Building Products Digest - April 2003

EnviroSafe Plus" Wood Preservative

"Enhancing the quality of treated wood"@ A Borate-Based Preservative Effective for Under-Roof & Most Exterior Applications

E4vrloSafe Plusa Beqefits

EnviroSafe Plus" is an environmentally safe & effective pressure-treating wood preservative that provides a wide range of unique value-added benefits:

. Effective for All Above-Ground Residential Applications - Indoors & 0utdoors

Protection Against Wood-Destroying Insects (Including Formosan Termites)

o Protection Against Decay Fungi (Rot)

. Inhibits Growth of Mold / Mildew

. Retains Wood's Natural Color (No Discoloration from Tleatment)

. Safe for Humans, Animals & the Environment (No Arsenic / No Heavy Metals)

. Non-Combustible / Flame Retardant Properties

Increases Stability ofWood - Increases Durability / Reduces Splitting & Warping / Dries Quicker

. Maintains Wood's Natural Strengh

o Maintains Fastener & Connector Holding Stren$h

Reduces Nail & Fastener Pop-Outs

. Non-Corrosive to Nails, Fasteners & Connectors

Minimizes Tooling Wear

. 20+ Year Service Life, even in Exterior Environments

. Applicable to Dimensional Lumber & Wood-Based Panels

. Applicable to Most Widely Used Wood Species

. Cost-Effective

. Lower Weight (Up to 25% Less Than Other Tlpes of Tleated Wood)

. Available at l\vo Minimum Retention Levels: .175 pcf (Standard) or .28 pcf (Formosan Termite Regions)

. Lifetime Limited Warranty

The EnviroSafe Plus'" Solution

EnviroSafe Plusru wood presenrative is a rcvolutionary patented technolog that combines a high[ effective, safe and widely used pesticide - DOT borates - with a proprieta,ry binding qatnn tha.t fixates the borates within the wood for decades ofpmtection agairst insects, mt and otherforms of biological degradation. EnvlrcSafe Plusru contains no arsenie, no ammonia, no copper, m chromium and no other heavy metals, which raise health, environmental and disposal concerns.

ComporcntI: InThrutw

the actire preseroative ingredient in EnvlroSafe Plusru

is boron, an inorganic element that oceurs naturally throughout the world. Bomn has been used as a wood preservative since tlte 1930s for protection against rct, fungus, mold, termites, carpenter ants, wood borers, roaches, fleas, siherfrshandotherpests. Theform of boron most common$ used for wood preservation is Disodium 0ctaborate Tbtrahydrate (D01). Boron deriratives are also widely used in consumer pmducts such as detergents, eyewash, adhesives and cosmetics, and are used industrially as corrosion inhibitors.

Borates are hannles to humans. other mamds, and the erwircnment In fact, they are an essential mineral for all vascula^r plants as well as an important component of human nutrition (WH0, 1996). However, boratesparticularly the D0Tvariety - a,re lethal to lneedo and other pects. DOT does not protect by poisoning, but rather by interfering with insects' ability to metabolize food, and by causing enzymatic reactions with fiurgi rendering thom unable to gow or repmduce. In addition to theirpmtection against iruects and fungi, boratos are also inhennt[ fire rctrrdstrt Borates have the added benelit of being invisible when applied to wood producte for prcsenation.

After decades of commercial use, la^rgely in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. the U.S. EB{ has determined that boric acid and its salts (including DOI) show no evidence of carcinogenicity; do not break down into ineffective byproducts; and do not evaporate to negativef affect indoor air quality. And, even though they a.re water soluble, they do not havel far in the erwimnmentespecially in soil - re-crystallizing when the water eraporates. Ib date, borates have been used edensiveS for topical (surface-only) applications on wood, and increasing[ for kholehouse trcahnent" in the weetem U.S. and Hawaii.

Despite their marly advantages, borates have histodcally sufrered from one mqior drawback tlrey a,re pmneto rapid leanhing from wood wtren exposed to signifrcant levels of moisture. and have therefore been urwuitable for oxterior applications, until now...

C,omprcnt II: Patatd tiliene Btuufing S}stem

Ihe EnvlroSafe Plusrv patented Silicate Binding ffim is the key to the product's longtem e.fiecdveneoe in extiedor erwironmetrts, During the pressure treahnent process, the binder combineswith DOI borateswithin the wood - causing 't:rationn of the bonates throughout, and thereby providing high levels ofprotection from lsects and decay for decades. Numemus t€sts have been performed on EnvlroSafe Plusu treated wood to confirm the continued presence and performance of its DOf borateg even after being subjected to repeated and extended e&o$r€ to rain, hot and cold tomperature e)dremes, drying, W and infrared rays and other outdoor conditions. Silicates are non-toxic - having a toxicity pmile about the same a.s regular glass. They are also used industrialS as conosion inhibitors.

Ttn I'inat Prc&rct; EnvlroSafe Plugw IlwtedWod

EnvlroSafe Plusru treated wood is truly unique. It is entirely non-toxic, and maintains the natural color and beauty ofwood. lt has dimensional stability, which reduces warpfu, cracking, and splitturg; and maintains wood's natural strength. It has flame & smoke retardant properties, inhibits the gowth of mold & mildeq and is formul*ted with non-conosive chemicals. For these rcasons and marry otlers, EnrlroSafe Plusru is tle wood preserr&tirc of the ftrfore!

En1irySaf9 Plus'" Application

EnviroSafe Plus." is effective for a w variety of above-ground treated wl applications, including:

Decking

. Fencing

Residential & Commercial Framing Lumbe

o RoofTlusses

. Floor ftusses

. Wall Panels

r Sill Plates

Playgrounds / Recreational Structures

Picnic Tables

e Outdoor Furniture

Gazebos & Shelters

Railings

Sheathing & Fascia Boards

Log Homes

Utility Buildings

Whole-House Tleatment

EPA Regishation No. 66?06-

How to Order

EnviroSafe Plus'" Tfeated

EnviroSafe Plus'" treated wood is available exclusively through licensed independent wood treating firms, includil

Cook Lumber Company

Tampa, FL

Phone: (813) 626-1411

EcoSafe Wood Tleaters

Greenville, SC

Phone: (864) 289-9493

Northeast Ileaters

Belchertown, MA

Phone: (413) 323-7811

More authorized treaters coming this Spring and Summer!

EnviroSafe lVood Tleotnrent hducts, 6900-29 Daniels Parkway, #192 Fort Myers, Ft 33912

Phoner 239-768-5248 Fac 239-768-0164

Imw.eswoodheatment. com

Call Thomas or Jeff (919) 9s4-4rr5

Fax 919-934-4956

{ry9.TDilh'^rA 6"^t9*, -1 uypress

Select &2 & Btr. Grades 414 - 514 - 814,3"-L2" width

Surfaced to S4S or patterns - Bevel siding - Fresh Resaw Face

Southern Yellow Pine

Specialize

Stock Width Hardwood

Specializing in Stock or Fixed Width Lumber

All

Please call for exact specification.

The Sawmill For AllYour Quality Lumber Needs

PUBLISHER Alan Oakes (ajoakes@aol.com)

PUBLISHER EMERITUS David Cutler EDITOR David Koenig (dkoenig @ ioc.net)

ASSOCIATE EDITOR Robert Fav (day@ioc.net)

AD SALES MANAGER Chuck Casey (chuck@ioc.net)

ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR/ SECRETARY Marie Oakes (mfpoakes@aol.com)

CIRCULATION Heather Kelly (heather@ ioc.net)

How to Advertise

Contact our advertising otlices for rates: U.S.A.: Chuck Casey, 4500 Campus Drive, Suite 480, Newport Beach, Ca, 92660-1872. Phone (949) 852-1990 Fax 949-852-0231

E-mail chuck@ioc.net

INTERNET ADS: Alan Oakes, www.buildingproducts.com. Phone (949) 852-1990 Fax 949-852-0231 E-mail ajoakes@aol.com.

How to Subscribe

Call Heather at (949) 852-1990 or send a check for the following amount to Building Products Digest, 4500 Campus Drive, Suite 480, Newporl Beach, Ca.92660-1872:

U.S.A.: One year (12 issues), $18

Two years, $29

I nree vears, uij9

FOREIGN (Per year paid in advance in US funds): Surface-Canada or Mexico. $39 Other countries. $50

Air rates also available.

Single copies, $3 + shipping

Back issues (when available), $4.50 + shipping

Vsr Us Oruurue rr WWW.BUILDING.PRODUCTS.COM

About the Cover

The tront cover is a pard advertisement, this month sponsored by Osmose's NatureWood preserved wood nrndil^tc

OstE

Ready To Roll

Unfortunately, the danger in writing a monthly column is that by the time it's read, two to three weeks later, much can have changed. I will take that risk, as today I scrapped my original column, because I cannot pretend that life is normal.

My no-brainer prediction in March's column that war seemed inevitable has indeed come true. Since the start of the war last week, we talk about the issues here in the office, and I, like many ofyou I suspect, have been up several times a night to watch tv and follow the latest news. The insight we are being given by the media crews has been quite incredible. While I have often been quick to bash the national media, they have paid a price to allow us to literally look over their shoulders, and follow each and every movement. I suspect more loss of life to come. I am thankful my job is to sit at my desk out of harms way.

Today the situation with our troops is very tense and fluid, but still remarkable in the progress made in a matter

of days. While much of the world-including many of our own-marches in protest, our troops bravely press on.

Saturday March 22 was a high, with reports of mass surrender and cheering by residents. Sunday was the first real telling day, after the alleged capture and execution of our soldiers, and the coalition forces had their highest casualty rates to date. Resistance appears to be stiffening the nearer we get to Baghdad, and I suspect that this will be the tip of the iceberg. It is clear there will be many more dangerous obstacles to face. However, as we become addicts of "reality tv," there is a real danger that the public may not understand or may underestimate what truly is happening. I do not want to downplay bad news, but replayed over and over again, it can truly distort the bigger picture.

Monday in response, the stock market retreated by 307 points suggesting that Wall Street thought it would all be over in the first weekend-oh for it to be so-but I fear the conflict will last the anticipated three to four weeks. Our troops and planners have done superbly in such a short time, and while it is clear the outcome is inevitable, I hope there will be as few casualties as possible. In just a few days we have achieved so much, and despite the apparent race to Baghdad, there is still much to do, and war can never be pretty.

To business: I speak to several hundred companies each month, and since early February, much of our talks has centered on the impending war. Business owners, not only in our industry, have curtailed spending and eliminated hiring. It is hard to suggest that they should do otherwise. However, as I call around the country I get the sense that the bigger issue in those geographical pockets where business appears to have been tough, has been the harsh winter and weather. Indeed the levels of pessimism are not as bad as I would have expected. Quite a few companies have told me that business has hung in there.

Many of you might be just sitting there waiting for events to unfold. The trouble is we have no control of the outcomes of the war. I have never been good at sitting by waiting for the worst to happen as treading water is not in my vocabulary-ask my wife. Consumers by first accounts are still spending. I think the market is there for those ready to roll. If you are selling what people need they will buy in both good and bad times, although the "mix" may be different. We as business leaders need to take care of our economic recovery. No one can do that for us.

Lastly, our thoughts and prayers go out to our soldiers who are in Iraq today, and to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice including their immediate families, parents and grandparents. No one can walk in their shoes, but their unselfishness will make this world a better and safer place.

Many so ern treaters slow to convert

If,/OOD preservers have until December 31,2OO3 to Y V discontinue treating with CCA for residential applications-and timing is everything. No one wants to be caught selling products their customers don't want or to be unable to produce what they do want.

So, here we are, 15 months after the impending phase out was announced, and the alternative chemicals have yet to take away a sizeable share of CCA's business in the South.

Wood Protection LP, Houston, Tx., treats with CCA in two cylinders and Osmose's ACQ, NatureWood, in a third. Yet, currently CCA accounts for 997o of their sales. (Wood Protection will convert a second cylinder to NatureWood by January 1.)

Texas Forest Products, Gilmer, Tx., which restarted the old Dean Lumber plant, only has one cylinder, offering CSI's ACQ Preserve. "Starting anew as a new company with a new name, and with only the new chemical preservative to offer, has been excruciatingly slow," admits Steve Dean. "We officially got the treating plant recertified on October l. Not until January did we sell our first truckload. Since then, I believe we have sold a total of eight truckloads of treated wood. Before we closed, we were selling at least l0 loads per day."

