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NELMA’s 89th Meeting Attendance Surpasses Previous Five Years

New Castle, NH – The Wentworth by the Sea Resort, located here, recently played host to the 89th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association (NELMA). Winning Strategies: Double Down with NELMA served as this meeting’s theme. The 3-day program welcomed 142 members and guests to the venue, the largest gathering in the past […]

What Makes A Great Customer Conference?

By Anthony Muck, DMSi Events can be a great way to serve your customers, whether it’s a simple lunch and learn about new products or special buying events with live music. It’s more than offering free food and entertainment: a good event should help your customers grow their businesses. It elevates your relationship with customers […]

World Travelers Gather In Whistler For Annual Global Buyers Mission

Whistler, BC–BC Wood is pleased to have welcomed over 600 delegates from all over the world for the 19th Annual Global Buyers Mission (GBM), held here at the Whistler Conference Center. Given the still present challenges of the pandemic, BC representatives said they were extremely pleased with the efforts made by those buyers and suppliers […]

Driving Solutions For Sawmill Partners At Sawmill Surplus LLC

Richmond, VA–Retail lumberyard and building supplier Sawmill Surplus LLC offers tongue and groove Eastern White Pine, Southern Yellow Pine flooring, Heart Pine, shiplap, treated wood, and other specialty products. Comprised of Ashland, VA’s Diorio Forest Products personnel, Co-Owner Ian Foley said servicing similar lumberyards as the customers of Diorio Forest Products gave the owners the […]

Quebec/Ontario Business Trends – November/December 2022

According to an Ontario wholesaler, “Eastern Spruce-Pine-Fir prices have eroded a bit over the last two months, although there has been a fair amount of resistance to lower prices. This will be coming to an end if nothing changes in terms of the production volumes in the country, while the demand is lower. This will […]

IWF Sets Sights On 2024 After Successful Event This Year

Atlanta, GA–The International Woodworking Fair® (IWF), North America’s largest woodworking technology and design trade show/conference, was recently held here at the Georgia World Congress Center. It attracted thousands of attendees. The every-other-year event topped 1,000 exhibiting companies in 13 exhibit halls who occupied more than 1.4 million gross square feet of floor space. The large […]

Washington Scene – November/December 2022

Fed Economist Bullish On Single-Family Upturn The National Association of Home Builders reported on nahb.now the following: Looking beyond the current housing market downturn, the prospects for single-family home construction appear bright, according to Jordan Rappaport, a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Rappaport has issued a new study that finds […]

Southeast Business Trends – November/December 2022

According to sources in the Southeast, the market, as of this writing, is still doing well. There were mixed remarks when asked if the current market was doing better or worse than it was several months ago. A lumber exporter in Louisiana said that his demand is high with business being good at the time […]

West Coast Business Trends – November/December 2022

As we head towards the close out of an up-and-down 2022 the overall feeling seems to be wait and see. West Coast manufacturers are settling into the inevitable end-of-year slow down and the hand to mouth ordering that goes along with keeping inventories low heading into the new year. The following is what a few […]

Mass Timber Construction Opportunities For Western Red Cedar. Or, How Wood Begets Wood.

By Brad Kirkbride, Managing Director, Western Red Cedar Lumber Association Western Red Cedar has been used for decades as an appearance material for siding and interior paneling, as well in numerous outdoor projects such as decks, pergolas and yard scape structures. Most often chosen for its attractive appearance, natural resistance to rot, decay and insects, […]