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Falling leaves, fbotball and cooler weather all remind us that fall is here. But autumn also brings a full round of industry meetings and with thern an annual opportunity to enlarge our knowledge and expand our experience.
As never befbre, business survival depends upon being up to speed on the latest skinny. Indeed, business success increasingly is the province of those who manage to get ahead of the knowledge curve. To gain and retain that advantage is ever more important.
Whether you are attending your annual retail lumber dealer convention, gathering with other wholesalers or sitting in on a technical or marketing committee for your manufacturcr employer, you have a solid shot at Learning with a capital L. One o1'Arnerica's greatest strengths is our liee llow of infbnnation.
It's always disappointing to sit in on meetings and see the number of people whose eyes glaze over, their minds either idling or simply else-
where. Having endured decades of boring meer ings, we would be the first to admit that every meeting morsel is not going to be solid gold. In f'act, sorne ol'the tripe we've heard barely qualifies as base nretal. Yet often, just when it seems that tedium is about to overtake the human physique, someone will utter rhat bit of knowledge that makes the whole exercise worthwhile.
Sometimes it is a formal presentation that delivers a distillation of years of formal research. But an offhand remark by someone whose experience exceeds your own can be just as rewarding Suddenly, those mistakes that you might have had to make to get fiom A to B can be avoided. Now you've -sot the straight path to your destination. And all you did is sit there and listen.
As we leave the Industrial Age and are propelled into the Inforrnation Age it becomes increasingly clear that Sir Francis Bacon had it right when he said: Knowledge is Power.
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A MERICA'S appetite for lumber ll.products continues to grow. with lumber demand in 1999 expected to reach an all-time high for the second consecutive year. Demand is forecast to decline modestly in 2000, but remain at historic high volumes.
The Western Wood Products Association, in its semi-annual forecast of lumber supply and demand, estimates U.S. lumber demand will total a record 53.3 billion bd. ft. in 1999, an increase of 2.2Vo from 1998.
Unexpected gains in housing construction and continued growth in the economy will contribute to the record lumber demand. WWPA expects housing starts to finish the year at 1.65 million, the best year for housing since 1986. Lumber use for repair and remodeling is also forecast to rise I.57o. Together, residential construction and repair/remodeling account for two-thirds of the lumber use in the country.
Looking to next year, WWPA forecasts lumber demand to slip 27o to 52.3 billion bd. ft. While lower, the demand in 2000 would be the second highest in history.
Housing starts are expected to fall 5.3Vo to 1.56 million, as WWPA anticipates higher interest rates and slower economic growth in 2000.
Western lumber production should improve to nearly 17 billion bd. ft. in 1999, up 37o from the previous year. Next year, output at westem sawmills should fall a modest 1.87o to 16.66 billion bd. ft.
Lumber imports are expected to top a record 18.96 billion bd. ft. in 1999. with most of the volume from
Canada. In 2000, WWPA estimates a l.l7o decline in lumber imports. U.S. lumber exports should recover in 1999 to 1.35 billion ft., following a sharp drop in 1998 caused by economic problems in Japan and Asia. In line with an expected economic recovery around the world, exports in 2000 should rise 4.3Vo.
THE TERM "successful merger" is I probably an oxymoron. In fact, many mergers fail. Fail doesn't mean that the companies go bankrupt, but typically what happens is that they don't meet the expectation of the architects of the deal.
In a merger, security is number one on the list. People can do arithmetic. So, if you're going to put two companies together, folks freak real fast. "Who's going to be first to lose his job?" "I've been here a long time. What's going to happen to me?" "Who is going to be the winning company?" "Are we going to be like Mercedes Benz or are we going to be like Chrysler?" "And who's going to control this thing?"
Bottom line is that when you're dealing with a merger, folks are worried and the job is always bigger than you think it's going to be.
Our company, Monierlifetile, was formed as a result of a merger between Monier Inc. and Boral Lifetile-both over $100 million companies, with l7 plants and 1,500 employees between the two. Two companies that were working at about 50Vo capacity utilization. Two companies whose cultures could not have been more radically different.
It would be like putting the Denver
Broncos and the Oakland Raiders in a room one morning and saying, "You guys are now one team." At trade shows, these two companies would make sure that they'd go down different aisles so they wouldn't run into one another. Two companies that hated each other.
But thanks to a solid action plan and a proactive management team, today we are leading the new construction and re-roof markets with America's top selling roof tile.
So where do you start? First, one of the most important things you can do-and no one does this-is to put your head down and focus on the notso-obvious, the nuts and bolts. It's the boring stuff that makes mergers work.
I like to think of the process in eight steps that can be divided into three phases, beginning with:
(l) Leadership. Somebody has to take charge, and you've got to sound like you know what you're talking about. You've got to talk about why you're merging, what's it going to do for the company, and what's it going to do for the employees.
They want to know "what's it going to do for me?" And if they're
not convinced it's a good thing, you've got a problem. The vision must be communicated and someone needs to inspire passion to get people behind the new company.
The first day of the merger, every manager from both companies came in at 8:30 for what they thought was a company meeting. They just happened to meet in hotels about 200 yards apart, not knowing what was
know-a common issue.
(4) Initial Positioning and Communications. Change the corporate identity within the first two weeks. Immediately, within the first two days, all old posters, flyers, brochures, binders and signs have to come down and off people's shelves. Get the new logo up and running right away.
our direct labor people, knowing their names. When I walk up and ask them, by name, how they're doing, I see their faces light up.
(7) Execution. If you actually do all the boring stuff-the nuts and bolts-and work on developing a new culture, you'll find yourself with a successful merger and a thriving new corporate culture.
about to be announced. At 10:00, one of the companies walked across the street, walked in the door, and the company that was in the room had a receiving line to welcome the people they'd always hated. We were there for 24 hours talking about the direction, the vision, the purpose and the benefits.
(2) Micro Pre-planning. Pick your executive team early in the pre-planning process. We went underground a week before the merger was announced and laid out everything that we were going to do the first 30 days, hour by hour.
Address employees' concerns head on. It buys a lot of credibility. Bring up controversial issues before employees do, even just to let them know that while you may not have all the answers today, here's how you're going to handle it. Don't hide from concerns. And make sure the team stands as one.
(3) Initial Launch. You need to put together an announcement schedule. What are you doing? Who, what, when, where? Make sure your customers don't know what's going down before the sales reps
Then you've got to get out and talk to people. We did this by going on a road show and visiting our employees, customers and vendors. We spent a week and a half meeting employees at the plants and giving them the new communication plan, so everyone knew exactly what we were doing and why. We set up a voicemail mailbox that folks could call and leave questions anonymously. We started internal newsletters. It's the little things that start making a difference.
(5) Assessment. While you're still in the first 30 days, do an analysis to determine where the two companies are in the marketplace. Identify strengths and weaknesses. Determine who stays, who goes. Get away from trying to balance keeping this many from this company and this many from that company. Make decisions based on skill and bring in a few folks from the outside to balance the thinking.
