumber in DougFir/Larch, Hem Fir, and SPF-s.
Moyie Springs produces studs in
Hem Fir, Doug-Fir/Larch, ESLPAF
and 1x4 8’ boards in Hem Fir and
Doug Fir.
Grangeville produces studs and
dimension lumber along with other
specialty products in White Fir, DougFir/Larch, Ponderosa Pine, Idaho
White Pine, ELSP, and Cedar.
Idaho Forest Group’s mills can provide custom services, such as private
labeling, end branding, special package sizes, bar coding, custom
dimensions, and custom grades.
Products at Grangeville can be FSC
certified.
Laclede is a specialty mill that produces boards and dimension in
Ponderosa Pine, Cedar, Idaho White
Pine, Doug-Fir and Hem Fir.
Like others in the lumber industry,
Idaho Forest Group has adjusted
production due to the tight recessionary times. Deren said that the company is running approximately 65
percent capacity “which is all the
market can withstand without putting
additional downside pressure on
prices. The current market conditions have prompted us to diversify
our product mix more than previous
years. The flexibility of our mills combined with the creativity and expertise of our production people has
enabled us to pursue these new markets.”
Idaho Forest Group employs over
500 people and their professionalism,
said Palmiter, is reflected in the quality of the products. “The people I
interact with at the mills have amazing attitudes and take real ownership
over their jobs.”
Key personnel at Idaho Forest
Group includes: Scott Atkinson,
President,
Erol Deren, Vice President of Sales
and Marketing; Rick Palmiter, export,
account manager and coordinator of
the LaClede sawmill; Ahren Spilker,
export, account manager, and coordinator of the Moyle Springs’ sawmill;
Wade Wheeler, account manager
and coordinator of the Chilco sawmill;
Andy Dunham, account manager and
coordinator of the Grangeville
sawmill; and Ken Koenig, manager
for national accounts.
Idaho Forest Group can be contacted at 208-762-6630. Or visit the company website at www.idahoforestgroup.com.
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Advertorial
Our Customers Spoke - We Listened!
Introducing ELECTRIC BLUE
What do you say about your business in
this economy? First I guess, you have to
still BE in business…
And to remain standing in these economic times, listening to your customers
is crucial to a Quality and Service-oriented family of companies that is LAZY S
LUMBER, INC. and COLUMBIA
CEDAR, INC.
green chain
systems that
were
completed
in
2009, providing more efficiency in the
production
line
going
from sawmill
ELECTRIC BLUE
to planer mill.
LAZY S LUMBER and COLUMBIA
Updating
CEDAR have responded to our cusand
some
tomers with the addition of the ELECretooling of
TRIC BLUE product line.
the dry kilns, Merry Schmidt, co-owner,
Kiln Dry 7/8” - 2 face STK boards that fill
proved to be Lazy S Lumber Inc./Columbia
a quality need in the market place that
an efficiency Cedar Inc.
has been largely ignored by Cedar mangain as well
ufacturers. ELECTRIC BLUE is providas a better quality of drying on the proded in 1 x 4 thru
ucts,
that
1 x 12 pulled
d i r e c t l y
to length - half
impact
the
packs, in 8’ to
quality
of
16’ lengths,
product the
branded and
customer
waxed on both
receives with
ends.
An
no additional
attractive blue
cost to the
paper
wrap
customer.
finishes the
The real chalpackage.
lenge remains
LAZY S LUMto provide our
BER,
and
customers
C O L U M B I A RalphSchmidt, co-owner Lazy S Lumber Inc./Columbia Cedar Inc., and with a better
C E D A R Brian Bellomo, new general manager at Columbia Cedar.
quality,
full
remain strong
line of prodand
are
ucts that keep
indeed providthem competing the best
itive in their
q u a l i t y
market place,
Western Red
as well as
C e d a r
address any
Products, and
and all conhave been for
cerns promptover 30 years.
ly.
In Truth, 2010
In this econoand 2011 are
my, the sales
no exception.
for the Cedar
Ralph
and
Panels has
M e r r y Columbia Cedar, in Kettle Falls, Wash., is currently building in phases a s h o w n
log sawmill to enable more efficient production with the same size
S c h m i d t , small
improvement
labor force as today.
along
with
over last year.
Tony Maben
Manufactured
and new GM
in 4’ x 8’ - 9’ &
at COLUMBIA
10’ sizes, the
CEDAR Brian
Deschutes
Bellomo, comand
Rogue
bine to keep
Valley grades
the
compaare making innies in an
roads even in
aggressive
a poor housforward thinking market.
ing frame of
The
19/32”
mind.
