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Lumber Inc.,Colville, WA; Tri-Pro Cedar, Old-town, ID; PlumCreek TimberCo., ColumbiaFalls, MT; BlueNorth ForestProducts,Kamiah, ID;Boise Cascade,Boise, ID; Pot-latch Corp.,Lewiston, ID;Stimson LumberCo., Portland,OR; Idaho Forest Group, Coeur dʼAlene, ID; Empire Lumber Co., Spokane,

Coeur d’Alene, ID–The Inland Lumber Producers (ILP) 32nd annual golftournament, held here recently at Hayden Lake Country Club, welcomed 235customers, along with 140 spouses and significant others, for a total of 375

people.Current

sawmillswho aremembersof ILP in-clude: Mer-rittBrothersLumberCo. Inc.,Athol, ID;VaagenBrothers

Canyonville, OR–Seven Feathers Casino Resort recently welcomed ap-proximately 230 members and guests of the Umpqua Valley Lumber Associa-

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tion (UVLA) for the groupʼs annual summer gathering. This marked a recordattendance figure for this event.Multiple networking

opportunities wereavailable to those inattendance. Millswere toured, a jet-boat excursion atGrants Pass enjoyed,and the PyrennesVineyard and The OKCorral each wel-comed the group fordinner. Some atten-dees participated in a4-team golf scrambleon the final day of theevent.

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Sally and Steve Killgore, Roseburg, Dillard, OR; Greg Chase, Herbert Lumber Co., Riddle,OR; Greg Piven, (retired D.R. Johnson Lumber Co.), Riddle, OR; and Steve Grieg, Roseburg

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ILP Hosts 32nd Annual Golf Event

Duane Vaagen and Russ Vaagen, Vaagen Brothers Lumber Inc., Colville, WA;Colleen and Rick Palmiter, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur dʼAlene, ID; and HerbJanhsen, Merritt Brothers Lumber Co., Athol, ID

Ron and Joanie Hansen, Pelican Bay Forest Products, Bend,OR; Leslie Southwick, C&D Lumber Co., Riddle, OR; and JoshHansen, Pelican Bay Forest Products

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Umpqua Valley Attendees Tour Mills, Gather For Annual Event

Guest Speakers Focus OnIndustry Market At SLMA Event Orlando, FL–

Over 400 atten-dees recentlymade the trip tothe Waldorf As-toria Orlando, lo-cated here, forindustry updatesand fellowshipduring the 2015SoutheasternLumber Manu-facturers Associ-ationʼs (SLMA)

Jack Donovan, Boise Cascade, Lake Oswego, OR; Mark and MichelleMitchell, Stimson Lumber Co., Portland, OR; John Wagenhofer, BoiseCascade; and Todd Fox, Columbia Cedar Inc., Kettle Falls, WA

Chris and Emily DeMilliano, Steely Lumber Co. Inc., Huntsville, TX;and Jeff Jordan and Michelle Bowers, Jordan Lumber & Supply Inc.,Mt. Gilead, NC, at the 3rd Annual SLMA PAC Dinner, which raised al-most $50,000.

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As a North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) Education Com-mittee volunteer and 10 Group participant, I have heard many peers discuss theneed to further educate their employees. Thereʼs no question that investment inyour staff at every stage of their career is the best way to grow your business,and increase employee performance, satisfaction, and retention. However, it canbe challenging to find educational programs that deliver an immediate return onwhat can be a significant investment.This is what distinguishes NAWLAʼs education programs from those that span

multiple industries or focus on a single discipline. Each course is specifically de-signed for and by professionals in the forest products industry, and includes rele-

The Softwood Forest Products Buyer September/October 2015

Adam Hazelwood is a lumber trader at Skana Forest Prod-ucts, located in Richmond, BC.Skana Forest Products is a wholesaler and manufacturer

specializing in a wide range of products including framinglumber, Clear & STK Finish, Clear & STK T&G, Clear & STKBevel siding, MSR, No. 3 and Economy, finger-joint lumber,plywood, agricultural stakes and furring strips. The companymarkets to North America as a wholesaler of Spruce-Pine-Fir,Pine, Western Red Cedar and Plywood. Western Red Cedarproducts offered include Clear Finish, Clear T&G and ClearBevel Siding.Skana Forest Products also offers highly


Aly Kingsley is sales operations manager for Collins, lo-cated in Wilsonville, OR.Collins was founded in 1855, and has a long history as afamily-owned forest products company with more than309,000 acres of Forest Stewardship Council certified forest-lands in California, Oregon and Pennsylvania. The companymarkets locally, regionally, national and internationally, whole-saling 180 million board feet annually of Softwood lumberproducts, with species including Douglas Fir, EngelmannSpruce, Lodgepole Pine, Spruce-Pine-Fir, White Fir, HemlockFir, Larch and Ponderosa Pine, all kiln-dried. Additional prod-ucts include 3/4-inch particleboard, 7/16-inch siding and trim





Housing starts in the U.S. are estimated to have run at a seasonally adjustedannual rate of 1.144 million units in the second quarter of 2015, up roughly 16percent from the second quarter of 2014. Other end-use markets are also show-ing gains as nonresidential construction in the U.S. was up 9 percent and furni-ture production was up 4 percent compared to the second quarter of 2014.Housing starts in Canada ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 192,000units in the second quarter, down 2 percent from a year ago.North America structural panel production totaled 7.82 billion square feet in the

second quarter, up 0.6 percent from the second quarter of 2014. OSB produc-tion ran at 5.14 billion square feet, up 1.8 percent from a year ago, while ply-

CHANGING THE WAY AMERICA BUILDS

SLB-USDA Identify Shared Priorities for Joint Efforts

The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA) are moving aggressively to implement a Memorandum of Understand-ing (MOU) signed in April this year by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack andSLB Chairman Marc Brinkmeyer. The MOU established a partnership agree-ment between the SLB and USDA to change the way America builds, emphasiz-ing research and development in wood building product applications, expandingthe use of wood in the built environment, reducing greenhouse gas emissionsfrom the construction sector, and creating jobs in rural communities.USDA has established an inter-agency team to bring together the breadth of

USDA talent and resources focused on wood building products across the De-partment. The SLB met recently with USDA team leaders to identify specific

ADAM HAZELWOOD

ALY KINGSLEY

Who’s Whoin Softwoods

Peter Kinney is a salesman at Robbins Lumber Inc., lo-cated in Searsmont, ME.Robbins Lumber is a vertically integrated forest products firmproducing Eastern White Pine lumber and by-products in itsmill, while at the same time caring for and growing forest prod-ucts on its sustainably managed woodlands. Maine craftsmenand women are employed producing approximately 28 millionboard feet annually of Eastern White Pine lumber.In addition to paneling and siding patterns, Robbins Lumberis currently stocking two coat primed selects, clear coatingpaneling, Western Red Cedar decking Continued on page 31

