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Who’s Who in Hardwood Purchasing – June 2023

Eddie Deavers is the purchasing manager at PNC Hardwoods DBA Mann and Parker Lumber Co. located in New Freedom, PA. They are a distribution/concentration yard that purchases green lumber, of which they purchase 280,000 board feet of Poplar in thickness of 4/4; 100,000 board feet of Poplar in thickness of 5/4; 120,000 board feet of […]

Who’s Who in Softwoods

Kelly Johnson, co-owner of Biolube, handles distributor relations and processes applications for Biolube products and services. Biolube is headquartered in Fort Wayne, IN. The company’s products are made in the U.S. and are distributed nationwide to improve mill efficiency. The company has established a network of stocking partner distributors throughout the U.S., Canada, and New […]

Who’s Who in Hardwoods – May 2023

Chris Murphy is the plant manager, as well as a lumber purchaser for Missouri Hardwood Products, located in Brighton, MO. Also, his wife, Beth Murphy is a lumber purchaser, sales assistant, and office manager at Missouri Hardwood Products. Missouri Hardwood Products purchases approximately 1.5 million board feet of lumber annually. The species that they purchase […]

Who’s Who in Import/Exports – WPN April/May 2023

Henco Viljoen is the Drying specialist for Nyle Dry Kilns of Brewer, Maine.He is originally from South Africa, where he did the IT, System Development & Support as well as assisting with Drying Process Optimization of about 200 kilns for Timber Soft (South Africa). He also owned and ran a Drying research plant for 10 […]

Who’s Who in Hardwood Purchasing – April 23

Curt Cooper is the plant manager for Infinity Wood Floors in Crandon, WI, and oversees lumber purchasing for the manufacturer. Infinity Wood Floors purchases 4 million board feet annually in Red and White Oak as well as Northern Hard Maple. All lumber is bought in Nos. 2 and 3 Common in all grades. Infinity Wood […]

Who’s Who in Softwoods

Jay Bowling serves as Chief Executive Officer of Blair Logistics, LLC in Birmingham, AL. He graduated from Auburn University in 1979 with a degree in logistics. Immediately following Auburn, Jay started in the flatbed trucking industry and now leads one of the fastest growing flatbed companies in the industry. As CEO of Blair Logistics, it […]

Whos’ Who in Hardwood Purchasing – March 2023

Greg Pappas is a lumber buyer for Ten Oaks Flooring and Prolam Floors, both located in Stuart, VA and has been with them for over a year and a half. Ten Oaks Flooring makes residential flooring and Prolam Floors makes truck flooring. Both companies’ combined purchase 20 million board feet per year in Red and […]

Anisa Gjoka is the operations manager at King City Northway Forwarding in Montreal, Quebec.

King City Northway Forwarding exports lumber overseas, mainly to Asia, Europe and Mediterranean countries from any North American port and rail, they also import from anywhere in the world. They send 20,000 containers per year to these regions. They can handle all aspects of a customer’s export shipment, including trucking, rail and ocean transport, as […]

Who’s Who – February 2023

Joe Lewis serves as Vice President of Lewis Lumber and Milling, manufacturer of the Reliance Hardwood Flooring brand, as well as solid Hardwood kitchen cabinet components. They are located in Dickson, TN, with a new location coming on-line in February 2023 in Clarion, PA. Joe co-owns the company with his brother, Mike, who serves as […]

Who’s Who in Softwoods – January/February 2023

A.J. Webb is the plywood sales manager at Hood Industries, located in Hattiesburg, MS. Hood industries manufactures Southern Yellow Pine plywood and lumber, distributing specialty building materials nationwide. They produce 375 million board feet of plywood in m3/8 annually. They produce Southern Yellow Pine Plywood Siding, Sanded, SIF, and Rated Sheathing, with thicknesses ranging from […]