Building Products Digest - September 2000

Engineered lumber - the fastest growing segment in the entire building products industry:

Extra strong

Wont bow, warp, swell or shrink

Uniform qualiry length and appearance

Because it uses half ^--. the wood fiber of -Z-u^ regular lumber, ?^[E engineered lumber tlEfl is good for the planet.

Find out more at your nearest Weyerhaeuser Customer Service Center.

Servtng buildtng : products retailers and wholesale dlstrlbutors ln l3 Southern states

Pafal lamt parallel strand lumber combines brawn wift beauty for exposed beam$ column$ balconies and deck.

Trus Joist's Silent Floor' system ensures a squeak-free floor throughout the house

l0 Ponel of fte future

Why 0SB hos stoying power.

lops in 0SB

0ur exclusive survey shows melgers ond exponsions meon more product from fewer producets.

A look ct tonorrou/s lruss hongers

I{IDI qnd poilicleboord tone to the rescue for speciol needt

Extro thin, extro thick, low density, high density, moisture resistont, fire retordont or super refined, composite ponels increosingly provide the solufion for speciolized opplicotions.

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Execs flock from oround the world to Notionol Hordwore Show/Building Products Expo in Chicogo.

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Then He Was Sold.

They're At lt Again

Not content with their present responsibilities, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration is now proposing an Ergonomics Standard aimed at "materially reducing" muscle strains and sprains suffered at work. Like many ideas from government, it seems on its face to have merit. But even a cursory examination indicates the proposal fails the real world test of practicality and affordability.

While the standard would affect the entire U.S. economy, one of the first to object was the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association. They didn't mince words: "This proposed standard...would easily force a significant portion of our members to throw in the towel."

One example cited by NLBMDA was a lumberyard in Maine that had two "musculoskeletal disorders" (job injuries) and called in an ergonomic specialist and an occupational nurse to analyze the job and make recommendations ala OSHA. Their suggestion: Hire two more employees so the work could be rotated. A con-

servative estimate showed it would cost an additional $67,0O0 to run the yard.

Figuring a 2.57o profit annually, the store would need to generate $2,704,000 in additional sales. But, because the yard specializes in supplying large commercial contractors, a l.9Vo profit figure is more to the point. At that level $3,558,000 in new annual sales would be required.

After the expense of analyzing each job as OSHA proposes, ergonomic solutions then would be implemented. Many aren't tangible or proven, making the whole procedure more of an ongoing process than a one-time situation. It is not difficult to see this exercise as never-ending government overview and involvement in operations; all wrapped up in reams of red tape.

Government is concerned with workers' well being. But, so is business and to a greater degree. As any employer will tell you, without good and healthy people a business ceases to exist.

OSHA's latest brainstorm isn't law yet. Let's hope common sense prevails.

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Floor OSB's final f

LTOW THAT OSB reportedly comI \ mands a 757o share of the North American residential structural panel market, the last significant residential sub-market left for it is in flooring.

An engineered wood panel made from strands of small-diameter trees aligned longitudinally and laterally in alternate layers for structural strength, OSB has more or less taken over residential wall sheathing and roof decking. Its share in structural panel flooring, however, is about one-third, with plywood accounting for the balance.

The introduction of premium OSB

ber or laminated veneer lumber. If these systems are installed correctly, one manufacturer guarantees them for the life of the building.

but more companies are developing water resistant, large warranty OSB floor panel products."

Another manufacturer guarantees its special OSB flooring panels, used for residential and commercial single-layer and sub-floor applications, for 50 years. Manufacturers are also selling thicker OSB structural panels made for sturdier sub-floors. Heavier panels bounce less when walked on.

These value-added elements, from thicker to higher-resin water resistant OSB panels, are being marketed the most in single-layer floor construction.

floor panels bonded with advanced resins. and half a dozen competing manufacturers planning to develop similar panels, is paving the way for OSB to eventually capture the residential flooring market, according to the Structural Board Association.

A number of companies already offer such panels as a packaged flooring system, which include I-joists that are made up of a thin OSB web bonded to top and bottom flanges of lum-

OSB's key product advantage is based on performance standards matching those of plywood and lower manufacturing costs. The high quality OSB floor panels on the market now match prices of non-OSB panels but are being purchased for their higher value-added content.

Even in the Northwest, where moisture is a key concern and builders tend to have a stronger preference for lumber, a fair amount of OSB has been sold for single-layer flooring, according to Darin Thompson, OSB,

lab and composites division manager of Tsco, a certification firm. "Plywood still dominates but more companies are developing water resistant, large warranty OSB floor panel products."

A project manager from Eugene, Or., says, "We have lumberyards where the quality of OSB is enhanced while that of plywood is decreasing so that the quality differences for flooring are becoming difficult to distinguish."

OSB's performance standards are no different from plywood. Panels, however, must be covered on the construction site, lest they be exposed to rain. "OSB can be substituted, thickness for thickness, for plywood essentially in equivalent structural applications," says Professor Jim Bowyer of the University of Minnesota's Department of Wood & Paper Science.

"Plywood still dominates

marked as the structural panel of the future

DRODUCT. technology, manufacI turine and marketing advances point to inother record yiar for producers and sellers of OSB.

Having taken over a majority share of such commodity categories as floor, wall and roof sheathing, OSB is now cracking new value-added markets, a development that is expected to further spark demand.

OSB for the first time outstripped plywood by a slim margin in North American structural panel production last year, totaling 40.2 billion sq. ft. (3/8" basis). According to APA-The

Engineered Wood Association, that margin will increase to 5.6 billion sq. ft., a 657o share for OSB, by 2002. The Structural Board Association provides the following factors to explain why OSB will continue to gain major strides:

One - Low cost

OSB has the lowest cost structure of all structural wood panels. That means huge savings for builders and end consumers. In addition, OSB is now one of the most profitable sectors in the wood products industry.

rTt I WO - No Big Glut

This factor is why manufacturers are racing to build new mills. Production is now about 95Vo of capacity, which will drop slightly as new mills are built, but production will remain well above the 1996 low of 797o when there was a huge glut that slashed prices.

Thfee - Environmental Advantages

The erosion of softwood plywood production will switch demand from plywood to OSB. Leonard Guss, Leonard Guss Associates, estimates that at least 6 billion sq. ft. of plywood production will disappear in eight to 10 years, due to mothballing of antiquated plants and the diminishing availability of construction grade plywood.

The scarcity of larger trees has affected plywood, which must be made from individual veneer strips, or peeler logs. OSB is made from strands of small diameter trees such as aspen. The strands are aligned longitudinally and laterally in

North American OSB And Plywood (billions of sq. ft., 3/8" basis)

alternate layers for structural strength and bonded with water resistant resins under heat and pressure.

Using all parts of the log, OSB is an extremely resource-efficient product. It makes the most of fast growing trees, a factor complementing environmental considerations.

FOUf - Product Advantages

OSB, Guss believes, is not only an adequate replacement for plywood but convincingly better. "OSB has unlimited size variation, even up to 8' x 24'. It's good on both sides and offers a broad array of thicknesses," he says.

Guss says OSB's blending process allows for a more thorough distribution of wax and resin on the strand surfaces, improving control of board properties. Its manufacturing process yields consistent panels free of knots, splits and voids, making them easier to saw, drill, nail, plane and sand.

FiVe - Consolidation

Last year two of the largest wood products acquisitions ever occurred. The two largest OSB manufacturers in North America, Louisiana-Pacific and Weyerhaeuser, bought out Le Groupe Forex and MacMillan Bloedel, respectively the second and third largest Canadian OSB makers. Duplicating functions for the combined entities will be cut and efficiency increased.

These moves underscore a new strategy by manufacturers moving toward manufactured wood products to supply higher margin building materials. A decade ago, firms were not pressured to adopt such a strategy because traditional lumber was plentiful and generating good returns.

Six - Technotogy

Consolidation is being accompanied by a frenetic push to upgrade existing mills and develop new mills with the latest technology that increases efficiency and results in lower cost but higher quality panels.

Seven - Performance Manipulation

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Louisiana-Prcific Pofiland, Or.

18 phnts: Harrcwille, Al.; Dawson CreeK B,C.; Monlrose, Co.; Athens, Ga.; Houlton, lr4e.; Sagola, Mi.; Tomahawk (3)., Hayward, Wi,; Swan River, Manitoba; Roxboro, N.C.; Jasper, Silsbee-, Carthage, Tx.; Maniwaki, St.-Miche{ Des Saints, Chambord, Quebec.

Past -199ts -1998-

9 olants: Drayton Valley, Edson, Slave Lake, Alberta; Grayling, Mi.; Elkin, N.C.; Sutton, W.V.; Wawa, Ontario (North Superior Forest Products); Miramichi, New Brunswick (Eagle Forest Products); Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan (Sasklor MacMillan).