Panels meet
B r i a n
or
exceed
Bellomo, our Pictured are Electric Blue STK 7/8-inch STK boards by Columbia Cedar. C a l i f o r n i a
newest team
Building Fire
member, comes to us with experience in
Codes for use in urban areas. The prodlarge scale construction and planning.
ucts can be nailed directly to the studs
His ‘hands on’ approach to management
without need for subsiding, dramatically
and research skills have proven to be an
reducing labor and material costs for
excellent fit to the team. Tony Maben
builders. The 11/32” soffit material, has
has been with the companies for 30
been the biggest mover.
years, and has been promoted to VP of
COLUMBIA CEDAR & LAZY S
Operations from GM of LAZY S
LUMBER’s ability to load mixed truckLUMBER and is responsible now for the
loads of any products plus the Cedar
daily operations of both Companies.
Panels, have proven an advantage for
Todd Fox, Larry Petree and Dave
our customers in this age of “just-inDuncan at Lazy S, and Chris Retherford
time” inventory management.
at COLUMBIA CEDAR, continue to find
“The relationships built over the last 30
ways to bring market trends and cusplus years are very valuable asset to our
tomer feedback that enable the compacompanies,” said Ralph Schmidt, “The
nies to be proactive in all aspects of
Growth of LAZY S LUMBER and
Sales, Manufacturing and Service.
COLUMBIA CEDAR continues to be an
LAZY S LUMBER has added more dry
ever present goal of our Management
storage to maintain the integrity of the
Team. We are striving to keep our cusproducts while state-of-the-art finished
tomers competitive in this tough ecogoods production lines provide our cusnomic times, and to continue make our
tomers a very high quality KD and green
relationships with them a win-win.”
full line of products, specializing in STK
For more information, visit the firm’s
Bevel Sidings, STK Channel Sidings,
website at www.columbiacedar.com.
and pattern stock.
COLUMBIA CEDAR specializes in STK
Tongue & Groove paneling, Electric Blue
Grade 7/8 boards, 23/32” green Std &
Better boards, decking and fencing.
COLUMBIA CEDAR is currently buildPlease Visit Us at
ing, in phases, a small log sawmill to
NAWLA Booth
enable more efficient production with the
same size labor force we have today.
Nos. 500 & 501
State-of-the-art sorter, debarker and
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CLEARWATER PAPER WOOD PRODUCTS
DIVISION Offers Diverse Products, Services
Together, we are changing things and
constantly looking for ways to improve
with open-mindedness about what we
are doing, how we are doing it, and how
we can improve and excel.”
Nothing is wasted at the sawmill. The
company is an integrated major producer and seller of
green power from
woody biomass.
Distribution yards,
remanufacturers
and retail chains
are the company’s
primary customers.
But Johnson added
that they are constantly developing
relationships and
have even added
50 new customers
in the past four
months.
Clearwater Paper
ships via rail and
contract trucking.
Much of its lumber
The sales staff at Clearwater Paper includes: Brian Johnson, Allen Gaylord, Paula
can be purchased
Hasfuther and Terry Johnson.
L e w i s t o n , I d a h o – In 1926, The
Clearwater Timber Company constructed the world’s largest White Pine
sawmill here. Today that rich heritage
still lives on with Clearwater Paper
Corporation producing 225 million board
feet of lumber annually at the same
location on the banks of the Clearwater
River.
According to Terry Johnson, sales manager for the wood products division of
Clearwater Paper, the company offers
Pictured is a sample of Clearwater Paper’s 1x6
fingerjointed Cedar product.
This is a sample of the company’s 1x8 Channel
Rustic.
dimension lumber, Douglas
Fir and White Fir (2x4 through
2x12 boards) and Inland Red
Cedar (1x4 through 1x12
boards), as well as patterns,
paneling and decking.
Two hundred-sixty employees man two 40-hour shifts
weekly to meet the firm’s lumber demand. Clearwater
Paper has a complete profile
department fully capable of
running Cedar boards and
double siding.
Johnson said, “We aggressively market our capabilities
of making edge glued and finger joint products in Pine and
Cedar, which is a product we
are strongly promoting.”
Additionally, the company has the capability to “produce Cedar bevel siding,
paneling, patterns and decking,” commented Johnson.
