ALL YOUR ESSENTIALS
Sustainable resource management
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Solid North American Hardwood Lumber for Flooring, Furniture, Cabinetry, and woodwork offer the potential for many generations of hard use because of their durability and quality.
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Presentations president p. 5 Mission p. 6 history p. 6 partners p. 6 lumber resources today export p. 7
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Products hardwood industrial pallets flooring
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Species presentation
hardwood softwood
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INFO classification p. 25 Properties and grades
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our team 4
’Do you work in the wood industry, reselling or consuming various types of products for processing? In you efforts to always stay on the leading edge, are you looking for new wood species to offer your customers?
ALL YOUR ESSENTIALS Allow me to present what Canadian hardwood distributor LUMBER RESOURCES INC. can do for you. LUMBER RESOURCES INC. has been operating in the Canadian and export markets for many years and is proud to offer you its know-how about hardwood products from North American forests. These wood species are well known for their quality and beauty. We can offer you a wide range of wood species, thicknesses and widths. Have a look at our brochure to see how they’re used to manufacture flooring products, cabinets, furniture, girders, frames, wooden beams and more. LUMBER RESOURCES’ services include the best packaging in the industry, an extensive network of suppliers, and comprehensive supply chain and distribution logistics management. We believe we are the undisputed experts for identifying the right product for your project, at the right price and on time. Our ability to meet your expectations and find the perfect solution is at the heart of what we offer our customers. As you know very well, our ability to find the right product quickly would not be possible without the involvement of an entire team of experienced and dedicated people working to deliver exactly what you need. Let’s build a long-term, quality business relationship so we can help you achieve your performance goals.
Philippe LeBlanc
President, CEO 5
Lumber Resources provides its customers with the highest industry standards for lumber, service and expertise. We strive to maintain the commitment and passion we have for our profession with:
The story of Lumber Resources begins with a family profession handed down from one generation to another. Philippe LeBlanc’s father Levi A. LeBlanc, a World War II veteran, owned a millwork company in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in the 1950s and 1960s. The company changed vocation over the years, from sawmill to the production of window and door sills and later to lumber distribution. Philippe literally grew up in this environment, playing in the wood shavings pile as a kid! Later, he would follow in his father’s footsteps, working in the forestry products industry.
HISTORY
MISSION
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After earning his degree in forestry from the University of New Brunswick, Philippe worked across Canada in woodland operations. After a rewarding career in operations, he started Lumber Resources in 2003. Since then, the company has grown, and now exports to customers around the world.
Fast turnaround times for last-minute requests; Experienced and versatile sales approach with extensive industry knowledge; Personalized service focused on customer satisfaction; Developing long-term strategic partnerships; Knowledge of market prices and industry logistics; Reliable delivery of the highest quality products.
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meet lumber resources PARTNERS
At Lumber Resources, we are very proud of the long-term relationships we have built with our partners throughout the years.
From the beginning, one of the core strengths of Lumber Resources has been attracting experienced sales talent who are specialized in the company’s areas of expertise: pre-cut pallet components, industrial wood products, hardwood lumber and flooring.
LUMBER RESOURCES TODAY
Working closely with our partners ensures the best possible service for our customers and solidifies the values that we try to live up to everyday: integrity, reliability and unmatched service whether it’s custom kiln drying, logistics or transportation support.
Integrity and perseverance are two key factors that have made the company successful. Always prepared to meet our customers’ expectations, flexibility and custom solutions are just some of the benefits of doing business with us.
The right product for the right application.
We serve a diverse group of industry sectors and supply companies with a wide range of wood products. Whether it’s volume, per bundle, LTL or truck load, we can fill almost any order.
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CANADA
The world
EXPORT Throughout the years, our sales team has built a strong international customer base in the US, Mexico, Asia and throughout China, markets where our presence continues to grow as we solidify our present customer base and develop new partnerships. We pride ourselves on our understanding of the established business and cultural protocols of each country and market where we carry out business. In addition, our knowledge of the financial logistics involved when dealing with each country is an added benefit of working with us. For peace of mind, from the first contact to delivery of orders, Lumber Resources can supply the best North American lumber products anywhere in the world.
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Export Packaging
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Painted bundled ends; HT certified crossers; Customized logo or Lumber Resources logo; Steel strapping; Simplified bill of lading with piece tally.