CreorgiaPacific Corp.

Ailanta, Ga.

6 plants: Brookneal, Skippers, Va.; , Pudey; N.C,;Grenada, Ms.; tr4ount l$pe, lV.V.; W@land, Me.

Norbord Industries

Toronto, Ontario

5 olants: La Sane, Val-d'Or, Quebec; Bemidii, Mn.; Guntown, Ms.; (Joanna, S.C., opened July 2000)

Grant Forest Prducts

Erqleharl, Onbrb

2.planb: Englehart, Timmins, Onhrio,

0SB is now one of the most profitable sectors in the wood products industry.

Huber Engineered Woods Charlotte, N.C.

4 plants: Commerce, Ga.; Easton, Me.; Crystal Hill, Va.; Spring City, Tn.

Potlatch Corp, Spokane, Wa.

3 plants: Bemidji, Cook, Grand Rapids, Mn.

Ainsworlh Lumber Co,, Ltd. 100 Mile House, B.C.

2 planls: 1ffi Mile House; Grand Pnirie, Alberta.

International Paper Co. Purchase, N.Y.

3 plants: Nacogdoches, Jefferson, Tx.: Cordele. Ga.

Tolko Industries High Prairie, Alberta

1 plant: High Prairie.

Slocan Group Richmond, British Columbia

1 plant: Fort Nelson, B.C.

Boise Cascade Boise,ld.

1 plant Banrvick, Ontario.

Martco Partnership Monow, La.

1 olant: Monow.

Willamette Industries Portland,0r.

1 dant Arcadia, La.

Panel Of The Future

Langboard, Inc. Quitman, Ga.

1 plant: Quitman.

Tembec Inc. Grand Mere, Quebec

1 plant Grand Mere.

Current Pasl -1999- -1998-

Change '98-'99

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Manufacturers are mass producing high quality boards with a very high degree of efficiency. Change the process, manipulate resin content and strand orientation and flexible or stiffer panels can be produced. Board dimensions also can be customized from the factory floor to fit the needs of builders, homeowners and valueadded product manufacturers.

Eignt - Marketing & Branding

An interesting trend, with farreaching ramifications, has companies installing whole engineered flooring systems, combining l-joists and OSB panels into a single branded product. There is no end in sight to the expansion of this value-added approach. Firms will race to supply entire OSB roofing, flooring and wall systems in which multiple components will be branded as value-added single products with 25- or 50-year guarantees. No longer can OSB, in this context, be considered a commodity product.

ttlne - Engineered Wood Boom

The boom in engineered wood will further increase OSB demand and accelerate value-added OSB use. A striking example involves wood Ijoists. Composed of a thin OSB web that is bonded to top and bottom flanges of lumber or LVL, I-joists are commonly used in roof and floor systems. From virtually zero market share in the early 1990s, it is estimated that in several years half of all new homes in North America will be supported by wood I-joist floor systems. Energy efficient structural insulated panelsfoam sandwiched by OSB panels-are beginning to catch on, and may make the same sort of impact as I-joists over the long run.

rTt I en - Housing Fundamentals Still Strong

Despite concerns about housing starts slowing, there are no signs of a dramatic downturn. If starts do begin to slow, due to interest rate hikes, the home repair and the remodeling market would take up some of the slack, since potential new buyers would be motivated to hold off on purchases and renovate existing homes. The popularity of engineered wood is dovetailing with shifting residential needs: homes and garages are larger, so more materials, including OSB, are required for each residential unit.

truss hangers

By Bill Loefler Component Division Manager USP Lumber Connectors Charlotte. N.C.

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/[OST

IY lthe

truss manufacturers are in

hanser business.

Some start-ed 15 years ago with the realization that they were the last to know what kind of truss-to-truss connector was needed. Since it was not available at the lumberyard, these pioneers began to offer a hardware package. They were undaunted by talk about taking additional responsibility because they knew that a failure of "hangers by others" would draw them into litigation in any event.

A decade later, ANSI-TPI 1-1995 set the standard requiring the designer to call out the connector for all trussto-truss connections. With that and now code adoption, truss-to-truss connectors and field splices have drawn nearly every manufacturer into some level of truss hanger sales.

Connector usage has grown as code officials look for "metal" on the job and as states add to their code, such as last year when Wisconsin required hurricane ties on all roof members for the first time.

There are many more connector products to chose from today as devices for specific conditions hit the

market. Despite this, there is more and more call for custom parts to fit the slopes, angles, heavy loads and multiple member connections that roof systems require.

Where perhaps the stick framer depended on toe-nailing skill and a

In

the long term,

the roof, wall and floor systems willcome as components to a jobsite-probably f rom the same supplier. 66prayer," the truss framer uses an engineered connector.

What's the future for hardware?

In the short term, truss design software will address the hanger callout and, in effect, take on the responsibility that so concerns manufacturers. The software will consider ANSI-TPI load conditions, select the best hanger (even telling why others were not

chosen), and total the hardware takeoff. Activities such as picking tickets, inventory control. purchasing. pricing. invoicing and profit reports will feed off the design output.

In the long term, especially if the National Association of Home Builders experts are co{rect, the roof, wall and floor systems will come as components to a jobsite-probably from the same supplier. In the case of residential systems, we see the component supplier calling out the hardware needed for the load path from roof to foundation.

To recover some of the design cost, the component supplier will also sell the hardware that has always been a good profit center. Hopefully a software solution will quickly do the detail work.

The very computer that made possible the elaborate roof designs which required all the hangers in the first place will come to the rescue and tell us what connectors to use.

MDF and particleboard for special needs

lf-TUSTOMERS with special needs \-rincreasingly are turning to MDF and particleboard to provide the solution, according to the Composite Panel Association.

Need a panel that holds up in high humidity, or one that meets government fire specifications? Looking for a lighter board that stands up to rigorous processing and application demands, or a thicker board that eliminates costly glue-ups?

There's a composite panel for each of these needs and many others, as necessity continues to foster innovation. Some of these new engineered wood products include moisture resistant, fire retardant, thin, thick, high density and light weight.

Specialty MDF and particleboard products are much in demand, according to industry analysts, with laminate flooring, moulding and countertop markets at the forefront for these niche-minded composite panels.

"Although it's a niche product, moisture resistant particleboard is our fastest growing market," says Ted Hetzel, western region sales mgr., Willamette Industries. "It's the lowest cost choice for moisture sensitive applications."

Hambro Forest Products, Isobord Enterprises, MacMillan Bloedel (now Weyerhaeuser), and Uniboard Canada also produce moisture resistant particleboard, as will newcomers AgraFibre Industries and Phenix Biocomposites. A related specialty product is Proboard's moisture resistant particleboard flooring underlayment, which features a 6mm thickness and a water resistant resin.

Moisture resistqnt MDF can be a problem-solver where there is a risk of occasional wetting or prolonged exposure to high humidity, such as kitchen and bathroom cabinetry, kitchen countertops, laminate flooring, institutional casework and counters. store fixtures and marine furniture.

Low thickness swell properties and a smooth surface make it an ideal substrate for thin paper and foil, especially when used with water-based adhesives. It can be machined or fabricated using standard tools.

Low density fiberboard (LDF) products offer excellent machinability and a consistent core, making them a smooth, cost-saving substrate choice wherever excess weight is an issue.

Light (usually less than 40 lbs.) and ultra light (under 30 lbs.) composite panel products are useful when there is a need to reduce weight without sacrificing strength and versatility.

Specialty products offer

a host of solutions for specialized applications.

Applications include architectural mouldings, trade show exhibits, store fixtures and displays, ready-to-assemble furniture, and mobile home interiors. Lighter composite panel products are also useful in situations where manual handling, tooling or freight costs are a consideration.

"LDF is a relatively new product within the industry, but we've experienced a 25Vo growth in our volume in the last year, and expect to produce up to 2 million ft. annually," says Bob Goin, SierraPine's Medite division.

MOISTURE RESISTANT particleboard, ideal for bathrooms, is a fast growing market.

Moisture resistant particlebourd is suggested for situations with intermittent wetting and high humidity because the product offers reduced thickness swell and retains strength after wetting. Uses include bathroom and kitchen cabinetry and sink counters, institutional casework, storm door cores and displav fixtures.

"Moisture resistant MDF is a costeffective replacement for some of the expensive plywoods and hardwoods used in the past," says Michael Dawson, general sales mgr., Norbord Industries. "For example, in a fast food restaurant's salad bar that needs to be wiped clean every night, a moisture resistant fiberboard can take this occasional contact with moisture without breaking down or splitting apart. The product also offers a wide range of size choices, giving designers a lot of flexibility at a good price point."