(6) Rationalization and Gap Plan. This is where you get into deeper consolidation, where you start to look at how many products, plants and people you have and get your executives involved, really involved. When I go through manufacturing plants, I work on knowing some of
(8)Tree Trimming, Reassess and Modify Plan. I call this final phase the forever stage. The retraining, the reassessing, the modifying of strategic plans and communications, this never stops. If you are successful with your merger, you've got to maintain your new culture by constantly reassessing the environment.
In addition to overseeing the 1997 merger betvveen concrete roof tile manufacturers Monier and Boral L{etile, Don Hinshaw has worked with corporations such as Owens Corning, Levolor, Del M ar/B eat ric e and Samsonite.
The job is always bigger than you think it's going to be,
(2) Bond strength determines how difficult it will be to remove a piece of wood once it's cured. Typically, urethane adhesives are known for their tenacious bond. However, manufacturers are cutting back on bond strength to make products more user friendly if a repair needs to be made.
[.tOR SEVERAL years. hardwood I-' floorins installers have slowlv been switcfrng to urethane adhesives in order to comply with the Clean Air Act banning the manufacture of l-1, 1 Trichloroethane.
As a result, urethane adhesives have steadily gained in popularity to become one of the top selling hardwood adhesives. Now, more than a dozen urethane adhesives are on the market, retailing from $80 to $200 per 5-gallon container.
Back when chlorinated solvent adhesives ruled the market, there wasn't much difference between any particular product. Chlorinated solvent-based adhesives were basically made of rubber, clay, tackifier and solvent, and could not be modified to suit
installer customers to the proper product,.
a particular job. The physical properties were very similar, so it didn't matter which solvent-based adhesive was chosen. Urethanes, though, are made of polymers that can easily be modified by a chemist, thus changing the physical properties of the adhesive according to the type of installation.
Note the following physical properties to direct your flooring installer customers to the proper product:
(l) Elongation is horv much a product will stretch before it breaks. Wood expands and contracts depending on temperature and humidity swings, ultimately affecting the dimensional stability of the wood. If the adhesive is too brittle (low elongation) it will not be able to stretch with the wood and the adhesive bond will fail.
If temperature or humidity changes throughout the year are foreseen, choose a urethane with a higher elongation percentage. If humidity and temperature swings are not a factor, choose an adhesive with lower elongation and lower price.
It's also important to consider the type of wood being used-solid or engineered. Solid wood expands and contracts much more than engineered wood, so a high elongation percentage (no less than 807o) would be important. Engineered wood performs well with a lower elongation percentage.
Adhesives now offer as much as 1,000 psi ofbond strength to as low as 140 psi. If the floor will never be removed, won't require repairs, or is a commercial installation intended for heavy traffic, use a urethane adhesive with a high bond strength. If you anticipate potential damage from flooding, extreme weather conditions or are working with a type of wood that often requires repair, use an adhesive with a lower bond strength.
(3) Water vapor perrneability determines the amount of water that is transfened from the slab, through the adhesive, into the wood. Hardwood adhesives have vapor retarding characteristics, but are not vapor retarders. Water vapor permeability is measured in grams/meter-24 hours-mmHg. When comparing adhesives, just look at the first number. If one is 4.5 x 10-s g/m and another is 9.0 x 10r g/m, the adhesive that is 4.5 has double the moisture protection, because 4.5 is two times lower than 9.
If you have moisture-related concerns. choose an adhesive with a lower value. However, never install wood flooring if the moisture level exceeds the manufacturer's recommendations.
(4) Set time determines how quickly the product adheres to the slab. By manipulating the polymer, you can get a product that sets quicker or slower based on the environmental conditions. In low humidity, some products won't set for at least 16 hours. Others will cure in only eight hours.
Generally, with high temperatures and high humidity, urethanes cure fast; in low temperatures and low humidity, they cure slower.
fT'S THE kind of problem most manufacturers wish they lhad: how to provide enough capacity to keep pace with growing demand. For Glen Oak Lumber & Milling, it has become a familiar challenge, indeed.
The firm manufactures Prime Poplar paint-primed fingerjointed mouldings and boards at facilities in Somerset, Ky., in the heart of poplar country. The company recently completed construction of a second mill there, which begins operations this quarter.
states. "The Southeast has long used poplar for high-end painted woodwork applications, due to its great hardwood qualities. It doesn't dent and look beat up like pine when it gets banged around in the rack. The dealer has a nicer looking product in his rack, with less damage and waste."
The expansion benefits dealers and the local economy. "We started in '96 with 20 employees and currently employ 75 in two full-time shifts," says Smith. "We anticipate hiring 50 to 60 more people in Kentucky over the next several years. Mill #2 will run two shifts from the start."
Smith is already looking ahead to future expansions, even as he brings the newly constructed mill on line. With Prime Poplar sales showing no signs of slowing, he anticipates he'11 need additional capacity within two years.
The new 50,000 sq. ft. plant complements an existing 56,000-sq. ft. production plant, and a warehouse with space for 2.5 million ft. of finished inventory. This is the third major upgrade/plant expansion for Glen Oak's Kentucky site since the Wisconsin-based hardwood lumber and millwork manufacturer opened its first poplar plant there less than four years ago.
"The original mill currently produces 4 million lineal ft. per month," says Glen Oak president Bo Smith. "The new plant is designed to allow more flexibility for rough mill capacity and allows us to use personnel, machinery and wood resources more effectively. The new rough mill will produce blanks for S4S board production, plus all the shorts will be recycled and put back into fingerjoint blocks for mouldings."
Adds ceo Tom Talbot: "The increased capacity will allow us to more than double what we're presently doing in Kentucky, and give us the horsepower to write new business, and gear up for 2000."
Glen Oak has grown by filling customers' needs. Talbot explains, "In the mid-'90s, we observed dealers' mounting frustrations with fingerjointed primed pine used in paint applications, and invested time and money in developing a solution: a superior hardwood alternative with quality fingerjointing and a uniform, heavy primer coat. The response has been incredible."
Since Prime Poplar's introduction in the fall of 1996, the line's moulding sales have grown to more than $12 million annually, all manufactured in one mill. Utilizing most of its previous capacity to keep pace with moulding orders, Glen Oak was unable to produce the quantities of boards originally intended. The new facility will change all that. Its rough mill will supply both Kentucky production plants and will enable Glen Oak to optimize and significantly expand its poplar board production.
Southeast/Eastern Seaboard sales mgr. David Warford says the product is gaining momentum in the Southern
"The dealer has a nicer looking product in his rack, with less damage and waste."HIGH SPEED fingerjointer operators make certain mouldings and boards meet high quality standards.
I \ treating tags are the same. Do you know the difference?
In 1993, it became apparent that third-party inspection agencies monitoring treating plants needed an accreditation program to formally recognize quality treaters and inspection agencies. The result was the American Lumber Standard Committee's Treated Wood Program. Today, the 10 ALSC-
wood for various sizes and treatment levels according to AWPA standards.
Inspection agencies are responsible for inspecting the plants, and the ALSC monitors their work through unannounced inspections at the treating plants and agencies. If improperly labeled wood is found, the problem must be corrected, or the ALSC labels must be removed from the shipment. An ALSC board of review meets quarterly to study the performance of each agency.
