Month: March 2024

161 posts

How Can Your Company Benefit From AHEC Membership?

Over the past several months, I have spoken with many of you in the Hardwood industry and have found one topic that keeps coming up: finding new markets. Either domestically through the Real American Hardwood promotion program or internationally through AHEC activities, there is a critical need to create new Hardwood consumers all around the […]

West Coast Business Trends – March 2024

A California lumberman recently noted that business was “adequate” and that he would “take that any day” over the “chaos” that the pandemic created in the lumber market. “It was no fun during the pandemic,” he noted. “We all want to be profitable, but that was insane. Now we are moving along and still profitable.” […]

LSLA Winter Meeting Includes Hardwood Industry Updates

The Lake States Lumber Association (LSLA) recently convened for its annual winter meeting at the Hilton Appleton Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton, WI. Approximately 130 members and guests were treated to three days of networking, informational presentations and receptions. A welcome reception opened the meeting followed the next day by a welcome speech by Larry […]

NWFA Expo Heads To New Orleans

The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) is planning to “Raise the Bar” at its Wood Flooring Expo, scheduled for April 16 – 18, at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA. This is the first time the Expo has been held in New Orleans, and the NWFA team is busy […]

Ontario Buisness Trends – March 2024

It was a slow start to the new year as customers let their inventories slide over the end of 2023 and placed orders in December for January receipts, which caused a boost in current business by end of January. Most primary and secondary manufacturers did not see a significant increase in demand for Hardwood finished […]

ALC Meeting: Logging Leader Says Rising Costs Hurt The Industry

The logging industry must increase profitability and change public perception to maintain its workforce to survive, reports the director of the American Loggers Council. The remarks came at the recent Greensboro, NC, meeting of the Appalachian Lumbermen’s Club. Scott Dane, Council Executive Director, said the national organization represents loggers in 38 states through local chapters […]

Participate In Telling Our Super Sustainable Story

Many things influence your business decisions. One of the growing influences is the current environmental push to lower human impact to mitigate climate change. Whether or not you believe humans impact climate change is irrelevant. Whether or not the current activities to improve the environment are helping is also irrelevant. The perception that action is […]

Quebec Buisness Trends – March 2024

Sawmills and concentration yards reported better business early in the new year compared to the period before the holidays. Activity was mostly seen to replenish inventories as opposed to secondary manufacturers increasing their consumption of Hardwoods. However, it was reported that overall for most species business was rather slow. Ash markets are mixed, noted contacts, […]

Who’s Who in Hardwood Purchasing – March 2024

Eric Boer is vice president of Mason’s Mill & Lumber, which is a full-service Hardwood distributor and millwork manufacturer in Houston, TX. He is one of the founding members of the company, which was established in 1989. Mason’s Mill & Lumber purchases around 4 million BF of domestic and imported Hardwoods annually, in addition to […]

Penn-York Kicks Off New Year Of Meetings

The Penn-York Lumbermen’s Club kicked off 2024 with a meeting at Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel in Watkins Glen, NY. Wagner Lumber served as host. The evening included a dinner and a guest speaker. Wagner Lumber was founded in 1976, growing through the years into the Wagner Companies, one of the largest Hardwood lumber manufacturers in […]