Month: July 2023

221 posts

Southeast Business Trends

Across the Southeast lumber sources said that their sales have slowed. A North Carolinian lumberman said that his market was slow, at the time of this writing. “Our orders are very slow right now and I don’t see it picking up any time soon. We are doing worse than we were six months ago, and […]

interzum 2023: The Industry Comes Together For Its Leading International Trade Fair

Approximately 62,000 Trade Visitors In Attendance interzum in Cologne, Germany, ended very successfully recently. With approximately 62,000 trade visitors from some 150 countries, organizers said the leading international trade fair for suppliers to the furniture and interior design industry exceeded expectations and inspired all present at the stands and at numerous special event areas over […]

West Coast Business Trends

While hardwood lumber suppliers on the West Coast report similar activity to the previous month, logistics have notably improved for many. In Oregon, a hardwood lumber supplier said, “We’re involved in many different product lines and activity varies from product line to line. Overall our business is steady. Our customers are spotty. It runs the […]

AHEC, TDUK Host American Hardwood Trade Symposium

The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) recently collaborated with Timber Development UK (TDUK) to host the American Hardwood Trade Symposium at The Building Centre in London. The event brought together 120 delegates representing both American hardwood exporters and UK hardwood importers. This marked the first time in several years when American hardwood experts and suppliers, […]

Ontario Business Trends

This year’s fire season came early with uncontrolled fires in every province across the country caused by unseasonably warm temperatures and little rain, making it difficult to battle wildfires. Environment Canada issued alerts of high air pollution in many areas downwind from the flames throughout the country. This fire season has already broken records for […]

Middle Tennessee Lumber, A Producer Of Superior Lumber Products

“We have grown substantially and we have tried a lot of things over the years. We started exploring a little bit, we tried making furniture parts for a little while then we moved into S4S for a while. Then I thought that the lumber around here would lend itself to the flooring business, especially the […]

Quebec Business Trends

With the July construction break behind us, business is slowly getting back to normal. Markets for most grade lumber items are weak, advised contacts, which is caused by the lackluster economy, and residential home construction is down. The economy is not strong presently, and uncertainty plays into the current pace of business. Some wholesalers and […]

KCMA Offers Insights On Import Markets

The National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA) recently hosted and presented a webinar in conjunction with the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA). The KCMA was founded in 1955 and represents 300 companies, comprised of cabinet manufacturers and suppliers to the industry. KCMA has a variety of program offerings that help provide their members with the knowledge […]

Who’s Who in Import/Exports

Brady Francois is the co-owner of Snowbelt Entities located in Hurley, WI. Snow Entities consists of 5 sister companies; sawmill- Snow Ridge Lumber, dry kilns- Snowbelt Hardwoods, flooring & dimension plant- Snow Country Hardwoods, trucking division- Snow Run Trucking, and heating/grilling pellet division- Snow Timber Pellets. Brady oversees management of the day-to-day operations, purchasing and […]

Newswires

Church Hardwood Lumber, LLC., a joint venture of Bryant Church Hardwoods and Church & Church Lumber Co., located in Wilkesboro, NC, recently hired John Linn as an export and domestic salesman. Church Hardwood Lumber manufactures kiln-dried hardwood in Yellow Poplar, Red and White Oak, Hard and Soft Maple, Hickory, Walnut and Cherry. Before Linn came […]