Clearwater Paper has state-of-the-art
dry kilns with capacity to ensure that the
dry product meets every customer’s
specifications and expectations, he
added.
The fact that Clearwater Paper has
many long-term employees enhances
its ability to accommodate orders.
Johnson, who joined the company this
year, noted, “It’s interesting how we
have the flexibility to tackle new ideas
plus we have an experienced workforce.
Some have been here 35 years.
with chain-of-custody certification under
the strict standards of the Forest
Stewardship Council. The company is
also a member of the Western Wood
Products Association.
Clearwater Paper was spun off Potlatch
Clear fingerjointed Cedar by Clearwater Paper.
Corporation in the fourth quarter of 2008
and is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE: CLW). The company’s sales staff is based at its lumber
offices at Lewiston.
For more information, contact:
Terry Johnson, sales manager, 208799-1850, terry.johnson@clearwaterpaper.com;
Brian Johnson, salesman, 208-799-1832,
brian.johnson@clearwaterpaper.com;
Allen Gaylord, salesman, 208-799-1833,
allen.gaylord@clearwaterpaper.com.
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MCSHAN LUMBER CO.: An Appearance Grade Producer Of SYP
most Pine mills. Most of our
week.
products will be used in an
In 2009, McShan shipped
interior application, theremore lumber internationally
fore, we take great care in
than domestically. However,
our drying process.”
the company successfully
The company has four
maintains good relationships
steam-fired kilns and all
with its U.S. customers.
products are dried to 12
Most lumber is shipped by
percent moisture content or
flatbed truck, however occaless with the exception of
sional containers, vans and
the occasional run of 2x12
railcars on the KCS railway
S4S. Since steam is proare also used.
duced in the firm’s boiler
McShan Lumber dates back
and is fueled by green sawto 1844 when Feaster
dust from the mill, Mc Shan
McShan moved here from
has been in the ‘green’
South Carolina. In 1898, the
Lumber is a long-time producer of 5/4x12 bullnosed stepping
Hunter McShan, president of McShan Lumber Co., located in McShan, energy business for over
town of McShan was named McShan
for the U.S. market.
Ala., is pictured with an export load of lumber.
100 years.
in honor of Feaster and his
McShan has the capability
sons, including Nathan. By
duces high quality lumber with just a fracto store more than 4 million board feet of
1907, Nathan had a cotton gin that was
M c S h a n , A l a . –Experience and a comtion of the hard labor that was required
lumber ready to ship at any time.
powered by a steam engine. Since ginning
mitment to quality in the production of
years ago.
“Southern Pine has always been known
was seasonal, he built a rough sawmill and
Southern Yellow Pine lumber has resulted
Hunter McShan said, “We’re proud of our
for its strength, nail
began
producing
in the successful longevity of McShan
heritage as a high quality mill and strive to
holding ability and
lumber. Logs were
Lumber Co., located here
maintain the reputation that was estabtreatabilty,”
said
pulled by oxen or
The fourth generation of McShans are
lished so many years ago. We plan to
Hunter
McShan.
mules and lumber
currently leading the company, which
make the best lumber possible throughout
“While those qualities
was sold to St. Louis
reports it is the only Southern Yellow Pine
our future.”
are important, they do
wholesalers
who
mill in the world that is cutting export sizes
McShan Lumber Co. is a member of: the
not play a huge role in
rode down on the
and has Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Alabama Forestry Association, North
the products we offer.
train to place orders.
Chain-of Custody certification.
American Wholesale Lumber Association,
Most of our lumber will
An important product
Company President Hunter McShan said,
Southern Forest Products Association,
be manufactured into
in those days was
“We’ve been in business for over 103
Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers
other products such as
pole stock, which was
years and have a well-known reputation as
Association, Southern Lumber Exporters
doors, windows, casvery select as it was
a quality producer. We know the imporAssociation and the Southern Pine
kets, furniture, mouldused to make wagon
tance of proper drying. We have many secInspection Bureau.
ing or millwork. We
parts.
ond, third, fourth and even some fifth genIn addition to Hunter McShan, key personalso run our lumber
About this time,
eration families working here. We are
nel include: Tyler McShan, chairman; John
into flooring (where McShan Lumber Co. produces full sawn 8/4 lumber for another family (the
proud to have a group of knowledgeable
Tyler McShan, sawmiller emeritus; Grover
strength and durability export markets.
Sparkmans)
purpeople who are dedicated to maintaining
Allgood, procurement; Melissa McShan
is a factor) paneling,
chased
nearby
our reputation for quality.”