Chris Retherford is a sales representative for ColumbiaCedar, located in Kettle Falls, WA.Columbia Cedar produces approximately 50 million board

feet annually of Western Red Cedar (Select, Knotty, 3/4-inchS1S2E Green and kiln-dried boards, 7/8-inch kiln-driedS1S2E boards, bevel siding, Green and kiln-dried 1x4, 1x6,1x8 T&G kiln-dried in V4E&V2E, 2x6 T&G V2EKD, 1x6, 1x8,1x10 channel rustic siding, Green and kiln-dried, 2x4, 2x6,2x8 S4SEE Green and kiln-dried).A graduate of Evergreen High School, Vancouver, WA,

Retherford obtained a Bachelor of Sci- Continued on page 31

PETER KINNEY

CHRIS RETHERFORD

Eric Studer is a commodity trader for Mid-State LumberCorp., located in Morris County, NJ.

Mid-State Lumber is a local and regional wholesaler of floor-ing, Knotty and Clear boards, wood siding, stepping, and di-mensional lumber. Knotty boards are available in kiln-driedInland Red Cedar and White Pine, while Clear boards are of-fered in Pine, husky finger-joint Primed Pine, A and BetterWestern Red Cedar, kiln-dried Inland Red Cedar, Blue Starred meranti, vertical grain Doug Fir, as well as ipe.

Additional products offered by the company include decking,PVC products, fiber cement, railing, and Continued on page 28

Marshall Wood II is responsible for sales and purchasing atMars Hill Inc., located in Waynesboro, MS.Mars Hill Inc., a wholesale lumber company, supplies 1x4through 2x12 Spruce-Pine-Fir and 4/4 through 8/4 hardwoodsto its customers located throughout North America. The oper-ation also sells some industrial plywood in 4x8 sheets andSouthern Yellow Pine cut stock to some of its customers aswell.Mars Hill purchases approximately 30 million board feet an-nually. The majority of their Softwood and hardwood lumber issourced in the southeastern United

ERIC STUDER

MARSHALL WOODContinued on page 21

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By David Stallcop, Global Marketing Manager, Vanport International, and NAWLA Education Committee Volunteer

By Robert GlowinskiPresident & CEOAmerican Wood Council


Insights and trends in sustainable design shared by the American Wood Council

Everyone in the building industry is aware of the increasedattention to how construction materials impact the environ-ment, from concept to completion, and even beyond. Simi-lar to the way consumers demand to know the ingredientsin their food and where they come from, people want toknow what materials are used in building construction andthe potential impact they have on the world around them. Tothis effect, wood is an ideal building material due to its vastabundance, renewable qualities, low environmental impacts, and its ability togrow naturally and sequester carbon. Fact is, wood buildings require less energyto build and operate, and simultaneously help to combat air pollution, ozone de-

Wood Contributes To An EconomyOf Sustainable Design

Production Mixed Compared To A Year Ago

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ContentsFeaturesILP Host 32nd Annual Golf Event . . . . . . . .1

Umpqua Valley Event Features Mill Tours . .1

2015 SLMA Annual Conference . . . . . . . . .1

Tri-Pro Forest Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

NELMA in 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Twin Anchors House Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Idaho Forest Group Reception . . . . . . . . .17

Plum Creek, Potlatch and Stimson Host Event . .18

AWFS® Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Pacific Coast Builders Conference . . . . . .20

DepartmentsWhoʼs Who in Softwoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

APA News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

SLB News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

AWC News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

NAWLA Guest Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Midwest Business Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

West Coast Business Trends . . . . . . . . . . 21

Retail Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Washington Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Inland West Business Trends . . . . . . . . . . 29

Northeast Business Trends. . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Ontario/Quebec Business Trends . . . . . . . . 30

South/Southeast Business Trends . . . . . . . . . 30

Stock Exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 , 34 & 35

Trade Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Softwood Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Classified Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . 41 & 42

Index of Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Oldtown, ID—Tri-Pro Forest Products, based here, manufactures specialtyWestern Red Cedar and Douglas Fir, products at their facility here, as well as

Orofino. The company continuesto provide consistent high-qualityspecialty products to whole-salers and wholesale distribu-tors, who in turn sell to the retailyards (both independent andlarge box stores) and contractoryards. Their products are mar-keted in every state in the union,along with Canada and Mexico.Tri-Pro Forest Products opera-

tion in Oldtown includes a resawand board break down facility,automatic stickering machine, 10dry kilns with 70,000-board-footcapacity each, a resaw/planerline, two resaws, two additionalplaner lines and covered storagecomprising approximately100,000 square feet.

Key personnel at Tri-Pro in-clude: Operations Manager Ron

Cluster, Sales ManagerTerry Baker, Sales Rep-resentative LanceHubener, Plant ManagerMike Davis, Office Ad-ministrator KarenPhillips and Administra-tive Assistant LaurieClark.“Tri-Pro has been a

Cedar operation fromthe beginning makinghigh-end specialty prod-ucts,” said Ron Cluster.“In 1987, we started the

Cedar programout of Dover,Idaho. We wentfrom there toSpokane Indus-trial Park, andthen in ʼ96 webought the facilityweʼre at right nowin Oldtown.Thereʼs been a fa-cility at this millsite since the turnof the century. Weactually have pic-tures of a millhere in 1909.”Cluster contin-

ued, “We call ourmill the sawmill, but thereʼs a quad saw, band saws that break down cants, andthereʼs also a 5-foot horizontal band saw. We have a big J-bar sorter where wegrade and sort, and then the lumber goes to the kilns. There are two production

planing buildings on-site. In planer building1 a Stetson Ross614, a 20 knife planeris where all of thedecking and fasciaitems are manufac-tured. In planer build-ing 2 is where all thesiding is done, includ-ing the bevels, chan-nels, tongue andgroove and any otherspecialty items. Wealso have an area wecall planer 3 and thatis a 10-foot andshorter planing andtrimmer systemwhere we make ourhome center 1x2 and2x2ʼs.”

The Orofino sawmill, which specializes in Western Red Cedar and Douglas Firproduction, was purchased in 2007. Cluster said that operation has under-gone renovations with new equipment installations. “We are completing anew hog system, which should help production overall. There are some oldsystems where thebark conveyorswere going under-neath the bandmills and theywould plug up andinterfere with pro-duction, so wewere having down-time.”He continued,

“Weʼre fixing thoseissues and weʼre

cutting our Cedar andDouglas Fir and trans-porting it to the Oldtownfacility to be dried andplaned, which adds valueto the end product for ourcustomers.”