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HOW WE USE LOG
Flooring
Hardwood
Industrial
Pallet
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PRODUCTS hardw00d p. 10 industrial
pallet components
flooring
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p. 13 p. 14
products
Quality
Wholesale
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Integrity of sources that meet high‑quality standards; Wide selection of suppliers to choose from.
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Distribution
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Easy pick-up at our warehouse in the Montreal area (Saint-Eustache); Order one or more products for delivery; Orders per bundle of per truck load.
Export
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FAS1F; Select and Better; Select, 1 Common, 2 Common, 2A Common, 2/3A Common, 3 Common, 3ACommon, 3B Common, 3B Common Sound, 3B Pallet.
Also available
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Steaming of walnut; Surfacing and edging; Component and floor.
Wood species ±± ±± ±± ±± ±± ±± ±± ±± ±± ±± ±± ±±
Red birch Yellow birch White birch Eye maple Walnut Soft maple Red oak White oak White ash Beech Cherry Hickory
Thickness
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4/4″ 5/4″ 6/4″ 8/4″ 10/4″ 12/4″
all hardwood species details - p. 17
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Beams/blocking; Cants cut to precision and dimension; Crossers, notched or grooved; Dunnage; Framestock; Heavy thickness lumber, up to 24′ if necessary; Length and width separated lumber; Pallet cants; Railway car material.
products
We offer a wide range of industrial lumber at competitive prices. Whether you need beams, frames, crossers or other components, Lumber RESOURCES’ services include the best industry packaging, a vast network of suppliers, supply chain management and complete management of distribution logistics.
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pallet components Pallet components include pre-cut deck boards and stringers that can be customized according to your requirements and are available in green lumber and HT treatment. We also offer mold-free dipping. Ask us about your specific needs.
Wood species ±± ±± ±± ±± ±± ±±
Aspen Dense hardwood ESM Hemlock Softwood Tamarack
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Stringers, notched or solid
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1 1/8″ 1 1/4″ 1 3/8″ 1 1/2″
Other thicknesses available upon request.
products
FLOORING Lumber Resources provides both manufacturing and distribution services. We only distribute hardwood flooring made from North American species and offer customized COLOURS and dimensions to your requirements, including:
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3/4″ thickness and fixed width at 2 1/4″, 3 1/4″, 4 1/4″ and/or 5″; Unfinished strips, pre-finished, pre-varnished and/or pre-stained according to our color selection.
Custom sizes
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For distribution to retail stores according to your needs; With your brand name, the Lumber Resources logo or plain brown boxes.
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INFO SPECIES
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properties and grades
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CLASSIFICATION
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species
SPECIES p. 1 7
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HARD soft printed material may show small variation with reality
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Wal NUT Walnut
High-value wood
Walnut wood has a fine grain with diffuse pores. Its sapwood ranges from white to light brown. Its heartwood is chocolate brown. Walnut is highly prized for valuable items such as high-end furniture and caskets. It is also used in cabinetmaking for mouldings and architectural millwork.
HARD wood
Colour: Sapwood is pale to whitish brown. Heartwood is medium to chocolate brown. Texture: CLOSE-TEXTURED, DIFFUSE-POROUS. Common applications: High-end furniture, flooring, mouldings, caskets, millwork.
Red Oak
Red
Oak
Strong as an oak Oak wood is hard and solid. To the touch, oak has an open and coarse-textured grain and porous ring. The colour of red oak wood ranges from light pink to dark reddish brown. This sturdy wood is ideal for caskets, floor coverings and turnings. Woodworkers also appreciate its qualities for crafting furniture, mouldings and architectural millwork.
Colour: Light pink to dark reddish brown. Texture: OPEN-GRAIN pattern, RING-POROUS and coarse-textured. Common applications: Furniture, flooring, mouldings, millwork, caskets, cabinetry, turnings.
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Yellow
Birch Yellow Birch
Quebec’s provincial tree
species
Its sapwood ranges from creamy white to pale yellow. Its heartwood is rather reddish brown. Yellow birch wood is 25% softer than sugar maple wood. However, its grain is similar. This species is used for furniture, flooring, mouldings, architectural millwork and turnings.
Colour: Sapwood is creamy white to light yellow. Heartwood is reddish brown. Texture: Close grain, uniform, similar grain pattern as hard maple, although 25% softer. Common applications: Furniture, flooring, mouldings, millwork, cabinetry, dowels, turnings.