No longer a sawmill or a timber company, the new business does offer a full range of lumber remanufacturing services including custom kiln drying, planing, moulding, precision end trim, and truck/raiVcontainer reload.

Taylor-Ramsey Corp. continues treating with Wolmanized CCA at its Blackstone, Va., plant and eventually will switch to Natural Select (CBA, copper azole).

"We have not seen much inquiry yet for the new genera-

tion preservatives, probably because of price," says v.p. Leland O'Brien. "As we get closer to the end of the year, I am sure that will change. I would say that we will be ready by then to treat with whatever chemical is required."

Cox Industries added Natural Select CBA at its Orangeburg, S.C., plant two years ago and expanded its Coleridge, N.C., facility last spring for CBA. Conversion strategies are in place for their other production facilities that serve residential markets and will be implemented as customer demand dictates.

"Overall, though, other than the playground manufacturing industry, we haven't been overwhelmed with demand for the alternative preservatives by retailers," says Bruce R. Palmer, Cox's v.p.-sales & marketing. "We did have several dealers last year who decided to convert soon after the EPA/chemical manufacturers' agreement as part of their own market strategies, and have been successful. They continue to supply Natural Select this year, as well. But most others have stayed with CCA and probably will as long as they can. I think it's fairly realistic to anticipate orders for CCA treated wood all the way up to December 3t,2003;' (Continued on page 9)

"A lot of treaters will switch when the big boxes switch."

und some things ,i,uitn old

ll rou arc klol'irrg irtltl rrcu-gt'ttt'rati<ttr trcated rvootl" kroli at (ltrrt Ilt'arr \hclnatir.'.

I)r'olt'r'1r'rl Ilr Ilrt' n<lrld's lttading col-rpcr-ltast'rI prcst'r'rativr'. (to[)per azole. (]rr11 l]t'arr \llr'r'nlrlirc is our ortn ltrand o1'trt:att'tl lrtttrlx'r'.

It's Itt'rr liorn (lrrt lJcarr l,trrrtlrcr (,o." a ('orlrl)all\ trith rools strr'1t'hirrg bar'li to tht'

l()-trO"s anrl a cotttllitnr llral ltits lorrg ittkrplcrl innoratiorts thitt Irt'nr'llt otIt t'ttstotllt'fs.

\\r' art' .till a lirrrrilr-t'tltt ('o1tll)illt\'.

\\t'slill tt't lt't'r Jritrrl lo stttislr t'ttstottlt'rs.

A.rrd rrc slill ol'lt'r ttrtr lt-ttstctl lirtcs ol (.(. \-trt'ated lurld, li:lrt'irrg, rlt't'k spt'r'iitllit's arrrl S\ [' ltrntber.

IJrrl rron wc also ol'li'r a trrtirlttt'rteu tthoit't'.

Wait & CCA

(Continuedfrom page 7)

Curt Bean Lumber Co., Glenwood, Ar., switched its smallest plant (Amity, Ar.) to a copper-based alternative early last year and planned to change over Buckner (Kansas City), Mo., a few months later, but "mostly people are still staying with CCA, and ordering CBA for special orders," says sales manager Linda Priddy.

Bean will probably convert Buckner to CBA in the third quarter, and convert Glenwood last, at which time Amity will discontinue CBA and return to Dricon fire retardant.

The new preservatives definitely have their supporters. Huntsville Wood Products, Huntsville, Al., converted entirely to ACQ in October 2001, adding a water repellent a few months later, and has been nudging customers along. "We have been working trying to convert retailers to ACQ," says Jonathan Landman. "Hopefully more will switch before December 31,2003. We are happy with ACQ and think it will last."

Eighteen months ago, Everwood Treatment Co., Spanish Fort, Al., was strictly a CCA treater. The company now offers CCA, ACQ, Dricon fire retardant and borates.

"There are a lot of other preservatives out there," explains sales manager Jay Hudson. "We looked at them all, and the copper-based preservatives seemed to be the best environmentally."

"l see no concerns," adds Lany Lang, Culpeper Wood Treaters, Culpeper, Va., which a year ago switched one cylinder to ACQ at three of its four locations.

Thomas Wood Preserving Co., Elliott, Ms., hopes to decide within the next 30 days if and when to switch to ACQ or CBA. "Nobody wants to change, but I think it's time," says president/sales manager Brent Thomas. "We may change over all three cylinders at once. We had considered keeping one or two CCA for industrial applications, but we're not sure considering the liability issues surrounding CCA."

t^t

Dtill, most treaters are waiting, listening to their customers and watching their competitors. "I'm waiting for Home Depot and Lowe's to switch," says Russell Davis, president/sales manager, D&D Wood Preserving, Albany, Ga. "I don't sell to those places, but I think everyone else will follow them." Davis says few customers are seeking an alternative just yet, but he is anxious to switch to ACQ as soon as demand surfaces.

"We're waiting," echoes James Hendrix, v.p./sales manager, Anthony Wood Treating, Hope, Ar. "So far, everyone's still happy with CCA."

Columbus Lumber Co., Brookhaven, Ms., continues to use CCA. "Our plan is to convert in late third quarter, probably to Osmose's ACQ, NatureWood," says president Bill Behan. "Our immediate micro-market is not demanding the change and the last thing you want to do is have a product that's 20Vo to 3OVo more expensive that no one is asking for."

Commercial Lumber Sales, North Little Rock, Ar., continues treating with CCA while formulating its next move. "My customers are still happy with CCA and, in fact, I've had several customers who asked me to tell them right before we're ready to switch, so they can stock up on CCA," says Gary Burchfield, v.p.-sales & purchasing.

The company's two cylinders and varied product mix leaves it "with two or three options."

Babb Lumber Co., Ringgold, Ga., is also patiently playing the waiting game. "We're talking to our customers and looking at the five different chemicals out there, evaluating their performance and marketability," explains David Burns.

Tarheel Wood Treating Co., Morrisville, N.C., will convert by the end of the year, but has no immediate plans. "We might do it tomorrow, we might do it at the end of the year," says sales manager Rick Faulk. "Nobody's calling for it right now, so it makes no sense to do so."

Similarly, Narjoe Timber & Supply Co., Atlanta, Ga., is not in any hurry to abandon CCA. The company will convert, but has not decided when or to what, according to general manager John Hines.

At Littrell Brothers Lumber Co., Vinemont, Al., "we're going to wait as long as possible," promises sales manager Allan Littrell. "We'll probably switch after Thanksgiving; we're slow then, anyways." Littrell is unsure what new chemical he'll eventually switch to, since his company currently buys from both Arch and CSI.

r ln fact. a large number of treaters will stay with CCA until the final second. Rhonda Brushwood, sales manager, Alabama-Georgia Wood Preserving, Lafayette, La., vows: "We're going to go as close to the end as we can [before switchingl."

At Tolleson Lumber Co., Perry, Ga., "we plan on treat(Continued on next page)

Tort 25 T?eaters

Companies are ranked by production of lumber, timbers and specialty products. Finns exclusively trealing poles, pilings, railroad lies, elc., are noi included. Abbreviations include MP (Not for Publication), NA (Not Available), FRT (Fire Retardant Treatment), and WR (Water Repellent).

All information was provided by the companies themselves. While every effort was made to ensure full accuracy and comploteness, a handful of treaters elected not lo participate in this survey.

-The Editors

Annual Produclion (mifions bd, fr.) m02 2m1 Change 1| 1 Universal Forest Products 1123.3 1069.3 +5% Grand Raoids. Mi.

Rank Comoany '02 '01

21 olants: Windsor, Co.; Auburndale, Fl.; Moultrie, Union City, Ga.; Granger, Westville, In.; Belchertown, Ma.; Hanisonville, Mo.; Elizabeth City, Salisbury, N.C.; Blanchester, Hamilton, Lodi, Oh.; Gordon, Stockertown, Pa.; New Waverly, Saginaw, Schertz, Silsbee, Tx.; Janesville, Wi.; Ranson, W.V.

Treatments: CCA, ACQ, Borates, FRT, WR, Colorant

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Posts a 1 2 Great Southern Wood Preserving NfP NfP +t1o/o Abbeville, Al.

7 olants: Abbeville, Mobile, Muscle Shoals, Al.; Sumter County, Fl.; Conyers, Statesboro, Ga.; Columbus, Tx.

Treatments: CCA, WR

Producls: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Pilings, Posts

3 Georgia-Pacific Corp. 905 NJp +6% Atlanta, Ga.

12 olants: Athens, Nauvoo, Louisville (2), Al.; Rockledge, Fl.; Sterling, Ga.; Rochelle, ll.; Richmond, In.; Pleasant Hill, Mo.: Henserson, N.C.; Rock Hill, S.C.; Mineola, Tx.

Treatments: CCA, ACQ, WR

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Posts

Improving yard storage requires experience and planning. Our architectural and engineering staff has the necessary experience to advise you on complex issues, such as:

I Concept & Design Planning

I Zoning & Feasibility

I Site Coordination & Traffic Flow

I Lumber Organization & Handling

We help lower your costs by maximizing your available space and protecting inventory from weather damage with our unique "rack-supported" buildings. The rack system serves as BOTH storage and building support, resulting in:

I Improved Inventory Control

I Convenient Access for Customers

I Cost Effective & Flexible

Whether you need standard racking, bulk sheds or an integrated storage building, we've got you Covered!

KRAUTER STORAGE SYSTEMS

Wait & CCA

(Continued from previous page) ing with CCA until New Year's Eve," Joe Kusar says. "We will make a decision in the fourth quarter on the direction we will take after that."

Cook County Wood Preserving, Adel, Ga., "will be treating with CCA until the last day, because there's nothing wrong with CCA," says David Sorrell, plant manager/sales manager. "We'll probably make our decision on what to switch to about December 1."

"We're going to hold on to the last minute before switching to CBA," affirms Paul Shields, owner, Goldston Lumber. Goldston. N.C. "I don't see any advantage to [switching now]. My customers don't want it because it's so much more expensive. If your customers don't want it, it doesn't make any difference whether I want it or not."

"We'll change, but not until the first day of January 2004," says Billy Hall, sales/purchasing manager, Georgia Wood Preserving, Crawfordville, Ga. "I'm afraid a lot of treaters are going to go out of business, and a lot of customers are going to stop buying treated wood; they just won't be able to afford it."

"We'll probably treat with CCA till the last minute of the last hour," says Gary Stovall, u.p., Southern Lumber & Treating, Jacksonville, Fl. "The problem we have in Jacksonville is we've got a local competitor, and they're not switching until the last minute. So there's no way we can switch beforehand to a more expensive product, because we couldn't compete."

Stovall is leaning towards ACQ, but is also considering ACC. "A lot of treaters will switch when the big boxes switch," he says. "But the longer we wait, the farther back we get put in line by the chemical companies. It's a mess right now."

Stovall anticipates gradually escalating lumber prices through the fall, as larger treaters try to buy as much lumber as possible to treat with CCA before the deadline. "Money is cheap to borrow, so they could treat enough lumber to sell for six months after the deadline," he theorizes.

Could dozens of treating plants shut down in January, helplessly waiting for their turn to be converted?

"We've tried to warn everybody not to wait," says Curt Bean's Priddy.

(Continuedonpage I2)

Wait & CCA

(Continued from page I 0)

4 Culpeper Wood Preservers 510 NfP

Culpeper, Va.

3 plants: Culpeper, Fredericksburg, Va.; Shelbyville, ln.;Columbia, S.C.

Treatments: CCA, ACO

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Posts

Prairie du Chien, Wi.

6 olants: Prairie du Chien, Janesville, Wi.; Lansing, Mi.; St. Paul, Mn.; Columbus, Oh.; Fombell, Pa.

Treatments: CCA

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties

Rocky Top Wood Preservers

Rocky Mount, Va.

3 plants: Rocky Mount; Streator, ll.; Hagerstown, Md.

Treatments: CCA, CBA, WR

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Pilings, Posts

McFarland Cascade

Tacoma, Wa

5 olanls: Tacoma; Sandpoint, ld.; Eugene, Or.; Broken Bow, Ok.; Electric Mills. Ms.

Trealments: CCA, CBA, Penta, Creosole, WR, Colorant

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Pilings, Posts

Pageland, S.C.

2 plants: Pageland; Henderson, N.C.