He continued, “Indi-rectly our products aregoing into the contractoryards, retail yards andhome centers,” Clustersaid.Tri-Proʼs products are

offered in full units andhalf packs. “We ship ourproducts all over the country,” Cluster offered. “We contract carriers to move ourproducts. We do not own any trucks.”

The company is capable of doing many different patterns. “We are running spe-cialized patterns with Douglas Fir. There has been quite a bit of demand forboard and batten during the last 14 months and thereʼs a much larger demand on10 and 12-foot in the wides than there has been in the past. Thatʼs conducive tothe board and bat-ten programs.”Tri-Pro purchases

Cedar from outsidesources as well. “Wekeep things supple-mented. In thesawmill itʼs a lottougher to manufac-ture a lot of differentitems than it is in aremanufacturingplant,” he explained.“So if the sawmill ismaking one size di-mension and youcan buy dimensionin different sizes onthe outside, thatʼswhat we do to keep things in stock.”


Western Red Cedar and Douglas Fir Are “Specialties” At Tri-Pro Forest Products

Mike Davis is the plant manager in Oldtown, Idaho.

Mike Murphy, who is in charge of shipping and receiving, checks thethickness of Western Red Cedar bevel siding.

Lance Hubener, sales, Terry Baker, sales manager, and Ron Cluster, vice president, also handlessales.

Steve Linton, owner of Tri-Pro Forest Products.

“We are a full-service mill that produces 100percent dry Cedar items. For the main ingredi-ents—fascia boards and patterns—this is theplace to come. I’ve been here for 28 years andwhen you’ve been at this game long enough,your customers are loyal. They know whatyou’re capable of doing.”

_ Ron Cluster, Vice President,Tri-Pro Forest Products


By Terry Miller

Western Red Cedar is pictured being further processed througha vertical resaw.

Western Red Cedar is pictured being fed to the planer.


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Completely free for users, the NELMA Grader Academy educates on gradingbackground information, grade rules, and much more. The free NELMA Grader Academy provides necessary information in a visual, easy-to-follow format accessible to

mill employees, dealers, and anyone interested in learning more about lumber grading.


NELMA in 2015: A Very Good Year

2015). “The response to NELMAʼs Grader Academy has been fantastic,” said Jeff East-

erling, president of NELMA. “Our goal as an association is to ensure our mem-bers havethe infor-mationthey needto edu-cate theiremploy-ees andcus-tomers;user num-bers havegrown ex-ponen-tially inthe lastseveralmonths, which shows weʼre very much on the right track.”Virtual TourAnother first from NELMA: the Explore Eastern White Pine Virtual Tour. Located

on the Eastern White Pine website (http://easternwhitepine.org/virtualtour/), thisunique tool showcases Eastern White Pine in beautiful interior applications de-signed to spark and ignite homeowner inspiration and imagination. The familiarrealtor 360° home view has been improved upon with green product icons scat-tered throughout each room; click on one and discover the exact grade, pattern,and finish used in each focus area. High-res, 360°, digital photography technol-ogy blends per-fectly withself-navigation in alldirections, creating

an intuitive, infor-mational, brand-new way oflooking at wood.Seaside Cottage,the first model inthe Virtual Tour, premiered in 2014.Brand-new in 2015: the Modern Home Virtual Tour. Where the Seaside Cot-

tage used Eastern White Pine in numerous applications to convey the peaceful,light, and airy experience of a beach visit, the Modern Home uses the samespecies to emanate warmth, hominess, comfort, and usability. Anchored by astunning staircase constructed completely of Eastern White Pine, the two-storyhome offers several rooms for exploration. An upstairs playroom is a highlight,featuring tongue-and-groove floors and beautiful beams accenting the paneledwalls. A third project is planned for late 2015. Online ResourcesComplete information on Eastern White Pine can be found at NELMAʼswww.easternwhitepine.org. Watch for the site to debut a new look in the thirdquarter of 2015: A complete redo will give the informative page the look and feelof a magazine, with all content more easily accessible and searchable. Thefocus will remain on design and architecture trends, incorporating news stories

pertinent to Eastern White Pine. Student Architecture Award

For the fourth year, NELMA sponsored the Sustainable Versatility Design Awardcompetition for architecture students nationwide. A record-breaking amount ofentries were received, giving the judges their toughest challenge yet. Winner Jack Searcy is a second-year environmental design student at Texas

A&M. His project, “Bryan Showcase House,” met this yearʼs design challenge

This year has been one of continued progress for the Northeastern LumberManufacturers Association. An innovative, integrated marketing program posi-tions the association firmly as the informational leader in the industry, highlightedby the following projects. Grader AcademyIn mid-2014, NELMA turned the laborious process of grader education on its ear

with the launch of a first-of-its-kind, multi-faceted, online educational program.The Grader Academy (www.graderacademy.org) is non-subscription, with no pay-to-use elements. Instead, users can find simple, easy-to-understand gradingbackground information, rules, and more, available 24/7/365. The Grader Academy program parallels the two most important Softwood lumberspecies and species grouping in the Northeastern and Great Lakes regions:Eastern White Pine and Spruce-Pine-Fir. Courseware, designed to offer a natural

learning approach, uses visual images to reinforce all elements of the gradingprocess. Four series are planned: Level 100 – Lumber Characteristics (currentlyavailable); Level 200 – Applying Characteristics to Lumber Grades (currentlyavailable); Level 300 – Grading Rule Exceptions and Applying Interpretations(currently available); and Level 400 – Advanced Learning: Making the Grade (4Q

“Our goal as an association is to en-sure our members have the informationthey need to educate their employees andcustomers; user numbers have grown ex-ponentially in the last several months,which shows we’re very much on the righttrack.”– Jeff Easterling, president of NELMA

NELMA Grader Academy courseware is designed to offer a natural learning approach, using vi-sual images to reinforce all elements of the grading process.

The Rich Quitadamo Sustainable Versatility Design Award, sponsored byNELMA, is a nationwide design contest for architecture, engineering, anddesign students, in which entrants are judged based on their design of amodern sustainable structure featuring Eastern White Pine.

The 2015 Rich Quitadamo Sustainable Versatility Design Award was given to Texas A&M student JackSearcy, a second-year environmental design student.

