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Engineered Wood To Hold Steady

North American production of structural plywood and OSB is expected to finish the year at 43.08 billion sq. ft.. down just 30 million ft. from the record 43.11 billion ft. last year, according to the annual fall forecast of APAThe Engineered Wood Association.

Production next year is forecast to be almost as high. at 43.05 billion ft. The 2(X)7 forecast is based on the expectation that U.S. residential construction. although slowing. will remain relatively strong. with 1.835 million single and multifamily housing starts, compared to 1.95 million this year.

The forecast anticipates that residential construction in the U.S. and Canada will consume 24.2 billion sq. ft.. compared to 25.2 billion sq. ft. this year. Demand in all other domestic markets combined-remodeling. industrial. and nonresidential construction-is expected to remain about the same.

North American structural wood panel imports and exports (excluding U.S.-Canada trade) are forecast to remain about the same next year as this year. with exports at 484 million sq. ft. and imports at about 1.9 billion ft.

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LVL Oriented strand board production next year is forecast to rise by about 180 million sq. ft.. to269 billion. while plywood output is expected to decline 206 million ft.. to l6.l billion ft.

The structural wood panel industry as a whole is forecast to operate at X)7c of capacity in 2007. down from 957c this year and 98Vc in 2fi)4 at the peak of the housing market boom. About 2.3 billion sq. ft. of new industry capacity is expected to be added next year. with another 1.9 billion ft. in 2008.

Among other engineered wood products. I-joist production is expected to total about 1.25 million linear ft. in 2007. just slightly higher than this year. Glulam timber production is forecast to total 470 million bd. ft.. down 20 million bd. ft. from this year. And laminated veneer lumber output is expected to total 88.8 million cubic ft.. nearly identical to 2006.

The complete forecast is produced as a planning tool for APA members and is not available to the general public. However, the association also publishes a yearbook of structural wood panel and other engineered wood product historical production and market data that is available for $200. The yearbook can be ordered from the APA Web site at www.apawood.org/publications.

Nu Forest Products has experienced signifieant growth the past 5 years.

Effectlve December 1, 2006, wG have erpanded to the old PRMCO facitlty in Cloverdale, increasing our storage capacity by 5O,OOO sq. ft. Additionally, wG purchased 14 acres adjacent to this facility for future errpansion.

Stock Buys N.M. Truss Firm

Stock Building Supply has acquired Perfection Truss Co., Albuquerque. N.M.

"Perfection Truss Co. is the leading truss manufacturer in central New Mexico," said Fenton Hord. Stock c.e.o. and president. "This acquisition is an excellent complement to our 2005 purchase of Baldridge Lumber."

Founded in the 1950s, Perfection operates from a single location. Sales for fiscal year ending March 2006 were $6.4 million.

The purchase adds 36 associates to the Stock family. All senior management, including company president Jim Stafford, will remain with the company.

Raleigh, N.C.-based Stock now operates 316 locations in 33 states, with reported sales of $5.3 billion for fiscal 2006.

Meek's Closes Stockton Yard

The day before Thanksgiving. Meek's Lumber & Hardware closed its store in Stockton, Ca., and will consolidate operations at its store in Elk Grove.

Both employees and customers were surprised by the sudden closure.

"l don't understand. I really don't understand." said local contractor Terry Cooper. *ho had been a customer at the store for l0 years. "lt's kind of a shocker. We need a store here in the middle of town."

Before the closure. the Springfield. Mo.-based companv operated l-i stores in Northern California. Tu'o more stores are located in Nevada. while 30 are located in Arkansas and Missouri-where the first store opened in 1920.

A lthou gh c ompan y off ic ials refused to comment. others speculated that a weak lumber market and competition from other stores-includin-s two Home Depots. t*'o Lowe's stores. and new competition from Golden State Lumber and Reliable Wholesale-were responsible for the closure.

More PureBond To Come

Columbia Forest Products. Portland. Or.. will be-sin producin-e formaldehyde-free PureBond particleboard in the first quarter of 2007.

The companl, already produces formaldehyde-free hardwood plyu'ood products.

"We are extremely excited to roll out PureBond oarticleboard to meet the gro*ing market demand for formaldehlde-free materials. " said Brad Thompson. president of Columbia's pl1*ood and veneer dir ision. "Since rre introduced PureBond adhesive technolo-e1 for harduood plruood. our customers have been anriousll auaiting a formaldehrde-free particleboard. We're happi to tL'll them it's on its uar'."

The patented. soy'-based adhesive used in PureBond rras cooperativc'lr' dereloped b1 Columbia. the colle-ee of forestrl at Oregon State Unirersitl and Hercules Inc. Columbia has erclusive use of the patent tbr all of its decorative panel markets in North America. The companl is actit'el1 seeking arran-gements uith other composite panel manufacturers that uish to incorporate the PureBond adhesire s) stem in their processes.

PureBond particleboard s ill be manufactured at Columbia's Hearst. Ont.. facilitl u hich u ill also turn the board into finished harduood plrttcnd and other value-added panels-uhich are used in high-end cabinetrl. fine furniture. architectural milluork. and commercial fixtures. The companl also produces and markets ensineered and solid *ood floorin-e products.

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