In addition to Norbord, Allegheny MDF, Flakeboard Co. Ltd., SierraPine Ltd., West Fraser Mills and Willamette Industries also produce moisture resistant MDF. and CanFibre plans to do the same.

Other light and ultra light LDF producers include Allegheny MDF, Flakeboard Ltd., G-P Flakeboard Ltd., Pan Pacific, Uniboard Canada, Willamette and newcomer CanFibre.

Super refined MDF, which contains wood fibers that have been double-processed for added smoothness, was developed for applications where routing and finishing characteristics are important, says Will Warberg, Plum Creek sales and mktg. mgr. He projects a fast-growing market for the product, especially among architects and other end users concerned with style and design flexibility.

Along with Plum Creek, super refined MDF is produced by Uniboard Canada, West Fraser and

Willamette Industries.

"Super refined MDF's uniform results make it a viable, less costly substitute for solid wood, especially with painted finishes," Warberg says. Uses include raised panel doors, interior mouldings and other architectural millwork and store fixtures.

"Superior raw materials are essential to what we do," says Kevin Leuning, general mgr., American Millwork Inc., a manufacturer of primed and prefinished mouldings and millwork for residential homes and luxury hotels. "This MDF substrate is consistent all the way through, with no pits or holes, allowing us to achieve the smoothness our customers expect."

municipalities including fire retardancy in their requirements, continued growth is projected. It is produced by CanFibre, Medite and Willamette.

Thick MDF, usually more than l-1/2", is used for residential and commercial furniture, architectural mouldings and millwork, door stiles and rails, and picture frames. Pan Pacific, for example, makes three densities of fiberboard in thicknesses up to 3".

"Thick MDF has solved some major issues in a variety of situations," says Bob Metzger, sales mgr., Creative Products, Inc., a custom profile wrapper. "For example, it saves labor and time to use a single thicker panel without having to glue parts. Of equal importance, a single piece is more dimensionally stable than two glued-up pieces, avoiding problems of bow and warp for designs like large sleigh bed rails or crown moulding. And thick MDF offers excellent machinability."

THICK MDF helos create dramatic veneerwrapped architectural and industrial mouldings.

foil doors, according to Flakeboard Co.'s Shotbolt.

FIRE RETARDANT particleboard provides the perfect wall subshate for public spaces where fire retardancy is a concern.

Fire retqrdqnt particleboard from Willamette Industries was developed 25 years ago in response to stricter building code requirements. The smooth, grain-free Class 1 rated substrate is used in malls, offices, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, elevator cabs, jet ways and other locations where fire retardancy is a concern.

"Our fire retardant particleboard is used primarily for wall panels since it's an excellent substrate for both wood and laminate veneers," Hetzel explains. "And it can be routed, drilled, bullnosed, beveled and precision-machined."

Fire retardunt MDF, like fire retardant particleboard, can satisfy stricter building codes, liability concerns and the desire to provide safer workplaces and living environments. It meets the requirements of Class I fire retardation in accordance with UL 732 Flame Rating without sacrificing strength or machinability.

Fire retardant MDF is typically specified for public buildings such as museums, schools, hotels, restaurants and libraries. With more and more

Other producers of thick MDF include CanFibre, Plum Creek, SierraPine, West Fraser and Willamette.

Thin MDF, usually 1/4" (6mm) or less, is a viable alternative to hardboard and imported plywood, reports Chris Mclver, general mgr., panelboard sales and mktg., West Fraser Mills, Ltd.

"Thin MDF can be produced economically and has quality characteristics such as improved thickness tolerance, smoothness on both sides, paintability and printability," says Kevin Shotbolt, Flakeboard v.p.-sales. "In the last seven years, we've more than doubled our production of thin MDF, going from 3 million sq. ft. per week to upwards of 6.5 million sq. ft."

Thin MDF is used on door cores, drawer bottoms, store fixtures and kitchen cabinet case backs as well as for auto industry applications such as spare tire covers and seat backs. Allegheny, Georgia-Pacific, G-P Flakeboard, Langboard, LouisianaPacific, Norbord, SierraPine, Temple, Uniboard Canada and Willamette also produce thin MDF.

High Density Fiberboard was developed at least in part to meet the demands of CNC presses for a high degree of machining and routing on lacquer, membrane press and thermo-

And the needs of the booming laminate flooring industry helped propel the development of moisture resistant HDF. "HDF substrates dominate the laminate flooring market because they have essential performance characteristics," says Henry Sobiech, general mgr., Columbia Flooring, a laminate flooring maker. "HDF is very machinable with a good strong core and good results in moisture resistance and swell. It's also a heavier product with good dent resistance and a richer feel to it, sending a message of quality. The laminate flooring market is projected to grow dramatically in the next five years, and HDF substrates will be the majority of that growth."

Other HDF producers include Allegheny, Georgia-Pacific, Langboard, Louisiana-Pacific, Norbord, Plum Creek, SienaPine, Temple, West Fraser, Uniboard Canada and Willamette Industries.

Specialty products are proving their versatility and reliability in the marketplace. Although standard particleboard and MDF remain essential and dependable for the widest range of applications, specialty products offer solutions for a host of specialized applications.

HIGH DENSITY fiberboard meets the needs ol laminate floorino.

Rrrlrrrns

Ply Mart, Norcross, Ga., will open its 30th location by year's end in Columbus, Ga.; the $2.9 million, 40,000-sq. ft. facility sits on 12 acres

Phillips Building Supply, Charlottesville, Va., has been acquired by 2?-tnit Moore's Lumber & Building Supplies, Roanoke, Va.; Moore's closed its own Charlottesville store and consolidated operations at Phillips' 35-year-old location

Causeway Lumber Co.3 Bonita Springs, Fl., truss division completed the first phase of new buildings and added a new Alpine automill saw

Carolina H oldings, Raleigh, N.C., has acquired Fairfax Lumber & Millwork, with yards in Springfield, Va., and Edgewater, Md., and component manufacturing plant Fairfax Building Systems in Culpeper, Va.

84 Lumber opened new 20,000sq. ft. locations in Pontotoc, Ms. (store mgr. Patrick Palmer, comgr. Sean Powell, mgr. trainees Shawn Mitchell, James Browning and Mark Bynum); Clinton, N.C. (store mgr. Mike Phillips, contractor sales rep Scotty Westbrook, mgr. trainees Jeff Merritt, Kevin Barber and Jason Stow). and Douglas, Ga. (store mgr. Dave Harney, co-mgr. John Moore, contractor sales rep Ray Roberts, mgr. trainee Keith Smith)

Home Depot opens new stores this month in Warner Robins. Ga.: Intown (Richmond), Va.; Pearland, Tx., and West Mobile, Tuscaloosa and Trussville, Al. ...

Home Depot is aiming for a January completion of a new 110,000-sq. ft. store in Sarasota, Fl.; submitted plans to build a 111,000-sq. ft. store plus 24,000sq. ft. garden center in Pea Ridge,

Fl.; is scouting the Harrisonburg, Va., area for a suitable location, and facing resident opposition over plans to build a 137,000-sq. ft. store, second 120,000-sq. ft. building and a three-story parking deck on 17 acres in Berkelev Park (Atlanta), Ga.

Lowe's Cos. opened new stores in Washington, N.C.; Lafayette, La. (store mgr. Lonnie Menard, asst. mgrs. Allen Spencer and Bryan Walker); Southport, N.C. (store mgr. Lyn Blizzard), and on 16.7 acres adjacent to its previous Danville, Va., location (store mgr. John Barbour) ...

Lowe's is building 115,000-sq. ft. stores with 28,000-sq. ft. garden centers in Yukon. Ok.: on 15 acres in Royal Oaks, Tx., and on 17 acres in Allen, Tx., to open early next year and in Memphis, Tn., and on 15.32 acres in Houston, Tx. for a spring opening

Inwe's will open a 150,000-sq. ft. replacement store in Matthews, N.C., next year; submitted plans to build on 14 acres in Broken Arrow, Ok.; expects to begin construction next month on a Meridian, Ms., site originally targeted by Home Depot; is looking for a replacement site for its 65,000-sq. ft. Columbus, Ms., store, and selected a site in Greeneville. Tn.

Lowe's cleared a hurdle to build near Tallahassee, Fl., after the Leon County Commission approved the developer's request

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to fill 6.7 acres of wetlands ... police arrested three men suspected of burglarizing Lowe's Lenoir, N.C., store no one was injured when a rack holding garden supplies collapsed at the Mooresville, N.C., location

Ace Hardware's tw o-vear-old Helpful Hardware Club customer loyalty program has reached the 1 million customer level ...