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Relations and co-owner GeorginaKyllo explained.Continuing to expand, Twin Anchors

has diversified its manufacturing to in-clude portable, worker-accommoda-

tion units through its sister companyTA Structures. “We diversified in 2004and also began manufacturing wellsite and worker accommodation unitsfor the oil, gas and mining industry,”Kyllo said.In addition, the company offers cus-

tom accessories, such as walkwaysand ramps. “We are a diverse company, which, in

large part, attributes to our overallsuccess,” Kyllo noted. “The advan-tage of purchasing with Twin Anchorsand TA Structures is our expertisebuilding custom product. Whether itʼsa custom houseboat, well site or a100-man camp, we customize floorplans and product to suit our clientsʼneeds.”Custom-built CruiseCrafts are also

highly sought after in the houseboatrental market and Twin Anchors hasearned the distinction of being themanufacturer of choice for 18 house-boat marinas throughout North Amer-ica. “A houseboat vacation with Twin An-

chors is like no other,” Kyllo said. Sheadded that Shuswap Lake, Canadaʼshouseboating paradise, is wild andrugged. Home to pristine sandybeaches, towering waterfalls andwarm clear water, the wildlife aboundsin the areaʼs easily accessible 30 ma-

Adventure Awaits With Twin Anchors Houseboats Sicamous, BC—Twin Anchors has been building houseboats for private cus-

tomers and existing rental companies since 1964. The company purchases approximately 200,000 board feet annually of

Spruce/Pine/Fir (No. 2 Common and Better).A pioneer in the houseboat industry, Twin Anchors was one of the first commer-

cial houseboat op-erators in WesternCanada. Today, thecompany operatesmarinas in Sica-mous and SalmonArm with a com-bined fleet of morethan 100. EveryTwin Anchorshouseboat is de-signed and manu-factured from thehull up at its Sica-mous manufactur-ing facility,ensuring qualityconstruction withattention to detail.In 1977, Twin An-

chors was acquired by the Knud Thom-sen family, who designed and craftedthe “Princess” series in the late 1970sand the “Commander” series in 1985. “What has developed over the years is

a truly dynamic family business,” Public

Twin Anchors purchases at least 200,000 board feet annually ofSpruce/Pine/Fir, No. 2 Common & Better, to create its luxurious sailingvessels.

Twin Anchors 50,000-square-foot manufacturingfacility includes interior and structural designdepartments, as well as a full complement ofskilled tradesmen.

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Sammy Saunders, Empire Building Materials, Bozeman, MT; BuzzWylie, Wylie Lumber Sales Inc., Roseburg, OR; and Debbie andDuane Vaagen, Vaagen Brothers Lumber, Colville, WA

Ryan Powell, Matheus Lumber Co., Coeur dʼAlene, ID; John Branstet-ter, Vaagen Brothers Lumber, Colville, WA; and Marjie and GunnarBrinck, Disdero Lumber Co., Clackamas, OR

Mike and Sandra Theberge, Phoenix Forest Products Inc., RichmondHill, ON; and Bill Nosereno and Bob Mai, Potlatch Corp., Spokane,WA

Jim and Sue Shelton, Plateau Forest Products, Bend, OR; Scott El-ston, Forest City Trading Group, Portland, OR; and Scott Sunday,Idaho Pacific Lumber Co., Boise, ID

Dan Griffiths, Fraserview Cedar Products, Surrey, BC; Pat Miller,Boise Cascade, Dallas, TX; Dale Bartsch, Hy Mark Wood, Vancouver,BC; and Ron Cluster, Tri-Pro Forest Products, Oldtown, ID

Guy and Kathleen Burrell, Western Forest Products, Vancouver, BC;Mike Boeck,Tri-Pro Forest Products, Oldtown, ID; and Lori Shafferand John Grove, Oregon-Canadian Forest Products, North Plains,OR

David Slaughter, Slaughter Wholesale LLC, Sandpoint, ID; Paul Wal-don, J & H Forest Products Inc, Boise, ID; and Barton Merritt, MerrittBrothers Lumber, Athol, ID

Gregg Netzley, Bluelinx Corp., Atlanta, GA; Grant Phillips, Collins,Wilsonville, OR; and Kent Marks, Bluelinx Corp.

Larry Schmedding, Empire Lumber Co., Spokane, WA; Lauren Cu-vala, Low-Grade Lumber, Coeur dʼAlene, ID; and Dan Seid, WesternTimber Products, Coeur dʼAlene, ID

Dave and Deborah Bolgren, Weekes Forest Products, Minneapolis,MN; Wade Wheeler, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur dʼAlene, ID; and MarkSmith, Ziegler Lumber Co., Spokane, WA

Joe and Jill Angelo, Matt Kelly and Jennifer Smelko, Potlatch Corp.,Spokane, WA; and Angela Beymer, Hampton Lumber Sales, Portland,OR

Brock Lenon and Dennis Badesheim, Idaho Timber, LLC, Meridian,ID; Cary Holaday, Eagle Forest Products, Eagle, ID; Susie Malloy,Idaho Veneer Co., Post Falls, ID; Spencer Lott, Idaho Timber LLC,Boise, ID; and John Malloy, Idaho Veneer Co.

Jim Vandegrift and Evelyn Currie, Bennett Lumber Products Inc.,Princeton, ID; and David Penny, Lumbermenʼs Merchandising Corp.,Wayne, PA

Dan Mandeville, BMC West Corp., Bellevue, WA; Mary Jo Nyblad,Boise Cascade, Boise, ID; and Frank Peterson, BMC West Corp.,Bedford, OR

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Joe and Tasha Buttice, Benett Lumber Products Inc., Princeton, ID; Joe LaBerge, Collins, Wilsonville, OR;Scott Elston, Forest City Trading Group, Portland, OR; and Grant Phillips, Collins

Luke Wenner, Pallet Service Corp., Minneapolis, MN; and Wendy andMason Anderson, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur dʼAlene, ID

Chris Gronzo, BMC West Corp, Issaquah, WA; Debbie Cluster, Tri-ProForest Products, Oldtown, ID; and Erol Deren, Idaho Forest Group,Coeur dʼAlene, ID

Lance Hubener, Terry Baker and Ron Cluster, Tri-Pro Forest Prod-ucts, Oldtown, ID

Carolee and Buck Merritt, Merritt Brothers Lumber, Athol, ID; DeeBoeck, Tri-Pro Forest Products, Oldtown, ID; and Holly Janhsen andHeidi Janhsen, Merritt Brothers Lumber, Athol, ID

Petar, Lara and Shelley Stoyanov, Buckeye Pacific LLC, Portland,OR; and Nick Larranaga, Boise Cascade, Boise, ID