Treatments: CCA, ACQ, WR

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Posts

Tampa, Fl.

3 ilants: Tampa, Fort Myers, Orlando, Fl.

Treatments: CCA, WR

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timb€rs, Specialties, Pilings, Posls

Sl. Clair, Mi.

5 plants: St. Clair, Lansing, Mi.; Seneca, ll.; Washington Court House, Oh.. Prentice. Wi.

Treatments: CCA, CBA, FRT, WR

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Pilings, Posts

Orangeburg, S.C.

I olants: Augusta, Ga.; Otangeburg, Eutawville, North, Sumter, S.C.; Coleridge, Cove City, Leland, N.C.

Treatments: CCA, CBA, Penla, FBT, WR

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Pilings, Posts

Wa.

5 olants: Washougal, Ferndale, Wa.; Fort Collins, Loveland, Co.; Medlord, Or.

Treatments: CCA, ACQ, FRT, WR, Colorant

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialttes, Posts a6

lJ16 Bestway Enterprises

Cortland, N.Y.

142 125 +14n/o

5dAots: Lancaster, Ma.; Corlland, Gouvemeur, N.Y.; Stony Point, N.C.; Cresco, Pa.

Treatments: CCA, FRT, WR

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Speciallies

14rz n.n South Inc.

Conway, S.C.

2 plants: Conway, Camden, S.C.

Trealments: CCA, WR

Products: Lumber, Plywood,Timbers, Specialties

"There could be a shortage of chemicals if everyone changes over at one time. People have been used to next day delivery. Treaters are starting to keep a lot of their inventory white, as it becomes harder trying to anticipate what people will want."

She adds: "A lot of people think if they wait it won't change. I try to tell them that won't happen, that the EPA said there's no reversal."

Mor, treaters are at least making tenative plans. Blue Ridge Wood Preserving, Moneta, Va., is "leaning towards ACQ," says general manager Ed Snodgrass. "We'll make that decision probably in May, so we have time to [convert] before the end ofthe year."

New South, Myrtle Beach, S.C., has tentatively targeted September to convert an initial cylinder to ACQ. "We have four cylinders, and we're not sure how many we'll convert, if we'll stay with CCA, or add another preservative," says Craig Forbes, v.p./sales manager.

Size does present an advantage. Universal Forest Products has a network of 28 treating plants across the U.S. In those plants, Universal currently treats with ACQ at three locations, borates at one location, FirePro fire retardant at two locations, and CCA at 24 locations.

"The bulk of our CCA production will be switched to ACQ between now and the end of the year," says Scott Conklin, vice president-wood preservation. "We will see the December 31, 2003 date come and go with no disruption to our customers; we are well prepared and will ensure that any products we sell are in accordance with the applicable label requirements,"

Multiple locations allow treaters to convert gradually through the year. Georgia-Pacific, Atlanta, Ga., which has 12 treating facilities, has already switched two plants to ACQ Preserve-Rochelle, Il., and Richmond, In.-and will be switching other plants on a schedule later in the year, says Ed Galt, group manager.

"Our transition process is well underway with an estimated target date of late summer to early fall," says James Riley, Great Southern Wood Preserving, Abbeville, Al. "We're excited about the choices we'll be able to offer our dealers under the new guidelines-from CCA to NatureWood to borates."

Coastal Lumber Co., Weldon, N.C., is currently running CCA at all its facilities. "We have been installing the ACQ-compliant equipment over the winter and should be finished in the next 60 days," says Tom Evans. "Actual conversion will take place between September and the end of the year, depending on the location. While we may have some CCA products available after December 31, we expect to be at least957o ACQ."

Coastal will also continue offering fire retardant products from its Oxford, Pa., facility.

Eastex Forest Products, Houston, Tx., will upgrade, reconfigure and refixture its three cylinders to accommodate ACQ during the summer and then gradually shift production in the fall, possibly a first cylinder in September, a second in October and the third in November.

Fortress Wood Products cunently sells CCA and ACQ, and plans to convert its Greensboro, Henderson and Elizabeth City, N.C., facilities "to one of the alternative preservatives late this year," says Brandt A. Mitchell,

v.p./general manager. "If demand increases for the altematives, we will go ahead and make the changes accordingly."

Fortress will also treat with CCA after the deadline for non-residential uses.

S.I. Storey Lumber Co., Armuchee, Ga., added a second treating facility in late November to use NatureWood. "It's working really we11," says chairman Hal Storey. "We'll keep CCA for industrial markets, and sell Nature Wood for residential applications. We chose not to convert, so we could do both."

"We're planning on changing one cylinder to an (undetermined) alternative preservative by the middle of this year," notes Barry Lindsey, sales manager, Valley Lumber Co., Hackleburg, A1. "The biggest part of our business is agricultural and commercial, so we will continue with CCA in our other cylinder."

Wood Preservers, Inc., Warsaw, Va., added CBA last year, but will also continue with CCA for industrial applications, which is the bulk of its business.

Likewise, Long Life Treated Wood, Hebron, Md., is in the midst of coverting one cylinder and will begin offering CBA "some time in the fall," says Pat O'Malley. Its other cylinder will remain treating CCA for industrial applications.

r

ln a more tenuous position are single-cvlinder treaters. Acme Wood Preserving, Princeton, W.V., currently uses creosote and CCA. "We do considerable industrial business," says CCA sales manager Dave Thompson, "but we do have one product-fence posts-that don't we have a clear answer on. So, we're waiting."

(In fact, in late March, EPA agreed to allow continued use of CCA for agricultural fence posts.)

Sentinel Industries, Calico Rock, Ar., also was waiting on a decision from the EPA regarding fence posts. "lt's looking favorable," says Jim King, v.p./sales manager.

"Our products are all agricultural, so the ruling on fence posts will determine if we switch," says Gregory Holcomb, president, Mt. Airy Wood Preserving Co., Mt. Airy, Ga. "The new chemicals may drive up the price of wooden posts to the point that we can't compete against composites. And, it's a significant investment to retool the facility. Would you go to that expense without knowing if you have a market?"

For a number of single-cylinder treaters, it's more practical to turn their backs on residential applications. Southern Wood Preserving, Hattiesburg, Ms., is staying with CCA. "About 907o of what we do is industrials, pole business," plant manager Joe Hartfield explains. "So what we'll have to do is find another l)Vo to make up for the loss in residential products."

Arnold Lumber Co., Bonifay, Fl., is "still at a crossroads," reveals president Chris Jernigan, but he predicts the single-cylinder operation will stay with CCA and concentrate on poles, pilings, and other heavy retention applications.

Gold Hill Wood Products. Rockwell. N.C.. is also undecided, but similarly is inclined to stick with CCA for commercial/industrial applications.

Others are getting out of wood treating all together. The reclassification of CCA is in part to blame for Pride Forestry's plans to discontinue treating operations within the next two months at its Raiford, Fl., milling complex. "We will send our materials to other resional treating

Top 25 Tfeaters

Rank Company Annual Production (miilions bd. ft.)

'02 '01 2N2 2001 Change

15tscoastalLumberCo. 13r iz6 +4o/o

Weldon, N.C.

5 plants: Havana, Fl.; Weldon; Hopwood, Oxford, Pa.; Belington, W.V.

Treatments: CCA, FRT, WR

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Posts

16f g Corronwealth Wood 12s 145

Hampton, Va.

:l olant Hampton

Ir€almenh: CCA, ACQ, WB

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties

17 n curtBean Lumber co. 11e

Glenwood, Ar.

3 plants: Glenwood, Amity, Ar.; Buckner, Mo.

Treatments: CCA, CBA, WR, Pre-Stain

Products: Lumber, Plywood,Timbers, Specialties

17zo

Eloy, Az.

4 olants: Eloy; Bakerstield, Ca.; Silver Springs, Nv.; Sheridan, Or.

Treatments: CCA, ACQ, Borates, Penta, Creosote, CuNap, FRT, WR, Colorant

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Pilings, Posts, Cross Ties, Utility Poles

2 olants: Fontana, Woodland, Ca.

CCA, CBA, WR, Colorant, Pre-stain

'l

Madison JrcAlrncds: CCA, WR

CCA, WR, Colorant

1 olant: Coos Bav Treahnents; CCA, ACQ, Borates, Colorant

Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Spocialties,

Treatments: CCA, CBA, FRT, Colorant

Lumber, Timbers, Specialties, Posts

t olAnl: Ukiah

Treatn€nts: CCA, 0olorant

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Posts 252+ J,H.

57 -9% San Mateo, Ca.

3 plants: Weed, Ca.; Eugene, Or.; Arlington, Wa.

Treatments: ACQ, ACZA, Penta, Creosote, 50/50 Creo-Petroleum

Producls: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Pilings, Posts, Ties 25,.

Tn.

1 plant: Mosheim

Treatments: CCA, WR

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Speciafties

EWP Business Consultant:

DOISE Building Solutions, Boise, -fDrO.. has introdriced a new business initiative aimed at passing along not just engineered wood products to its distributors and dealers, but business planning advice and consultation as well.

The Boise business planning process is a new value-added service for Boise EWP distributors that hopes to broaden the traditional vendor/customer relationship to more of a business consulting relationship.

"This a pioneering program," said Boise's Dennv Houston. "We think

our business today is about long term, mutually beneficial relationships with the firms tribute and sell our products,"

Houston added, "If we can help them grow stronger financially and enjoy more success, that will strengthen the entire distribution channel."

Right now the program is in its initial roll out phase with wholesalers, and according to Houston, will soon expand to phase two with the inclusion of dealers.

Houston said Boise's new consultins approach is unique among major U.S. EWP manufacturers.

"lf we can help

that will strengthen the entire distribution chainl'

Services available to Boise distributors and dealers include:

. determining the market available to them, their share of that market, and growth objectives;

. ways to sell against competitive products;

. balancing inventories and marketing new products; projecting future growth, and

. targeting new existing accounts for increased sales and profitability.

Distributors can expect face-to-face consultations with Boise representatives at their yard or distribution center.

All current Boise EWP distributors are eligible and automatically enrolled in the program.

"Our organization is excited about employing the Boise business planning process to help our distributors and dealers improve the performance of their organizations at every level," Houston commented. "We see this as the cornerstone of how we plan to do business in the future."

Boise operates three EWP plants in Boise, Lena,La., and White City, Or.

working that dis-

EWP HELP: Boise's new business planning 0rocess will allow its EWP distributors and dealers to work with the Boise, ld.-based firm

as a Dartner in business. instead ol solelv in the traditional vendor/customer manner.

Rrrllt:ns

Zarsky Lumber, Victoria, Tx., has opened a new yard in Laredo, Tx.; Frank Jimenez, mgr.

Bowlings Home Center, King George, Va., has been acquired by Fred Caudle and renamed King George True Value

Barnes & McCullough Lumber has closed its Goldthwaite. Tx., lumberyard...

Stock Building Supply has sold its specialty millwork facility in Springfield, Va., to Fairfax Lumber & Millwork...

Lowe's Cos. opened new stores the first week of March in Acworth, Ga. (Jeny Coon, mgr.); Sanford, Fl. (John Steinhauer, mgr.), and Elkin, N.C. (Jill Reinhart, mgr.), and Feb. 28 in Fernandina Beach, Fl. (Mitch Miller, mgr.)

Lowe's is building a new home center in The Villages, Fl., for a fall opening, and a 186,000*sq. ft., $11.5 million flatbed center on 41 acres in Ennis. Tx.. to serve 100+ south central stores ... the chain anticipates summer openings in Leeds, Al.; Plant City, Fl.; Georgetown, Ky.; Southaven, Ms.; Fuquay-Varina, N.C.; Brownsville, Tn., and Dale City, Va.

Sharp Lumber Co., Hopkinsville, Ky., was honored with a Chamber of Commerce Small Business Award...

FAX us your news!

Have a notice of your recent expansion, promotions or other company changes published in the next issue of Building Products Digest! Just Fax your news to 949-852-0231. (a

Home Depot this month opens new home centers in Denham Springs, La., and Texarkana, Tx., and a new Landscape Supply store in Grapevine, Tx.

Ace Hardware Corp. placed fourth in the wholesaler/diversified category in a recent Fortune magazine survey that asked business executives to name America's most admired companies ... Lowe's replaced Home Depot in the specialty retailer category ...