Allgood, treasurer; Mark Junkins, sales
ceiling and other patterns. One of the
Melrose Plantation, which consisted of
McShan Lumber produces 27 million
manager; Charlie Quarles, transportaunique qualities of Southern Yellow Pine
2,000 acres. In 1910, they erected a
board feet of lumber annually from one
tion/sales; and Dina Fuller, administrain international markets is our ability to prosawmill at Melrose and this is the current
sawmill with two planer lines. Employees
tion/sales.
vide long pieces of all clear wood. This is
site of McShan Lumber Co. Members of
work an average of 43 hours weekly. They
For more information, visit the
not available in many other species.”
the McShan family still live in the house,
produce 4/4, 5/4 and 8/4 rough for export
company’s website at www.mcshanlumAdditionally, although the company is situ“Melrose”, which was constructed in 1840.
as well as the same sizes, S4S, for distriber.com.
ated in the western edge of central, rural
In 1926, Nathan McShan’s son Tyler purbution in the U.S. The firm also produces
Alabama, it has a global reach. Over 50
chased Melrose plantation from the
5/4x12 bullnosed stepping, 5/4x6 radius
percent of its production is exported. The
Sparkmans and began operating its
edge decking and a wide array of pattern
firm frequently has overseas buyers and
sawmill.
stock.
recently had visits from customers and
Much has changed around the Melrose
McShan noted, “We are a grade mill and
Please Visit Us at
potential customers in Bermuda, Taiwan,
plantation and McShan Lumber Co. since
we buy high grade logs and cut for grade.
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Italy, Guatemala and Spain, all in the same
those days. Now a high-tech sawmill proWe operate more like a hardwood mill than
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NEWMAN LUMBER, Meeting Customers’ THE SWANSON GROUP – Producing Sustainable
Needs In A Moments Notice
Products Before “Green” Was Fashionable
Wells River, Vt.—
Walter Young, president
of Newman Lumber
Co., knows a little bit
about the lumber business. Over the past 60
years he has been
involved in the forest
products industry.
In 2005, the Youngs
changed the name of
Transit Milling Co. Inc.
to Newman Lumber Co.
“This company has a
lot of history and experience, so customers can
put their trust in the fact
that we know what we
are doing,” Young said.
“We also take pride in
knowing that we can do
just about any pattern or
product our customers
want. I think we have Walter Young, president of the company, leads a team of employees, which
over 200 years experience in the forest products industry and produces
some of the best has
Pine and Spruce patterns.
employees to maintain
Recently, Newman Lumber began
our machinery.”
offering Baltic Region Pine and
Currently, approximately 98 percent of
Spruce. Products offered in the
the production is their own product,
species include:
E, CB & WP4
and log cabin
siding,
Euro
Spruce 2x6 and
2x8 WP4 16foot;
Euro
Spruce 1/2-inch
x 6-inch x 16foot bevel siding
and fingerjointed Baltic Pine,
among others.
With just 10
employees, all
of them play an
important role.
Key employees
include Walter
Young, president and sales;
Carole Young,
treasurer and
office adminisCarole Young is treasurer and takes care of office administration and bookkeeping, and
and
Diane Castello is receptionist and assists with bookkeeping at Newman Lumber Co. in tration;
Wells River, Vt.
D i a n n e
Castello, receptionist and assists with bookkeeping.
and the remainder is custom milling.
The firm ships its products all over
The company is looking to manufacNorth America. Normal turnaround
ture close to 15 million board feet
time for an order is a couple of days,
annually.
provided the company has the invenThe Youngs also came in and
tory in-house. If it is a custom order, it
revamped the facility, which included
will generally be shipped within a
totally black topping and concreting
week, according to Young. In order to
the shed floors, adding a new shavensure that the product arrives to the
ings room, buying six new forklifts and
customer in a clean and uniformed
completely rebuilding the Yates
method, Newman Lumber paper
American A20 planer, changing from
wraps and canvasses everything prior
eight to 12 knife heads. Also, the firm
to shipping. Customers include wholeput in electronic equipment to speed
salers and wholesale distributors.
up side heads and profilers from 3500
“I think we have one of the most
RPM’s to 6000 RPM’s. Other equipstate-of-the-art facilities for planing on
ment includes a Mattison straight-line
the East Coast,” Young said. “When it
ripsaw and a new McDonough 54-inch
comes to grinding our knives to makresaw.
ing the patterns, we can control every
In addition, Newman Lumber built four
facet of the entire operation. I think
50 x 300 dry storage facilities with 15
everyone who buys from us will enjoy
bays each, which provide the compaour service and will want to come
ny with approximately 20 million board
back, from the trucker to the wholefeet of storage, including an existing
saler to the retail yards who receive
facility. Additionally, a 50 x 500 dry
our products from the wholesale
storage facility was recently built on
trade. In the event a problem should
the property.
occur, we believe in resolving the
Newman Lumber is a member of and
problem in an efficient and timely
produces all the Northeast Lumber
manner and making a wrong a right.”