Mark Gamet and Gina Pearcey, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur dʼAlene,ID; and Sammy Saunders, Empire Building Materials, Bozeman, MT

Joe LaBerge, Grant and Shenell Phillips, Kevin and Carly Dodds, Collins, Wilsonville, OR; Eric Currier,Great Northern Lumber, Inc., Blue Island, IL; Lynn Wood, Intermountain-Orient Inc., Mesa, AZ; Joe andTasha Buttice, Bennett Lumber Products Inc., Princeton, ID; Wilbur Nisly, Rite Way Lumber Inc., Corvallis,MT; and Katie Bradish, Outdoor Gourmet, Sandpoint, ID

Ryan Kline, Disdero Lumber Co., Clackamas, OR; Justin and TraceyBadraun, Idaho Fence Supply, Boise, ID; and Jamie Hursh, Richard-son Timbers, Dallas, TX

Jamie Hursh, Richardson Timbers, Dallas, TX; Mark Dwyer and David Penny, Lumbermenʼs MerchandisingCorp., Wayne, PA; and Bill McGovern, Pacific Western Lumber Inc., Tacoma, WA

Rick Cavalar, Cavalar Lumber Inc., Spokane, WA; and Patricia andDave Tripp, Tripp Lumber Co. Inc., Missoula, MT

Nick Fitzgerald, Building Products Inc., Council Bluffs, IA; Mary JoNyblad, Boise Cascade, Boise, ID; and Don Graver, Universal ForestProducts Purchasing Inc., Woodburn, OR

Dan Griffiths, Fraserview Cedar Products Ltd., Surrey, BC; Harris Gant, East Coast Mouldings, Wilkesboro,NC; Patti Griffiths, Fraserview Cedar Products Ltd.; Jim Vandegrift, Bennett Lumber Products Inc., Prince-ton, ID; Sue and Jim Shelton, Plateau Forest Products, Bend, OR; and Ron and Debbie Cluster, Tri-ProForest Products, Oldtown, ID

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Jimmy Swanson and Brian Johnson, Swanson Group, Glendale, OR;and Rod Lucas, Turner Lumber Inc., Turner, OR

Nancy Daniels, Swanson Group, Glendale, OR; Kris Lewis, C&DLumber Co., Riddle, OR; Rod and Kerry Lucas, Turner Lumber Inc.,Turner, OR; Brett Slaughter, Elk Creek Forest Products, McMinnville,OR; and Kevin Chandler, Turner Lumber Inc.

Jason Fields, Fields Home Center, Grants Pass, OR; Nancy Daniels,Swanson Group, Glendale, OR; Kris Lampke, Boise Cascade, Boise,ID; and Kristine Fields, Fields Home Center

Lee and Bonna Greene, C&D Lumber Co., Riddle, OR; and Laurie andMike Ebert, Eagle Forest Products Co., Eagle, ID

Mike Herrema and Brett Slaughter, Elk Creek Forest Products, McMinnville, OR; Gary Pittman, Roseburg,Dillard, OR; J. T. Taylor and Steve Grieb, Roseburg, Roseburg, OR; and Ronda Harris, Roseburg, Riddle,OR

Brian Johnson, Swanson Group, Glendale, OR; Bill Ware, BMC, Boise, ID; Randy Wiles, BMC, Denver, CO;Frank Peterson, BMC, Medford, OR; Dan Mandeville, BMC, Sammamish, WA; and Ken Rhoades, BMC,Boise, ID

Rick Dean, Nichols Lumber and Hardware Co., Baldwin Park, CA; Steve Swanson, Swanson Group, Glen-dale, OR; John Murphy, American International, Beaverton, OR; Chris and Crystal Swanson, SwansonGroup, Glendale, OR; and Bob Maurer, Central Valley Builders Supply, Woodland, CA

Matt Campbell, Swanson Group, Glendale, OR; Dana and Todd Kintz, Pelican Bay Forest Products, Bend,OR; and Pat and Cathy Meriwether, Union Pacific, Vancouver, WA

Kris Lewis, C&D Lumber Co., Riddle, OR; Brad Mehl, Patrick LumberCo., Portland, OR; and Ronda Harris and Blake Kietzman, Roseburg,Riddle, OR

Danny Way, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; Camille Chow-Moyers, Sandy and Gary Pittman, andKevin Smith, Roseburg, Portland, OR

Kris Lamke, Boise Cascade, Boise, ID; and Kathy Lindsay, SteveSwanson and Nancy Daniel, Swanson Group, Glendale, OR

Raegan Stratton, Roseburg, Winston, OR; Joe and Tammy Griffith, American International Forest ProductsLLC, Portland, OR; Andrea Stratton, Roseburg, Riddle, OR; and Lacey Williams, Roseburg, Winston, OR

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Tim Beaudoin, West Coast Industrial Lumber Inc., Westland,OR; Kevin Lang, Central Forest Products Inc., Canby, OR; andDixie Tibbits, (retired, Swanson Group), Medford, OR

Steve Lovett, Softwood Lumber Board, Washington, DC; andJack Jordan, Jordan Lumber & Supply Inc., Mt. Gilead, NC

Lee Goodloe, Scotch Gulf Lumber, Mobile, AL; Michelle Harri-gan, Harrigan Lumber Co. Inc., Monroeville, AL; and Bryant Bea-dles, Beadles & Balfour LLC, Thomasville, GA

George and Margot Varn, Varn Wood Products LLC, Hoboken, GA; and Mary Claire and NordeckThompson, Thompson Appalachian Hardwoods, Huntland, TN

Gold Sponsor Chris Raybon, Baxley Equipment Co., HotSprings, AR; Andy Pollard, Pollard Lumber Co. Inc., Appling,GA; and Bill Howard, Claude Howard Lumber Co., Statesboro,GA

Bump Faircloth, Suwannee Lumber Co., Cross City, FL, andSandie Sparks, Sparks Lumber Inc., Ellijay, GA, accept awardsof service on the SLMA Board of Directors from 2014-2015Chairman J.D. Hankins, Hankins Inc., Ripley, MS

Beverly Knight, SLMA, Tyrone, GA; Mitch Shackleford, ScotchGulf Lumber, Mobile, AL; and Alexis Sivcovich, SLMA

Mike Herrema and Brett Slaughter, Elk Creek Forest Products,McMinnville, OR; and Wayne Miller, The Softwood Forest Prod-ucts Buyer, Memphis, TN

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Matt Campbell and Jennifer and Chuck Wert, Swanson Group, Glen-dale, OR

Gene Cloud and Dan Harris, D-Stake Mill, McMinnville, OR; and TerryCollins, Swanson Group, Glendale, OR

Mark Gray, Patrick Lumber Co., Portland, OR; Beth Hager, C&D Lum-ber Co., Riddle, OR; and Preston Johnson, Patrick Lumber Co.

