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Cypress Promotion In 2024 Late last month, members of the Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association (SCMA), along with promotion sponsors, gathered for the association’s 2024 Annual Meeting at The Charleston Place in Charleston, South Carolina. The event was held in conjunction with the Hardwood Manufacturers Association’s 2024 National Conference and Expo held at the luxury hotel. […]

Lake States Business Trends – March 2024

Among the factors for the recent slowdown in many lumber yards throughout the Lake States, a Michigan lumberman recently suggested that a “lack of vision” loomed as a primary culprit in the downturn. “It is kind of odd,” he noted. “Six months ago, customers had a little pep in their step. Usually we’d say that […]

Industry Education And Networking In Charming Charleston

In just a few short weeks, HMA members, non-members, industry suppliers, and other stakeholders will be convening at The Charleston Place in Charleston, South Carolina, for HMA’s 2024 National Conference and Expo. Slated for Monday–Wednesday, March 25–27, the event will provide plenty of in-demand learning sessions; sold out exhibit space; and networking opportunities to mix, […]

Diverse Hardwood Lumber And Lumber Products At Edensaw Woods Ltd.

Port Townsend, WA, is home to Hardwood lumber and lumber products supplier Edensaw Woods Ltd. With a wide selection of products, current Vice President Buster Ferris said they carry around 100 species of domestic and exotic species. “Aside from that, we specialize in marine and cabinet grade plywood, rough and surfaced lumber, wood veneer, Hardwood […]

Northeast Business Trends – March 2024

Throughout the Northeast region lumber contacts were varied in their response to whether or not the market was doing better than it was six months ago, but they all agreed that, at the time of this writing, their sales are depressed. In Maine, a lumber spokesperson said that while his sales are currently doing worse […]

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 […]

AHEC Updates American Hardwood Lumber Grading Workshop

The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) has created a new and updated video workshop to provide a simplified but informative explanation of the grading rules for American Hardwood lumber. Presented by Dana Spessert, Chief Inspector of the NHLA, the rules were established over 125 years ago by the then newly-formed National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA). […]

Southeast Business Trends – March 2024

Across the Southeast region sources agreed that lumber prices have been better, while varying on their responses as to how much business they had, at the time of this writing. In Mississippi a lumber saleswoman said their markets are slow right now and that they are worse than they were six months ago, which she […]

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.” […]

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 […]