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Weyerhaeuser Slashing 1,500 Jobs

Weyerhaeuser Co. will trim its payroll by 1,500 workers, with two-thirds of the cuts taking place at corporate headquarters in Federal Way, Wa.

Weyco c.e.o. Dan Fulton said the cuts, part of an ongoing refocus on wood products and timberlands, could save the business $375 million a year.

Spokesman Bruce Amundson said that many of the 1,000 positions being eliminated at headquarters, which currently employs 2,500, supported packaging and paper divisions, which were recently sold to International Paper.

LP lssues Composite Deck Advisory

LP Building Products, Nashville, Tn., issued a product advisory for composite decking and railing manufactured at its plant in Meridian, Id., after January 1,2005, and before October 2007-when the plant was sold to Fiber Composites, New London, N.C.

"We want consumers to be aware of the potential risk of injury, and to contact us," said Rick Olszewski, LP's executive v.p.-specialty products and sales. "Though only a small portion of decking sold has been affected by these issues, we urge people who bought or installed these composite decking products after January I, 2005, to contact us for an inspection."

According to LP, the company has received "claims of premature deterioration of a small portion of these decking products due to variation in the manufacturing process." Affected products include deck board and railings sold under the names of WeatherBest-sold at LBM dealers nationwide-plus ABTCo and Veranda, which were sold at Home Depot stores in the western U.S. Veranda is produced by several manufacturers, but only product produced by LP is affected by this advisory.

WeatherBest products manufactured after LP sold the plant to Fiber Composites are not affected by LP's advisory. According to Fiber Composites, important product formulation changes that have been "proven and promoted" for many years under the company's Fiberon brand of decking and railing were made once the plant was acquired.

Boards produced by Fiber Composites have a clearly defined kerf that LP boards don't have. More information and a product-advisory flyer for dealers are available online at www.deckingnotice.com. If contacted, LP will arrange deck inspections and replace affected portions.

Wholesaler Entering Spokane

Lumber Yard Supply, Great Falls, Mt., will open a new distribution center early next year in Spokane, Wa., and has established an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

The new branch expands its territory to include eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and northeast Oregon.

Jason Bake. who has worked with LYS for nine years, will serve as branch manager for the new location, which expects to begin operations January 5,2009.

As at its two Montana yards, LYSSpokane will off'er builders engineered wood products from ilevel by Weyerhaeuser. Weyerhaeuser had previously served by Spokane market by leasing reload space.

Owen Robinson, majority stockholder of LYS and the fourth generation to run the business his family founded 122 years ago, introduced an ESOP to reward long-time, loyal employees, after initially thinking "in my case that it was too late to make an ESOP work for my retirement planning."

"I thought if the business sold to a different company, that new company would need our employees," he said.

"I realized, however, that wasn't necessarily the case and that our employees would not be protected."

Millwork Group Opens Up Wood Moulding & Millwork

Producers Association is dropping the "Wood" from its name and inviting PVC and composite millwork manufacturers to join its ranks.

"Two years ago, the membership elected to invite the PVC millwork manufacturers to our meetings," said executive v.p. Kellie Schroeder. "Our membership realized the moulding and millwork substrate may be different, but the same marketing, freight, human resource, and distribution challenges face wood, MDF and PVC producers."

New officers have also been installed at the Moulding & Millwork Producers Association (MMPA)president John Morrison, Sunset Moulding Co., Live Oak, Ca.; v.p. Ted Smith, Smith Millwork, Lexington, N.C.; treasurer Craig Young, TLC Mouldings, Willacooche, Ga., and immediate past president Tom Williams, Yuba River Moulding & Millwork, Yuba City, Ca. Morrison will serve until March 20 10.

DOMESTIC SALES: Jerry Long, Michael Parrella, Janet Pimentel, Pete Ulloa, George Parden, Vince Galloway, Steve Batick, Chris Hexburg.

INTERNATIONAL SALES: Nestor Pimentel, Oscar Portillo.