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NAWLA Traders Market Attendance Largest In History

Phoenix, AZ–The North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) recently celebrated its largest Traders Market in history. The event was held at the Phoenix Convention Center and was attended by more than 1,600 people who visited more than 220 exhibitor booths. Since 1996, Traders Market has held a unique position among lumber and building material tradeshows […]

San Group Takes Wood “From Harvest To Home”

Langley, BC—The phrase that best describes San Group, with its head office here, is “FROM HARVEST TO HOME.” In fact, that phrase has become the mantra for brothers Kamal Sanghera and Suki Sanghera, both Executive Directors, as they pride themselves in not only planning every step from harvesting the trees to sawmilling, remanufacturing, sales and […]

Midwest Business Trends

Midwest sellers of Softwood lumber, at the time of this writing, acknowledged reasons why the market was – or could be – slow but, to a man, found reason for optimism. In Kansas City, a lumberman said, “The market has slowed a bit, due to seasonality and the economics of the country with rising interest […]

West Coast Business Trends

At the time of this writing, single family construction had decelerated giving way to softer lumber demand with some mills deciding to curtail production at some of their facilities. The new year is certain to bring new challenges. The following is what a few West Coast producers had to say. Brent Brownmiller of The Gorman […]

NRLA LBM Expo Welcomes Attendees To Mohegan SunNRLA

Uncasville, CT–The Earth Expo & Convention Center at Mohegan Sun, located here, recently welcomed the Northeastern Retail Lumber Association (NRLA) LBM Expo. Mark Altman of MINDSETGO kicked off the two-day Expo with “Syncing Five Generations in the Workplace, Unite Your Employees, Cultural Values & Goals.” The presentation focused on maximizing generational similarities and capitalizing on […]

LMC Wraps Up Another Successful ExpoLMC

A key event for LMC Dealers to plan their forest products purchasing strategies for the following year Wayne, PA–LMC, located here, recently announced it is thrilled to report another successful EXPO. LMC welcomed Dealers to Philadelphia for two days of forecasts, contracts and networking. Working with their LMC team and core supplier partners, LMC dealers […]

Learn, Lead And Grow With NAWLA In 2023

Happy New Year from your friends at NAWLA! NAWLA is excited to be planning a series of events in 2023 that are designed to help connect members and solve common industry challenges together – beginning with NAWLA’s annual Leadership Summit in March. NAWLA 2023 Leadership Summit is Fast-Approaching Taking place March 12-14 in Palm Desert, […]

Northeast Business Trends

Throughout the Northeast region, at the time of this writing, lumber sources said that the market had begun to slow due to the holidays. Some of the sources noted that it seemed the market was reverting to traditional seasonal buying patterns. In Massachusetts a lumber salesman said that he has observed the market beginning to […]

Moving Volume Lumber Despite Challenges At Peach State Lumber Products

Kennesaw, GA– Peach State Lumber Products services Atlanta, GA and surrounding areas with Softwood, hardwood, and some imported lumber. Purchasing more than 8 million board feet annually, species offered include: Southern Yellow Pine, White Pine, Aromatic Cedar, Cypress, ash, red and white oak, hard and soft maple, hickory, cherry, basswood, poplar, alder, quartersawn white oak, […]

Inland West Business Trends

In the Inland West region, one lumberman said his sales are slow, but others interviewed had good things to say about their markets at the time of this writing. In Arizona, a Softwood lumber provider noted that his market was “very slow at the moment.” He observed that there were two, opposite sides to his […]