Tags without complete information or an agency logo (sometimes called generic tags) may appear on treated wood not monitored by an ALSC agency. The presence of a plastic end tag does not necessarily indicate ALSC system treated lumber. The quality mark information should be printed separately from the manufacturer's warranty and guarantee information on the tag.
pieces of required information you should look for on treating tags.
accredited agencies inspect approximately 250 plants that produce 5.9 billion bd. ft. of treated wood a year.
ALSC's is the only accreditation program lor third-party agencies monitoring treated wood. Think of it as a security blanket for consumers, distributors and treaters: its purpose is the uniform application of American Wood Preservers' Association standards by the agencies and the treating plants. Identification labels with the agency logo on them are easily recognizable.
So how does the inspection process work? Treating plants are required to monitor each charge of pressure treated wood. They also must check the chemical's penetration into the wood and the concentration retained in the
All major building codes in the U.S. require that pressure treated wood be identified with the quality mark of an approved inspection agency. All treated wood purchasers (architects, specifiers, contractors, dealers, etc.) should be aware that building inspectors can-and do-reject improperly identified treated wood. Jobs have been halted due to the use of treated wood not meeting code requirements.
Not all inspection agencies fall under ALSC's umbrella. To ensure the treated wood you carry is produced under the ALSC system, there are five pieces of required information you should look for on treating tags:
(1) The AWPA standard
(2) Plant name or number
(3) Preservative
(4) Retention
(5) Logo of the accredited agency
This complete tag is your assurance the lumber is produced by a plant that participates in the ALSC program.
In addition, some treaters are using a voluntary CheckMark system, developed by the Western Wood Preservers Institute, as part ofthe label identification process. This system helps assure purchasers that the wood they buy is properly inspected and provides a simple method for identifying and distinguishing treated wood quality marks.
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Lummus Supply Co., Atlanta, Ga., opened a new retail store including a wholesale lumber operation in Oakwood, Ga.
Wickes Luntber has acquired Advanced Truss Systerns, Kings Mountain, N.C. ...
Elliott's Hardware, Dallas, Tx., will open its third store in the spring in Plano, Tx. ...
Home Builders Supply, Greenville, N.C., is rebuilding its facilities destroyed by fire earlier in the year...
Red River Luntber Co., Texarkana, Tx., opened a new 20,000-sq. ft. design center to showcase Marvin windows and doors, flooring products and granite and marble fabrication/installation ...
Carolina H oldings, Raleigh, N.C., agreed to buy Z}-unit The Terry Cos., Tarzana,Ca.
Sunshine Ace Hurdware, Bonita Springs, Fl., and O.D. Greene Ace Home Center Adonis, N.C., were aqlong recent Ace President's Cup wmners,..
Boozer Lwnber Co., Columbia, S.C.; Phillips Lumber Do it Centen Murphy, Tx; Pride Do it Best Hame Center, Amarillo, Tx., and multi-unit chains Parker Lumber Do it Cente4 Barton's Do it Center and Alama Lumber Do it Center were among winners of Do it Best purchasing awards
84 Lumber opened new S-acre yards in Pell City, Al., and North Lawrenceburg, -Tn. (store mgr. Gregory Radar, cc-mgr. Lee Christopher), and is building a new $tore in Clinton, N.C. ... the company agreed to sponsor NASCAR driver Scott Riggs
Lowe 's Cos. opened replacement superstores in New Port
Richey (Stephen Stocks, store mgr.) and Coral Springs ($tore mgr. Bob Sasbiston, asst. mgr. Israel Velez), Fl., and Durham and Wilkesboro (mgr. Terry Horton, co-mgrs. Mark Miller, John Parsons and Paul Nevergall, asst. mgrs. Steve Johnson, Todd Walker and Rodney Norman), N.C. ... the former Wilkesboro location was sold to the Belk department store chain..,,
Lowe's has begun construction in Davie, Fl.; will build a 177,000sq. ft. store on 27 acres in St. Augustine, Fl., and plans openings next year in Boone and Lenoir, N.C., and Boynton Beach, Boca Raton, Royal Palm Beach and Spring Hill, Fl. ...
Home Depot opens an 111,000sq. ft. unit next month in AikCn, S.C.; will build a 108,000-sq. ft. store on 14 acres in St, Augustine, Fl., and agreed to buy a site in Houma, La. ...
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Rugby Group, Alpharetta, Ga., has agreed to sell its Rugby Building Products subsidiary to H utrig Building Products; simultaneously, parent Crane is spinning off Huttig as a separate company, 687o owned by Crane shareholders,32Vo held by Rugby ...
Suilding Products Plus and American PoIe and Tirnber Co. have relocated to a new 30-acre facility in Houston, Tx.
Clemsa Lumber Co., Pollok, Tx., is a new SYP 2" dimensisn mill ...
IJnited Paint Sundry Distributors of Americc, parent of Inlcnd Sales Co., Dallas and Houston, Tx., has joined Distribution America's new Paint Sundry Group
Fulterer U&4, High Point, N.C., added an Anaheim, Ca., DC ...
Clopay Building Products has opened a 50,000-sq. ft. regional DC in Duluth (Atlanta), Ga., to serve retailers in I I Southeastern $tates; Shane Cagle, mgr.
U.S. Plastic Lumber Corp., Boca Raton, FL, completed its acquisition of plastic film recycler Eureka Plastics of Californiu and plastic container recycler fcoSource Corp. ...
Bowater subsidiary Calhoun N ewsprint Co.n Grsenville,' S.C., agreed to sell 133,000 acres cf N.C. and S.C, timberlands to Wac hov ia Ti mb e rland Inv e stme nt Managemenr for $163 million ...
National F enestation Rating Cauncil is now requiring participatiag manufacturers to rate solar heat gain coefficient and visible tmnsmittance in addition to U-factor...
I*aisiana- P acr,fc, Silsbee, Tx.n is developing a cooperative management plan with The Nature Conservancy to conserve over 1,300 acres' of company-owned land in the Piney Woods io protect the red-cockaded woodpcker and other species
New Web sites: ''A,raerican Wood- P re s erve rs' A ss o c iat ion, Granbury, Tx., www.awpa.com Columbus Lumber Co., LLC, Brookhaven, Ms., www.columbustumber.com...
Anniversaries: Freeman Corp., Winchester, Ky., 85th ... Varn Waod Products, Hoboken, Ga., 30th ... Shirel Lumber Co., Inc., Sturgis, Ky.,20th
Ilousing starts in Sept. (latest figs.) fell 3Vo to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.518 mil- lion single family starts dropped ZVo, multifatrrily were at a rate of 313,000 for 5+ units and 33,000 for 2-4 units ... permits decreased 1Vo to a 1.501 million annual rate' ''1";:'.'r'
Listitrgs are ctftctt subntitted ,nonil$ in advance. Always ysyyy dates and locatiorts tvith sponsor before making plans to attend.
Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers AssociationNov. l0-12, executive committee meeting, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Amelia Island, Fl.; (410) 546-0791.
Architectural Woodwork InstituteNov. l1-14, executive committee meeting, Marriott's Casa Marina Hotel, Key West, Fl.; (703) 733-0600.
National Hardwood Lumber AssociationNov. 13, sawyer/ edgermar/trimmerman training course, Memphis, Tn.; (800) 933-03 r 8.
