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Andy Trott has been promoted to president of Huber Engineered Woods, Charlotte, N.C. He succeeds Bill Goodspeed, who was appointed c.e.o. for J.M. Huber Corp's natural resources sector.

Bill Carter, ex-Willamette Industries. is new to Mid-States Wood Preservers Inc., Simsboro, La.

James E. Moylan has been named executive v.p. and chief financial officer, building products and distribution for Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga.

Brian Wofford has joined the sales staff of Gilman Building Products, Yulee, Fl.

Joshua Isaacs has been promoted to co-mgr. at 84 Lumber, Wilmington, N.C.

Will Robbins is the new wholesale lumber division manager/partner at Brooks Building Products, Greensboro, N.C.

Terry Humphrey, ex-Greenville Mouldings, and Keith Lofton, exGeorgia-Pacific Corp., have joined the sales staff at Klumb Lumber Co., Jackson, Ms.

Hank Landry is now a trader at Low Grade Lumber, Port Arthur, Tx.

Bobby Wright has joined the sales staff at Forest Sales Corp., Augusta, Ga.

Art Hutchinson, Doug Martin, and Jason Petty are new to sales at Conner Industries, Fort Worth, Tx. Genaro Elizondo, ex-IFCO Systems, has joined the sales team in Alamo, Tx., and Lisa Goodin is new to sales at Jackson, Ms.

Richard Hanson, executive v.p.-timberlands, Weyerhaeuser Co., is now in charge of company operations in the Southern Hemisphere (except TrusJoist), Weyerhaeuser Asia Ltd., and its European composite panel business. Michael Thompson has been named president of Weyerhaeuser Asia. He succeeds H. James Fitzgerald, who will retire Dec. 31.

Tom Walker, ex-General Roofing, has re-joined Firestone Building Productp Co. as national sales mgr.

Bill Lazor has been promoted to senior brand mgr. at Simonton Windows.

Ronnie Clay has joined Anthony Forest Products, El Dorado, Ar., as chief financial officer. Steve Barham, ex-Willamette Industries, is the new general mgr.-forestry department. Perry Rushing is now mgr. for forestry information; Buddy Rosser, mgr. for sustainable forestry, and Roger Hooper, procurement mgr. In sales, Chris Webb is now sales coordinator for EWP, Margaret Jackson is new to EWP sales, and Jacy Gandy is now lumber sales assistant to E.J. Langley, Ron Yarbrough, and Donna Allen. Manufacturing promotions include David Chadwick, general mgr.-lumber operations: Parish Lawing, mill mgr., Atlanta, Tx.; Stephen Murphy, mill mgr., Urbana, Ar., and Tommy Adams, assistant mgr., Urbana.

Alan Ross, v.p. and technical director, Kop-Coat, has been elected president of the American WoodPreservers' Association.

Lewis Lanier, owner, Lanier Hardware, Lexington, N.C., has been named North Carolina's Older Worker of the Year. Lanier. 8lhas owned and operated the store since 1940.

Joel Miller, owner, Cook Lumber, Tampa, Fl., recently hosted Florida

Department of Environmental Protection secretary David B. Struhs and EnviroSafe c.e.o. Bob Grantham at the company's wood treating plant. The visitors were on hand to see the plant's conversion to EnviroSafe Plus.

U.S. Senator Max Cleland recently toured Anthony Forest Products' laminated beam plant in Washington, Ga.

Moody N. Grimm has been hired to present motivational speeches to employees at Mungus-FungusForest Products, Climax, Nv., report co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

D-l-Yer Sues G-P Over GGA

An Alabama homeowner has filed suit against Georgia-Pacific Corp., claiming the company concealed the danger of CCA-treated wood to customers.

Kevin Beasley, who works as a state trooper, filed the federal suit July 10, alleging that he became seriously ill after handling CCA-treated wood while building a deck this past spring.

The suit seeks class-action status and unnamed compensatory and punitive damages.

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Bamboo Building Products Arrive

As builders and architects strive to meet customer demands for an even wider selection of building materials in the home, Chinese bamboo has begun emerging as a viable wood substitute.

Bamboo, which is technically a grass and not a tree, has long been used in Asia, but is just now emerging in the U.S. as flooring, paneling and plywood.

But the question for many traditional wholesalers and lumberyards is, why sell bamboo?

Daniel Smith, Smith & Fong Co., South San Francisco, Ca., which manufactures and distributes bamboo building products under the trade name Plyboo, says bamboo's unique grain patterns and innate strength set it apart. "Bamboo flooring is twice as stable as oak flooring and is installed using the exact same procedures and tools as traditional hardwood flooring," says Smith.

He also points out that bamboo products are specified by three distinct, growing market segments: "green" builders and homeowners, since only the bamboo stalks are harvested, not the root system; those attracted to bamboo's unusual grain patterns, and those he describes as "bamboo nuts."

Although bamboo flooring tends to be more expensive than traditional hardwoods, Ann Knight of bamboo manufacturer TimberGrass, Bainbridge Island, Wa., emphasized that it more than compares to conventional wood flooring. "Bamboo flooring outperforms traditional flooring materials in durability and hardness," said Knight. "It's 25Vo harder than oak and l27o harder than maple."

Bamboo is hollow in the center with its outer walls generally an inch thick at the base. During the manufacturing process, a flat strip is milled from the core of the wall and then boiled in a solution to kill all lingering pests.

Although flooring tends to hold the largest share of the bamboo market, plywood panels with an MDF core or solid plywood core are steadily growing.

While bamboo use has been strongest in major urban areas, Smith notes that recent interest in Texas indicates a growing acceptance of this exotic import nationwide.