l{ews Briefs

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Timber Products laid off 16 employees at its plant in Munising, Mi., which is working through an ongoing contract dispute ...

German Timber Promotion Fund is liquidating, after the German Constitutional Court deemed its marketing activities unconstitutional and in violation of entrepreneurial freedom; participating mills hope to one day establish a new organization to promote German wood products

Silvaris Corp. will sell all downfall OSB from Weyerhaeuser's mill in Grayling, Mi., through www.osbmarket.com; Silvaris already sells all downfall from Weyco's mills in Sutton, W.V.; Arcadia,La., and Elkin, N.C. ...

Weston Forest Products has purchased Colony Ratcliff LumDer's industrial lumber business ...

Fry's Wholesale Lumber, Justin, Tx., is now distributing Flamedxx fire retardant OSB

BlueLinx Corp., Atlanta, Ga., is now carrying all Nichiha fiber cement products

Holbrook Lumber Co., Albany, N.Y., has resumed distribution of GeoDeck composite decking in the Northeast and will carry Green Bay Decking's next generation of composite products in 2010; Holbrook had stopped carrying GeoDeck at the end of 20O7 ...

Fierst Distributing Co, Pittsburgh, Pa., is now distributing Brazilian hardwood flooring from Cikel America, Miami, Fl.

Lowe's has tapped Johns Manville as its exclusive supplier of fiberglass insulation

Norbord Inc. has achieved Forest Stewardship Council certification at a third OSB mill-in Bemidji, Mn.-and had five more OSB mills chain-of-custody certified under the Sustainable Forest Initiative. bringing the total to seven

Biewer Lumber, St. Clair, Mi., has been granted FSC chain-of-custody certification by Scientific Certification Systems

Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Leesburg, Fl., has been FSC chain-of-custody certified by SmartWood

Deerfield Builders Supply, Deerfield Beach, Fl., has been FSC chain-of-custody certified by Scientific Certification Systems ...

Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp., Louisville, Ky., was named LBM Vendor of the Year by Do it Best ...

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SOUTHERN FOREST Products Association recently held its 2009 annual meeting at The Roosevelt in New Orleans, La. Attendees included (1): Joe Patton, Chip Harrigan. (2) Dianne Breaux, Huck DeVenzio, Joe Kusar, Linda Patch. (3) Robin & Janet Swift. (4) Jeff Hurst, Angela & Mark Culpepper. (5) David DeVries, Linda & Fritz Mason. (6) Lynda Anthony. (7) Debbie Brady, Mike Pastore. (8) Mark Richardson, Ryan Hilsinger. (9) Grady Payne, Ron Coker. (10) Mike Gulledge, Nick Roppolo. (11) Pete & Georgiann Gullett. (12) Jim & Nancy Loy, Rebecca & William Almond. (13) Ben Stimpson. (14) Tim & Debra Lee Brown, Brian & Carol Hayson. (More photos on next page)