BEE CH
Beech Versatile beech
Beech wood has an intertwined and even texture, with a fine grain. Its sapwood is white whereas its heartwood is rather reddish. Beech wood has a variety of applications, such as furniture, mouldings, floor coverings and architectural millwork. It is also frequently used to make tool handles and sports equipment.
Colour: Sapwood is white. Heartwood is reddish. Texture: Straight to interlocked grain pattern, CLOSE-TEXTURED. Common applications: Furniture, flooring, mouldings, millwork, sporting goods, turnings.
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Hard wood
White Birch
White Birch
Wood that works well
White birch sapwood is creamy white whereas its heartwood is light brown. Its grain is very similar to that of sugar maple, but 25% softer. White birch has a wide range of applications and can be used to make ice cream sticks, furniture, floor coverings, mouldings, architectural millwork, turnings, etc.
Colour: Sapwood is creamy white. Heartwood is pale brown. Texture: Close grain, uniform, similar grain pattern as hard maple, although 25% softer. Common applications: Furniture, flooring, mouldings, millwork, turnings, ice cream sticks.
Hard Maple Multi-purpose wood
Hard
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The sapwood of sugar maple is ivory white with a slight reddish brown tinge. Its heartwood is greyish brown to dark tan. Its closed and even grain polishes extremely well. Highly workable, sugar maple sapwood is often used by cabinetmakers for mouldings, furniture, architectural millwork and decorative trim. It can also be easily used for flooring and sports equipment.
Colour: Sapwood is ivory white with a slight REDDISH BROWN tinge. Heartwood is greyish brown to dark tan. Texture: Close grain, uniform, polishes well. Common applications: Furniture, flooring, millwork, cabinetry, sporting goods, dowels, turnings, interior joinery.
SofT species
Maple
Cherry
CH ER RY
HIGH-QUALITY. Luxurious. Elegant. Cherry is a high-quality wood with a fine grain. The dark red to brownish red colour of the heartwood gives it a luxurious and elegant look. Its sapwood ranges from white to creamy light yellow. Cherry wood is used for making high-end furniture, architectural millwork, mouldings and other items. It is a great wood for cabinetmaking and also for flooring.
Colour: Sapwood is white to light yellowish cream. Heartwood varies from rich/deep red to reddish brown. Texture: CLOSE-TEXTURED. The heartwood grain and COLOUR imparts feelings of elegance and exclusivity. Common applications: High-end furniture, flooring, mouldings, millwork, cabinetry, caskets
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Hard wood
Soft Maple The softest maple Red maple features a whitish sapwood, which is slightly paler than that of sugar maple. Its heartwood ranges from grey to reddish brown, with brown streaks. The grain of red maple is similar to that of sugar maple, but 25% softer. This makes it an excellent choice for furniture, mouldings, architectural millwork and turnery.
Colour: Sapwood is slightly lighter than hard maple. Ranges from pale to almost white. Heartwood is grey to pale reddish brown with characteristic brown streaks. Texture: Close grain, uniform, similar grain pattern to hard maple, although 25 % softer Common applications: Furniture, mouldings, millwork, cabinetry
white Ash the home run hardwood The characteristics of this wood particularly suit Quebec’s climate. Ash wood is used among other things for making sports equipment such as snowshoes and hockey sticks. Its sapwood is creamy white and its heartwood ranges from light to dark brown. Ash has an open and coarse-textured grain with porous ring. It is therefore an ideal wood for furniture, floor coverings, mouldings, architectural millwork and tool handles.
Colour: Sapwood is light creamy white. Heartwood is light to dark brown. Texture: OPEN-GRAIN pattern, RING-POROUS and coarse-textured. Common applications: Furniture, flooring, tool handles, mouldings, millwork, sporting goods.
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p HICKORY Tougher than nails, and versatile too
HICK ORY
The combination of its hardness, strength, toughness, and stiffness are unmatched by any other hardwood.
Colour: Tan or reddish brown heartwood, cream to yellowish sapwood. Texture: Grain is usually STRAIGHT, though occasionally wavy, with a medium texture. Pores are medium-sized and open. Common applications: Cabinets, flooring, tool handles, PANELLING
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SOFT wood Aspen Wood quality – so soft Aspen has creamy white sapwood with heartwood that changes from brown to greyish white without any visible transition. In terms of texture, its grain is fine with diffuse pores. Aspen is excellent for mouldings, toys and caskets.