Wnor:slrrns/texurrcrumRs

The Environmental Protection Agency agreed to allow the continued use of CCA to treat agricultural fence posts (C16) and permanent wood foundations (C22) after the chemical's ban for residential applications goes into effect December 31,2C03

Ecosafe Wood Treaters, Greenville, S.C., is being opened early this month by Linda Starr; the plant, with an annual capacity of 40 million bd. ft., uses boratesbased EnviroSafe Plus ...

Dixie Plywood & Lumber Co., Savannah, Ga., plans to open its 1Oth DC in Charlotte, N.C., to serve the industrial and retail dealer markets; Tim Naish, mgr. ...

Grayson Lumber Corp., Grayson, Al., agreed to buy sawmills in Marianna and West Bay, Fl., from Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

Red Town Timber Products, Macon, Ga., has acquired 29,440 acres of timberland in and around Houston County, Tx., from Louisiana-Pacific Corp. for $21 million, less $2.5 million for timber harvesting and other adjustments prior to closing ...

HB &G Building Products, Troy, Al., was acquired by Pennsylvaniabased Graham Partners for an undisclosed sum

Pride Forestry, Raiford, Fl., plans to shutter its CCA treating plant in Raiford, F1., in June; all other operations, including sawmill, planer mill and post peeler, will continue

Laurel Creek Hardwoods, Richwood, W.V., is acquiring a $ 1 1 l,177 loan from the West Virginia Economic Development Authority to buy and install a horizontal band saw ...

Ande r s o n - Tul ly' s Vicksburg, Ms., engineered wood plant laid off 57 workers, following workforce reductions of 68 and 50 last spring

PGT Industries, Venice, Fl., has acquired window and door manufacturer Binnings Building Products, Inc., Lexington, N.C. ...

Lumberjack, Inc., Palm Harbor, Fl., has changed its name to LII Technologies; the name of its flagship software product, Lumberjack Software, will not change

CertainTeed Corp., Oxford, N.C., and Ennis, Tx.; GAF Materials, Chester, S.C., and Johns Manville Corp., Natchez, Ms., received 2002 President's Awards from the Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association in recognition ofthe plants' safety records

John Biewer Lumber Co. is now distributing a full line of fre retardant products, including FRX

Capital Lumber Co. locations including Lubbock and Woodway, Tx., are now distributing Undercover Deck Enhancement DrainageSystem...

Anniversaries: Hughes Supply, Orlando. Fl.. 75th ... Goldsboro Builders Supply Co., Goldsboro, N.C.,50th ... Architectural Woodwork Institutu, Reston, Va., 50th ... Spencer Hame Center, Lexington, Ky., 25rh ..,

Housing starts in February (atest figures) fell llVo to an annual rate of I.822 million single family starts dropped l3.7Vo to a rate of 1.295 million: multi-familv starts (5+ units) were at a pace of 297,000 ... building permits crept up O.4Vo to a 1.786 million rate.

uminum layer, TechShield sheathing prevents up to

You could be making yourself more profitable with TechShield' radiant barrier sheathing, an energy saving upgrade that consumers are willing to pay for. With its thin, laminated the attic, which means cooling energy savings of up td 20o/ofor your customers. So if you're not using TechShield stop wasting your energy. Ask for it by name.

hr 7o/o of the radiant heat in the panel from radiating into

t-rJttJJ! frrira.aa'rn*'a',',*

SPEGTES

. Western Red Cedar

lncense Cedar

. Redwood

Hem-Fir. Douglas Fir

. Pine. White Fir

Alder

PROIDUGTS

. Fingerjoint Boards

. Pattern Sidings

Spa Components

. Engineered Products

Edge-Glued Panels

.12 Dry Kilns for Custom Drying.

Listings are often submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locatk;ns with sponsor before making plans to attend.

Apnn

National Wood Flooring Association - April 9-12, annual convention & expo, St. Louis, Mo.; (636) 391-5 161.

Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America - April 9-12, joint woodworking meeting, St. Petersburg, Fl.; (215) 564-3484.

Center for Forest Products Marketing & Management - April 11-12, low grade hardwood workshop, Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center, Roanoke, Va.; (540) 231-5876.

Kitchen & Bath Industry Show - April 11-12, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fl.; (908) 852-0033

American Lumber Standard Committee - April 24, spring meeting, Washington, D.C.; (301) 9'72-I'700.

Center for Forest Products Marketing & Management - April 24-25, forest products marketing seminar, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.; (540) 231-5876.

Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association - April 24-25, spring conference, Grandover Resort & Conference Center, Greensboro, N.C.; (703) 435-2900.

Anderson, Ca,: (800) 427-8253. (530) 378-6980

Fax 530-378-6987 Fred Duchi'Don Cherovsky

^e\sKlYoo* I ronEsr PRoDucrs I -A ta-aFXF€A

Mike Webster. Darren Duchi Dean Duchi Weed, Ca.: (800) 374-0210. (530) 938-2771

Fax 530-938-3227 . Bill Duchi Dennis Duchi

North American Building Material Distribution Assn. - April 24-25, executive management conference, Grandover Resort & Conference Center, Greensboro, N.C. ; (888) 7 47 -7 862.

Oklahoma Lumbermens Association - April 24-27, mill tour, Ok.;(405) 840-1771.

Wood Component Manufacturers Association - April 26-29, annual meeting, Mirage, Las Vegas, Nv.; (770) 565-6660.

Composite Panel Association - April 27-30, spring meeting. Turnberry Isle Resort & Club, Aventura, Fl.; (301) 6'70-0604.

American Wood-Preservers' Association - April 27-30, annual meeting, Marriott Copley Place, Boston, Ma.; (8 I 7) 326-6300.

American Hardware Manufacturers Association - April 2730, Hardlines Technology Forum, Hyatt Regency, Phoenix, Az.: (847) 605-1025.

Composite Panel Association - April 27-30, spring meeting, Turnberry Isle Resort, Adventura, Fl.; (301) 670-0604.

Center for International Trade in Forest Products - April 28, U.S./Canada lumber trade forum. Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle, Wa.; (206 543-8684.

Diamond Hill Plywood - April 29, buying show, Florence CityCounty Civic Center, Florence, S.C.; (843) 393-2803.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationApril 29, open house, Lexington, Ky.; (502) 245-6'130.

Ihlv

Southern Building Material Association - May 1-4, spring outing, Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; (704) 376-1503.

Forest Resources Association - May 2-5, annual meeting, Lake Tahoe, Nv.; (301) 838-9385.

Center for Forest Products Marketing & Management - May 5-6, lean manufacturing seminar, Donaldson Brown Hotel & Conference Center, Va.; (540) 231-58'76.

Structural Insulated Panel Association - May 5-7, annual meeting, Hilton, Orlando, Fl.; (253) 858-7472.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association - May 5-8, annual meeting, Rancho Las Palmas Resort, Rancho Mirage, Ca.r (800) 52'7-8258.

EuroShop 2003 - May 6-8, trade fair, fairgrounds, Diisseldorf, Germany; (3 l2) 781-5 I 80.

National Sash & Door Jobbers Association - May 15-17, top management meeting, Indian Wells, Ca.; (800) 786-7274.

Do it Best Corp. - May 17-20, spring market, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, ln.; (219) 748-5300.

International Conference on Woodfiber-Plastic Composites * May 19-20, Hilton, Madison, Wi.; (608) 231-1361

Louisiana Store Changes Hands

Monison Terrebonne Lumber Center, Houma, La., has been sold to four long-time employees, Doug Gregory, Keith Voisin, David Vice and Greg Landry.

Gregory will serve as president and c.e.o., Voisin as v.p. of retail and marketing, Vice as v.p. of operations, and Landry as v.p. of contractor sales. The four have a combined 80 years of experience with the company.

MTLC was formed four years ago by the merger of Houma's two major independent lumberyards, Morrison Home Center and Terrebonne Lumber & Concrete Co.

Kentucky Yard Gets Makeover

A leaner Wolohan Lumber Co. has begun transforming its southeastern-most location-Ashland, Ky.-into a pro yard serving home builders and project customers.

The chain continues operating Ashland's full service lumberyard and is adding a door shop.

Indoors, Wolohan has remodeled 7,500 sq. ft. to lease to a tool rental center and an adjacent 7,500 sq. ft. to, hopefully, lease to a hardware store operator.

The new format is patterned after the Central Michigan Lumber units Wolohan acquired in 1998. Soon after, Wolohan began transforming its existing yards, a handful each year, to the CML format. Other locations were closed-seven in 2000, 12in2OOl, and 5 in 2002, bringing the chain to 25 total units.

"It's been difficult for all of us, turning away from the retail business," says Ashland mgr. Dan Phillips. "But everyone has finally bought into it, and we've found our niche."

plonfing I.7 million lrees eve4f doy is o smqrl inveslmenf.

The Sustoinqble Forestry Initiotive@ progrom is dedicoted to the future of the notion's forests, os well os the chollenge of preserving rore ond endongered forests oround the world. Respect for noture ond sound business proctices ore integroted to the benefit of the environment, londowners, shoreholders, customers ond the people they serve. And thot ollows us lo meet the demond for wood ond poper products, while helping to ensure our forests will be oround forever.

When forest products qre your business,

qtion news

Lumbermen's Association of Texas invites Louisiana dealers and suppliers to the LBMDA summer outing June 26-28 at the Grand Hotel, Point Clear, Al. The board meeting and golf tournament will be Friday June 2.

LAT's budget, convention and executive committees will meet June l8-19 in Austin.

Southern Building Material Association will hold its spring membership meeting May 1-4 at Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Themed "Managing Your Lumberyard in Today's Competitive World," the event will feature industry consultant Deborah Hayden addressing "The 10 Most Important Issues You Will Face with Employees over the Next Year" and economist Dr. Ed Seifried on "Facing the Economy in2OO3."

Florida Building Material Association is readying its summer management conference for June 12-14 at the Ocean Reef Club, Key Largo.

Eastern Building Material Dealer Association set its spring board meeting for May l-2 in Hershey, Pa.

Construction Suppliers' Association is staging dealer roundtables April 27-29 at the Comfort Inn,

Vidalia, Ga., and June 8-10 at the Dunes of Panama, Panama City Beach, Fl.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association is sponsoring a succession planning seminar April l5 at its offices in Louisville. Stephen E. Smith, Goldberg & Simpson, is the presenter.

Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association is holding its spring convention jointly with the North American Building Material Distribution Association April 24-25 at the Grandover Resort & Golf Club in Greensboro, N.C.

Co-sponsored educational sessions will cover "Developing Sales Specialists," "Building a Company of Winners," and "Creating Win-Win Sales Compensation Plans," as well as product-focused workshops.

Prior to the convention, both associations will host tours of their members' plants and distribution cenlers in the Greensboro area.

The D-l-Y Guide To Love

According to a new survey, slightly more than half of all couples (547o) who perform home improvement projects together, find the experience to be a positive one.

Taylor Nelson Sofres Intersearch polled 571 adults over the age of 18 who were married or lived with a significant other.

Among those that enjoyed the d-i-y couple experience, 36Vo cited bonding as the main reason, while 287o of respondents were pleased because they worked well as a team.

As for complaints, 41Vo had nothing bad to say, whereas 22Vo of those dissatisfied with the experience, said their partner was "too bossy."

When it came to the hardware, men felt that they were the ones safely in control, with'l7Vo claiming they are better at wielding a hammer, screwdriver (68Vo) and saw (847a). Only l4%o of female d-i-yers felt that they were better than men with a hammer or a screwdriver.

Couples ranked lawn and garden projects as their preferred couple task (Sl%o), while painting and wallpapering came in second (34Vo), followed by general fix-ups and repairs (317o), woodworking (177o), and upgrading flooring (l1Vo).

Alcoa Acquires Vinyl Plant

Alcoa Home Exteriors has acquired Owens Cornings's vinyl production facility in Atlanta, Ga.

The 225,000-sq. ft. vinyl extrusion plant produces siding, trim and accessory products.

"Our vision is to be the leading provider of color and design solutions in the home exteriors market," said Alcoa' s Gary Acinapura.

Alcoa owns additional vinyl plants in Stuarts Draft, Va., and Denison, Tx.

TruServ Settles With SEC

TruServ Corp. and a former executive have settled federal charges that the company overstated profits in the late 1990s.

In early March, the Securities and Exchange Commission reported that the Chicago-based hardware cooperative and its former chief financial officer, Kerry Kirby, agreed to settle charges that they failed to maintain accurate records and misrepresented financial reports.

