Month: May 2023
201 posts
NAWLA’s 2023 Leadership Summit Provides Robust Meeting
Palm Desert, CA–Recently, the North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) hosted over 200 attendees for their 2023 Leadership Summit. The three-day program highlighted current trends, best practices and insights from industry leaders and provided attendees opportunities for peer-to-peer networking. This year’s education included key updates and presentations from those in the lumber, forest products, real […]
LMC Reports $7.8B In Purchases In 2023 At LMC Annual
Charlotte, NC –The LMC Dealer and Supplier community met here recently for the 2023 LMC Annual. With nearly 2,000 attending, LMC Dealers networked over three days with the biggest names in the LBM industry, made purchases for the upcoming peak building season, participated in educational sessions, and tackled the shared problems facing the industry in […]
Blair Logistics, Delivering Greatness to You with Every Loaded Truck
“We have plans to continue our growth through our partnerships. With that in mind, I have hopes that we will be having this discussion in two years, and Blair is over 1,000 trucks and continuing to meet the needs of more partners. You meet people and learn their needs. If you can fulfil their need, […]
This Year’s John J. Mulrooney Award Recipient IsJonathan E. Martin
Palm Desert, CA–The North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) has announced the award recipient for this year’s John J. Mulrooney Award, which is Jonathan E. Martin. Mulrooney was a career lumber wholesaler who later served as NAWLA’s chief executive for nearly 20 years until his untimely death in 1979. In 1980, NAWLA established the award […]
Ontario/Quebec Business Trends
According to an Ontario producer, “The market in general has been poor because of weather conditions, especially in the U.S. northern states and Ontario and Quebec, so it’s been difficult to get the construction season started. Now it’s starting to happen. The market though has been better for studs, the pre-cuts, like the 104 and […]
SCMA Holds Annual Meeting
Nashville, TN – The Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association (SCMA) held its 2023 Annual Meeting recently at the JW Marriott, located here, in conjunction with the Hardwood Manufacturers Association’s National Conference and Expo. Twenty-seven members, promotion sponsors, staff and guests gathered together for a networking reception and dinner to open the two-day event. The next morning, […]
Southeast Business Trends
Across the Southeast region sources said that their sales are doing well. There is however a mixed bag on whether they are doing better or worse than they were six months ago. In Louisiana a sawmill representative said that they are doing well, at the time of this writing, and that they are experiencing high […]
Western Building Center, Continuing To Grow Despite The Odds
“The company’s motto – where the contractor shops, and so should you – has remained a core value over the years. Today, about 70 percent of the overall business is contractor based, while do-it-yourselfers and home handy-people make up the remaining 30 percent.” ~ Brent Hartley, Western Building Center Distribution Center Manager Kalispell, MT – […]
West Coast Business Trends
At the time of this writing lumber prices are a bit of a mixed bag, wintery weather persists in the PNW and New England while unusual tornado activity threatens the south. Producers are dealing with a litany of issues beyond weather. The following is what a few West Coast producers had to say: Dean Garofano […]