Manufacturers Assoc. (NELMA) patNewman Lumber encourages its custerns, Western Wood Products Assoc.
tomers to come and visit the mill to
(WWPA) patterns, as well as custom
see the process from beginning to
made patterns for customers who proend, or go to their website at
vide specifications. The company has
www.newmanlumberco.com.
the capability, the facility and the
equipment to grind and make the
knives for specific customer requests.
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In addition, the firm is also a member
of the North American Wholesale
Lumber Assoc. (NAWLA).
G l e n d a l e , O r e . –The Swanson Group,
Oregon; a dimension mill in Noti, a stud
based here, has been manufacturing qualmill in Roseburg, and two plywood/veneer
ity wood products since 1951. Established
mills in Glendale and Springfield. “With our
by brothers Dean and Rod Swanson and a
location in southern Oregon we naturally
few other investors, the firm typically
have a freight advantage to California and
serves both large retail yards and wholethat is our largest single market” says
sale distribution centers.
Maurer. “Shipping by truck to the central
According to
valley
and
Bob Maurer,
Bay area of
Marketing
California has
Director,
been a big
Swanson has
advantage for
been involved
our
cusin sustainable
tomers
in
practices since
controlling
their
early
their inventobeginnings.
ry and man“
T
h
e
aging
their
Swanson’s
investment
have always
dollars.
In
supported
southern
good stewardCalifornia we
ship and susmaintain
a
t a i n a b i l i t y . Bob Maurer Marketing Director for Swanson Group Sales indicates the large distribuSFI
logo
that
is
placed
on
all
wood
products.
Swanson
Group
is
certified
Those issues
tion inventory
by SFI for fiber sourcing which indicates responsible procurement pracwere just as tices as verified by a third-party audit.
in
Colton,
important in
Calif. and are
the
50’s
able to serve
and 60’s as
that market
they are today
with next day
they just didn’t
trucking
of
have
the
highly mixed
exposure to
loads
to
consumer
achieve the
groups
like
same inventothey do today.
ry efficiency
Practicing
for our cussustainable
tomers.”
forestry
is
“All of our
the sort of
mills
are
thing you do
either servbecause it’s
iced directly
the right thing All of Swanson’s products: dimension lumber, studs and plywood are by the Union
marked with an inventory tag indicating the date and time the product
to do, not was made so that you can be assured of getting fresh, clean, bright P a c i f i c
because it’s stock.
Railroad or by
the fashionC O R P
able way.”
(Central
M a u r e r
Oregon and
explained how
P a c i f i c
the Swanson’s
Railroad) a
were one of
small feeder
the first comline
that
panies to conserves
the
vert their mill
UP. We also
to small log
utilize other
production
shipping
which utilized
points in the
smaller diamEugene area
eter second
that give us
growth timber
added flexibilinstead of the Loaded cars of lumber leave the mill at Glendale on their way to become ity in carriers
traditional old part of the supply chain.
when we ship
growth Doug
product back
Fir
timber.
east.”
“The company made that conversion back
Swanson Group Sales Co. is the selling
in the 60’s and was well ahead of the curve
arm of Swanson Group and the dozen
in anticipating the restrictions that would
sales people on staff average close to 25
soon develop in regards to old growth haryears experience in the business. They
vesting.” Maurer added “we’ve been at this
pride themselves on their level of service to
for more than 59 years and we like to
their customers and their knowledge of the
remind our customers and buyers that this
business and the ever changing markets.
is something that is an integral part of our
Swanson Group Sales Co. is led by John
culture. When you live and work among
Stembridge Vice President of Sales and
these great forests you take your responsiDistribution. Other senior management
bility for sustainability pretty serious.”
members at Swanson Group include:
The state of Oregon passed into law the
Steve Swanson President and CEO,
Oregon Forest Practices Act in 1972 some
Chuck Wert Executive Vice President,
20 years before today’s popular certificaRobert Landau Vice President of
tion programs were formed. “In many
Operations, Don Hardwick Vice President
ways the OGPA was our certification
of Resources, and Rick Bernheisel CFO.
agency – with two major differences – first
As Marketing Director, Bob Maurer works
they didn’t intend to profit from establishing
primarily with the sales team but interacts
and following good forest practices and
with all departments in promoting the comsecond – they made compliance the law.”
pany and the activities they undertake.