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Willamette Industries has started up a new sawmill adjacent to its Chester, S.C., plywood plant; it is expected to produce 38 million bd. ft. annually ... the company also is building a particleboard plant in Bennettsville, S.C. ... Willamette's forestlands in the Carolinas have passed a third party audit for sustainability by the American Forest & Paper Association's Sustainable Forestrv Initiative program

Dalco Supply Co. recently opened a new location in Fort Worth, Tx., and is building a new 60,000-sq. ft. warehouse in Carrollton, Tx.

J.V. Averitt Lumber Co., Inc., Erin. Tn.. unveiled a new bandmill to replace the sawmill destroyed a year ago by a tornado

Celotex Corp., Tampa, Fl., has completed the sale of its roofing and fiberglass mat businesses to CertainTeed Corp.; the fiberglass mat plant is in Russellville, Al., and one of the four asphalt shingle facilities is in Birmingham, Al. ...

Trinity Forest Industries is upgrading and expanding its architectural and custom millwork facility in Hurst, Tx., and has added a graveyard shift

Housing starts in July (latest figs.) slipped 3Vo to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.512 million .. . single family starts fellL%o to a I.197 million rate, multifamily reached a rate of 279,000 for 5+ units and 36,000 for 2-4 units ... permits dropped 2Vo to a rate of 1.497 million units

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

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Hardware Distribution WarehousesSept. 9-10, fall mart, Hot Springs Civic Center, Hot Springs, Ar.; (800) 256-8527.

West Texas Wholesale SupplySept. 9-10, annual market, Abilene Convention Center, Abilene, Tx.; (800) 800-4393.

Hoo-Hoo InternationalSept.9-14, l08th annual convention, Menger Hotel, San Antonio, Tx.; (800) 979-9950.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationSept. ll-15, estimating seminars, Bowling Green, Ky.; (50 245-6't30.

Lumbermen's Association of TexasSept. 12, increasing performance and profits seminar, Austin, Tx.; (800) 749-5862.

Lumbermen's Club of MemphisSept. 14, meeting, Racquer Club, Memphis, Tn.; (901) 682-2838.

International Panel & Engineered Wood Technology Clinic & ShowSept. 14-16, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlorte, N.C.

Kentucky Forest Industries AssociationSept. 15-16, expo, Laurel County Fairgrounds, London, Ky.; (800) 203-9217.

TruServ Corp.Sept. 15-18, fall market, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, La.; (773) 695-5000.

American Wood-Preservers' AssociationSept. 17-22, technical committee meetings, Salt Lake City, Ut.; (817) 326-6300.

National Hardwood Lumber AssociationSept. 20-23, anntal convention, Washington, D.C.; (800) 933-03 18.

Ace Hardware Corp.Sept. 2l-25, fall convention, Cervantes Convention Center, St. Louis, Mo.; (630) 990-6600.

Southern Building Material AssociationSept. 25-29, estimating clinics, Richmond, Va.; (804) 323-8262.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - Sept. 27-30, annual convention, Southhampton Princess, Bermuda; (202) 54'7 -2230.

Houston Hoo-Hoo ClubSept. 28, meeting, Allen Park Inn, Houston, Tx.; (281) 485-1855.

APA-The Engineered Wood AssociationSept. 29-Oct. 3, annual meeting, Westin La Cantera, San Antonio, Tx.; (253) 565-6600.

Mid-America Lumbermens AssociationSept. 30-Oct. 6, Louisiana mill tour: (800) 999-5344.

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International Wood Products AssociationOct. 4-7, trade fair, Jonkoping, Sweden; (703) 820-6696.

Florida Building Material AssociationOct. 5-7, annual building products & design show, Ocean Center, Fort Lauderdale, Fl.; (352) 383-0366.

Wood Truss Council of AmericaOct. 11-13. conference. Midwest Express Convention Center, Milwaukee, Wi.; (608) 274-4849.

National Hardwood Lumber AssociationOct. 13-14. advanced drying seminar, Memphis, Tn.; (800) 933-0318.

National Sash & Door Jobbers AssociationOct. 14-18, annual convention, Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa.; (800) 786-7274.

Composite Panel AssociationOct. 15-17, fall meeting, Renaissance Hotel, Nashville, Tn.; (301) 670-0604.

Resource Information Systems Inc.Oct. 18-20, annual forest products convention, Boston, Ma.; (781) 271-OO3O.

Lumbermen's Association of TexasOct. 19-20, computer estimating seminar, Austin, Tx.; (800) 749-5862.

National Association of Home BuildersOct. 20-22. Remodelers Show, Detroit, Mi.; (800) 368-5242.

otion news

Southern Building

Material Association named Ron Brown. Brown's Builders Supply Inc., Rose Hill, N.C., as chairman during its annual summer conference. He succeeds Bill Stewart, Stewart Lumber Co., Brentwood, Tn.

Other new officers: Mac Lawton, Dixie Lumber Co., Easley, S.C., lst vice chairman; Jim Duggan, Robinson Building Center, Cleveland, Tn., 2nd vice chairman; James Van Landingham, Builders Supply Co., Petersburg, Va., 3rd vice chairman, and Larry W. Adams, SBMA, president.

SBMA will hold area meetings on "Analyzing Your Contractor Customers' Profitability and How to Improve It" Sept. 5-7 in Williamsburg, Richmond and Roanoke, Va.; Sept. 2O-21 in WinstonSalem and Greenville, N.C.; Oct. l0-11 in Camden and Summerville. S.C.l Oct. 12 in Fayetteville, N.C.; Oct. l6-17 in Cleveland and Murfreesboro, Tn.t Oct.24 in Jackson. Tn., and Nov. 8 in Asheville, N.C. Trainers are Frank Chamberlain, III, Resource Technologies, Inc., and Larry Adams.

Mid-America Lumbermens Association will join SBMA traveling through Alexandria, New Orleans and Shreveport during a Louisiana mill tour Sept. 30-Oct. 6. Co-sponsors include the Northwestern, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin dealer associations.

Kentucky Lumber & Building

Material Dealers Association will sponsor a surplus material auction Oct. 14 at Best Auctions, Louisville.

The board elected Bill Kronauer, Falls City Lumber, as associate director, succeeding Carl Grimm, Walker Williams Lumber, who moved from the area.

KLBMDA's annual convention will be held jointly with West Virginia and Ohio Feb. 18-20 in Northern Kentucky. The headquarters hotel will be the Marriott River Center. which overlooks the Ohio River and downtown Cincinnati, while the buying show and educational sessions will take place in the Northern Kentucky Convention Center.

The association's education foundation awarded scholarships to Mac Alexander Cherry, son of Mac Cherry, Adam Wholesalers; Regina A. Deitriech, granddaughter of Barb Phillips, Big 4 Lumber, Morehead; Kathryn J. Herschede, daughter of Ed Herschede, Pilot Lumber Do it Center, Bellevue; Dustin M. Hammons, son of Mark Hammons, Dry Ridge

Lumber Co., Dry Ridge; Candice Elaine Whittington, daughter of Tom Whittington, Square Deal Lumber Co., Cave City, and Brooke Elaine Cowles, Mid-South Lumber & Supply, Bowling Green.

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Do it Best Taps New Garrier

Do it Best Corp. has named Tacoma, Wa.-based Interstate Distributor as its new dedicated canier out of the co-op's Waco, Tx., retail service center.

Interstate Distributor, which has handled routes for Do it Best out of its Woodburn, Or., RSC since 1991, succeeds former carrier Ryder Logistics.

The switch is effective Sept. 17.

House Probes Maxxam Deal

A House Resources Committee task force is investigating possible banking regulatory improprieties regarding an $821 million federal claim against Pacific Lumber parent Maxxam Corp., Houston, Tx.

Under particular scrutiny is a 1995 plan by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of Thrift Supervision to pressure the federal government into taking ownership of roughly 63,000 acres of Northern California timberland in lieu of claims against Maxxam and its chairman, Charles Hurwitz, pertaining to a failed thrift.

"They could gobble up companies like Potlatch with the snap of their fingers, as recent history has shown."

- Paul Ehinger, Eugene, Or.-based consultant on industry giants IP, Weyerhaeuser, G-P and Kimberly Clarke

Latest E-Casualty

Its investment capital exhausted, FPIX, Dallas, Tx., has shut down its electronic marketplaces after two years due to insufficient usage and revenue.

Mills and other suppliers used the service to list their inventories electronically, so commodities buyers could check prices, submit requests and place orders.

FPIX's system was created with the intent of preserving traditional buyer-seller relationships. Transactions. for example, were conducted by transferring funds between buyers' and sellers' existing banks.