Rick Shoemaker, U.S. Cedar, Sherwood, OR; Zachary Miller, The Soft-wood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis, TN; and Dallas Reid, U.S.Cedar.

Bonna and Lee Greene, C&D Lumber Co., Riddle, OR; and Mary Mc-Murphy, Universal Forest Products Inc., Woodburn, OR

2014-2015 SLMA Chairman J.D. Hankins, Hankins Inc., Ripley, MS (on the left); and SLMA Presi-dent Bryan Smalley (on far right) with platinum sponsors Mike McCoy and Robin Little, BB&T In-surance Services-National Forest Products Practice, Kennesaw, GA




Coeur d’Alene, ID– The BonsaiBistro was the recent site for a cus-tomer appreciation reception and din-ner hosted by Idaho Forest Group(IFG), headquartered here.Idaho Forest Group was formed in

2008 when two regional timber inter-ests – Riley Creek Lumber and Ben-nett Forest Industries – combinedtheir resources. Wood species cur-rently offered by IFG mills include:White Fir, Hemlock Fir, Douglas Fir,Cedar, SPF, Larch, Ponderosa Pine,White Pine, Engelmann Spruce and

Angela and Matt Beymer, Hampton Lumber Sales, Portland, OR;Wade Wheeler, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur dʼAlene, ID; MarkSmith, Ziegler Lumber Co., Spokane, WA; and Ranee Gosney,Boise Cascade, Spokane, WA

Rick Palmiter, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur dʼAlene, ID; Jason andMary Jacobson, U.S. Cedar, Sherwood, OR; Jean and Steve Wilson,Coeur dʼAlene Cedar, Coeur dʼAlene, ID; and Noah Devorshak, Uni-versal Forest Products Inc., Windsor, CO

Jon Woods and Glenn Fischer, ProBuild, Denver, CO; Gina Pearcyand Ken Koenig, Idaho Forest Group, Denver, CO; and Matt Duquett,Cedar Creek Lumber & Building Materials, Denver, CO

Dennis Buttice, Buttice Forest Products Inc., Vale, OR; Cynthia Waldon,J&H Forest Products Inc., Boise, ID; Bobbi Buttice, Buttice Forest ProductsInc.; Paul Waldon, J&H Forest Products Inc.; and Patricia and Dave Tripp,Tripp Lumber Co., Missoula, MT

Marc Brinkmeyer and Scott Atkison, IdahoForest Group, Coeur dʼAlene, ID

Erol Deren, and Amber and Andy Dunham,Idaho Forest Group, Coeur dʼAlene, ID

Bill McGovern, Pacific Western Lumber,Tacoma, WA; Mike Hull, Bridger Forest Prod-ucts, Belgrade, MT; and Ron Liebelt, ExteriorWood Inc., Washougal, WA

Grant Sali and Lorna Clutterham, Tiger Building Products, Van-couver, Canada; Wendy and Mason Anderson and Ahren Spilker,Idaho Forest Group, Coeur dʼAlene, ID

Mike Mortimer, BLUE541, Coeur dʼAlene, ID; Jenny and JamesMortimer, and Garth Williams, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur dʼA-lene, ID

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Ron Liebelt, Exterior Wood Inc., Washougal, WA; Bob Mai, PotlatchCorp., Spokane, WA; Brian Kanne, Cedar Creek Lumber and BuildingMaterials, Omaha, NE; and Eric Grandeen, Idaho Pacific Lumber Co.Inc., Boise, ID

Rick Palmiter, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur dʼAlene, ID; and Tom Hack-man, Russ and Linda Hobbs, Plum Creek Timber Co., Columbia Falls,MT

Eric Currier, Great Northern Lumber Inc., Chicago, IL; Dave Penny, Lum-bermenʼs Merchandising Corp., Wayne, PA; Larry Schmedding, EmpireLumber Co., Spokane, WA; Gunnar Brinck, Disdero Lumber Co., Clacka-mas, OR; and Mark Dwyer, Lumbermenʼs Merchandising Corp.

Kurt Batey, Travis Vezina and Ron Tiller, TJ Forest Inc., Nampa, ID

Linda and Scott Sheppard, Stimson LumberCo., Portland, OR; and Mr. and Mrs. MartyKyler, Stimson Lumber Co., Priest River, ID

Jill Angelo and Barbara Hart, Potlatch Corp.,Spokane, WA

Carter and Leianne Stinton, Hampton LumberSales, Portland, OR; Steve Sprenger, Sprenger-Midwest Inc., Sioux Falls, SD; and PryceCampbell, Central Forest Products Inc., Canby,OR

(Front, from left) Tony Pieper and Amanda Durfee, Sherwood LumberCorp., Lake Oswego, OR; Mike and Isabella Flynn, Potlatch Corp.; andAngela Breuing, Viking Forest Products, Minneapolis, MN; (Back,from left) Joe and Jill Angelo, Potlatch Corp., Spokane, WA; KrisBreuing, Viking Forest Products

Coeur d’Alene, ID–The CellarRestaurant, located here, served asthe site for an annual cocktail recep-tion jointly hosted by Plum CreekTimber Company, Potlatch Corp.,and Stimson Lumber Company.Plum Creek Timber Co. produces

lumber, plywood and medium den-sity fiberboard in its wood productsmanufacturing facilities in the North-west. Plum Creek is headquarteredin Seattle, WA, and is among thelargest geographically diverse pri-vate landowners in the U.S. It ownsapproximately 6.4 million acres inmajor timber producing regions ofthe country. Potlatch Corp., headquartered in

Spokane, WA, owns approxi-mately 1.42 million acres of forest-

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Jared and Anita Denney, Spokane Forest Products, Spokane, WA;Derek Dryden, Potlatch Corp., Spokane, WA; Lynn Wood, Intermoun-tain-Orient Inc., Mesa, AZ; and Dave Cochenour, Alta Forest Products,Morton, WA

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Las Vegas, NV–The Las Vegas Con-vention Center, located here, was therecent site of the 2015 AWFS® Fair,hosted by the Association of Wood-working & Furnishings Suppliers, con-sidered to be among the largestnational trade associations in the U.S.representing the interests of an arrayof companies that supply the homeand commercial furnishings industry.Many of these companies impact the

wood products industry with the vari-ous services and equipment they offerand/or manufacture.Among industry insiders, the AWFS