Colour: Sapwood is creamy white. Heartwood is greyish white to brown. Transition from sapwood to heartwood is usually not distinct. Texture: Grain is generally straight, with a uniform medium texture. Low natural luster. Common applications: Mouldings, caskets, toys.
Bass wood Basswood
Strong and flexible wood
Basswood is an ideal wood for many woodcarvers because the featureless, fine-grained, whitish wood won’t split or chip ahead of the blade. Its soft, fine, even texture makes it easy to work with, while its pale, inconspicuous colour doesn’t detract from the carved patterns of the finished product (which also makes it easier to paint and colour).
Colour: Pale white to light brown COLOUR, with sapwood and heartwood sections not clearly defined Texture: Grain is straight, with a fine, even texture and moderate natural luster. Common applications: Carvings, lumber, musical instruments (electric guitar bodies), veneer, plywood, and wood pulp and fiber products.
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Classification
INFO
Northeastern America’s forests grow hundreds of varieties of hardwood that thrive in temperate climates, including oak, ash, cherry, maple and poplar species. Each species can be crafted into durable, long-lasting furniture, cabinetry, flooring and millwork, and each offers unique markings with variation in grain pattern, texture and color.
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Combination of clear and select grades. The most standard high-grade hardwood flooring sold on the world market. Excellent appearance.
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Variegated appearance. All colour variations allowed.
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Rustic appearance. All characteristics of the species allowed.
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SPECIES Properties and grades
INFO
Dimensions
FAS SELECT
NO. 1 Common
NO. 2 Common
Width (random)
4″ (100 mm) and more
3″ (76,2 mm) and more
3″ (76,2 mm) and more
Length (random)
6′ (1,83 m) and more
4′ (1,22 m) and more
4′ (1,22 m) and more
Thickness
4/4″ (25,4 mm); 5/4″ (31,75 mm); 6/4″ (38,1 mm); 8/4″ (50,8 mm); 10/4″ (63,5 mm); 12/4″ 76,2 mm)
Physical Properties
Hard Maple
Soft Maple
Yellow Birch
White Birch
Red Oak
Density (kg/m 3)
659
545
608
571
612
Hardness (N)
7290
4380
5930
4320
6170
Bending strength (MPa)
115
97.6
106
94.8
98.7
Stiffness (MPa)
14100
11100
14100
12900
11900
Hard Maple
Soft Maple
Yellow Birch
White Birch
Red Oak
Machinability
Excellent
Very good
Excellent
Very good
Excellent
Stability
Good
Good
Good
Good
Very good
Gluing
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Sandablity
Very good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Nailability
Good
Fair
Good
Good
Excellent
Paintability
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Stainability
Good
Very good
Very good
Very good
Good
Working Properties
hardwood Hard Maple
Soft Maple
Yellow Birch
HICKORY
White Birch
Red Oak
White Oak
Cherry
White Ash
Beech
Basswood
Walnut
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C o m p l e m e n ta r y
INFO White Ash
Beech
Basswood
Aspen
Cherry
Walnut
676
613
667
417
408
551
594
7130
7050
6490
2140
2140
4630
5910
121
108
116
60.8
67.6
87.1
103
15500
12800
14000
9450
11200
11900
13100
White Oak
White Ash
Beech
Basswood
Aspen
Cherry
Walnut
Good
Very good
Good
Very good
Good
Excellent
Good
Excellent
Very good
Good
Good
Fair
Good
Excellent
Good
Good
Very good
Very good
Good
Very good
Excellent
Good
Fair
Very good
Good
Fair
Excellent
Very good
Fair
Good
Fair
Fair
Fair
Fair
Fair
Good
Excellent
Good
Excellent
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Very good
Good
softwood Aspen
HEMLOCK
TAMARAK
CLASSIFICATION
White Oak
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Since 2003, Lumber Resources has developed global industry expertise, allowing it to offer its customers the best industrial lumber, pallet components, hardwood lumber and flooring. Lumber Resources operates i n t h e f o r e s t p r o d u c t s i n d u s t ry as a wholesaler and distributor, serving Canada, the USA, Mexico, Asia, China and now South Africa.