Unfortunately for FPIX, every week seemed to bring a new competitor, making it more difficult for any of them to acquire enough participants to create a viable e-marketplace.

The acronym FPIX stands for Forest Products Industry Exchange.

Excess Inventory Online

An online building materials marketplace that connects buyers and sellers of excess inventories has debuted at www.bargainbuilder.com.

Based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., BargainBuilder.com allows users to locate and purchase reportedly more than $2.5 million in products from over 50 companies, making commissions only on completed sales.

"The vast majority of products we list are first-quality, even factory warrantied goods," said ceo John Sanford. "For one reason or another, however, they can't be sold through regular channels."

The U.S. excess building material industry is said to be over $1 billion.

Millwork Auction Site Debuts

The millwork industry now has its own B28 Internet marketplace with the arrival of MillworkSource.com.

The site features an online auction and classified ads for buying and selling surplus inventory and idle assets. Sellers list items for free, with the exchange paid on completed transactions. Full escrow services also are available through E-Escrow.com

lnspiration for the service came from seeing the trouble millwork companies had locating an efficient

channel to dispose of surplus inventory and equipment, according to Todd Braid, co-founder with his father, 30year industry veteran Fred Braid.

The Braids also operate Full House Co., a Melbourne, Fl., manufacturer of prehung door machinery.

Hardware.com Pulls The Plug

Soon after shifting its focus from d-i-yers to professionals, e-tailer Hardware.com, Seattle, Wa., has shut down its online superstore.

Hardware.com began selling in October 1998 as Superbuild.com, but a year later acquired the "more prominent, easier-to-remember" domain name from Mitch James, James Ace Hardware, Poulsbo, Wa. Although he received several large cash offers over the years, James sold the name to Superbuild for stock-and likely will walk away with only a minimal settlement from a deal with Onvia. His store now uses the URL www.acehardware.net.

Small business e-marketplace Onvia.com will pay under $5 million for Hardware.com's computer equipment and other assets. Onvia also will retain Hardware.com's programmers and developers, as well as ceo Mike Pickett, now Onvia's president and chief operating officer.

E-Tailer Dealing In Surplus

Pro-oriented Buildscape, Inc., Jacksonville. Fl.. has teamed with Liquidation.com to develop Buildscape Surplus, an online marketplace for buying and selling excess

inventory and surplus assets in the building products industry.

Buildscape has licensed the Liquidation.com Business Service Platform to realize greater speed-to-market, economies of scale and a range of back-end services to complete surplus transactions.

E-Strategy Conference

The Institute for International Research is holding its second Home Improvement Online conference Oct. 23-24 at the Le Meridien Hotel, New Orleans, La.

Topics include how companies can incorporate the Internet into their existine business plan, understanding what it takes to build customer confidence and methods to establish a successful online presence.

The event will feature speakers from Black & Decker, Armstrong, Moen and other firms.

Do lt Best Teams Wth Talpx

Do it Best Corp. has joined Talpx Inc.'s e-commerce exchange in a pilot program to purchase lumber for their reloads, a union that gives exchange suppliers access to Do it Best's distribution network.

Based in Chicago, Talpx Inc. is an online business-to-business lumber and panel facilitator that includes 123 mills and 672 buying member locations, representing $6 billion in retail sales.

Exchange Arranges Shipping

Buyers and sellers at B2B lumber exchange YardConnect.com, Seattle, Wa., can now schedule materials shipments with their online transactions.

YardConnect.com is partnering with eflatbed.com, an online logistics source for the flatbed shipping industry, to provide rate quoting and logistics management services so that buyers can base their purchasing decisions on the delivered cost of products on the exchange, calculated automatically to their location.

Orders will be moved by eflatbed.com's network of more than I,600 qualified carriers.

Lowe's Bans Environmentally Sensitive Wood

Lowe's Cos. plans to stop selling ging in national forests, and illegal wood products from "endangered" logging in foreign countries. forests at its 600 stores. Within the last vear. several other

"It seems logical to say a bolt of lightning stuck the mound, igniting the bark deep down in the pile," said ceo Frank B. "Bump" Faircloth. "When our yard workers noticed the mound was smoldering more than usual, we took action."

Thanks to local firefighters and the Division of Forestry, the mound was quickly divided to help extinguish the blaze.

Bark Fire Contained In Yard

Mother Nature is being credited for causing a one acre mound of pine bark to catch fire at Suwannee Lumber Co., Cross City, Fl.

"In developing our policy, Lowe's home improvement chains including pursued what some in the industry industry leader and Lowe's top commay consider an unconventional petitor Home Depot have agreed to approach," notes senior v.p. of mer- similar bans on wood from environchandising Mark Kauffman. "We mentally sensitive areas. worked closely with the environmental and scientific communities as well as our suppliers and facilitated a number of first-ever meetings between these groups. The end result was a more balanced policy and what we hope will be a major turning point for environmental discussions in the u.s."

Lowe's issued an immediate ban on products from the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia, Canada, and will next focus on the Pacific Northwest and the Southeast. The chain already has discontinued ramin dowels from Indonesia in favor of domestic poplar.

The company also formed a Healthy Forests Advisory Board to help implement its new policy and advise on general forestry issues. Consisting of enviro groups. scientists, suppliers, certifiers and buyers, the board will first address such issues as the conversion of Southern forests to pine plantations, commercial log-

UFPI Secures Cypress Supply

Universal Forest Products will begin offering a range of cypress products for the d-i-y market, after inking an exclusive long-term purchasing agreement with Sunshine State Cypress, Inc. for its entire production capacity.

Sunshine State Cypress' new Hosford, Fl., sawmill will provide approximately 10 million bd. ft. annually of cypress lumber that will be remanufactured at Universal's Moultrie, Ga., facility.

"We are very excited about the new product potential made possible by this agreement," said Mike Glenn, UFPI president and chief operating officer. Value-added possibilities include decking, fencing, lawn and garden products, mouldings, paneling and flooring.

Sunshine State has an exclusive 2}-year agreement with St. Joe Timberlands to purchase all of the cypress fiber from 300,000 acres of northwest Florida timberlands.

"The best solution is to let the fire bum itself out," Faircloth said, adding that sprinklers were used to douse the remaining embers.

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Vance Posey has been appointed marketing director of McCoy's Building Supply Centers, San Marcos, Tx.

Arvin Compton is the new assistant sales mgr. for cypress at Elder Forest Products, Inc.'s Sulphur, La., office.

Douglas J. Warstler has been named chief financial officer of New South, Inc., Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Ralph S. Stagner, ex-Champion International Corp., has been named operations mgr. for Weyerhaeuser Co.'s Pine Hill. Al.. containerboard operation. Rob Taylor has been named v.p. of Weyerhaeuser's appearance wood business, succeeding Bill Blankenship, who has been appointed v.p. of OSB.

Mike French has been promoted to sales mgr. of Golden State Wood of Florida, Bushnell, Fl.

Ben Stephens has been named director of information for the North American Wholesale Lumber Association.

Fred Hicks has been promoted to branch mgr. for the Greensboro, N.C., DC of Diamond Hill Plywood Co., Darlington, S.C., succeeding Mike Davis, who has resigned. Adam Colvin is now selling plywood and OSB for Smith Cos., Pelham, Al.

Michael Burchett has been named mgr. of 84 Lumber, Portsmouth, Ky. New co-mgrs.: Bobby Morgan, Union City, Tn.; Andre Cohen, Campbellsville, N.C.; Bob Braxton, Raleigh, N.C.; John McKelvey, Decherd, Tn.; Scott Ruber, Versailles, Ky., and Jason York, Winchester, Ky.

Steve Stephens has been named industrial sales mgr. of Heritage Forest Products. Orlando. Fl.

Thomas H. Darger, ex-Owens Corning, has been named senior v.p. of sales & marketing for ChannelLinx, Greenville, S.C. Susan Lill is now v.p. ofhuman resources.

Charles Andrus is now handling sales for Ray White Lumber Co., Sparkman, Ar.

Scott House, v.p. of OEM products, U.S. Plastic Lumber Corp., Boca Raton, Fl., has assumed responsibility for building products, succeeding Mike Dahl, who, along with Andrew Stephens, president, plastics division, has resigned to pursue other interests. Mark S. Alsentzer, chairman, ceo & president, will be in charge of the plastics division until a replacement is found, and Mike McCann, v.p., packaging, now has additional responsibility as head of recycled resins.

Bob Cowles has been named v.p. of sales for e-Builder Inc., Boca Raton, Fl.

Ronnie Bullard has been appointed district mgr. of South Carolina for Lowe's Cos., N. Wilkesboro, N.C. Tim Rose has been named mgr. of the Lake City, Fl., store.