Fair is routinely considered a “go to”event for thousands of woodworkingmanufacturing professionals whoneed cutting-edge solutions that en-able their companies to be more com-petitive and profitable.The recent AWFS Fair offered an in-

depth platform for attendees to reviewnew products, services, and equip-ment developments. Additionally, par-ticipants were invited to attendeducational programming presentedduring the Fair in the College ofWoodworking Knowledge® (CWWK).This was designed to meet the cur-rent needs of the show audience de-mographics with nearly 50 sessionsspanning topics to enhance businessmanagement acumen, improve skillsets and increase knowledge of thelatest technologies. Updates werealso available regarding safety, sus-tainability and legislative updates.Over 60 guest speakers presented

informational sessions during theAWFS Fair. Meanwhile, the venueʼstradeshow floor was filled with hun-dreds of exhibitor booths where thelatest products were on display for at-tendees to view.The AWFS Fair is held every other

year.The Association of Woodworking &

Furnishings Suppliers began in 1911as the Suppliers Chapter of the Cali-fornia Furniture Manufacturers Asso-ciation. In 1979, the organizationbecame a separate entity in order tobetter focus on representing the inter-ests of companies and individualswho supply the home and institutional

Brett Bleichrodt, Collins, Littleton, CO; Kyle Bressler, Lanz Cabinets,Eugene, OR; Cami Waner, Collins, Wilsonville, OR; and Elvin Gann,Lanz Cabinets

Jeremy Howard, Nyle Systems, Brewer, ME; Mike Nigh, Nigh Con-struction, Kewaskum, WI; and Byron Chute, Nyle Systems

Greg Welling, Steve Stoler and Beth Banks, Boise Cascade, Boise, ID;and Jeff Nice, Boise Cascade, La Grande, OR

Ricky Paul and Kevin Paul, Charles GG Schmidt & Co. Inc., Montvale,NJ

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Rick Troxel, Phil Clune, Sheri Roberts, Gary Hayes, Cliff MacDanielsand Jim Ryan, Roseburg, Roseburg, OR

Malia Bolen and Joseph Saikaly, Decore-ative Specialties, Monrovia,CA

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Don Ferriolo and Carl B. Howell, PPG Paints, San Diego, CA; Lori Flores,PPG Paints, Orange County, CA; Cameron Frank, PPG Paints, Pittsburgh,PA; and Bryan Brewer, PPG Paints, Los Angeles, CA

Cameron Waner, Collins, Wilsonville, OR; Brian Hurdle, Collins, Sacra-mento, CA; Tim Kennedy, Capital Lumber Co., Murrieta, CA; Tom von Moos,Western Woods Inc., Chico, CA; Mike Shuey, Collins, Portland, OR; KevinPaldino, Collins, Wilsonville, OR; Brett Bleichrodt, Collins, Littleton, CO;and Frank Elfering and Ryan Smith, Boise Cascade, Boise, ID

Chad Richmond, Woodtone, Chilliwack, BC, Canada; and Carl Christofer-son, Woodtone, Everett, WA

Matt Roberts, ACCSYS Technologies, Englewood, FL; Darrell Bustamante,Royal Plywood Co., Cerritos, CA; Mark A. Challinor, Thermory USA LLC, Wil-mette, IL; Cliff Duernberger, Royal Plywood Co.; and Jason Benford, Gen-eral Woodcraft Inc., Healdsburg, CA

Jim Hay, Marvin Windows and Doors, Seattle, WA;Teresa Lenzie, BMD, Warroad, MN; Mariann Sal-vador, BMD, Santa Cruz, CA; and Brandon Jordt,Marvin Windows and Doors, Warroad, MN

Geoff Marshall and Hugh Paarmann, Cedar ValleyHand Crafted Shingle Panels, Hollister, CA

David Petty and Dave Johnson, L.J. Smith StairSystems, Bowerston, OH

Steven Weathersby and Chris Francis, Hampton Products Corp. Interna-tional (Brinks Door Locks), Foothill Ranch, CA

Jeff Dahl, Boise Cascade, Boise, ID; Joseph Martinez, Boise Cascade, Lath-rop, CA; Cole Gibbs, Boise Cascade, Denver, CO; Michael Blaisure, BoiseCascade, Dallas, TX; and Tom Hart, Boise Cascade, Denver, CO

San Diego, CA– The Pacific CoastBuilders Conference (PCBC), billedas the largest annual homebuildingtrade show in the Western UnitedStates, returned to San Diego recentlyto the San Diego Convention Center.

A new home community press tour,sponsored by the California BuildingIndustry Association (CBIA) in con-junction with KB Home, kick-offed theconvention festivities. The newlyopened development is the first newhome community in the nation whereall of the homes are built with ad-vanced on-site water recycling capa-bilities. The media tour took place atSea Cliff in San Diego. During thetour, CBIA CEO and President Dave

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West Coast Business TrendsBy Wayne MillerExecutive Editor

Most people know that it isnʼt cheap to live on the WestCoast. In fact, eight of the 20 most expensive cities in thecountry/region are located there. They include Vancouver, BC,median priced detached home: $2.23 million; San Francisco,average price: approximately $1 million; Los Angeles, averageprice: $539,600 (and 7.9 percent of homes have a negativeequity); San Diego, median price: $506,500. Other West

Coast cities on the most expensive home list include Seattle, San Jose and Or-ange County, CA.Currently, buyers from China dominate the luxury segment of Vancouverʼs red

hot housing market, according to the Vancouver Sun newspaper, which reportedthat 70 percent of high-end Vancouver homes are purchased by mainland Chi-nese for more than $3 million a pop. How all of this information directly affects thewood industry is not detailed here. However, it is safe to say that the more priceycustom/spec homes are where a lot of clear and upper grade material has beenand continues to go. Kent Beveridge, Skana Forest Products, Richmond, BC, said, “Chinaʼs wooddemand issues are controlling the market. When they stop or slow down buying,a lot more wood is put into our domestic markets, which softens the market andis detrimental to prices. “It seems to us that the U.S. economy is slowly improving and this is a positive.

Up to now we have had few issues with supply with the exception of clear Cedar,which is in tight supply. Buyers are watching inventories closely due to unseason-able ups and downs.”

Midwest Business Trends


In the May/June issue of The Softwood Buyer, the activity inthe Midwest was reported as “stagnant.” Since then, the mar-ket has reportedly picked up marginally for some. One lumbersource in Kansas noted the market is up 10 percent for hiscompany. But the general consensus seems to be that it couldbe better.

