Month: September 2022

290 posts

AHC Seeks Program Partnerships With New Niche

Mableton, GA–Atlanta Hardwood Corporation (AHC) is headquartered here, just outside of Atlanta. Founded in 1952 as Howard Lumber & Kilns by James W. Howard, Sr., the company has evolved over the years, by introducing industry-leading technology and production techniques to address the needs of the ever-changing manufacturing and construction markets. With decades of success in […]

Inland Lumber Producers Celebrate 38th Annual Golf Event

Coeur d’Alene, ID – The Inland Lumber Producers recently held their 38th Annual Golf Tournament here at the Coeur d’Alene Resort.The two-day event also featured golfing at Hayden Lake Country Club. The winners of the Horse Shoe golf game held there were Matt Beymer, of Hampton Lumber Co., located in Portland, OR and Luke Wenner, […]

Quality Softwood And Hardwood Lumber, Millwork And Moulding At Holt and Bugbee Company

Photos By: Alexis Ann Photography Tewksbury, MA– Holt and Bugbee Company, headquartered here, is a distributor of Softwood and hardwood lumber, flooring, custom mouldings, and millwork. The company purchases approximately 25M board feet annually in Pine, Douglas Fir, Cypress, Western Red Cedar, Alaskan Yellow Cedar, poplar, red and white oak, hard and soft maple, walnut, […]

UVLA Returns To Seven Feathers For Annual Event

Canyonville, OR–The Seven Feathers Casino and Resort, located here, was the site for the multi-day Umpqua Valley Lumber Association (UVLA) annual banquet and golf tournament. Attendance was the largest in the history of this event. UVLA members form a coalition of long-time timber and lumber operators located in the southwestern timber country of Oregon.The UVLA’s […]

NELMA Offers Comprehensive Video Grade Tools For SPFs And Eastern White Pine

If you’ve ever had a customer ask to see SPFs lumber with their own eyes before purchasing it, what do you do? Share a brochure with photos, or maybe pull something up on your phone? Walk out to the lumberyard and see what you can find? While these options get the job done, there’s another […]

Portland Hosts NAWLA’s Regional Meeting

Portland, OR–The Multnomah Athletic Club, situated here, recently welcomed members of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) for a regional meeting. The evening’s schedule included an education session that focused on “Preparing for the Future.” NAWLA members and guests heard insights to the future from two perspectives. Joe Riner, Sales Director – Forest Products […]

Upselling Cedar: Don’t Sell The Product, Sell The Value

The ultimate goal for most Softwood retailers is, of course, to sell their product. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s their main mission. The Western Red Cedar Lumber Association (WRCLA) has long supported their member retailers in what’s commonly known as value-based selling (also referred to as value-added selling) — the process of taking a […]

PotlatchDeltic/Stimson Lumber Co-Host Annual Reception

Coeur d’Alene, ID–Taphouse Unchained was the local site for the recent cocktail reception that PotlatchDeltic and Stimson Lumber Company co-host annually. Each year this reception is held in conjunction with the annual Inland Lumber Producers golf event. According to the company’s website, PotlatchDeltic is a leading timberland owner and a top 10 manufacturer of lumber […]

IFG/Alta Welcome Guests to 8th Saw Blade Tournament

Coeur d’Alene, ID–The Saw Blade Invitational Golf Scramble, held by Idaho Forest Group (IFG) and Alta Forest Products, and held at the Coeur d’Alene Resort, marked its 8th year recently. IFG is a growing family-owned company, operating seven sawmills and a finger-joint facility in North Idaho and, most recently, Lumberton, MS, that built a new […]

Zip-O-Log Hosts PWLA Members

Eugene, OR–”Recently, the Portland Wholesale Lumber Association (PWLA) held a “Logs to Lumber” meeting for members at Zip-O-Log’s mill here. PWLA members divided into separate groups and were guided through both the sawmill and the lam plant where they were able to get insight from their respective group leaders into the log breakdown process of […]