International Mass Retail AssociationNov. 17-19, store planning & design seminar, Westin Innisbrook Resort, Tarpon Springs, Fl.; (703) 841-2300.
Southern Forest Products AssociationNov. 18, wood & water seminar, Charleston Hilton, North Charleston. S.C.; (544\ 443-4464.
National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Assn.Nov. 20-21, tall meeting, Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tn.; (901) 526-5016. Paint & Decorating Retailers Assn.Nov. 20.21, fall decorating show, McCormick Place, Chicago, II.; (800) 737-OlO7.
Wallace Hardware Co.Dec. l-2, winter market, Gatlinburg Convention Center, Gatlinburg, Tn.; (423) 586-5650.
National Association of Women in ConstructionDec. 2, chapter meeting, Austin, Tx.; (512) 476-5534.
Timber Products Training SystemsDec. 6-10, NCR lumber grading course, Conyers, Ga.; (770) 922-8000.
National Association of Women in ConstructionJan. 6, Austin chaptcr monthly meeting, Austin, Tx.; (5 l2) 476-5534. Do it Best Corp.Jan. 7.8, winter market, Dolphin Hotel, Orlando, Fl.; (219) 748-5300.
International Furniture FairJan. 13, Cologne, Germany (2t2)974-8836.
Lumbermen's Club of MemphisJan. 13, luncheon meeting, Racquet Club, Memphis, Tn.; (901) 682-2838.
International Commercial Construction ExpoJan. 14-17, Dallas Convcntion Center, Dallas, Tx.; (8W) 368-5242.
National Association of Home BuildersJan. 14-17, annual convention & expo, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Tx.; (800) 368-5242.
Buttery Hardware Co.Jan. 15-16, annual show, Palmer Auditorium, Austin, Tx.; (915) 247-4141.
National Housewares Manufacturers AssociationJan. 1619, International Housewares Show, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.; (847) 292-42W.
Mississippi Building Material Dealers AssociationJan. 20. 22, annual convention and trade show, Silver Star Casino Resort Convention Center, Philadelphia, Ms.; (601) 267-5522.
American Hardware Manufacturers AssociationJan. 2325, manufacturing excellence conf'erence, Hyatt Regency, San Diego, Ca.; (847) 605-1025.
DIY & Home Improvement ShowJan.23-25, Olympia 2, London, England; (01 l) 44-l8l-462-0721.
American Fence Association, Inc.Jan. 26-29, FenceTech 2000, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Fl.; (800) 822-4342.
Louisiana Building Material Dealers AssociationJan. 2730, annual convention & buying show, Lake Charles, La.; (22s) 344-43t7
Construction Suppliers Association named Wes Coodroe as its new president after his father, Ervin Coodroe, became terminally ill (see obituary, p. 35).
Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association has installed Chris Quinn. fbrmerly with the lndiana Motor Truck Association, as its
the timber industry falls below the nuclear energy industry when it comes to public acceptance."
new executive vice president, succeeding Cene Mueller, who retires in April.
Louisiana Building Material Dealers Association will hold its annual convention and buying show lan.27-30 in Lake Charles.
Mississippi Building Material Dealers Association's annual convention and trade show runs from Jan. 20-22 at rhe Silver Star Resort Casino & Convention Center, Philadelphia, Ms.
Expect lower housing starts during the first f'ew years of the new millennium, due to rising interest rates and home prices combined with a slowing economy, Resource Information Systems, Inc.'s Bernard Fuller told attendees at Southern Forest Products Association's recent annual meeting.
The good news, said Fuller, is there
won't be any recession, and high timber prices will remain.
Over 230 SFPA members, spouses and staff attended the Sept. 25-28 meeting at the Amelia Island Plantation, near Jacksonville, Fl. Themed "Beyond '99 with Southern Pine," the event featured speakers, marketing presentations and officer elections.
Alex Hopkins, Georgia-Pacific, was elected chairman. Other officers fbr 2000: Steven Anthony, Bearden Lumber Co., vice chairman; Vernon Massey, Louisiana-Pacific, treasurer, and Ross Lampe, Lampe & Malphrus Lumber Co., immediate past chair.
Approved at the meeting was a five year "Priorities & Partnerships" program to promote southern pine products through 2004.
International Hardware Distributors Association and North American Building Material Distribution Association are considering forming a strategic alliance.
The alliance would seek to formalize and broaden collaboration between the two associations, such as by sharing educational programs, networking events and market research.
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Federal invcstigators continue searching fbr links between bombings at Lowe's stores in North Carolina and a bomb tkeat to the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
Lowe's is corporate sponsor of the racetrack, where three spectators were killed and eight injured May I when an Indy race car crashed, sending parts flying into the stands.
According to an anonymous caller to the Greensboro News & Record, a relative ol' one of the victims of the accident had called Lowe's headquarters, complaining about the lack of support and aid given to the victims and their f'amilies.
Then, at 5:50 p.m. Sept. 22, a device exploded in the paint department of Lowe's Salisbury home center. Two minutes later, a similar device detonated 42 miles away, in the paint section of the Asheboro store.
The stores' sprinkler systems quickly extinguished fires caused by the explosions, although the areas sustained some water and fire damage.
One customer received second and third degree burns on her back and head when her hair and clothes caught fire. Onlookers rushed to her aid and, according to 48-year-old Mary Clay, "had me on the floor, rolling around with a towel or rug, trying to put the fire out."
Several others shoppers and employees were treated for minor injuries.
Six days later, Lowe's Concord, N.C., store was evacuated after an employee found a similar explosive device inside. Saf'ety ofTicials disarmed the bomb-considered to be planted by the same party-and no one was injured.
The same day, the nearby speedway
reported a bomb threat. Lowe's officials, though, said they had received no threats prior to the explosions.
Immediately, security was beef'ed up at Lowe's stores, as well as at the racetrack. On Oct. l, law enforcement officials posted a $30,000 reward for information about the bombings leading to arrests.
Agents are also exploring possible connections between the bombings and recent eflbrts to organize Lowe's employees.
Investigators fbund no connection between the bombings and a small Oct. 3 fire that caused damage to a door at Lowe's Lexington, N.C., store.
Ending months of speculation, Rayonier has chosen Jacksonville, Fl., as the site of its soon-to-be-relocated headquarters (see Oct., p.-41).
Based in Stamford, Ct., since 1979, the firm briefly considered Savannah, Ca., before deciding on Jacksonville after being offered an attractive city and state economic incentive package, according to a spokesperson.
Jacksonville is near Rayonier's expanding Southeast asset base, including 980,000 acres of Florida, Georgia and Alabama timberland the firm recently purchased from SmurfitStone Container Corp. The sale brings its total timber ownership in the region to 1.8 million acres.
The firm expects about 35 employees to move to Florida, where they will be joined by 35 to 40 additional employees to be hired after the relocation.
Separately, as part ofits debt-reduction program, Rayonier agreed to sell a Hoquiam, Wa., marine terminal to the Port of Grays Harbor for $9.5 million.
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Kelly Bigbee is the new sales promotions mgr. for Diamond Hitl Plywood, Darlington, S.C., succeeding Guy Martineau, who retired atier l7 years.
