Month: March 2023

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Continental Underwriters, Inc.The National Solution To Your Local Risk™

“Sawmills, wood treating plants, and large drying operations can have a harder time finding competitive insurance solutions. With big machines handling and cutting logs and lumber along with the concentration of numerous buildings in one or more locations, most insurance companies and brokers often don’t understand the complexity of forest products’ manufacturers. There are definitely […]

Gates Milling, Quality Products FromPeople That Care

“We like to operate like a Fortune 500 company with that family feel. We are committed to the relationships that we have with our customers. And when you buy from us, you are going to be dealing with a sales group that knows who else in your market has your product and where you need […]

Save the Date for NAWLA Regional Meetings

By The NAWLA Editor From the Leadership Summit to the Executive Management Institute and Spring Wood Basics, NAWLA event planning and execution for 2023 is in full force, including preparations for this year’s regional meetings.Kicking off in March and concluding in September, NAWLA will be hosting seven regional meetings for members and non-members. Curated by […]

 A Preview Of Forest Products EXPO 2023

Do you want to be at the center of the forest products community? Are you ready to see how adaptive technology is influencing manufacturing decisions? Is your company part of the new manufacturing age at this critical moment for the industry? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, don’t second-guess attending the […]

Lumber Shippers View Their Work Realistically And Optimistically

The waters are choppy for lumber shipping companies, but they continue doing their due-diligence and seeing positive results. One shipper stated: “Our lumber shipments are lagging now, but we remain hopeful they will continue to increase as we move into the first quarter of 2023.”Another shipper mentioned difficulties, adding: “Our team was able to adapt […]

M&M Lumber: A Legacy Of Service And Quality

“We work with everyone, from the person building birdhouses to the contractor constructing multi-family apartments. We change with the times as the market predicates it.”~ Sean Stevens, M&M Lumber Tulsa, OK—When Jim McKellar Sr. co-founded M&M Lumber, located here, back in 1964, he likely had no idea that one day his granddaughter would be co-running […]

Trade Talk

Boise Cascade Announces Retirement Of Viola AndPromotion Of SikesBoise, ID – Boise Cascade Company (Boise Cascade) (NYSE: BCC), headquartered here, recently announced the retirement of Rich Viola, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Building Materials Distribution (BMD) division, effective March 1, 2023.Viola began his career at Billerica, Massachusetts-based Furman Lumber in 1980 after earning […]

U.S. Business Trends

Northeast Business Trends Across the Northeast region sources say that their markets are doing well, at the time of this writing. They all noted that their sales seem to be the same if not better than they were six months ago.In New Hampshire a lumber spokesperson said that his market is fairly strong. He also […]

Retail Review

84 Lumber Accelerates Expansion PlanEighty Four, PA – 84 Lumber, located here, was founded in 1956 and currently operates 310 facilities which include 234 stores, 14 component manufacturing plants, 28 engineered wood product (EWP) centers and 34 door shops, making it the largest privately owned building materials supplier in the U.S. The company is set […]

The Importance Of Market Diversification For U.S. Forest Products Suppliers

In December 2019, I presented an update on the U.S. lumber market at a Japan Lumber Importers Association meeting as part of an SEC’s annual exchange to connect U.S. Softwood lumber suppliers and Japanese importers. The changes in the U.S. market in just three years are striking and they underscore the importance of international market […]