Another Kansas source, which sells to manufacturers and retail yards, said thatsales of Ponderosa Pine were doing well, but he thought poor sales of certainSoftwoods, such as SPF, were pulling it down. “Things have been pretty soft andinactive,” he said, adding that the market is worse than it was six months ago. One reason for the poorer market has been the poor weather. Parts of the Mid-

west have experienced record rainfalls over the last several months. Illinois hadits wettest June on record, for example, according to the stateʼs climatologist. Asa result, thereʼs more supply than there is demand since wet weather jeopardizedhome construction in the area. “Houses that should be framed in are just now getting the foundations done be-

cause of all the rain that weʼve had,” said one source in Iowa that sells largely tocontractors and do-it-yourselfers, adding that inventory is backed up because ofit.The economy in some areas of the region is also playing a factor in the lack of

growth, with a few contacts specifically pointing out the oil-rich Dakotas, whichhave had to deal with the slump in oil prices. “I would say six months ago, peoplefelt like the economy was turning around and demand would be higher for lumber

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than what it is today. Sawmills rampedup production in hopes that the de-mand would be there, and it really hasnot come,” noted a South Dakota lum-ber source.Another Midwest source called the

market “volatile and prices are jump-ing up and down all the time. Stabilityis what we need.”Challenges in the export market is

another issue affecting the industry.“Exporting has been way, way down.China and Pakistan and other coun-tries that were buying Canadian lum-ber havenʼt been,” said the SouthDakota contact. He added that thestronger dollar has slowed U.S. lum-ber and log exports, and this has re-sulted in Canadian supply beingdirected towards the U.S. markets.Still, despite a wish for more activity,

there is a sense of optimism. “Hard topinpoint when, but things are going toturn around and get better at somepoint,” said an Oklahoma contact whomarkets Southern Yellow Pine, Dou-glas Fir, and Ponderosa Pine. “Our market is not really robust, but

itʼs not bad either,” he added. “Wehave peaks and valleys in our orders.Most of the markets we deal with,which include retail lumberyards want-ing boards, were on a downward slidefor 24 weeks in a row, starting aboutThanksgiving last year, and about sixweeks ago, it bottomed out andstarted turning around. Now the mar-ket seems to be topping out and turn-ing in a positive direction.” n

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RETAIL REVIEWLaValley/Middleton Building Supply Inc. Adds Drive-Thru

Lebanon, NH—LaValley/Middleton Building Supply Inc., headquartered here, re-cently announced the addition of a new drive-thru for their contractors and retail-project customers at their Middleton, NH, operation. Company President Larry Huot said, “Anticipating and respecting our customersʼ

squeeze for time, thenew drive-thru opera-tion provides expan-sive productassortment, easy ac-cess, fast loading andexpress check-out procedures to serve our customers. In addition, the design ofthe new drive-thru receiving and inventory management is easier and more effi-cient in many ways for our staff. Continuous improvement goes on everyday withmanagement appreciating and respecting that our real experts are our front-linepeople. Every expansion and improvement begins by respecting everyone, fol-lowed by a lot of attention in connecting our teammates. That includes dailyneeds from front-line operations sharing information with management back andforth to assure that we anticipate and address bottlenecks in search for collectivecreativity to answer the needs of our customers.”Founded by Harold and Geraldine LaValley in 1962, the company has multiple

contractor and retail/homecenter locations in New Hampshire and Vermont. Huotnoted that with an innovative thirst to improve products and services for customersolutions, by manufacturing products to serve the needs of new construction and

remodeling, the company has had continuous growth. A member of NELMA,NAWLA and NRLA, LaValley/Middleton specializes in the design and manufactur-ing of precision pre-cut floors, roof and floor trusses, custom panelized home andgarage packages (www.lavalleys.com), custom modular homes (www.preferred-buildings.com) and also specializes in the manufacture of Eastern White Pineboards (www.diprizio.com). For more information, visit www.lavalleys.com. n

Kelso & Company Acquires US LBM HoldingsGreen Bay, WI–Kelso & Company, a New York-based private equity firm, an-

nounced recently that it is has entered into an agreement to purchase a majorityof the equity interests in Green Bay, WI-based US LBM Holdings.Black Eagle, based in Bloomfield Hills, MI, and certain members of US LBM

Holdings will also be investors, in addition to Kelso & Company. Details of theagreement were not released to the public, but one published article estimatesthe deal to be around $1 billion.

US LBM Holdings, a recipient of the 2015 ProSales Dealer of the Year Award, isa building product distribution business and serves builders, remodelers and spe-cialty contractors throughout the U.S. Currently, it has around 160 locations in 22states. In recent months, it has acquired a number of businesses, including Sun-rise, FL-based Rosen Materials and A&C Supply, based in Delaware Valley, NJ.

For more information, visit www.uslbm.com. n

Capital Lumber Expands Denver Branch

Phoenix, AZ–The Capital Lumber Company, headquartered here, has eight re-


gional distribution centers and one ofthem recently expanded. The company announced the expan-

sion of its Denver, CO, branch, a proj-ect which involved adding nine acreswith a 35,000-square-foot warehouseto the already existing seven acresand 36,000-square-foot warehouse,more than doubling the size of thesite.

The company reported that the ex-pansion will allow Capital to expandits service model with products thatserve the retail segment with a stronglevel of customization and responsive-ness. Services at the branch includedaily delivery schedule, bar coding,special packaging, special milling, railaccess, special pattern runs and EDIcapability and are available to cus-tomers in Colorado and SouthernWyoming. Products at the branch in-clude Redwood, Doug Fir timbers,White Fir, fiber cement siding andcomposite lumber. Two on site resawsallow for the remilling of both Doug Firand Western Red Cedar timbers.

For more information, visitwww.capital-lumber.com. n

Big C Lumber Purchases Steven-son Lumber

Adrian, MI–Big C Lumber Company,headquartered in Granger, IN, has ac-quired the 142-year-old StevensonLumber Company, based in Adrian,MI. The purchase is the companyʼssecond acquisition in the last threeyears, and came about after Steven-son Lumber approached Big C withan offer to sell.

Stevenson Lumber, a family-ownedbusiness opened in 1873, sells a vari-ety of lumber products, including Pineand Spruce-Pine-Fir (SPF). Its imme-diate plan is to also keep the Steven-son Lumber name.

With the new acquisition, Big C nowhas a total of 16 retail lumberyards,located in Michigan, Indiana andOhio. Big C offers boards in SouthernYellow Pine, Radiata Pine, SPF,Green Douglas Fir, Cedar and WhitePine lumber items, including mould-ings. Established in 1921, the family-owned business also has threemanufacturing facilities: a structural

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