Greg Bridgeford has been named senior v.p.-business development tbr Lowe's Cos., North Wilkesboro, N.C., heading its new business development division. Matt Deeter is now v.p.-lnternet operations.
Denise Munro has been appointed sales coordinator and purchasing mgr. tbr Building Products Plus, Houston, Tx., according to Jace Ray, director of marketing. Don Poole is sales consultant for wood/vinyl marine projects.
Michael E. Case is now pres. and chief operating officer of Culf States Paper Corp., Tuscaloosa, Al. Former pres. Ed Woods continues as ceo.
Tim Dunlap has been promoted to senior v.p. of DW Distribution, Dallas, Tx.
Ron Massa has been promoted to Southeast regional sales mgr. for Temple, Inc., Diboll, Tx., serving Al., Fl., Ca., S.C.. N.C., and Va.
Gary Calder is new to sales at Rayonier, Baxley, Ga. Dave Morgan has left the company.
Matt Brininger is mgr. and Brad Heyde co-mgr. of the new 84 Lumber in Winder, Ga. New mgr. trainees include: Jessie Conner, Pearisburg, Va.; Gary Mills and Jason Cozart, Lawrenceburg, Tn.; Harry Taylor, Murtieesboro, Tn.; Mark Humphries, Hopkinsville, Ky.; Ryan Smith, Dann Grossman and Joseph Shepherd, Maysville, Ky., and Shane Perry, Versailles, Ky.
Jody Cummings is new to sales at Lumberman's Wholesale Distributors, Nashville. Tn.
Kurt Grabenstein has been appointed assistant sales/logistics mgr. at the Conroe, Tx.-based export office of Louisiana-Pacific, Portland, Or.
Tina Calhoun has joined the Raleigh, N.C., regional office of PFS Corp.
Mark Sylvain, ex-Robbins Wholesale Lumber, is now purchasing mgr. tbr Sunbelt Forest Products. Bartow. Fl.
Lynda J. Anthony has been elected v.p. tbr human resources, sal'ety & environment, lbr Anthony Forest Products Co., El Dorado, Ar.
Thomas D. Ross, GilcresrJewett Lumber Co., was installed as chair of the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association, succeeding Jesse R. Brand, Brands, Inc. Gerald Boland, Boland-Maloney Lumber Co., Louisville, Ky., is now chair-elect, and Michael Fritz, Rugg Lumber Co., vice chair. Joining the executive committee are new Manufacturers & Services Council chair Pam Mitchell, Hickson Corp., and Building Material Association Executives chair Jan Hansen, Lumber Association of California & Nevada.
Lynn McVay is the new v.p.-sales & mktg. for Little Giant Pump Co., Oklahoma City, Ok. Other promotions: Tracy Thomsen, national sales mgr.consumer products, and Thomas Sullivan, national sales mgr.-commercial/industrial oroducts.
Jeff Wicks is now sales mgr. of the southern division for U.S. Timber Co., Boise, ld., based in Conway, Ar. Kris England and Dale Santifer have joined the sales team.
Danny W. Huff, treasurer, Geor-qiaPacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga., has been named chief trnancial otficer, succeeding John F. McGovern, who leti to pursue investment opportunities.
Joel Weaver is the new sales mgr., and Larry McCracken, mill mgr., at Clemsa Lumber Co., Pollok, Tx., a CalTex Lumber subsidiary located in the ex-Hampton Lumber Sales mill.
Adam Wiles, ex-Georgia-Pacific, is now the Southeast regional sales mgr. tbr Talpx, Inc.
Robert McNamara has rejoined Bostik lnc. as national accounts mgr., after two years.
Shannon Sabres has been appointed mgr. of membership and communications tbr the North American Wholesale Lumber Association.
Mark Young, Arauco Wood Products, Atlanta. Ca.. has been elected to the board of the Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association.
Greg Walsh has been appointed account mgr. tbr the North American Building Material Distribution Association.
Dale Todd, Rayonier, Baxley, Ga., was named best overall grader at a recent contest sponsored by East Alabama Lumber Co., Latayette, Al., and Timber Products Inspection, Conyers, Ga. Category winners included: written test-dimensions & boards: Todd, lst place; John Burroughs, Jasper Lumber, Jasper, Al.; Marvin White, Gulf State, Moundville, Al.; Visual test-boards: Dale Todd, lst place; George Carlisle, East Alabarna, 2nd place; Jimmy Scott, Gulf State, 3rd placc; visual test-dimension: Anthony Gibbs, Rayonier, lst place; Bobby Edenfield, Rayonier, 2nd place, and Joey Deleoch, Rayonier, 3rd place.
Jeff Easterling, v.p. for marketing, Southern Forest Products Association, Kenner. La., was among those honored recently as 1999 Alumni Fellows of Mississippi State University.
Michael B. Glenn has been promoted to president and chief operating otlcer of Universal Forest Products. Robert Hill succeeds him as president of thc Western division.
Brian Edward Browning, loss prevention, salbty, haz-mat mgr., Lowe's Co., Knoxville, Tn., wed Angela Boling May 2l in Knoxville.
Charles Scott Adams, 84 Lumber Co., Huntington, Va., wed Tina Louise Howard Moore Sept. 25,1999.
Dan D. Lyon has been named mgr. of the lawn and garden department at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.
Do it Best Corp. has introduced a new category management system ol'f'ering retailers the latest merchandising tcchnology, linancial incentives and tools to target customer needs.
The Opportunity Program features a new planogram library on CD-Rom. The over 2,000 planograms, developed specifically for Do it Best operations of any size from 3,000 to 30,000 sq. ft., allow retailers to target their merchandising programs by type of store, department or product category.
The planograms, fiee to members, will be updated every 180 days with new iterns, expanded product mix and
new store fbrmats.
The co-op also is ofTering financial incentives to assist members with remerchandising, and two new research tools: customer satisfaction surveys and market site analyses.
Members will receive $500 credit incentive fbr each department updated, plus one year dating. Those remerchandising individual product categories get I 80 days dating.
Surveys help identify areas for improvements to operations and merchandising. Market/site analyses help evaluate a location, identifying sales potential by category, or reveal the sales potential for a precise trade area.
designed to enhance paint adhesion and provide temporary protection from the elements.
The product does not require back priming and can be used for nonstructural exterior and interior applications where lumber trim is used.
Available in l6'lengths, PrimeTrim is reportedly free of knotholes and other imperfections, and it resists splitting even when nails are placed l/2" from the edge.
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Georgia-Pacific Building Products has introduced a factory-applied, oven-cured prime coated premiumengineered wood trim that comes with a limited 1O-year, non-prorated warranty.
Eliminating the need for on-site priming, PrimeTrim's prime coat is factory-applied to three sides and is
Louisiana-Pacific's new formins lumber reportedly resists twistingl shrinking, cupping, splitting and warping for straight surfaces.
Fashioned from a mix of pre- and post-consumer recycled wood fiber, the 16'mouldings come in a factoryprimed, water-based white that readily accepts topcoats of most commercial brands of paint.
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United States Ceramic Tile now offers glazed 3"x6" wall tiles for commercial and residential uses.