Recently Swanson Group became certi“Going green has been a hot topic for
fied under the SFI (Sustainable Forestry
many years now and it’s something we’ve
Initiative) program for fiber sourcing. “We
always done as a matter of principle and
chose SFI, not for their consumer marketdaily practice; but we’ve never blown our
ing voice, but for their best forest pracown horn or made it an issue. As a major
tices”, added Maurer.
employer in several small towns where our
Concern for the environment doesn’t start
mills are located and living in one of the
and end at the woods though and
most proficient tree growing regions of the
Swanson Group recently extended their
world and dependent on those trees as raw
sustainable efforts to renewable energy
material just makes one sensitive to propwhen they signed up with Pacific Power,
er care and stewardship with the timbertheir utility provider, and their Blue Sky prolands. We want our employees, our comgram. “Under the Blue Sky program we
munities, and our company to thrive for
purchase over 1,500 100 kilowatt-hour
many years.”
blocks per month of renewable energy,
with the result that over the course of a
year Swanson Group avoids putting 1,108
tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The program increases our energy
cost some 2-3% per month but we like to
think that we are doing the right thing for
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the environment and view this as a long
term commitment to future generations.”
NAWLA
Booth No. 320
Swanson Group operates five mills in
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C&D LUMBER: “We Go The Extra Mile”
Great People: C&D Lumber employees believe in their products and are
committed to continuing the tradition of providing the best quality lumber and timbers to their customers.
R i d d l e , O r e . –C&D Lumber Co. maintains the reputation of offering quality products, craftsmanship, and service after being
in business for over 100 years, specializing
in high-quality appearance timbers in
Douglas Fir, Incense Cedar, and Port
Orford Cedar and Cedar Decking Products.
Our motto: Great People. Great Products.
Great Customers. This is the driving force
behind C&D’s success and longevity.
Recently, a C&D customer made this comment that we feel is a true reflection of what
we strive for everyday, “Please understand
that you as a company are a tremendous
business partner to be affiliated with. Your
owner should be proud as well as all of your
employees. It is a privilege to count on such
a good company as yours to be a partner of
ours.”
GREAT PEOPLE.
Tradition is important to success. Our tradition lives through the dedication of our
employees in producing the highest quality
lumber and timbers in the industry.
Additionally, we embrace innovative thinking and implementations to continue to finetune our business. Manufacturing improvements are common practice, such as the
installation of non-metal tracks, anti-fungal
dipping, paper-wrapping, and the elimination of grading crayons. We pride ourselves on growing and changing where
needed. At C&D Lumber Co. we invest in
Great Products: C&D Lumber’s Premium 5/4x6 Incense Cedar Decking is
quickly becoming the preferred decking choice to create beautiful outdoor living spaces that can be enjoyed all year long.
our employees by facilitating skills and
leadership training, safety meetings, and
health and wellness challenges.
GREAT PRODUCTS.
We set our expectations high because we
know the success of customers’ projects
starts with the quality of our wood. We
make a habit of going the extra mile to
ensure our customers’ experience is second-to-none, by offering piece counts, custom cutting, anti-stain, anti-mold treatment,
mixed loads and more. A C&D customer
shared, “The best products available, sold
by knowledgeable sales people.”
Premium Exposed® Douglas Fir- When
Appearance Matters. With natural beauty
and exceptional strength, our Premium
Exposed® rough sawn timbers and 2” lumber have become the preferred lumber for
open-beamed construction. We start with
pre-selected raw materials and manufacture beams with precision milling. All
Premium Exposed® products are graded
on an in-house grade rule which exceeds
WWPA’s standards for pitch, shake, and
wane. “They [Premium Exposed®] are a top
of the line product,” boasted a customer.
Incense Cedar is an excellent choice for
both indoor and outdoor applications.