Jerry Shepherd has been named store mgr. of the new Home Depot in Christiansburg, Va. Joanne Barley, contractor sales, Naples, Fl., was one of I 1 associates chosen to help commemorate the opening of the chain's l,000th store by ringing the bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

Mary Viola has been appointed director of corporate communications for TruServ Corp. Robert Ostrov, chief administrative officer and general counsel, TruServ Corp., has been apointed chairman of the firm's Canadian subsidiary. Michael Quane, corporate treasurer, has been elected to the board.

Jack and Marsha Peters, Jack's Home Improvement Center, Lucedale, Ms., and Randy Wells, Pro Hardware, Morristown, Tn., were among those chosen as 1999 Retailers of the Year by Pro Hardware.

Gerald Long, L.A. Reynolds Home & Garden Showplace, Winston-Salem, N.C.. has been named a 2000 Member of the Year by TruServ Corp.'s Garden Center division.

Richard Griffin has been named technical application consultant for Ky., for Senergy, Inc., Jacksonville, Fl. Mark Austin is district sales mgr. for the Rocky Mountain region, including El Paso. Tx.

Michael Cole has been promoted to chief financial officer for Universal Forest Products.

Arthur Temple Jr., was named Man of the Century at the 40th anniversary celebration of the Deep East Texas Development Association, for overseeing the growth of the former Southern Pine Lumber Co., Diboll, Tx., into Temple-Inland Corp.

Thomas L. Caltrider, senior v.p. of insulation, Johns Manville, has been named chairman of the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association, Alexandria, Va., succeeding Bruce Cowgill, who is now pres. and ceo of Ball Foster Glass.

Gerald B. Smith has been elected to the board of Cooper Industries, Inc., Houston, Tx.

Leon Wieland has been promoted to senior v.p., manufacturing and operations at Wilsonart International, Temple, Tx. Bill DiGaetano is now v.p., sales and marketing, North America for the laminate division; Ron Gagnon, director of design and marketing; Jim Schnietz, director of sales, laminate; Ken Eldridge, mgr. of operations for regional warehouses and DCs, and sales and operations for metro centers, and Curt Haffner has rejoined the flooring division as director, sales and marketing.

Charlie Wilson, Lane Stanton Vance Lumber, City of Industry, Ca., after a 7S-year career of buying and selling hardwoods, has retired atage93.

David Dwyer is now mgr.-sales & marketing for Steel Construction Systems, Orlando, Fl.

Huck DeVenzio, Hickson Corp., Smyrna, Ga., recently visited 3,281ft. Angel Falls, the world's tallest waterfall, in Venezuela.

Goode Knight has been named evening security supervisor at MungusFungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus, succeeding I.M. "Lee" Ving, who has departed.

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Harrigan Lumber closed indefinitely its Monroeville, Al., sawmill due to market conditions

International Wood Products Associatiorz, Vienna, Va., has revised its position on timber certification, clearing the way for its introduction in the fall of a "Certification Information Clearing House" to provide members with information on developments in forest management and certification

International Paper's Wood Products business, Savannah, Ga., was named Supplier of the Year

by Centex Homes, Dallas, Tx., for the second time in the last three years

Structural Connections, Inc.. Sarasota, Fl., is a new distributor of Willamette Industries' E-Z Frame System new stocking dealers include The Lumber Yard, with 30+ locations in five states including Virginia

B uilde r S upplyN et. c om, Dulles, Va., is now serving 16 more markets, including Jacksonville and Miami, Fl.; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Ok.; Little Rock, Ar., and San Antonio, Tx.

Hilti North America. Tulsa. Ok., was among l0 worldwide recipients of the first annual award for Advancing the Value of Human Worth in the Workplace

New Web site: James Hardie's Hardibacker ceramic tile underlayment, www.hardibacker.com

Anniversaries: Diamond Hill Plywood Co., Darlington, S.C., 55th ... Progressive Building Products, Inc., Franklin, N.C., 5Oth ... Walter Terry Distributor, Inc., Houston. Tx.. 35th Gator Door & Supply Co. Inc., Gainesville and Brooksville, Fl., 25th ... Quality Building P roducts, Gainesville, Tx.,20th.

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Put Another Log On The Fire

A 41" wide fireplace that produces up to 25,000 BTUs is new from World Marketing of America, Inc. Available for LP or natural gas operation, Spacesaver Plus comes with a gas log set and a solid wood mantel surround system in golden oak stain.

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Water Works

An 8" widespread lav set with solid metal or white powder-coated levers and cross handles is new from IW Industries, Inc.

and accurate material estimates for blocks, bricks, columns, cones, footings, and roofs.

The devices come with a pocket reference guide and storage case.

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Spray lt Again, Sam

A pair of airless paint sprayers are new from Campbell Hausfeld.

Don't Be Glueless Anymore

A weather resistant wood glue that can be painted, sanded and stained is available from Beacon Products, Inc. Reinforced with real wood, Timber-Grip sets fast and can be used to repair decks, trim and more.

Multi-Grip glue for hobbies, crafts and home decor repair and PlexiBond glue for plastic, plexiglass, concrete, fiberglass, metal, rubber, vinyl and canvas are also available.

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Wheeling & Dealing

Carefree Tire has a new polyurethane-based wheelbanow tire that reportedly is flat proof.

Manufactured of solid brass, the sets come with 12" braided steel hoses.

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Add'em Up!

Calculators for builders, contractors and other construction pros are available from Calculated Industries.

Construction Master Pro series have built-in formulas that reportedly simplify building math calculations involving feet, inches, fractions, metric dimensions and conversions, Trigonometry or right angles and lumber estimation.

Special keys are said to give fast

The PS220H dispenses .40 gallons per minute with a maximum pressure of 2,800 psi.

The PS230I has a 25' high-pressure hose and full-length gun filter.

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Painter's Hand Tools

Hand tools for painters, including putty knives, wall scrapers and taping knives in various sizes, are available from Red Devil.

The tire is said to resist oil, chemicals, and cracking from exposure to sunlight.

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Chip Shot

A chipping hammer for use on steel castings, concrete roughing and weld seams is new from ATP.

The Ergo 2000 line features custom-grip handles with polished, highcarbon steel blades. A 6-in-1 tool also is available.

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The product comes in round and hex bushings, with an aluminum or steel handle.

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Whatever Floats Your Float

Marshalltown Trowel has added a preshaped hand float for preparing concrete surfaces for final troweling or creating a rough final finish.

The product's blade is said not to dig in, allowing for a smooth finish.

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Porcelain Floor Tiles

Porcelain floor tiles with a clean glazed look for outdoor and high traffic areas are new from Gold Sea.

Named for an Austrian nature preserve, Karwendel comes in three colors and various sizes including I2"x12".

The oroduct also comes in a 4ll4x4-li4 version with fossilized dots.

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Sink Or Swim

Swan Corp. has a new l8-1/2"x81/2" round sink.

Close Up The Joint

A flexible joint closure system that reportedly retains the full integrity of the board's insulation ratings while resisting air, moisture infiltration and deformation is new from Celotex Corp.

Thermax FJCS moves with the envelope of the building without jeopardizing the air filtration resistance of the board joint.

The product is able to flex without delaminating, particularly during roof construction, where flexing under load is common.

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Look Sharp!

Smith Abrasives has introduced a sharpening tool with a diamond-grit sharpening rod that is tapered to fit and sharpen serrated blades.

Fork lt Over

Diamond Retractable Plus has a push-button control that allows the blade to retract into the handle for convenient storage.

The tool features builrin scissors, Phillips-head and flat-head screwdrivers and a bottle opener.

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Swanstone comes in 30 colors and has a lifetime warranty.

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Radial Arm Saw

A compact radial arm saw for web cutting of 2x4s to 2x8s is available from DolTer, Inc.

Little Dawg has a cutting depth to 3" and an 8", 10" and 12" blade diameter. The blade can be angled 45' for compound angles.

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is ovoiloble by circling the corresponding Reoder Service number opposite the inside bock cover ond sending the form to New Products Editor, FAX to 949-852-0231, by E-moil to ddelvol@ioc.ner, by moil to 4500 Compus Dr., Suite 480, Newport Beoch, Co.92660, or by colling (e49) 852 1e90.

Toyota has added 3,000 lb. 4,000 lb. cushion tire fork lifts to internal combustion 7 Series. Featuring a patented system that helps prevent vehicle tipping, the trucks have a power-shift transmission for smooth transitions between forward and reverse.

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Bar None

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A solid brass bath grab bar from Concinnity meets all ADA requirements and has a personal hand spray with a slide/hook mount mechanism.