Star Brite has introduced a tool that reportedly removes old caulk without damaging surrounding surfaces.
Caulk Rite features a recessed cutting tip located between two guide wings to protect areas adjacent to the caulk bead while cutting away the old caulk.
The product's specially shaped rubber pad guides the tool over applied caulking, smoothing out the bead without build up or deposits.
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A polyolefin foam for industrial and residential sound-dampening is new from Dow Chemical Co.
Quash dBl provides noise reduction and sound insulation and is unaffected by moisture, most chemicals and solvents. It is compatible with industrial materials and installation techniques such as nailing, gluing and thermal bonding.
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Split and clean, kiln-dried white birch hardwood and premium softwood kindling are available from Buchanan Lumber Sales.
Classic Comfort firewood, 1007o natural, comes in 10-lb. boxes.
Made from a special formulation of LVL, Teclam's ends and edges are treated with a moisture-inhibitine sealant to ensure weather protection.
An engineered wood alternative to traditional solid-sawn wood concrete forms, the product is available in lengths up to 24', a standard thickness of l-l/4", and depths ranging from 3Il2" to 16".
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Interior mouldines and trim made of medium density fberboard are new from SierraPine Limited.
The Fifth Avenue Collection comes in bright or matte glaze and is offered in five standard and 17 custom colors.
Tiles can be used for residential or commercial walls, tub and shower surrounds and backsplashes.
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A 17-l/2" fiberglass framing hammer that features a vibration-absorbing, hatchet-style handle with a highimpact rubber overstrike guard is pew from Vaughan & Bushnell.
Also available in wood and solid steel, California Framer's head is steel wedged and epoxy sealed for added strength.
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Interior and exterior cellular mouldings, trim boards and panels are available from Extrutech Plastics. Inc.
door for log homes or cabins.
Treeview features a flush mounted removable screen, center push bar, decorative molding and three tree cutout designs on three vertical panels.
The company carries | 5 styles of wood screen doors, all made from knot-free, kiln dried wood.
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Titan Metal Werks, Inc. has introduced a wood screw that reportedly will not split or stain redwood or cedar.
DeckEase fasteners feature a shank slot for self-drilling and screw automatically countersink to the necessary depth.
The screws range in size from l5/8" to 3-112".
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A metal, stud and joist locator with graduated AC detection has been introduced by Zircon Corp.
In addition to locating pipes and rebar, MultiScanner reportedly pin-
points the exact location to fasten hardware.
The product detects wood and metal through up to l-112" of drywall, plywood and most flooring and can be set to look only for hot AC wires.
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An easy-to-clean paint sheath that gives painters a convenient place to set their brush is available from Intromark, Inc.
Brick Mouldings do not require painting and reportedly resist water, mold, mildew and insects.
Trim Boards feature a solid, closed-cell foam structure, much like wood, but without knots.
Zero Maintenance Panels are moisture and chemical resistant and reportedly will not warp, rot, rust, corrode, stain, chip or peel.
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Columbia Manufacturing Corp. has introduced a new wood screen
Painter's Rest holds water or turpentine and keeps the paint brush clean and moist.
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Residential sheet flooring that replicates the look and texture of natural surfaces is new from Domco.
Cerama: Nature's Collection is a stylish alternative to ceramic tile, brick and stone and has a limited l0year warranty against wear.
The 6" and 12" width product comes in 28 colors and various patterns.
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A pair of ergonomic hand cutting tools have been introduced by Olfa Products Group.
Reportedly building code approved, Red Head kit contains four high-strength, contractor grade l/4"x2-114" threshold sleeve anchors and one ll4"x4" rotary hammer drill bit. The threshold sleeve anchors feature a six-rib sleeve design that provides for full 360" hole contact over a large area.
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Ames-True Temper has introduced a new wheelbarrow with contoured grips for smooth handling.
Handsavers feature stainless steel blade sheaths. safetv blade lock mechanisms and snap-off blades that reportedty never require sharpening.
The products cut wallboard, carpeting, plastics, cardboard and specialty wood.
The company manufactures over 80 cutters, knives, blades and accessories that cut material from hard plywood to paper.
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An anchor kit that supplies all the hardware necessary to install metal or wood door thresholds to concrete, block or brick is new from Illinois Tool Works Co.
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MerTile, Inc. has added a new Spanish red color to its line of residential and commercial roofing tile panels. Reddish-brown in color, the product reportedly resists winds up to 230 mph and comes in standard 3' widths and lengths of2'to2O'.
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An attachment that allows the Spiral Saw to cut, grind, sand and polish metal, masonry, tile and other building materials is new from Zip Tool Corp.
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ZipMate offers a variety of 3-112" or 4" wheels, blades or discs, and features a right angle design that allows the user to place it on the tool at any appropriate position.
The product comes in a kit that includes two cut-off wheels and three grinding and sanding discs.
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Engineered wood scaffold planks made from laminated veneer lumber are new from Louisiana-Pacific.
Teclam Plus is reinforced by hardened steel rods at 24" intervals that reportedly negates any potential weak areas and increases overall reliability.
The l-I/2" thick product meets or exceeds all applicable ANSI and OSHA strength and performance standards, without excessive bounce or variation from plank to plank.
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In a move to create the world's executive vice president of business largest retail hardware chain, TruServ development Brian Schnabel. Corp. is consolidating its three store "We would not be able to do the identities under the True Value name. things necessary to promote our stores
The move, which began last month, and to be competitive if we remained will rename more than 3,000 ServiStar three brands," agreed Barbara Wilkerand Coast to Coast stores by February, son, TruServ director and proprietor of allowing the company to funnel all its Blackhawk Hardware ServiStar, advertising and promotional efforts Charlotte, N.C. "Unified under True into promoting a single chain of more Value, we will have brand recognition, than 8,000 stores. supported by more advertising dollars,
"With the onslaught of marketing to promote a single brand. There realinitiatives by all varieties of retailers ly is strength in numbers." competing for consumer attention, Lott Home & Hardware True Value. well-known brands are paramount to Childress, Tx., already made the success," explains ceo Don Hoye. switch, atfer recently moving to a high-
From an operations standpoint, the er visibility location. "We've been in move provides efficiencies in signage, business for 22 years and have done packaging, inventory management, well with the Coast to Coast brand," material handling and distribution. said owner John Lott IIL "But with Consolidation of paint products alone more tratfic driving by the new srore, will reduce SKUs bv 393. we believe that True Value will brine in
"The increased focus on one retail some of those people who didn't come identity will provide far greater aware- to our other location." ness among consumers for each mem- Increased stores should benefit ber's store, rnaking us a competitive every TruServ member, he added. power both nationally and in every "Just like when a consumer sees a market where True Value exists," said McDonald's, they know what to expect
Booth Lumber is proud to announce the addition of a timber sizer to our extensive line of milling capabilities.
because it means the same in nearly every town. If we all portray ourselves the way we should be as True Value, then consumers will look for True Value because they know what to expect."
The move, though, also is benefitting the competition, since some ServiStar and Coast to Coast stores don't want to switch to True Value and are joining other co-ops. Elliott's Hardware, Dallas and Grapevine, Tx., for instance, is dropping its True Value afTiliation to align itself with Do-it Best.
