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Buchanan Group’s Elite Hardwood Flooring From Solid Oak

Buchanan Group’s Elite Hardwood Flooring From Solid Oak Buchanan Hardwood Flooring, based in Aliceville, AL, manufactures Elite brand solid Oak hardwood flooring. The company purchases 14 million board feet annually of Red and White Oak hardwood, Mill Run, No. 1, No. 2 and No.3 A Common. Manufactured with machinery by OSI, Hasko and Wagner on […]

O’Shea Lumber Building Quality Relationships By Providing Quality Products

O’Shea Lumber Company’s business philosophy is based on one simple, but crucial, idea: “The Golden Rule.” O’Shea Lumber, located in Glen Rock, PA, was founded by Mike O’Shea in 1971. Mike started the business with the belief that if they treated their customers like they would want to be treated, then they would be remembered. […]

Lewis Controls Inc. : Over 50 Years Of Quality And Innovation, With An Eye On The Future

50 Years of Quality In a world of continual change, there are few constants that businesses can rely on. Lewis Controls Inc., based in Cornelius, OR, is one such constant in the lumber industry, having trailblazed innovative technology and steadfast quality for over 50 years. The company’s enduring success is driven by a continuous forward-thinking […]

Hiding In Plain Sight

Hiding In Plain Sight Isn’t it ironic how a random conversation can turn into a 30,000-foot opportunity? To open someone’s eyes and understanding about why choosing wood is so exTREEmelysmart. Conversations that have a connection to the benefits of wood can start anywhere. Even during a meal on an airline flight when wooden flatware is […]

SWHMC Members Look For The Silver Lining Amid Industry Challenges

SWHMC Members Look For The Silver Lining Amid Industry Challenges Approximately 25 people attended the roundtable meeting at the recent Southwestern Hardwood Manufacturers Club (SWHMC) Christmas meeting at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, AL. About 50 total attendees, including their wives, were at this annual meeting. Industry Challenges A sawmill in Central Tennessee is […]

West Coast Business Trends – February 2025

West Coast Business Trends – February 2025 Across the West Coast sources that were contacted agreed that their sales continued to stay on trend for what they have been over the course of the past year. While a source from California noted that he’s pleased to see an upward trend in his sales over the […]

Ontario Business Trends – February 2025

Ontario Business Trends – February 2025 According to published statistics, lumber production was down both in Canada and the U.S. at year end 2024. Some secondary manufacturers and sawmills had reported a drop in orders and extended plant shutdowns over the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Log supplies were declining for sawmills as temperatures […]

Quebec Business Trends – February 2025

  Quebec Business Trends – February 2025 As most businesses usually enter a slower time of year during the Holiday Season, with planned downtime, this year some businesses extended that time due to most markets not performing well. Also, winter weather conditions have been milder and the ground is not frozen enough for logging activity. […]

Who’s Who in Hardwoods – February 2025

Who’s Who in Hardwoods – February 2025 Kennebec Lumber Offers Northern Hardwood Species Chantal Callahan is a hardwood industrial sales representative, as well as marketing manager, for Kennebec Lumber Company. Headquartered in Solon, ME, Kennebec Lumber purchases between four and five million board feet of hardwood lumber annually. Kennebec Lumber has multiple sawmill operations specializing […]

Why Knot, Why Knot

Why Knot, Why Knot My maternal grandmother, Florence Spear, was 101 when she passed away in 2006. I was 29 then, and her life left a profound impact on me. She had been a widow for 28 years and lived next to us for seven years when I was a kid. Elegant and refined, she […]