Straight, 90" and "T" grab bars come in various lengths and in 15 finishes.

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Lighten Up

A portable light with an impact resistant body and counter weighted hemispherical base that quickly returns the light upright if knocked over is new from Wobble Lisht LLC.

The product has a floating shock system, and its 500-watt halogen bulb produces 360' light.

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Singing In The Rain

An insert that fits into a downspout to eliminate the noise when rainwater hits the bottom of the downspout is new from RainQuiet, LLC.

The 2-518"x6" product insulates the dripping noise, allowing water to flow freely out of the downspout. Each package contains two inserts.

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Drain Surgeon

Luoma Enterprises has a new environmentally friendly, heavy-duty plastic tool that unclogs drains, sinks, showers, basins, tubs, overflows and more.

Rust Buster

A I2-oz. aerosol spray protectant that displaces moisture and bonds to metal tools, forming a durable coating that reportedly prevents rust for up to one year is new from Knight Marketing Corp.

Tool Saver repels and displaces water and helps free rusted nuts, bolts and corroded parts.

The product contains no phosphates, acids, caustics or CFCs and is VOC compliant.

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Wood You Please Finish Up?

Deft has a new clear wood finish in an aerosol can for protecting interior wood surfaces.

Crystal clear and non-yellowing, Clear Wood Finish comes in gloss, semi-gloss and satin sheens and can be used on cabinets, paneling and furniture.

The self-leveling product requires no sanding between coats and is said to be dry to the touch in 30 minutes.

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The Railing Class

The Shingles Scene

Globe Building Materials has added watertight asphalt organic laminated shingles that look like cedar shakes. but won't fade. crack or leak.

Aspen Shadow and Copper

Mountain Shadow contain ceramic clad granules that reportedly protect them from the elements, while retaining their rich color.

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Insulation Sheathing

Rigid foam insulation sheathing for commercial applications is new from Celotex Corp.

Zip-It is 20" long and 1/4" thick and fits into any drain to help keep water flowing freely.

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Prep School For Paint

A phosphate-free paint prep and clean-up product is new from Knight Marketing Corp.

Painter's Pal comes in 32 oz. spray bottles and I gallon refills and can be used to clean surfaces prior to painting or wallpapering.

The petroleum- and chlorinated solvent-free product removes fresh latex and enamel paint from brushes, rollers, pads, carpets and floors.

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An OSHA compliant temporary guardrail or stairrail system is new from Safety Maker, lnc.

Safety Boot's high impact polymer base is reusable and can be anchored directly into concrete and most other surfaces.

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Super Tuff-R consists of reinforced coated polymer/foil reflective and super non-reflective facers.

Reportedly providing the highest R-value, the product promotes designs for thinner, high-thermal performance walls and is not affected by solvents or ultraviolet light.

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What's AllThe Flap About?

Hunter Plumbing Products has an adjustable water-saving flapper that opens at the onset of the flush, when the tank is full, and closes before the tank is emptied.

Model 414P installs without tools and replaces flappers in standard twopiece toilets. It reportedly saves over a gallon of water with each flush.

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Fan Support

Pass & Seymour/Legrand has introduced a complete line of Reiker fan and lighting fixture support products that reportedly allow users to install ceiling fans or light fixtures in less than a minute.

Now Or Ladder

A compact ladder that converts from a step unit to an extension model to a stairway ladder to a scaffold is new from Cosco.

The World's Greatest Multi-Use Ladder comes in 13', 17' and 2l' models in both Type III household and.Type 1A commercial vers10ns.

Locks snap into place with a loud click for security, yet pull out easily for quick adjustment.

Three step stool and articulating ladders also are availble.

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Hall & Foyer Light Fixtures

The majority of Reiker fan and fixture products are made from heavy-grade steel and are said to support fans up to 60 lbs. or fixtures up to 100 lbs.

A triple-reinforced steel inner slide bar allows users to install virtually any ceiling fan or lighting fixture, whether it's new construction or retrofit.

Most products come with captive screws and peel-andstick adhesive to temporarily hold fixtures in place to free up hands for tools.

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Build Your Own Gazebo

Fiskars Outdoor Leisure Products has introduced an easy-to-build shade house with a canopy top, sun protection and aluminum roof.

The D-I-Y Gazebo features Cool-in-the-Shade canopies with knitted resin fabric that is said to block uo to 9OVo of UV rays while lowering temperature by up to 15".

Assembling the shade house requires only four 4x4x8 posts, four 4x4xl0 boards and eight hex screws.

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Robot Monster For The Lawn

A robotic lawnmower that is guided by perimeter wires secured by plastic pegs and uses an onboard computer with ultrasonic scanners to cover every square foot of a lawn reportedly 10 times is new from Friendly Robotics.

Hall and fioyerllight lixtures designed lo complement entry doors that feature textured glass panels are new from Progress Lighting.

The Palladian Collection features decorative textured glass and can be used flush or chain-mounted.

The fixtures come in Oxford Silver and Vintage Gold and are designed to fit entranceways, stairwells and tall, multi-level open plan areas.

Three-, four- and six-light fixtures are available, all featuring lift and shift

bases.

Emissions-free RoboScan runs on rechargeable batteries and mulches cut grass and deposits clippings back into the yard as a natural fertilizer, eliminating grass clean-up.

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Of Bugs & Homes

A 6-p., fuIl-color brochure on Advance Guard insect protected wood for interior house framing is free from Osmose Wood Preserving, (8OO) 24 | -0240.

The Skinny On OSB

A 6-p., full-color brochure on OSB is free from the Structural Board Association, 45 Sheppard Ave.8., #412, Willowdale, Ontario, Canada M2N 5W9; (416) 730-9090.

Construction Lingo

Constructionary, a 2lo-p. SpanishEnglish dictionary of construction terms and phrases, is $14.95 from the International Conference of Buildine Officials, (800) 284-u1406.

How To Generate Some Juice

A 6-p., full-color brochure on a transfer switch that reportedly allows users to safely operate appliances during power outages is free from Gen/Tran Corp., Box 1001, Alphareua, Ga. 30004; (888) 4368726.

Follow The Cedar

A full-color brochure on cedar decking is free from the Western Red Cedar Lumber Association, (425) 316-8845.

Water And Wood Floors

Water and Wood, a brochure on how moisture affects wood floors and how to minimize or prevent its damage, is free from the Wood Flooring Association, (80o) 422-4ss6.

Photo Finish For The Home

The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair, a 504-p. book with over 300 home repair projects is $34.95 from Creative Publishing, 5900 Green Oak Dr., Minnetonka, Mn. 55343; (612) 936-47N.

Live Life To The Tilt

Information on single hung tilt windows is free from Wausau Windows, Box 1746, Wausau, Wi. 544O2: (877) 6782983.

Some Mighty Powerful Tools

A 256-p., full-color catalog of power tools and accessories is free from Bosch. (d77\ 267-2499.

Show'em The Door

A full-color brochure on decorating with CraftMaster doors is free from Masonite Corp., I S. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Il. 60606; (800) 405-2233..

The Fire Down Below

A 4-p., full-color brochure on Firebox, which reportedly maintains a one-hour fire rating when installed in a UL L500 series non-IC fire rated floor/ceiling assembly, is free from Progress Lighting, Box 5704, Spartanburg, S.C. 29304.

PullThe Plug

A 6-p. brochure on the Isold Plug Load Control product line is free from Watt Stopper, (800) 879-8585.

Peace & Quiet Found Here

Brochures on Quiet Line sound control windows are free from Milgard Manufacturing, Inc., (800) 645-427 3.

Portfolio Of Flooring

A sample book listing Traffic Zone's 66 styles is available from Bruce Laminate Floors, 16803 Dallas Pkwy., Addison, Tx. 75001 ; (214) 887 -2lOO.

No Downward Spiral Here

A full-color product sheet on the Spiral Saw drywall cutout tool is free from RotoZip Tool Corp., 1861 Ludden Dr., Cross Plains, Wi. 53528; (877) 768-6947.

The Art Of Fencing

Garage Sale

Full-color brochures on custom wood sectional garage doors are free from Summit Door Inc., (909) 272-6633.

That's One Dense Door

A 6-p., full-color brochure on the Colorado Series of high density wood composite doors is free from Premdor, (800) 663-3667.

Throw ln The Trowel

A 67-p. catalog of finishing trowels, concrete spreaders and other tools is free from Kraft Tool, 8325 Hedge Ln. Terrace, Shawnee, Ks. 66227 ; (9 13) 422-4848.

Ergonomic Summit Meeting

A 24-p. catalog of ergonomic hand tools is free from Xuron Corp., 62 Industrial Park Rd., Saco, Me. 04072; (207\ 283-1401.