In the first eight months of 1999, competing co-op Ace Hardware enlisted 25Vo more new members than it did the previous year. And of the 190 new Ace locations, l3l def'ected from other co-ops.
A new online auction and information site for the wood products industry has been launched at www.eWood.com.
e-Wood just completed its first round of financing with assistance tiom its newest board member, Donald Davis, former chairman and ceo of The Stanley Works.
The $400 billion-a-year wood industry "is a fragmented and disconnected marketplace, especially when viewed on an international basis," says Arnold Kraft, ceo and president of eWood. Currently, the site lists more than $l million in products from 27 companies with target prices ranging from $12 to $35.000.
Seasoned software entrepreneur Kraft founded e-Wood.com from predecessor site WoodExchange.com, which was started in 1997 by Lincoln Alden and supported and sponsored by the USDA Forest Services Economic Action Program.
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Robbins Mlg. (Tampa) ..,..,..(800) 282-9336 (813) 971-3030
Southeastern Metals Mlg. Co. .......................(904) 757-4200
Soulhern Pine lnspeclion Bureau...................(904) 434-2611
Southern Pine Timber Products.....................(800) 22$7463
Soulhern Wire Cloth C0......(800) 345-6589 (305) 688-2572
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Barker Group, The .........................................(800) 77 1-51 73
Burl Lumber C0...... .......(706) 678-1531
Georgia LumberCo .......(800) 995-8627
Georgia-Pacific....................(770) 953-7000 (800) 86e1414
Hickson Corp. (Wolman)................................(770) 801-6600
Hoover Treated Wood Products.....................(800) 832-9663
Keadle Lumber Enterprises, Inc.....................(706) 017-8981
1angb0ard...........................(800) 864-3730 (912) 263-8943
Moultrie Manufacluring C0.............................(800) 841-8674
osmose.................. ..,....(7701 228-8434
Pacitic Lumber Co.. .......(770) 993-8939
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Relco Forest Products (Langboard)...............(877) 633-5264
univeGal Forest Products..............................(91 2) 985-8066
WalkeFWilliams Lumber C0...........................(706) 323-4491
Weyerhaeuser C0. ..............(800) 282-3370 (404) 355-5971
Wrenn Hand|ing...................(800) 851-6766 (770) 987-7666
Glen Oak Lumbsr & Mi11in9............................(9Nl 242-8272
McEwen Lumber Co ......(502)297-8321
Weye.haeuser Co. ..............(800) 752-ffi32 (502) 368-3331
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Elder Forest Producls.........(800) 256-7 197 (318) 625-8141
Elder Lumber Co., Roy 0...............................(800) 844-0615
Elder Wood Presewing.......(800) 467-8018 (318) 964-2196
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Pc-licun Cos.' parent BSI- Holdin-cs, Dallas. -l-x., has .loincd all of its locations under thc nanrc Builders FirstSourcc.
Forrrrerl as a subsidiary ol'Stoncgate Rcsourccs in 1998, thc l'irnr has 79 lurnberyarcls untl -58 plants, whcrc it nlilnufacturcs trusscs, wall pancls, custom millwrlrk. Irrc-hung doors. rrindows. stairs. larninatc countertops uncl culturcd nrarblc vanities.
Sincc its inccl.rtion, the firrn has acquired l0 conrpanics, including Buildcrs' Supply & l-urrrber. Western Burlding Products, Pclicun C,-os.. Holrncs I-unrbcr. N'Ia1,1iclcl/Swain Building Supply. Kcllo-s-!r Lunrhcr ancl Blackstr.rnc ('o.
Lurnber rctailers and home builders are applaudinS U S 'li.adc Arnbirssadur Pctcr Scher lbr rcccntly unnouncing that the U.S. docs not intcnd to seek a re instlrtenlent ol thc Soliwood Lunrber Asree rrre nt r"'hen it cx1-rircs rn 200 l.
ln a lctter to Canarla's Minister' lirr Intcrnational Tratlc. Scher noted. "lt is our scnse that both thc LJ.S. lurnbcr industr1' ancl lurnbcr consulncrs havc becorne incre usinuly disenchantctl rvith the SI-A in nlany respects. Wc bcli*'c both thc govcrnnrcnts of'thc Unitcd States and Canadu shoulcl -eet out ot the busine ss of regulating lunrbcr tradc and. thcrclore we arc not inclincd to supllort un e xte nsion o1 thc SI-i\."
Irr rcsponse, National [.urnber & Builtling Nlaterial Dcalcrs Association presidcnt Cary W. Donnclly stated, "This is a hugc vindication lirr lurnber dealcrs who know they can rriukc a differencc and who pcrscvered lnd lbught our govcrnnlcnt and the largc and rvcll-I-inance il LI.S. tinrbcr industry coalitron ovcr principlcs rvc believe in '
Donnclly. tlrouch, did adrnit thlt "while thc Sche r. lcttcr acknowlcdgcs thc cl'lcctiveness ol our opposition. wc will continue to rrrlrintain our vigilancc. We presurnc that (Coiilition firr- Fail I-r,rmber Inrports) is alrcady prcprring t() launch a countcr-r'uiling duty action against (-anldian pro duce ls the day rrlttrr the SI-A expircs."
Contl'onted with an crnployee sliortagc. Hornc Dcpot has installcd computcr kiosks in their storcs cnubling customcrs to appll' firr u.'ork rvhcn thcy shop.
'fhc retailer has placccl kiosks in highly visiblc areas in cvcry onc of its store s. As cundidatcs conrplctc the itpplication. thcy are screened by thc cornputer. rvhich rr(luests that succcssf'ul applicants rerrrain lirr an intervicrv.
Accoruling to sevcral lnanagcrs. the irutornation has not only cluickcncd the application process. br-rt hus helped attract a hcttcr cluss of canditlates.
The U.S. Consumer Procluct Saf'ety Corlrttisstott has rccalle d irrounrl .120,000 bottlcs o1' Olynrpic De ck CIcane r. elrrinring i ll-l'r ttirrr.r r'lrps.
Accordinc to tlic USCPS. air ple'ssulc build up insidc thc jugs can bc cxpcllcd once the licls arc rernoved, lcading to eve damagc or skrn irritation.
'I'he procluct r'"us solcl in l- and 2.-5-gallon. urccn-cappcd containers. Bcigc-colorcd cappcd jugs wcre not all.cctetl. Sold lrom Junc 19913 to June 1999. the rccllled clcancrs havc hatch codes (XrC through l 2C and 0 l D through 06D.
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Aturf-,n\ l$$u o*,,00*"^^ *"dh$r+ilrlFISH & CHIP shots: (1) Tina Randall. Nancv Gillis at New South, inc.'s annual Customer
Appreciation Day Sept. 10 in Myrtle Beach, S.C, (2) Paul Wyola, Chris White, Chris Adams, Jeff Hallman. (3) Joey Hill. (4) Alethea Brown. (5) Jim Halsted, Bobby Smith, Bill Cox, Ken Greene, Ronnie Thomas. (6) Mack Singleton, Michael Short, Dick Rose, Harold Stowe, Ben Phillips. (7) Vic Brown, John Thompson, Ricky Stroup, John Blades, Allen Lundsford. (8) Chester Abee, Regina Williams, Frank Roberlson, Joey Singleton, Bob Williams. (9) Keith Blanton, Jimmy Leroy, Dale Seay, Roej English, Mike Barnes. (10)Trip Derryberry, Don Olson, Steve Roundtree, David Faris, Robin Green. (11) Mitch Schneider, Ed Robinson, Joe Olliff. Richard Stiles. AlGarson.