The SEC noted that the cooperative discovered the problems in early 2000 and began steps to rectify the situation.

The company stressed that it has made changes in its internal auditing procedures.

"Initiatives have been implemented and will continue to be implemented by the board and by our management team," said TruServ chief executive Pamela Forbes Lieberman. "TruServ is a better company today."

The SEC's report states that TruServ understated expenses and overstated net income in 1998 and 1999. The report further alleges that Kirby knew about the inaccuracies. but did nothing.

In a separate complaint against Kirby, the SEC wrote, "His role as c.f.o. places him in the position to remedy TruServ's problems, and he failed to do so."

As part of the settlement, TruServ will hire a director of internal audit and a public accounting firm, in addition to filing SEC annual reports on its audits and internal controls.

New Big Book Available

Random Lengths has released its fully revised and updated 2003 Big Book.

The 1,000-p. Big Book is the largest directory of the softwood lumber industry, featuring over 7,800 U.S. and Canadian companies and over 3,500 key personnel.

More that 857o of the listings from last year's edition have changed. The book is available for $233.95 by contacting (541) 686-9925.

Fire Hits Kentucky Yard

Baillie Lumber Co., Leitchfield, Ky., suffered a sawdust fire last month that hospitalized one fireman.

The March 13 blaze started in a 80-ft. tall by 24-ft. wide silo that contained 40 tons of sawdust.

Workers say a spark ignited the sawdust, which only smoldered because the sawdust was packed in so tightly.

Firefighters spent six hours wetting down the sawdust and eventually removing it. One firefighter was overcome by carbon dioxide, passed out, and was rushed to the hospital. No structural damage was reported.

Plant mgr. John Dill said it was the first time in 22 years that the fire department had been called to the facility.

Weyco CEO's Pay Drops

Weyerhaeuser Co. c.e.o. Stephen R. Rogel saw his salary drop 237o last year according to a recent regulatory filing.

Excluding options, Rogel's salary fell from $2.1 million in 2001 to $1.6 million last year.

Rogel's base pay was still $l.l million, but his bonus dropped from $950,000 to $500,000. He also received $8,400 in other expenses.

Weyerhaeuser's top man also has the option to buy 175,000 shares, worth $4. 1 million based on a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchanse Commission.

In-line printing

o At rapid speeds (780 FPM+;

o ln harsh environments

. Instantly variable information

. Easy networking

Matthews lnternational is a leading manufacturer of industrial marking & coding equipment for the building products industry. We provide solutions for all your identification needs, while focusing on results that increase production line speed, offer flexible printing options and lower operating costs.

41 2-665-2500 . Fax 412-365-2042

INK.JET, ETCHING, GONTACT PRINTING, INDENTING

n Member of the Royal Group of Companies

www. royalmouldi ngs.com

NEW NAME for Marley Mouldings cements ties to parent company.

Marley Renamed Royal Mouldings

Marley Mouldings Ltd., a Royal Group company based in Marion, Va., has changed its name to Royal Mouldings Ltd., paving the way for added manufacturing and marketing ties to its Toronto-based parent company Royal Group Technologies Ltd.

"New opportunities for customers to have access to Royal Group products made of rigid PVC for windows, doors, injection-molded components, columns and other vinyl products is at the forefront of this name change," said Art Ramey, Royal Mouldings' executive v.p.-sales, marketing and distribution. "Customers are consolidating purchasing of products and creating business partnerships with corporate suppliers who offer a more strategic and broader range of products."

According to Royal Group president Douglas Dunsmuir, "The new Royal Mouldings will include the existing operations in Marion, Va.; Bristol, Tn., and Waco, Tx., plus expanded manufacturing capacity within existing Royal Group plants in Coral Springs, Fl., and Toronto, Canada."

Softwood Tariff Talks Break Down

U.S. and Canadian representatives suddenly called oft trade negotiations in late February after reaching an impasse over punitive U.S. duties imposed on softwood imports from Canada.

Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew said he was "very disappointed" about the break in the talks because it came after "great progress" between the two countries on proposals to reshape Canadian provincial forestry regimes. "We are realizing the gap is too large on an export tax and we cannot agree on what to do on the $1 billion that has already been collected," he said.

The latest discussions have focused on convincing Canadian provinces to lessen timber availability by withdrawing land into parks or reserves. Some provinces would increase wood prices by holding market-based auctions of standing timber.

For its part, the U.S. would curtail 27Vo import duties for lumber coming from participating provinces.

Sticking points include the fate of the $650 million in punitive damages collected so far and the size of an interim tariff to be assessed until a

final deal is reached. Canada agreed to a temporary l5o/o import tax; the U.S. wants 257o.

Analysts say Quebec may also be holding up negotiations. While the other provinces seem anxious to strike a deal, Quebec allegedly refuses to change its logging fee and timber pricing system.

BMC Gets Bigger in Texas

BMC West Corp. has moved its Houston, Tx., Lone Star location to a larger millwork and customer service facility across the street.

BMC had previously consolidated two of its other Houston businesses, BMC Millwork and Marvins Window Planning Center, into the new custom and production facility.

The newly consolidated operation has 192,500 sq. ft. of warehouse, production, office and showroom space on nearly 15 acres. A two-story showroom and selection gallery covers 9,000 sq. ft.

"The new facility will provide us with the opportunity to continue our growth in this dynamic residential construction market," said BMC's

Dave Ondrasek.

The company claims the showroom will be among the largest displays of millwork products in the southwestern U.S.

BMC West is a subsidiary of San Francisco, Ca.-based Building Materials Holding Corp.

Hardware Show Splits In Two

At odds over whether to relocate the National Hardware Show, the event's owner and its sponsor will stage competing shows in2OO4.

This year's National Hardware Show-Aug. l0-12 in Chicagc-will be the American Hardware Manufacturers Association's 27th and final year as sponsor. Next year, it will introduce its own AHMA Hardware Show April 18-20, 2004 at McCormick Place, Chicago.

Trade management company Reed Exhibitions, though, hopes to reverse declining attendance by moving the 59th National Hardware Show to Las Vegas, Nv., May lO-12,2004, at the Sands Expo & Convention Center. Both parties agreed on moving their shows to the spring, to better coordinate with industry buying cycles and new product introductions.

Lou Bush, ex-Tampa International Forest Products, is a new building products specialist for Dixie Plywood & Lumber Co.'s Tampa, Fl., location. He succeeds Tom Minick, who has been promoted to sales mgr.

Bill Carter, ex-Willamette Industries, has joined the sales staff at Mid-States Wood Preservers, Simsboro, La.

Donnie Nixon, ex-Louisiana-Pacific, has joined the industrial lumber and plywood sales department at Lodge Lumber. Houston. Tx.

Stan Collyar, ex-Builders Mart of America, has joined The Buying Source, Greer, N.C.

Ron Pearce, president and c.e.o. of Deltic Timber, El Dorado, Ar., will retire Aug. l.

Rick Angel has joined Goldston Lumber, Goldston, N.C., as sales mgr. He succeeds Jay Bennett, who has retired.

Bob Eldens, ex-Kenfor, is the new v.p.-sales at Kennison Forest Products, Sulphur, La.

David Duke, ex-Tampa International, and Cliff Lee, exTimberland Resources, have opened a sales office in Tampa, Fl., for Stringfellow Lumber.

Omar Sital has been named store mgr. of McCoy's Building Supply Center, Del Rio, Tx. Rick Rivera is now mgr. of the Alice, Tx., location.

Michael R. Bayles has been appointed president of the building products segment of Quanex Corp., Houston, Tx. He will remain corporate v.p.

Barry J. Kulpa has resigned as president and c.e.o. of Huttig Building Products. Michael A. Lupo, director of building materials distribution, will serve as interim president/c.e.o. until a successor is found.

William Warden, executive v.p.-administration, Lowe's Cos., Nonh Wilkesboro, N.C., has retired after 10 years with the company as an employee and 17 as an outside counsel.

Ken Miller, ex-Shearouse Lumber, and David Cherry, exCox Industries, have formed a new company in Port Royal, S.C., named The Port Republic Co.

Tom Morgan has been appointed c.e.o. of Hughes Supply, Inc., Orlando, Fl. He will continue on as president.

David C. Adams, lumber sales, has retired from Stock Building Supply, San Antonio, Tx.

Scott Monds is the new mgr. at Plywood & Plastics, Norfolk. Va.

Don Alley, roof truss plant mgr., Causeway Lumber, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl., has retired after l9 years with the company. Randall J. Ramora is the new staff accountant, and Milagros Pagan is the new human resources coordinator.

Justin Sutton is a new mgr. trainee at 84 Lumber Co., Pineville, N.C.

Paul A. Brunner has been appointed an independent director of Trex Co., Winchester, Va. Richard A. Wittenberg, executive v.p., will retire later this year and not seek reelection to the board when his term expires in May.

Jenna L. Morgan has resigned as director of government affairs for the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association to become legislative director, legislative and political relations area, for the National Association of Home Builders.

Wayne Vanadore has been promoted to v.p./general mgr. for PGT Industries, Venice, Fl. He will relocate to the company's newly acquired manufacturing facility in Lexington, N.C.

Colin McCown, Thomasson Lumber Co., Philadelphia, Ms., has been named executive v.p. of American WoodPreservers' Association, Granbury, Tx., effective June l. He succeeds John F. Hall, who is retiring after 17 years wirh AWPA.

Greg Warren, ex-Taylor Bros., is now the general store mgr. at Bedford Hardware Co., Bedford, Va.

Wade Macht has joined Alcoa Home Exteriors as southeastern territory sales mgr. for the Retail Brands Group, covering N.C., S.C., Ga., and Fl.

Judge Godfrey, ex-The Oeser Co., is the new southern regional sales mgr. of distribution crossarms at Brooks Mfg., Bellingham, Wa.

Jim Wright is the new marketing mgr. at Nexwood Industries.

Chris Liddell has been promoted to senior v.p. chief financial officer at International Paper.

Richard Frost has been promoted to executive v.p.-commodity products, procurement and engineering for Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

Charlotte Lefler, Davis Lumber Co., Stuttgart, Ar., recently earned certification as a Certified Kitchen Designer from the National Kitchen and Bath Association.

Dennis Stine, president, Stine Lumber Co., Sulphur, La., agreed to serve as interim c.e.o. for the Port of Lake Charles.

Toni Faulk, marketing mgr., Enterprise Computer Systems, recently gave birth to a baby girl, Bridgett.

Joe Hardy, the SO-year old founder of 84 Lumber, will run for county commissioner in Pennsylvania this May. If elected, Hardy has promised to accept only a $1 salary.

Grace D'Lightning, famed NASCAR driver, is now sponsored by Mungus Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

DECI( BOARD WI1T YOUR CUSIOMERS SE]ID BACIE

Supreme Decking is the high quality deck board shaped to drain water! Customers will prefer itand you will too:

. Trimmed edges reduce returns!

. Increases your margins

. Niche product that

Blaze Strikes Alabama Yard

The remains of Bennett Lumber Co.'s fbotball-sized warehouse were still smoldering days after a March 9 l-ire ol- undetermined origin.

Reported about l;30 a.m., the blaze at the Piedmont. Al., yard was fueled from inside by the warehouse's contents, including finished wood and equipment parts. Firefighters initially were successful in containing, but not extinguishing, the fire-ensuring that adjacent buildings and equipment were not engulf'ed.

Owner James Bennett vowed to

rebuild the warehouse. which was under l0 years old. The company has been in Piedmont for 56 years.

Weyco Shuts Alabama Mill

Weyerhaeuser Co. has permanently shuttered its Millport, Al., plywood operation.

The closure eliminates nearly 250 jobs. The company's Millport lumber operation will continue.

The plant, with an annual capacity of 224 million sq. ft., had been shut down since Feb. 20 because of local log supply issues.

Hardware Returns To Town

The owner of Ramsey's Hardware, Front Royal, Va., plans to open a 5,500-sq. ft. True Value hardware store in Berryville, Va.

The yet-to-be named store is expected to open May l in the old Berryville Lumber Co. building.

For now, owner Lee Bowen has decided not to carry lumber. "We may eventually get into that business, but let's get the hardware parl running first," he said.

Lee is leasing the building fiom Jay Hillerson. who plans to rnaintain the old lumber outbuildings for his Clarke County roofing business.