Incense Cedar is highly rated in a majority
of physical properties including natural
durability, shrinkage, checking, weathering,
warping, and insulation value. We offer
Great Customers: C&D Lumber values their customers as top priority,
striving to build win-win relationships each and every time. Visit them at
Booth #432.
Incense Cedar lumber and timbers in rough
and smooth surfaces. We manufacture
Incense Cedar into premium decking and
paneling products as well.
Port Orford Cedar specially grows just
inland from the rugged Southern Oregon
coast. Historically, Port Orford Cedar was
the preferred wood for boat building, chosen for its strength, durability, and decay
resistance. It offers a wonderful scent and
very light color that can be left natural or
stained to virtually any tint. This product is
first-rate for decking, timbers, and indoor
projects.
GREAT CUSTOMERS.
Our mutually beneficial relationships with
long-term customers are the running force
to our survival. We strive for complete customer satisfaction. “Sales follow-up and
shipping are probably the best in the industry. Customers are always given the
“Nordstrom style” treatment,” claims one of
C&D’s distributors. Our sales, manufacturing, and shipping departments work together as a team to coordinate proficient production schedules.
Leslie Southwick,
Sales and Marketing Manager, shares, “We
have very flexible manufacturing capabilities in our sawmill and processing areas
which allow us to be efficient in the production of targeted products and the ability to
react quickly to customers’ needs.” Our
sales team, Lee, Kris, and Leslie communi-
cate and demonstrate to our customers that
we continue to produce high-quality products that customers can count on. “C&D is
a consistent quality mill in and out of the
sales office.”
We value marketing to our customers,
using tools like our comprehensive company website, www.cdlumber.com , quarterly
promotions,
MillWrite our monthly
eNewsletter, and an online Customer
Feedback Survey. Providing marketing
tools that truly are beneficial for our customers has recently been a huge focus.
Our Product Guide is a new favorite, while
the C&D website is equally useful. Each
contains species and product information,
our standards and mission, sustainable
solutions, and a DVD to view, while the
website also includes an extensive list of
our retailers and distributors. Our customers say, the Product Guide is “informative”, “professionally done”, and “complete”
and our website is, “a quick reference”,
“clean and informative”, “good information
on your company and items available”, and
“useful”.
For more information, contact C&D
Lumber Co. at (541) 874-2241 or visit
www.cdlumber.com.
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EASTERN RED CEDAR PRODUCTS is a manufacturer of the finest quality, widest variety of Eastern Red Cedar
products available.
Some information about our company is below:
We have a sawmill operation in Marengo, Indiana and a mulch mill in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
At our sawmill facility we produce 25,000 board feet per week of Eastern Red Cedar lumber as well as posts, split rail and
other fencing materials, and tongue and groove paneling, all at a very economical price.
Our moulder allows us to produce not only tongue and groove paneling but also S4S materials (planed smooth on all 4
sides).
We’re a customer driven operation in that we produce one board or a trailer load based on our customers’ specifications.
At our sawmill in Marengo, Indiana, we use thin kerf bands to maximize yield and reduce sawdust, and, we have our own dry
kiln.
We would be happy if you would choose to visit our sawmill operation, inspect our products and sniff some pleasing Eastern
Red Cedar aroma.
Richard, Jane and Ian Newton all work in their
family sawmill business. The building in the background houses their sawmill equipment.
Richard Newton’s daughter, Danielle Newton, can
do anything at the mill operation like run the
resaws, feed the moulder, drive the loader, etc.
Jerry and Tony Brummett are key employees, and
they’re standing by Ian Newton.
Jon Lincoln, another key employee, runs the
edger and moulder for the company.
Contact us when we can be of service.
Marengo, Indiana Division
Telephone 812-365-2495 800-989-3637
Postal address 9611 S CO RD 425 E, Marengo, IN 47140
Electronic mail General information: richard@cedarusa.com
Stillwater, Oklahoma Mulch Division
Telephone 405-780-7520 FAX 405-780-7521
Postal address 6310 W. Devonshire Rd., Stillwater, OK 74074
Electronic mail General information: richard@cedarusa.com
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Wholesale/Wholesale Distributor Special Buying Issue
MID VALLEY LUMBER—“A Happy Customer Is A Repeat Customer”
Mid Valley offers a full line of Western Red Cedar products for
almost any application. Balusters, appearance grade, posts
or timbers, decking, fence boards, fence rails, fence posts, or
industrial components are among their many product offerings. (2x2 C and Better S4S) Western Red Cedar lumber is
shown here.