Ace Hardware is teaming Internet firm Our House, Inc., to create an industry-first "home solutions portal" offering products, projects, information. service. installation and an online community.
Called OurHouse.com, the e-commerce venture will be launched this month.
Ace will serve as the key minority stockholder in the company, acting as the fulfillment house by initially offering some 22,000 individual products extending beyond regular Ace catalog items.
Consumers will either purchase items directly from the OurHouse.com Web site or by visiting participating Ace stores with instore kiosks to be in place by April. Prior to introduction of the kiosks, individual stores will offer consumers online products via store Web sites launching in December.
Kiosks will be provided free to Ace retailers meeting prescribed criteria. They also will receive commissions from product sales generated from their store's kiosks and Web sites at about 607o of gross projects adjusted fbr direct expenses.
Commissions also will be earned on service providers, while consumer traffic will be driven toward participating stores for assembly, pick-up, delivcry and returns on certain items.
Universal Forest Products and Trus Joist MacMillan have signed a national agreement to sell engineered lumber systems to customers in the manufactured housing market.
Universal will stock and distribute nationwide Trus Joist MacMillan's products such as Microllam laminated veneer lumber, Timberstrand laminated strand lumber, and the TJI Marriage/Ridge Beam.
The deal does not include products for other markets, nor does Universal have exclusive distribution rishts.
He served in the Army Air Corps during WWII and later was a schoolteacher.
In the 1950s, he, Lloyd Landry and Gordon Q. Landry purchased Luling Lurnber Co. and renamed it Landry Lumber & Supply.
The firm was sold to Dudley Webre in 1982.
T.H. "Buddy" Wadsworth, 71, retired partner of Wood Treaters, Inc., Jacksonville, Fl., died Oct. l.
A longtime lumber industry veteran, he worked for family-owned Wadsworth Lumber Co., Bunnell, Fl., for rnany years, including after ITT Rayonier purchased the firm.
He founded Wood Treaters, Inc., in 1980, with partners Stan W. Hill, H.W. Hill, and J.C. Walker.
He was a past president of the Quality Wood Preserving Society.
Ervin Wesley Goodroe, Sr., 58, president of the Construction Suppliers Association, Roswell, Ga., died Oct. 8.
A resident of Perry, Ga., he was instrumental in setting up group selfinsured funds in Georgia, and helped to draft the language of the Georgia Lien Law.
He was a lobbyist for the independent retail lumber industrv from 19'12 until his death.
Lamar Richard Landry, 82, fbrmer owner of Landry Lumber & Supply, Luling, La., died Sept. 16. A native of Bowie, La., he was a graduate of Louisiana State and Loyola Universities.firor the first time in its 1O7-year his.a'torv. Hoo-Hoo International has held its annual convention on an ocean liner.
The lumbermen's fraternity held its gathering on the Carnival Cruise Lines' ship Elation, 880 ft. of floating fun. The cruise departed Los Angeles Oct. 3, visited Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico before returning home Oct. 10.
IAttendance was nearly 250, surpassing the conventions in Detroit in 1998 and Boston in 1991 Because of the success of the event, it is expected the forest products fraternity will hold another seagoing convention within the next few years. Attendees did not have to be Hoo-Hoo members to sign on for the fun.
Unbeknownst to the officers of the ship, renegade Hoo-Hoo members somehow managed to raise a huge Hoo-Hoo banner with its black cat emblem on the ship's main communications mast. For two days, amongst national flags and maritime insignia, the fraternal flag proudly flapped in the breeze (see photo, top left). The ship's officers sternly, but politely, required it to be lowered.
The new international president is Teeny Johnston; lst v.p. Archie Brown and secretary-treasurer Chris "Tuffer" Goff. Ron Garka is the immediate past president.
The 2000 convention will be held in San Antonio, Tx., Sept.9-13. Convention headquarters will be the historic Menger Hotel, where President Theodore Roosevelt founded his famed Rough Riders that fought in the Spanish-American War.
HOO-HOO (1) flag flew over the Carnival cruise ship (see story). (2) Past pres. Ron Garka, new pres. Teeny Johnston. (3) Jane & Harold Smart. (4) Archie Brown, Bill Lentes. (5) Dan Brown, Phil Cocks. (6) Jan-Evert Hermans, Chris Gotf. (7) Bob Carper. (8) Phil Steklenski, Marianne McNulty, Dave Siwek. (9) Jim & Lil Peterson. {10) Mark Edick, Connie Yeakel, Rosella Edick. (11) Annette & Dave Rinell. {12) Von Simpson, Al Meier. (13) David & Margaret Mclntyre, Malcolm & Robin Poryvell. (14) Canolyn & Joe Breeden. (15) Fred Frudd, Lee Roberts. (16) Debbie & Jeff Cain. {17) Margaret & Dave Marteney. (18) Y.G. "lzy"
Sanchez, Bob Johnson, Phil Braun. (19) Bill Harley, Beth Thomas, Maggi & Keith Waddell. (20) Dorise Johnson, Fina Sanchez, Elizabeth Braun. (21) Joe Burgoyne lll.
(Mare photos on next page)
HOO-HOO (continued from previous page\ (1) Supreme Nine: the board of directors. (2) Micki & Duane Hulscher, Kim & Pat Ehrenheim. (3) Joy & Jim Taylor. (4) Colin & Raylee Moreland, Slim & Val Fennell. (5)Kar91 Gibson. (6) Shawn & Sheila Sullivan. (7) Bernice & Manny Lltv_rl. (8) Norma & Jack Jacobson. (9) Lottie & Gerry Omand. (10) John & Dianne
Dehne. (11) Greg Cutler, Mary Moynihan, Rod Garka. (12)John Yeakel. (13) Aurirey & Lirry Sparks. (t+1 'aruce Arlington, Richard & son Ryan Martin. (15) Nancy Barnett, Donna Garka. (16) Norm & Bev lrons. (17)
Margie & Dan Olson. (18)Troy & Amy Good. (19) Lourea & Mike Garka. (20iDorothv & Dave'Blisen. (Zt) fiict< Kosolofski, Heather McBeath. (22iCecitie & nobert Smith. (23)Tom O'Meara. (24) Shirley & Pat Story. izsi aettv Jones, (26) Jenny Sullivan, David Kahle. (27) Tony Vecchiolla. iZS) Norma & Ed Gavotto. (29) Vicki & Ron Paul. (30) Rick & Retta gteich, Patsy Coffman. (31) Nancy Johnston, Anne Mari Foulkes. (32) loe Sinefer, John & Barbara Crdwford. (33) Marian Galbraith, Bernie Barber. (34) Elizabeth & Frank Mclean, Linda & Joe Purcell.
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