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What’s Up With Southern Cypress

The Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association (SCMA) members and promotion sponsors recently gathered for the association’s Mid-Year Meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was held in conjunction with the International Woodworking Fair. During the two-day event, members and promotion sponsors convened to hear updates on the SCMA’s promotion campaign, previewed […]

West Coast Business Trends – November 2024

Throughout the West Coast region, sources that were contacted at the time of this writing agreed that while their markets are steady, they are still slower than they would like to be. In California a lumberman said that his sales are order to order, with their market continuing at the same pace that it was […]

Echoes Of The Woods – Contemporary Chinese Design In American Hardwoods

This September, the American Hardwood Export Council launched an ambitious project challenging some of the most innovative designers in China to create something celebrating the relationship between people and wood as a material. Ten designers focused on the resonance of forest inherent in the wood, the very “Echo” of the material, to inform how they […]

Why Knot Answer Some Questions

When leading an association, the highest duty is moving the industry to a place they don’t know they need to go. It’s far easier to continue the current path and accept the status quo than to take on all the costs and challenges of changing the popular but failing opinions of the “old boys club.” […]

Spreading The Word About RAHC

Back in 2019, leaders in the hardwood industry decided it was time to stop talking about the threat of look-alike wood products and to actively do something about it. They tasked the associations they belonged to – local, regional, and national – with collaborating to combine resources and finances to create awareness about the benefits […]

WHA Annual Convention Provides Education, Entertainment

Ilani Casino Hotel in Ridgefield, WA, was the site of the recent Western Hardwood Association Annual Convention. This year’s theme was All In On Hardwood: Crafting A Winning Strategy In Timber Markets and was attended by approximately 60 members and guests. Scheduled over a three-day stretch, this event attracts lumber industry representatives nationwide and particularly […]

Ontario Business Trends – November 2024

With the Thanksgiving holiday and hunting season coming up, production will see a slight slowdown, as is usual for this time of year. While the housing sector was doing better on the U.S. side compared to Canada who experienced a slowdown during August and September, business owners were optimistic that market conditions would improve over […]

Quebec Business Trends – November 2024

Sawmill contacts commented that log supplies had improved recently. However, log decks were much lower than normal at this time for many of them. We are at a time when sawmills build their inventories ahead of wet fall weather and winter. Some are preparing while others are hesitant to build up log supplies due to […]

West Side Hardwood Club Celebrates 28 Years Of Strong Tradition

Photos By Paul Miller Jr. The 28th Annual West Side Hardwood Club Meeting and Fish Fry was recently enjoyed by approximately 50 attending guests, who enjoyed the festivities at Turner Neal Lodge and Seven Devils Legacy. The mood was business as usual as the industry continues to face a market downturn. Attendees noted there is […]

Who’s Who in Hardwoods – November 2024

Rebekah Manthei is co-owner with Sam Manthei of Northern Michigan Hardwoods Inc., located in Petoskey, MI. Northern Michigan Hardwoods is a manufacturer of hardwood flooring, kiln-dried lumber and landscape mulch. The company purchases an annual total of 130,000 board feet of Hard and Soft Maple, Red and White Oak, Walnut, Cherry, Ash and Poplar (Select […]