A l d e r g r o v e , B . C . — Mid Valley
Lumber Specialties Ltd., founded in
1994, possesses well over 100
years of combined sales experience.
President Al Fortune believes this
experience is invaluable. “These
trusted veterans in the industry have
learned the value of a customer and
how important it is to keep them
coming back. It’s simple; treat our
customers as you would like to be
treated and supply them with the
right products, that shouldn’t be too
much to ask,” Fortune said.
The experienced sales team is
made up of Omar Derkach, Jeff
Robinson, Mark Robitaille and Al
Fortune, president, Mid Valley
Lumber. The sales team has a wide
range of experience selling and
manufacturing Western Red Cedar,
Douglas Fir, Hemlock and SPF.
According to Fortune, at Mid Valley
Lumber, your word is your bond and
a commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. “We are not looking for a one time sale: we are looking to build long term relationships,
where the customer is happy and
The experienced team of staff at Mid Valley is made up of (front row) Wendy George, office manager; (back row from left) Jeff Robinson, sales manager; Al Fortune, president; Mark Robitaille,
lumber sales; and Omar Derkach, lumber sales.
continues to deal with us.
Building a long term partnership
with our customers is one of the
keys to our success. A happy customer is a repeat customer and we
want repeat customers.”
Fortune said, “One way to ensure
repeat customers is to produce quality, consistent products time after
time. You also need to have the flexibility to change with the market conditions and adapt to the customers
requirements.”
Your load. Your way is our motto.
We feel you should be able to order
the products you want and need.
Therefore we offer a wide variety of
products. Special grade sorts, specific packaging, specified lengths is
just part of a normal day at Mid
Valley Lumber. The company also
offers mixed and specified loads.
That enables the customer to keep
their inventories very lean and
diverse. If Mid Valley does not currently manufacture the Western Red
Cedar item a customer requests,
they will find a way to either produce
or procure it. Mid Valley offers a full
line of Western Red Cedar products
for almost any application: balusters, appearance grade, posts or
Details included in the hands-on philosophy include utilizing
special paper wrap (shown here) on bundles, protecting highend materials with bottom protection from dirt and discoloration and plastic banding to prevent metal oxidation marks.
timbers, decking, fence boards,
fence rails, fence posts, or industrial components.
Mid Valley consistently draws its
raw material from the same sources,
primarily coastal British Columbia
fiber with some Western Red Cedar
drawn from the interior of the
province. “The fiber comes from
both areas of the province as specific fiber is better suited for certain
product lines. As Cedar is not like
many other species, it has the natural resistance to decay and rot,
which makes it an excellent environmental choice for several products,”
Fortune said.
Some Douglas Fir, Hemlock and
SPF products are available upon
request, call for more details.
From the moment Mid Valley starts
producing its products, they are
monitored throughout the manufacturing processes. “We have a very
hands-on approach to what we’re
producing and what we do for customers,” Fortune said.
Details
included in the hands-on philosophy
include utilizing special paper wrap
on bundles, protecting high-end
materials with bottom protection
from dirt and discoloration and plas-
tic banding to prevent metal oxidation marks.
Mid Valley is an active member in a
number of lumber industry associations including the Western Red
Cedar Lumber Assoc., the North
American
Wholesale
Lumber
Assoc., British Columbia Wood,
British Columbia Wholesale Lumber
Assoc., and the Independent
Lumber Remanufacturers Assoc.
If you are looking to do business
with a company that is easy to deal
with and is committed to consistently producing quality products give
Mid Valley Lumber Specialties a call.
For more information about Mid
Valley Lumber Specialties Ltd., visit
the company’s website at www.midvalleylbr.com or 3084 275 Street,
Aldergrove, B.C. Canada, V4W 3L4,
call 604-856-6072 or fax to 604-8566043.
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Size does matter.
DOUGLAS FIR up to
20” x 20” x up to 40’
CEDAR 16” x 16” up to 32’
Richardson Timbers is a leader in
custom millwork and manufacturing of customized timbers, with
capabilities of delivering products
throughout the U.S.
Serving the construction industry
for over 60 years, by taking the
spirit of the old and combining it
with the leading technology of
today, Richardson Timbers is able
to offer wholesale products with
unparalleled service and quality.
RICHARDSON TIMBERS
Since 1949
toll free (877) 318-5261 phone (214) 358-2314 fax (214) 358-2383
www.richardsontimbers.com
Stocking Distributor of Large, Green and Kiln-dried timbers