With the exception of lumber, Lee plans to stock much of the same items that the Berryville Lumber did, as well as rent professional-grade tools fbr homeowners and contractors.

Berryville Lumber Co. closed in March 2002.

L. Leslie "Les" Evans, 85. coowner, Evans Lumber Co., South Charleston, S.C., died Feb. 7.

Mr. Langford worked briefly at Westvaco before joining the family business. His brother Walter D. "Pat" Evans Sr. is now the owner.

Lawrence Cook, 58, retired president, Cook Brothers Lumber Co., Franklin. N.C.. died March 9.

He retired in 200 1 after 35 with Cook Brothers Lumber.

HOMETIME VOICE: Dean Johnson, host of the cable television home imorovement show Hometime. is the new s0okes0erson lor Wolmanized Dressure-trealed wood oroducls. Johnson's photographs and comments will be incorporated into Wolmanized advertisements, literature and ooint-of-purchase materials.

West Virginia Hardwoods To China

West Virginia hardwood firms are seeing green as the state increases its trade relations with China.

Allegheny Wood Products, Petersburg, is the latest to jump into a market ripe for hardwood, veneer and logs.

The company recently opened a sales office in Shanghai, and according to Asian sales director Yongjie Hue, is already shipping "several million dollars" worth of exports to China.

Over the last three years West Virginia has seen its hardwood exports to China increase six-fold, from $1.1 million in 2000 to $6.8 million last year.

Other firms selling direct to China include Wescor Forest Products, Clarksburg (logs), and The Dean Co., Princeton (veneer). "China is a new market for us," said Wescor's John Jacobs. "It's going to be a big market, and we hope to be a part of it."

The state has been active in promoting trade relations with China, recently sponsoring a trade mission to the country that included Cranberry Hardwoods, Beckley, and Frank E. Wilson Lumber Co., Elkins.

Kentucky Truss Manufacturer Cited

A Kentucky truss manufacturer pleaded guilty last month to knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.

Trussway Ltd., Buckner, Ky., is facing possible fines of up to $3,000 per illegal worker.

Last June, federal immigration agents raided the facility and arrested 5l Trussway employees who apparently had entered the country illegally.

At the time of the raid, Trussway's Kim Krizak had claimed the workers falsified work documents.

OUR PRESERVATMES WITH NO ARSENIC!

BORATE'. Disodium octaborate Tetrahy drate

"Crystal Clear": No color change in wood Interior use, or protected from running water

. No corrosion

. Same price as CCA wet after treatment

ACC: Acid copper chromate

. Looks like CCA!

. Great mold resistance

. Low corrosion

Same price as CCA for above ground use

Slightly higher than CCA for ground contact

In October federal officials conducted another raid in at the yard, finding 16 undocumented workers who were present during the June raid.

Electrical Projects Con fuse D-l-Yers

Results of a new homeowner survey show that electrical and plumbing projects give d-i-yers the most trouble.

The survey, sponsored by Ace Hardware Co.p., queried 1,000 homeowners on which projects troubled them the most. Thirty-one precent of respondents said working with fuses, outlets, and lighting was the number one project that forced them to seek out expert advice.

The next tricky area was plumbing, which stumped 2l7o of those surveyed. Expectedly, cleaning supplies and paintrelated products posed no problems for d-i-yers.

When asked where they get information about performing home projects, 49Vo said at a local hardware store or home center, whereas 44Vo and 377o of those surveyed cited family and friends, respectively.

When visiting a hardware store,6TVo of homeowners said employees helped answer their questions. Only 37Vo found answers in free handout materials, such as brochures.

Structural Panel Output Sets Record

U.S. and Canadian production of structural wood panels reached a record 40.34 billion sq. ft. (3/8" basis) in 2002, tp 3.5Vo from 2001, according to APA. The old record of 40.33 billion ft. was set in 2000.

While the weak economy limited demand in the nonresidential construction market, industry production for the year was able to set the new record largely because of the surprisingly strong housing market and strengthening demand in the remodeling and industrial markets. Residential construction accounts for approximately half of total market demand for structural panels. Housing starts in 2002 totaled 1.7 million, a 16-year high.

APA's latest forecast is for North American production to rise by another 400 million ft. to 40.7 billion in 2003, based on expectations that housing starts will remain in the 1.6 million range and economic recovery will spur additional demand in the industrial and nonresidential construction markets. Obvious wild cards include the ongoing threat of terrorist attacks and the war with Iraq.

Over the longer term, panel production should edge slowly upward, reaching 42.5 billion ft. over the next five years. Demand for housing is expected to continue strong, with starts remaining close to 1.6 million units annually. A long-standing trend toward larger homes, however, could level off, thereby mitigating a major historical structural wood panel demand factor.

U.S. and Canadian OSB production is expected to total 23.5 billion ft. in 2003, or nearly 58Vo of total structural wood panel output. That percentage is expected to continue rising over the next five years, but at a slower rate than in the past as OSB construction sheathing markets become increasingly saturated.

Plywood demand has been limited over the past several months by lack of capital investment in industrial markets, where plywood manufacturers have become increasingly adept at carving out specialty and niche markets. Although the prospects for continued improvement in those markets are good, total plywood production is expected to remain in the 16-17 billion sq. ft. range through 2005. In addition to competition from OSB, the plywood industry has lost nearly all of its European markets to foreign producers and now

also faces rising plywood and OSB imports here at home.

Total softwood plywood and OSB imports into the U.S. and Canada last year (excluding the countries' trans-border shipments) totaled 700 million sq. ft., up almost 807o from the year before and260 percent from 2000. About 60Vo of that imported volume was plywood.

Exports, meanwhile, continued to decline in 2002. The two countries' combined plywood and OSB exports (excluding again trans-border shipments) fell 2O7o to 703 million ft.

Engineered wood framing products, such as glulams, wood l-joists and LVL, now meet about 57o of North American structural lumber demand. That share is expected to continue rising, albeit slowly, reaching 67o by 2006.

Glulam output is forecast to rise about 27o to 345 million bd. ft. in 2003. Production of I-joists, which now command about 437o of the raised floor market. should exceed I billion linear ft. for the first time, up from 981 million ft. in2002. LVL output will rise '7Vo to 66 million cu. ft.

Wait & CCA

(Continued from page I 3 ) plants for treatment service," says industry manager Tim Hannon. "We currently are carrying CCA and ACQ and will continue to carry both."

The situation may prove the same for Laurel Lumber, Laurel, Ms. "The treating service is only a very small part of our business. We're primarily a remanufacturing plant," says manager Billy Ryals. "We might leave the treating plant dormant or use it sparingly for commercial purposes."

Confusion and indecision are commonplace. "We'll decide further on down the line," says Jeff Thomas, treating manager, Ellijay Lumber & Wood Preserving Co., Ellijay, Ga. "We're still hoping they might turn this thing over. If it goes through, we might be working with it or might be working around it."

Michele Gunn, v.p./sales manager, Valley Timber Sales, Troy, Va., says, "We don't know yet because the government hasn't given us a final list [of exempt products] yet. We're a very small treater, family-owned, with a single cylinder and a very mixed product line."

"We'11 probably be going to Osmose's ACQ, NatureWood, some time in the fall, but that's subject to change, from day to day," says Karen McCready, McCready Lumber Co., Pulaski, Va. "It's a mess right now. It's a shame. We have a reliable [preservative] right now and we're being forced to change."

Conasauga River Lumber Co., Conasauga, Tn., is also skeptical of the new alternative preservatives. "We'll have to switch," admits John Sloan, v.p.-operations/sales mgr. "But right now, we're in limbo."

D"for"rt Wood Preservers, Bolton, Ms., may convert in "about October," says president Frank James III. "We're going to have to change, so we'll be meeting with engineers over the next couple of weeks to look at the different options available. What we're really looking for is a miracle, some little guy to come along with something new that rocks the industry."

A handful of companies think they've uncovered that miracle. Cook Lumber Co., Tampa, Fl., has been treating with borates-based EnviroSafe Plus since August. Joel L. Miller, president, says the new treatment has been received "real well," but admits his expectations are modest "as long

as CCA is around. After [the reclassification], we'll look real good."

Last August, Louisiana Treated Lumber, Kenner, La., resumed using ACC, the chemical the plant was designed to use 20 years ago, but abandoned for CCA in the mid1980s. "It's working just fine" says George Herron, v.p./sales manager. "ACC has been used in the New Orleans area since the early 1950s, so customers are very receptive to it. It might be a problem in other areas, where they may not be familiar with it."

Since ACC is priced comparatively to CCA, Louisiana Treated Lumber has an advantage over copper-based preservative suppliers in quoting government jobs that require arsenic-free materials.

Burt Lumber Co., Washington, Ga., too, is favoring ACC, but also exploring CBA and ACQ, according to sales manager Francis Rizner. It will decide in the fall.

Cnunr. will be a constant. "We have challenges ahead as a company and as an industry," says New South's Forbes. "We have a good new preservative-that's not the issue. The challenge is the price differential, carrying double SKUs on the same dimensions, how to transition ourselves and our customers."

Says Universal's Conklin: "We continue to believe that the wood treating market has been forever changed by the events of the last two years. We are seeing significant research and development in wood preservatives with modifications to 'existing alternatives' like copper azole (introduction of Type B) and ACQ (introduction of Type D) and new systems (e.g., Copper HDO). We expect this pace to continue and possibly quicken."

Sosttprn Pinc Use Guide rrsqtr

Wre WM

Southern Pine Solutions

Southern Pine Use Guide, a24-p. rechnical guide for specitying and using southern pine lumber, is $2 from the Southern Pine Council, Box 641700, Kenner, La. '7 OO64: (504) 443 -4464; www. southernplne.com.

Dial A Wood lmporter

2003 International Wood Products Association Directory of Members, a directory of over 200 U.S. wood importers, processors, manufacturers, sellers and others, is $75 from IWPA, 4214 King St., Alexandria, Ya.22302: (703) 820-6696; www.iwpawood.org.

Decked Out In Composite

A tri-fold, full-color brochure for consumers, architects and builders detailing the use of composite railing systems for deck projects, is free from Weyerhaeuser Building Materials, (877) 235-6873:' www.weyerhaeuser.com/wbm.

Lumbermen See Red

Lumbermens Red Book U.S. & Canada Spring 2003 Reference Guide, featuring contact infbrmation, business classification and credit ratings on more than 40,000 lumber companies, is available from Lumbermens Credit Association, (3 r 2) s53-0943.

Shopping For Hardwoods

Where to Buy Hardwood PlYwood, Veneer & Engineered Hardwood Flooring, a 204-p. buyer's guide and membership directory, is $5 from the Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association, Box 2789, Reston, Va. 20195; www.hpva.org.

Buy SYP Here

SFPA Buyer's Guide, a 36-p. directory of manufactured products, mill capacities, and grade separations, is available from the Southern Forest Products Association, Box 641700, Kenner, La.'70064:' (504) 443 -4464; www.sfpa.org.

Custom Accordion Doors

A l2-p., fullcolor brochure of accordion folding doors is available from WoodfoldMarco, Box 346, Forest Grove, Or.97ll6; (503) 357-7181; www. woodfold.com.

Retro Architectural Solutions

A 6-p. booklet of architecturally reproduced balusters, newell posts, ball tops, and railings is available from Timeless Architectural Reproductions, (800) 665434 I : www.timelessarchitectural.com.

Concrete Proof Indeed

Concrete Hardscapes, a 24-P. color catalog of decorative concrete applications for walkways, patios and entries, is $10 from ConcreteNetwork, I1375 Oak Hill Lane, Yucaipa, Ca. 92399; (866) 3807753 I www.concretenetwork.com.

Foam Roof lnsulation Facts

An educational package to assist designers, specifiers and contractors with the recently adopted long-term resistance values of polyiso foam roof insulation is free from Johns Manville, Box 5108, Denver, Co. 80217; (303) 978-2000; www.im.com.

Door Reading Classic

Doors of a Lifetime, a 96-p., full-color catalog of exterior and interior doors with wood and glass options is free from Simpson Door Co., 400 Simpson Ave., McCleary, Wa. 98557; (800) 952-4057; www.simpsondoor.com.

Fiberglass Insulation Info

A new l6-p., full-color catalog of retail fiberglass insulation products is free from CertainTeed Corp., Box 860, ValleY Forge, Pa. 19482 (800) 723-4866; www.certainteed.com.