Full-color brochures on vinyl, picket and other types of fencing are free from UltraGuard, 871 Spring Creek Way, Templeton, Ca. 93465; (877) 444-1230.

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Universal Building Specialties, Inc. has been serving the specialty lumber needs of Florida's general contractors since 1959. We are seeking an experienced and skilled sales executive to help us reach the next level. The successful candidate will have a minimum of five years experience in sales and marketing leadership within the lumber and/or building materials industry. Experience should include responsibility for the development and growth of a strong sales staff, sales training, development and implementation of the annual budget, development of and responsibility for corporate goals. Proficiency with computer applications required, and a BA or BS degree preferred. The successful candidate will enjoy a very competitive salary, strong bonus program and a full benefits package. If you want to be recognized and rewarded for your accomplishments, please forward your resume to: Universal Building Specialties, Inc., P.O. Box 17 22, Lakeland, Fl. 338O2- l7 22, Attn: Steve Moore.

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WANTED: Plywood/OSB strips, drops; sound, square, uniform, dry, thickness l/4 through23/32. Prefened width, 3-ll2, 5-ll2 or wider. Length 32 to 96 inches or longer. Mixed or truckload. Send price and availability to FAX #901-682-8501, or mail to: Lumber Source, 4746 Spottswood, Memphis, Tn. 381 17. Phone (888) 576-8723 (LSOURCE).

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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 696: F ax 601 -428- 121 4.

Whether you're a retailer, truss manufacturer, treater or export company, we can provide the quality products-boards, decking, posts, timbers or dimension lumber-that meet your specifications. Call our office for details on how we can serve you.

At Britt Lumber, we specialize in redwood fence posts, boards and rails - made directly lrom the tog in our modern sawmill. We're large enough to meet your customers' needs, yet small enough to care and provide the personal seruice you need.

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HARDWARE EVERYWHERE: (1) Mike McFarland, Albert Mickadeit, Brad Martin and Bart Swan at the National Hardware Show/National Buildino Products Expo Aug. 13-16 in Chicago. (2) Phil Hartsfield, Linda Priddy. (3) Pamm Baker, Rich Quitadamo. (4) Brad Lambert, Barbara Benotto. (5) Nick Kent. (6) Dan Vincent, Bob Owens, Ben Stephens. (7) Mary Ellen Owens, Jack Skriden, Mary & Tom Tomjack. (8) Steve Elkins, Alex McTeer, Owen Pratt. (9) Cyndi Hobbs, Bill Megahan, Rob Mc€onnell. (10) Don Hogentogler, Scotl Hall, Keith Potter. (11) Frankie Epperson, Jim Epperson Jr. (12) Steve

DeMeyer, Tim Reed. (13) Richard Wallace, Ewell Smith, Kim Drew, Dave Mason. (14) Huck DeVenzio. (15) Andrew Capone, Richard Post, Roger Borgman. (16) Nancy Fenton, Peter Frometa, Anna Shemeikka. (17) Beverly DelGrosso, Skip Newell. (18) Bill Angdck, Tom Sapinski. (19) John Fonester, Stephanie Stephenson. (20) Kim Pohl, Diane Hoscheit. (21)Jim Murphy, Fred Maclean. (22) Ed Philibin, Christine Kaniecki, Josh'Safety Bug" Feeney, Earl Monis. (23) Jim Mitchell, Bill Driscoll. (24) Brett Smith, Phil Johnson, John Sanford. (25) Radio personalities Monis Carey and Jim Carey.

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For a free catalog of the best rack storage systems and sheds available for the building materials industry, call Amy tittle at Sunhelt today!

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Georgia-Pacific....................(800) 866-1414 (205) 233-0256

Grayson Lumber Corp....................................(256]. 292-3227

Great Southern Wood Preserving..................(800) 633-7539

Gulf Lumber Co., Inc. .....................................(334) 457-6872

McEwen Lumber Co .......\33/.l 432-2322

McShan LumberOo. .....(205\375-6277

Mead Southem Wood Pr0ducts.......,..,..........(800) 273-6597

Pacif ic Forest Products........(800) 730-6330 (205) 682-7550

Sanford Besources (TrimJoist).......................(205) 695-7128

Stringfellow Lumber Co., Inc. ..........,..............(800) 825-9400

Weyerhaeuser Co................(800) 541-4825 (256) 381-3550

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Anthony Forest Products Co. .........................(800) 221-2326

Bean Lumber Co., Curt .......(800) 232-2326 (800\ 482-2352

Deltic Timber Cop. .........(870) 881 -641 4

Hoovef Treated Wood Products.....................(800) 832-9663

Lewis Lumber & Manufactunno Co. ...............(870) 387-2884

Weyerhaeuser Co. ................(800) 643-1 s1 5

White Biver Hardw00ds......................,...........(800) 558-01 1 9

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Alpine Engineered Pr0ducts...........................(954) 781 -3335

Building Products of America.........................(800) 962-1518

Hoover Treated Wood Products, Inc. .............(904) 258-781 8

Lumbermen's UndeMriting Al|iance...............(800) 327{630

McEwen Lumber Co. (Delray Beach).............(561) 276-5155

McEwen Lumber Co. (Jacksonville)...............(904) 783-0170

McEwen Lumber Co. (Otlando)......................(407) 299 4280

McEwen Lumber Co. (Tampa) .......................(813) 248-41 1 1

Pacif ic Forest Poducrs........(800) 845-0224 (877) 955-9663

Precisron Architectural Products, Inc..............(888) 966-327

Robbins Mfg. (Ft. Myers) ....(800) 330-2219 (941) 334-2219

Robbins irtfg. (Orlando) ......(800) €2-8858 (407) 293-0321

Robbins irtfg. (Tampa) ........(800) 282-9336 (813) 971-3030

Southeastem Metals Mfg. C0.........................(904) 757-4200

Southem Pine Inspection Bureau.,.................(904) 434-261 1

Southem Pine Timber Products.....................(800) 229-7463

Southem Wire Cloth C0.......(800) 345-6589 (305) 688-2572

Weyerhaeuser BMD (Jacksonville)................(800) 342-5955 (904) 783-2007

Weyerhaeuser BMD (Pompano Beach).........(800) 432-0655 (954) 946-51 1 1

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Barker Group, The.. .......(800) 77 1-5173

Burt Lumber Co...... .......(706) 678-1531

Georgia Lumber Co .......(800) 995-8627

Georgia-Pacific....................(770) 953-7000 (800) 866-1414

Hickson Corp. (Wolman)................................(770) 801-6600

Hoover Treated Wood Products............-........(800) 832-9663

langboard............................(800) 864-3730 (912) 263-8943

Moultrie Manufacturing Co. ............................(800) 841-8674

Osm0se.................. .......W0\228'UU

Pacific Lumber Co. . .......(r/0) 99$8939

Rayonier................. .......(912) 367-3671

Sunbelt Mateial Handling....(800) 353-0892 (770\ 569-2244

One Answer is PYRO-GUARD@ lnterior Fire Retardant Treated Wood.

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Terry Shepherd, 44, president, Mid-America Hardwoods Inc., Fulton, Ms., died in a freak accident Aug. 8 following an employee picnic.

A third generation lumberman, he founded Mid-America Hardwoods with his brother Rob and father Gary in 1919.

The business grew to include a moulding, flooring and dimension plant in Sarcoxie, Mo., and two plants in Pierce City, Mo.

Rob Shepherd, brother-in-1aw Kenny Porter and son-in-law Scott Templeton continue to run the business.

Solly Moglovkin, 78, sales mgr., Tapper Lumber Sales, Houston, Tx., died luly 27.

A native of Detroit, Mi., he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII in North Africa.

An employee of Tapper Lumber since 1969, he was past president of the Houston Hoo-Hoo Club.

Wayne Knoth, 59, retired executive vice president of engineering. Universal Forest Products, died of

cancer Aug. 5.

A native of Muskegon, Mi., and a U.S. Air Force veteran, he worked for Universal Forest Products from 1970 to 1998.

TRANSLOAD Distribution Association

contingent ol 24 transloaders, shippers, railroad and trucking officials lrekked 1,000 miles touring reload centers along the U.S./Canadian border. (Below) The July 24-27 Rocky Mountaiir High Tour included a stop at Eastport Industries Reload Center, Eastport, ld., and its caboose office/conference room. (At right) Bill Fogarty (left), gen. mgr., Port ol Montana. exolains lumber lransload-

ing to Kevin Dugan, Lucky Seven, Kingman, Az.; John Gearhart. Precision Components Inc., Phoenix, Az., and Ren Hearlsill, Transload Ltd., Birmingham, Al..

Save money on your inventory by stocking 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 pine.

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