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(Continued from page 9) products in three areas:

The new member gains instant exposure through our wmmpa.com web site. The searchable database is a key feature that lets visitors to wmmpa.com sift through our membership listing to find those companies that manuf'acture products they are seeking to purchase.

The WMMPA Director,- o.f Members, Products & Services is a popular publication that is widely distributed in North America to the buyers of wood moulding and millwork.

The print advertising the association conducts throughout the year on behalf of its membership in industry specific magazines gains name recognition for all member companies.

Allen: The WMMPA marked 40 years last month. Has the association changed its mission or purpose fbr existence since its inception in 1963?

Schroeder: No, our purpose has not changed. We have, however, streamlined our business meetings, focusing more on education geared specifically to moulding and millwork manufacturers. The speakers we hire deliver timely topics that our members can use each day in their facilities. Now we spend more time sitting down together discussing our markets, available technology, and standards, sharing our knowledge base with each other. There is no greater wealth of wood moulding and millwork knowledge anywhere than when our members gather together. Our members utilize each other's experiences to grow and expand their operations.

Allen: Do you think there are misconceptions by non-member manufacturers regarding the WMMPA?

Schroeder: Misconceptions are always out there, whether they are about the WMMPA or other associations regardless of the industry. I think the number one misconception regarding our organization is that we only service large manufacturing facilities or corporations. which is not the case. Our dues schedule accommodates a one-moulder operation running 15,000 bd. ft. per month or less.

Allen: Is there a benefit that you think is overlooked by potential WMMPA members, kind of a sleeper benefit?

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Schroeder: I could say the 20-Minute Fire-Rated Door Frame Standard. Manufacturers that want to produce a fire-rated door frame can utilize our specifications without charge just by joining the WMMPA. I could also point out that just being affiliated with the WM logo has its own benefits and product validation. But, I think I would have to settle on peer interaction. We cannot put a dollar value on rubbing elbows with our peers. If a company were just getting off the ground, what dollar value would they attribute to sitting down at a table with seasoned manufacturers to discuss plant operations?

As with any volunteer organization. you get out of it what you put into it. Our active WMMPA members will tell you that the business meetings they attend coupled with the business relationships they have developed has more than paid for their investment in this association.

Millwork Firm Opens To Shutters

Glen Oak Lumber & Milling has made it easier for builders to address one of the challenges associated with the architectural windows popular in today's home designs.

Attention-getting windows like ovals, circles and half- circles require lvindow coverings capable of providing privacy, light control and a look as special as the accent windows themselves. By purchasing the assets of specialtyshape shutter manufacturer North American Sunburst Corp., Naples, Fl., and serving as the emerging entity's managing partner, Glen Oak intends to significantly impact thc specialty shutter products category.

Using proprietary CNC manufacturing technology, North American Sunburst creates radius and angled plantation-style shutters in any shape and size-automatically and precisely producing seven custom-made specialty shutters in the time it takes others to produce a single shutter by hand. With Glen Oak's financial, operational and marketing support, North American Sunburst has been able to increase its production capacity ten-fold in a single shift, and effectively serve a rapidly growing nationwide customer base, in a single year. Additional improvements are in process.

I-ikervise, thc shutter industry experts at North American Sunburst, including creator and brand manager Ted Morse. have considerably shortened Glen Oak's learning curve in the window fashions category of building material products. As a result, the large millwork manufacturcr has successfully parlayed its experience fingerjointing, moulding and priming interior trim, into producing and selling shutter pafts.

Glen Oak's Arrow-Straight F.J. shutter components quickly gained acceptance from plantation shutter manufhcturers and f'abricators. Produced at Glen Oak's poplar plant in Somerset, Ky., they are distributed from multiple facilities throughout the U.S., including a new facility shared with North American Sunburst in Naples, Fl.

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Top 100 Forest Products Firms' Profits plummet

An oversupply of lumber and 489,000, in part due to growing opera_ decreasing demand cut in half the total tions overseas, campbell said. iotal profit of the world's top 100 forest employment among ihe top 100 firms products companies last year and worldwide was flat at 1.1 million. should translate into additional layoffs overall profitability improved. at U.S. and Canadian sawmills, Return on equity for the U.S. firms according to new report by averaged 5.9Vo in 2002, tp from 5.2Vo Pricewaterhousecoopers. a year earlier. The companies spent

Combined, the top 100 firms $4.4 billion on resrrucruring ind earned $3.1 billion in 2002, down accountingchanges. from $6.2 billion in 2001, on sales of The report noted that consolidation $301 billion. could reduce supply, but most firms

Profits for the 28 u.s. firms on the have too much debt to make new list fell by half, to $800 million, in acquisitions. part due to rising imports and restruc-

The l l canadian companies on the turing charges. list increased sales, with several mills

According to consultant craig increasing production to lessen the campbell, worldwide capacity of all unit cost of u.s. tariffs. Their profit forest products needs to fall by lovo- more than doubled to $23g million. and most cuts would be in the u.S.

Sales for the 29 European compaand Canada, where costs are high and nies also rose last year, due to exports economic growth is stagnant. to the U.s. last year, although tepid

"There's a shift toward low-cost demand in Europe cut profits ly mb.e regions, particularly the Southern than5OVo. Hemisphere, china and Russia," poor economic growth also hamcampbell said. "There will be more pered the l4 Japanese companies in migration away from North America." the top 100.

Despite significant job cuts at Nine of the remaining lg compa_ weyerhaeuser and other large timber nies on the rist-in Asia, Laiin firms, total employment at the 28 u.s. America and South Africa-exceeded companies increased I I,000 to l\Vo retum on equitv.

Connector Maker Opens Lab

Simpson Strong-Tie Co. unveiled a $10 million, 25,000-sq. ft. research lab to better understand the effects of earthquakes and high wind on structural systems, as well as to design and test products and techniques.

The Tyrell Gilb Research Laboratory opened in mid-July in Stockton, Ca. It features a seismic shake table and two cyclic/static test frames.