Cement Your Knowledge

Admixtures for Use in Concrete, an interactive CD with a self-contained course on the mainstream chemical admixtures used in concrete, air-entrainment, water reducers, accelerators and retarders, is available from the Portland Cement Association, 5420 Old Orchard Rd., Skokie, rr. 6007'7:' (800) 868-6733; www.portcement.org.

Court Denies Treated Lawsuit

A U.S. District Court in Florida has denied class action status to a lawsuit challenging the safety of CCA treated wood and its warnings.

In denying the plaintiffs' motion, and after a thorough review of CCA treated wood products and their markets, the court held that the plaintiffs' claims failed to satisfy several basic requirements for class certification and that "class action treatment would not be the superior method of resolving this dispute."

Among other reasons, the court stated that the establishment of a class

is unwarranted given the relatively small number of claims related to CCA treated wood. "For instance, even in spite of the 70-year history of treated wood's use in this country, there is no track record of cases in which plaintiffs were alleging property damage as a result of treated wood," decreed the court. "And there is no indication that a sea of litigation over treated wood is imminent."

In fact, during the course of oral argument, plaintiffs conceded that there have only been a handful ofpersonal injury cases filed involving these products.

Tool Manufacturers Combine

Tool manufacturers S-B Power Tool Corp. and Vermont American Corp. have merged into Robert Bosch Tool Corp. Combined, the firms have over 5,000 employees and annual sales ofover $1 billion.

All S-B and Vermont American brands, including Bosch Power Tools, Skil Power Tools, Dremel, Vermont American, Primark and Gilmour brands, are now part of Robert Bosch. Reiner Beutel was named chairman, president and c.e.o. of Robert Bosch. Steve Richman is now president and general mgr. of Skil and Bosch Power Tools North America; Frank Honold, president and general mgr., North American accessories business unit; Frank Canoll, president and general mgr., Dremel, and Phil McKinney, president and general mgr.. lawn and garden business unit.

Depot's Helpful New Slogan

Home Depot has launched a new $360 million marketing campaign that will emphasis the chain's efforts to teach customers how to build things.

As part of the program, Depot has released a new company slogan: "You can do it. We can help."

The slogan ties in with the numerous how-to clinics that DeDot holds at its stores across the country.

"We wanted to build on the strength of relationships we have with customers," said Home Depot's John Costello.

LUMBERMEN'S Club ot Memphis presented its Wilson Award for Outstanding Lumberman of the Year to Revis Gobbel (left), Wilson Lumber Co., Memphis, Tn. Charles F. Wilson (right) conceived the award in 1966 in honor of his father.

roducls

Rails In A Jiffy

A composite millwork

\SG styled deci< rail system that .\ ..) reportedly installs in less \\\ . than half the time of com\\\\ peting brands is new from

Correct Building Products.

RapidRail mounts to the surface of the deck for flexible installation. It comes in four colors: cedar, coastal gray, Acadia and mahogany.

- Please contact (207) 284-5600 or go online at www.correctdeck.com

The Arch De Triumph

Easy Arch has added compound radius arches to its line of pre-formed metal arches.

The CR-Series is said to feature low rise capabilities. The arches are non-structural and non-load bearing and require no additional permits or engineering.

- Please contact (800) 854-2461 or go online at www.easy-arch.com

Mark Your Lumber Stacks

A high-speed, continuous ink-jet marking printer with Windows-style interface is new from Matthews International.

panels is new from Interior Products. EconoKore is a 2-ply product for use in radius projects and is installed using traditional fabricating tools.

- Please contact (800) 637-3539

o r vi sit www. inte rio rp roducts. com

Here Come The Fasteners

PrimeSource Building Products has launched a new line of exterior commercial and residential construction fasteners.

AdvanTech Building System features moisture resistant I-joists, machine stress rated lumber flanges, and fastening grid installation guide on all23/32" flooring.

- Please contact (800) 933-9220 or go online at www.huberwood.com

Sliding Door Integrity Counts

Integrity Windows & Doors now has a sliding French door made of pultruted fiberglass that is said to outlast vinyl and roll-form aluminum.

Sliding French Door features a wood interior, dual-point lock and pre-assembled frames and panels.

- Please contact (800) 328-0268 or v is it www. inte grityw indow s. com

Your Old Ford ls In Here!

Universal Forest Products is now distributing a line of multi-purpose posts and landscape ties made from recycled automobiles.

Xpotential

Products are

Linx 6800 features a print head with a solenoid valve and a stainless cabinet that insulates the machine from dusty and moist environments.

- Please contact (412) 665-2500 or vis it www.matthew smarkin p. com

Substrate Super Product

A bendable substrate said to be a economical substitute for bendins

PrimeGuard Plus reportedly resists corrosion and prevents discoloration and staining. The nails and screws are available in a BTM coating.

- Please contact (972) 417-3701

o r v is it www.prime source bp. com

Wood Building System

Huber Engineered Wood now offers AdvanTech Flooring in a complete building system that includes flooring, sheathing, rim board and Ijoists.

posite plastic that contains 100Vo recycled automobile filler. They reportedly will last for 75- I 00 years.

- Please contact (800) 598-9663 or go online at www.ufpi.com

Exterior Hardness

Beautiful Home Supply now has three kinds of exterior hardwood flooring available with Deckmaster and Eb-TY concealed fasteners.

Skylight Color Schemes

Wasco Products has introduced 10 new architectural colors to its line of skylights.

The new colors are said to provide a seamless transition between roofing and framing materials.

- Please contact (800) 388-1181

o r visit www.was c op roduct s. com

Tile ln The Grand Tradition

Polished imitation marble tiles for wall and floor combinations are new fro m Americ an Mar azzi T ile.

Ip6, cambara and massaranduba

flooring come with a 25-year manufacturers warranty and are available for stocking and non-stocking dealers in truckload, units orjob lot.

- Please contact (540) 710-7144 or go online at www.2cbh.com

Caulk About Building

Revolving frame caulking guns with a spout cutter and seal puncture tool are available in two capacities from Newborn Brothers Co.

Opalie tiles resemble slabs of marble cut from quarries. They are available in l0"xl3" and 13"x24" sizes.

- Please contact (972) 226'01 I0 or go online at www.marazzitile.com

Hardwood Flooring Finish

A water-based hardwood flooring finish for use in high-traffic areas is new from Precision Technologies. Neptune is a two-component finish that is said to dry within two hours, is nonflammable and is VOC compliant.

- Please contact (877) 363-0088

o r vis it www.p rete chfini she s. com

Models 250 and 255 offer l8:l thrust ratios for thicker caulks and sealants in cold weather. The revolving barrel reportedly allows for a continuous bead of caulk around corners.

- Please contact (800) 638-3983

o r v i s it ww w. new b o rnc aulk g.uns. c om

Pittsburgh Glass Style

Pittsburgh Corning Corp. has introduced new shapes to its line of pattern glass blocks.

lceScapes now come in seven square, triangular, hexagonal, and curving block shapes and sizes.

- Please contact (724) 327-6100

o r vi sit www. pittsbu rghco rn in g.c om

Bond With Wood

A low VOC subfloor and deck adhesive from OSI Sealants that reportedly forms a strong bond to wood, metal and concrete.

PL 400 Low VOC is said to allow for easy extrusion even in temperatures below 40". lt is packaged in lO.2 and 28oz. cartridges.

- Please contact (888) 445-0208 or go online at www.stickwithpl.com

Cedar Panels For One

Shakertown has introduced a western red cedar panel that features concealed nailing and overlocking end joints.

Craftsman 1-Course Cedar Panel reportedly requires only one installer and goes up six-times faster than individual shingles. The company claims only 5Vo of the material is wasted during installation.

- Please contact (800) 426-8970 or go online at www.shakertown.com

Get Things Unstuck

A specialty lubricant for seized, bound or frozen equiPment that reportedly outperforms competitors in penetration, speed and corrosion resistance, is new from CRC Industries.

Screwloose Super Penetrant is designed for use on nuts, bolts, screws and sliding mechanisms. The product contains no ozone depleting chemicals.

- Please contact (800) 272-4620 or visit www. c rc indu s t r ie s. c om

on ony New Produ(t

is ovoiloble by contocting the mo nufocturer directly.

GP's Summer Heat Shield

Georgia-Pacific has introduced a radiant barrier roof sheathing that reportedly helps attic mounted air conditioning and duct systems work more efficiently.

GP Radiant Barrier Roof Sheathing is made of plywood and aluminum foil and is said to reflect up to 97Vo of the sun's radiant heat.

- Please contact (404) 652-3709 or go online dt www.gp.com

Fish & Painted Chips

A 18"x24" sheet painted with actual C2 paint that reportedly replaces the need to paint test patches on the wall is new from the Coatings Alliance.

Ultimate Paint Chip is seven times the standard size of 2-3/4x 4"

- Please contact (888) 989-4888 or v i s it www. the c o at in g s allianc e. c om

It's Got A Good Wrap

A woven housewrap with water drainage channels move bulk water down to the base of the exterior wall is new from Pactiv Corp.

GreenGuard RainDrop has vertical drainage cords every few centimeters along the face of the housewrap.

- Please contacr (800) 241-4402 or go online at www.pactiv.com

Plan Your Retail Profits

C.H. Hanson Co. has introduced full retail plan-o-grams complete with racking, pegging, and products.

The plan-o-grams, which include gondolas and sidekick displays, are shipped complete and ready to assemble.

Hanson also offers wall, countertop, aisle and end cap systems for distributors.

- Please contact (800) 827-3398 or go online at www.chhanson.com

Tornado Protection In House

A residential storm shelter that reportedly offers protection from tornadoes is new from Dupont.

StormRoom is built with Kevlar sheathing built inside reinforced wall panels to stop and deflect wind-borne debris.

- Please contact (804) 383-3845 or go online at www.dupont.com

Paint Over That Rust

A paint that can be applied directly over firm rusty surfaces such as iron or steel without a metal primer is available from from Masterchem Industries.

Hammerite Rustcap reportedly blocks out moisture and dirt. It dries to the touch in 3045 minutes.

- Please contact (800) 325-3552 or go online at www. rustcap.com

Red Oak Panel Doors

Woodgrain Millwork Inc. has introduced a new collection of American red oak doors.

The panel doors are laminated onto a pine core and are available in all standard heights and widths.

- Please contact (208) 452-3801 or go online at www.woodgrain.com

Plaster That Mold

Veneer plaster system for hand traveling over gypsum panels to create mold resistant walls is new from Georgia-Pacific.

DensArmor Cote Interior Veneer Plaster is reportedly installed rapidly and is resistant to ridging, beading and nail pops.

- Please contact (800) 225-61 I9 or go online at www.gp.com/gypsum

Pick Up Stains

A concrete and masonry stain remover that works on oil, grease and wax stains is new from Edsewater Industries.

The New Hack Saw Crowd

M.K. Morse Co. has introduced three new frame styles to their line of hack saw frames and blades.

Pour-N-Restore is said to capture stains at the molecular level. It is biodegradable and phosphate free.

- Please contact (877) 609-3343 or go online at www.pour-nrestore.com

Lift This Power Stacker

A power lift stacker for light-duty material handling is new from Multiton MIC Corp.

Model SM l5120, a walk-behind stacker, is available in a single mast for 62" lift or a telescopic mast for lifts up to 130".

- Please contact (804) 737-7400 or go online at www.multiton.com

HHBFO4, HHBFO3, and HHBF06 are for professional contractors and utilizes the latest in ergonomic understanding.

- Please contact (800) 733-3377 or go online at www.mkmorse.com

Polymer-Coated Lumber

A polymer coating that reportedly prevents treated wood from leaching CCA is available from Building Products Plus.

2l Poly reportedly bonds to wood, preventing destruction from marine borers, dry rot and termites. Its applications include decks, roofgutters and marine structures.

- Contact (800) 460-8627 or visit www. b uildin gp roduc t sp lu s. c o m

Wood Screen Innovation

A wood screen with a clad exterior that is said to be nearly invisible is new from Marvin Windows & Doors. The wood screen is featured on the company's Casemaster window with a one-piece aluminum sash extrusion to lessen the number of seams.

- Please contact (800) 328-0268 or go online at www.marvin.com

Rates: 25 words for $25, additional words 70p each. Phone number counts as one word, address as six. Headline or centered copy, $6 per line. Private box or special border, g6 each. Column inch rate: $45 camera-ready, $55 if we set the type. Send ad copy to Building Products Digest, 4500 Campus Dr., Ste. 480, Newporr Beach, Ca. 92660,Fax949-852-0231, or call (949) 852-1990. Ad must be prepaid unless you have esrablished credit with us. Make checks payable to cutler Publishing. Deadline for copy: 20th of the month.

To reply to ads with private box numbers, send correspondence to box number shown, c/o Building Products Digest. Names of advertisers using a box number cannot be released.

EAST TEXAS/DALLAS.FT. WORTH AREA

A privately owned specialty distribution business with several locations in the Southeast is seeking a motivated person to join our sales/ management team. The company is an industry leader in performance, compensation and integrity. Key products like boards, mouldings and sidings are shipped from our warehouse to retail yards, contractor stores and industrial accounts throughout the area. Please respond to Box 103, c/o Building Products Digest, 4500 Campus Dr., Suite 480, Newport Beach, Ca. 92660.

PLYWOOD SALESPERSON: Growing 35year-old Importer/Wholesale-Distributor/

Manufacturer seeks quality, knowledgeable person with at least 3 years sales experience in imported and/or hardwood ptywood, willing to relocate to Gulf Coast Region. Entrepreneurial position to expand existing plywood sales program including value-added production. Position offers competitive salary with full benefits, 401k. Send resume to Box 102, c/o Building Products Digest, 4500 Campus Dr., Suite 480, Newport Beach, Ca.92660.

TECHIYICAL SALES DIRECTOR

Wood preservative company is seeking a Technical Sales Director to handle the product launch of a new wood preservative with very significant environmental advantages. Product has been thoroughly tested and is nearly ready for market. Applicant must have a technical background in chemistry or chemical engineering with practical experience in the wood treatment industry. Applicant must have an understanding of regulatory requirements and treatment plant requirements. Customer presentations and market development will be a focus. This is a unique opportunity to lead the way for an environmentally attractive alternative for the wood preservation industry from the ground floor. Please send resumes and salary history to Box 101, c/o Building Products Digest, 4500 Campus Dr., Suite 480, Newport Beach, Ca. 92660.

WE BUY AND SELL PANEL STRIPS

Plywood, OSB, particleboard and MDF

REMANUFACTURING

SPECIALIST, center match on 1", 2", 3" and 4" lumber. Other patterns including flooring, ceiling, log siding and more. Custom CCA treating. Custom KDAT. We manufacture Southern Yellow Pine lx4 and lx6 S4S and patterns. Call Billy Ryals, Laurel Lumber Co., Laurel, Ms., (601) 6497 696t F ax 60l -428- 1214.

The experienced, professional executives from Lumbersearch, division of Lee Resources, are ready to help you with your search needs.

Please call Rachel at 1-8fi)-995-5438 for further details or view us at www. lumbersearch.com.

Auum

WeyerhaeuserStructurwood................... (800)523-0824

Wiix3il: f'?""f.1 3.1;1'n!,onf, c;;;* :::::::::[313] iilil l3

Oxtmoml

Cedar Creek Wholesale (Oklahoma City) ......(800) 375'6025

Cedar Creek Wholesale, Inc. fTulsa) .............(800) 299-9870

Weyerhaeuser Building Materia|s...................(877) 235-6873

Anxrrus

ftonol

434-261 1

Stambone & Associates .................................(863) 646'6445

Universal Buildinq Specia|ties...,....................(800) 282'9583

Weyerhaeuser BMD (Jacksonville).,.,............(877) 235-6873

WeVerhaeuser BMD (Pompano Beach).........(877) 235'6873

Welerhaeuser Building Materials (Tampa)....(877) 235-6873

Gronen

Arauco Wood Products, Inc.......,..,..,..............(770\ 379'9270

Trrmsrr

Diamond Hill Plywood Co. (Knoxville)............(800) 737-7127

Diamond Hill Pllwood Co. (Nashville).....,...,..(800) 737-7128

Epperson Lumber Sa|es.................................(866) 292-1414

MiEwen Lumber Co. (Memphis)....................(901) 794'1050

McEwen Lumber Co. (Nashville)............,.......(615) 793-7746

Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co.............,...,..(800) 346-3010

wevrirhaeuser BMD (Knoxville) .....................(877) 235-6873

Welerhaeuser BMD (Memphis)............,........(877) 235'6873

Weierhaeuser BMD (Nashville).....................(877) 235-6873

Wilson Lumber C0........................,,.............,..(901 ) 274'6887

fms

Allied Plywood & 1umber...........................,...(800) 231'0061

lournrl

Smith Millwork, Inc. .....................,.,............

Tank Fab Inc.

Universal Forest Pr0ducts..............................(704) 855-1 600

Vinyl Windows & Doors Corp. ...,....................(910) 944'2100

Weverhaeuser BMD (Charlotte)..,..................(877) 235-6873

Fortress Wood Products is a wood preserving company with production facilities in Greensboro, Henderson and now Elizabeth City, N.C. Our par' ent company dates back to 1 896. We cater primarily to independent, pro yards in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey. We use Arch CCA and Copper Azole, otfering a limited lifetime wananty. Our products are third party inspected by SPIB, with testing by our own laboratory to ensure quality treatment and proper retention.

#12" , #22" , #1 Prime . #2 Prime , #21"

5/4 Std 5/4 Prem . 5/4 Fencing

4x4#1,4x4#2 o 4x4x8#1

4xO . 6x6 . 6x6 Wane Free . 2x2 ' 2x2x3furn

Lattice . CCX Ply . CDX Ply . g*6*t't0

Lties 3x5 Lties 6x6 Turned Post . 1x4 T&G Penta

Any special order timbers up to 12" in HxW & 32' long

. Dricon Fire Retardant Lumber & Plywood

TecWood Composite Decking

. HedW Retention 0.80

. Special order creosote treated products

. Fence posts

@72 hour Or sooner delivery guarantee (99.5% on time delivery in '01 and '02)

Small truck for less than 5,000 BF loads

Half Packing on slow turning items

Ability to mix treated and untreated on same load

11 you can't find a product, call us and we'll find it for you

Freouent visits from sales team

Contractor sales training

Suppon for contractor events

BurlorNc Pnotucrs Dr<;Bsr Apnlr 2003

SOUTHERN Forest Products Association and Southern Pine Council held their spring meeting March 11-12 in New Orleans, La. (1) Joe Elder, Kerlin Drake- (2) lva.yng Broo_ks, Ron Coker, Lany Lewis. (3) George Qujgry, Ed Galt. (4) Kelly l/cCloskey, Bob Legg. (5) Jerry Hingte, Bob Balfour, Len Barker. (6) Sleve Rountree, Pairick Harrijan. (7) Huck DeVenzio, Jqn Loy, David Soule. (8) Gary Weaver, Aen FloyO. (Sy Xim Drew, Mike Redwine, Griff Stanley, (10) Grady Payne, Geoige Sieele,

Joe Henley. (11) Digges Morgan, Susan Hanigan, Sid Lewis. (12) Mike George. Pat Patranella, Mike Warren. (13) Claire & Ruth Vermedahl, Dave Mason, Sharon Kneiss. (14) Clarence Young, William Hoel. (15j Eric & Lana Gee, Eddie Pearce. (16) Janet & Robin -Swift lll, Jerry Noiris, Tony Bennett. (17) Melissa Miranda, Jeremy Plaisance, Lisa-Adams. Cathy Kaake. (18) Bick & Phyllis Warner. (19i Brian Greber. Jim Kaake. (20) Donnie Blankenship, Richard Kleiner,

thuigJhr Elrrardle IKIDA\1| tnnart[erfl aill

aunxdl (cus ttornn nmllillttnvrolr]kt

Ivtiidt-Sttartkess

EAX to 949-852-0231

or call (949) 852-1990 or mail to Building Products Digest, 4500 Campus Dr., Suite 480, Newport Beach, Ca.92660-1812,

Building Products Digest - April 2003

For more information on products or companies (see list at right), circle the

For more information from advertisers, use FAX Response numbers in brackets.

American Forest & Paper Association [117].............. ..............21

Andean Pine [136] 4l

Anthony Forest Products [130] ............34

Arauco Wood Products [127]...............29

Arch Wood Protection-FRx U321.......39

Arch Wood Protection-Wolmanized Natural Select [105]............................5

Bean Lumber Co., Curt t1071 ................8

Beautiful Home Supply U18l ...............22

Building Products Digest..........Cover III

Capital Lumber Co. [131 ].....................35

Chemical Specialties Inc. [109] ............11

Columbus Lumber Co. If35]................41

CorrectDeck t1 161 .................................20

Cox Wood Preserving If 10]..................15

Crumpler Plastic Pipe, Inc. 1123).........26

Custom Lumber Manufacturing 11061..6

Eastex Forest Products [141]....Cover IV

Want to Subscribe? Check the appropriate boxes to begin receiving your monthly issues.

Elder Forest Products [140] .................46

Elder Wood Preserving If 32]...............38

tr I Year ($18) EI

2 Years ($201 tr 3 Years ($39) A For Qualffied Southern Retailers andWholesalers (Free) tr Bill Me tr My Check Is Enclosed

News or Comments? We welcome your comments on articles, the magazine, or news of your company such as promo-

Envirosafe t1021 ..........................Cover II

Fortress Wood Products U37l .............43

Great Southern Wood Preserving u22l

Hood Industries [126]............................28

Hoover Treated Wood [104]...................3

International Paper Corp.-Engineered Wood Division [129].........................32

Krauter Storage Systems U08l ............10

Louisiana-Pacifi c Corp.-TechShield tl111

Matthews International 11211...............24

Maze Nails t 1381 ....................................45

Mid-States Wood Preservers [139] ......45

Montrose Reload 11241..........................26

New South Wood Preserving Co. t1191.............. ..............23

Osmose t1011.................................Cover I

Save money by stocking Deep Swamp Cypress in place of redwood and cedar. This beautiful, versatile, all around species, for exterior and interior use, finishes better than cedar or redwood and is more stable than southern oine.

We mill to your specs-any pattern siding, plus finish, S4S, fine bevel/bungalow sidings, 1" sidings, paneling, ceiling, wainscot stock and flooring. All kiln dried, from finish to common qrades. No order too small.

75 Center Circle, Sulphur, LA 70663

(800)256-7197 . (337) 625-8141 . FAX 337-625-5275

Sakura U.S.A. [1 15]...............................20

Savannah Wood Preserving [128]........30

Simpson Strong-Tie |201.....................24

Siskiyou Forest Products U121.............18

Southern Forest Products Association tr331.............. ..............38

Supreme Decking t1251.............. ...........27

Swan Secure Products U131 ...........18,31

Tank-Fab [114]

Williams & Sons, Jerry G. U031 ............3

sT00t('lHD aLL-tDUtttDosD AITUIINATM]

2,OOp lumber buyers ln one roolll .

Do you want their attention?

Reach EVEBYcompany attending the North American Wholesale Lumber Association's 2003 Traders Market by advertising in a Special Section appearing in both The Merchant Magazine and Building Products Digest,

NAWLA's annual Traders Market November 13-15 in Dallas brings forest products buyers and sellers together in a no'nonsense format.

Attendance is expected to once again be up, so manufacturers should make every effort to ensure their customers and prospects know they're exhibiting and reserve the time to see them, Your ad will:

I REACH I5.OOO INDUSTRY PROFESSIONATS

This special color section devoted entirely to the Traders Marketwill appear in the October issues of both The Merchant Magazine and Building Products Digest,

: REACH ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES

The Traders Market issue will be sent before the show to all registered attendee companies, even if they're not regular subscribers to our magazines,

I EXPANDED DTRECTORY TISTING

0nly advertisers in the Traders Market section willenjoy an expanded listing in the section's company directory, including phone and Fax numbers and reps attending the market.

r VALUE PRICED

All full-color ads in our special Traders Market section will be heavily discounted fion26o/o to 59% off regular monthly rates:

Snare your share of the show's heavy floor traffic through valuable pre-show publicity in The Merchant Magazine and Building Products Digest's special NAWLA's Traders Market specialsection, Cqll Chuck Cosey or Alon Ookes ot (9a9) 852.1990

Reservofion Deodline: Seplember 2, 2003