National Hardwood Magazine - May 2023

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Contents National Hardwood Magazine MAY 2023 Volume 97 No. 4 Features & Industry Events 24 26 28 Oak Pointe, A Quality Custom Manufacturer Gates Milling, Quality Products From People That Care Nyle Dry Kilns Innovates With 30 New Kiln Optimization Equipment 32 M&M Lumber: A Legacy Of Service And Quality From Dry Kilns To Software, We’re Priming The Pump To Create An Ongoing Talent Supply Departments 34 44 50 52 54 HMA And Nashville Team Up For “Agents Of Change” 58th Annual KFIA Meeting Features Exhibits, Legislative Updates ALC Learns Ways To Attract Gen Z Employees SCMA Holds Annual Meeting NELA Sets Sights On June Meeting Following Successful Winter Gathering 8 Hardwood Calendar 10 U.S.A. Trends 12 Canadian Trends 14 News Developments 16 HMA Update 18 AHEC Report 20 WCMA Insights 22 NHLA: Why Knot... 79 In Memoriam 80 Who’s Who 84 Trade Talk 90 Classified Profit Opportunities 92 Advertisers Index 2 MAY 2023 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE www.RealAmericanHardwood.org
About The Cover “U-C Coatings is a leading manufacturer and supplier of premium wood protection products. For over 50 years, our products have been used in a variety of industries, including hardwood and softwood logging and lumber production, wood products manufacturing, woodworking and wood decking markets. Our products are used worldwide to protect, conserve and enhance forest resources. Our goal is to help our customers achieve more FIRST PLACE IN WOOD PROTECTION with less waste and provide the highest level of 1-888-END-COAT sales@uccoatings.com uccoatings.com protection for their products. The company offers Anchorseal ® end sealers and edge sealers for lumber and other wood products, as well as Gempaint ® for lumber branding. We continue to expand the Contechem ® product line with Britewood for mold and sapstain control in softwood and hardwood applications. The Contechem ® Sol-Brite product line provides excellent iron stain removal and brightening. Seal-Once ® is a line of eco-friendly, waterbased sealers for wood and concrete that provides excellent water repellant performance and protection from the elements. The Eco Chemical ® line of water-based wood stains and other coatings products is used by the pressure treating and fencing industries, as well as other prefinished wood manufacturing firms. The Bates line of glue releases help prevent glue buildup and make cleanup easier wherever adhesives are used while DPS protects finished parts from checking and delaminating while in storage. The company has operations in Buffalo, Portland, and Seattle. Contact us for any of your wood protection and finishing needs.” SCAN ME www.uccoatings.com U-C COATINGS Founded in 1927 by: O.L. Miller – 1894-1963 Publisher: Paul J. Miller – 1963-2010 • Forest Products Export Directory • Imported Wood Purchasing Guide • Import/Export Wood Purchasing News • Hardwood Purchasing Handbook • Green Books’s Hardwood Marketing Directory • Green Books’s Softwood Marketing Directory • The Softwood Forest Products Buyer Paul J. Miller Jr. – President Terry Miller – Vice President Zach Miller – Sales Executive Chris Fehr – Sales Executive Sue Putnam – Editor Matthew Fite – Staff Writer Cadance Hanson - Staff Writer Dolores Buchanan - Who’s Who Coordinator Rachael Stokes – Graphic Artist Camille Campbell – Graphic Artist Tammy Daugherty – Production Manager Jennifer Trentman – Green Book Market Sales Lisa Carpenter – Circulation Manager Lexi Hardin – Subscription & List Services ADVERTISING OFFICES: 5175 Elmore Rd., Suite 23, Memphis, TN 38134 901-372-8280 FAX: 901-373-6180 Reach us via the Internet at: www.nationalhardwoodmag.com E-mail addresses: ADVERTISING: tammy@millerwoodtradepub.com EDITORIAL: editor@millerwoodtradepub.com SUBSCRIPTIONS: circ@millerwoodtradepub.com EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS: Chicago, Los Angeles, High Point, Grand Rapids, Portland, Toronto Controlled circulation postage paid at Memphis, TN (USPS #917-760) The NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE (ISSN 0194-0910) is published monthly, except for two issues in December, for $55.00 per year and $65.00 (U.S. dollars) per year for Canada by National Hardwood Magazine, Inc., 5175 Elmore Rd., Suite 23, Memphis, TN 38134. Periodicals Postage paid at Memphis, TN, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to National Hardwood Magazine, P.O. Box 34908, Memphis, TN 38184. Publications mail agreement No. 40739074. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: P.O. Box 503, RPO W. Beaver Cre., Rich-Hill, ON L4B 4R6. The publisher reserves the right to accept or reject editorial content and Ads at the staff’s discretion. www.RealAmericanHardwood.org MAY 2023 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 3
Page 1 and 2: SCAN ME FIRST PLACE IN WOOD PROTECT
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Page 9 and 10: One Success Story After Another “
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Page 27 and 28: “Today, we can offer numerous des
Page 29 and 30: New Cleereman carriage installed in
Page 31 and 32: “We work with everyone, from the
Page 33 and 34: A Nyle Heat Recovery Venting System
Page 35 and 36: German says it’s a message that
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Page 39 and 40: Judd Johnson and Brian Cruzen, Hard
Page 41 and 42: Matt Tietz, McDonough Manufacturing
Page 43 and 44: Henry German, DMSi Software, Omaha,
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Page 47 and 48: Ron Nentwig, Logs 2 Lumber 2 You LL
Page 49 and 50: Brian Lathrop, Wood-Mizer LLC, Indi
Page 51 and 52: Coby Short and Jared Free, Hartzell
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John Stevenson and Linwood Truitt,
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Bob Pope, SII Dry Kilns, Montpelier
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Andy Godzinski, Rex Lumber, Acton,
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stuff with that,” he noted, addin
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GATES MILLING Continued from page 2
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markets, even the ones that Gates i
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Here is the store back in 1979. The
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NYLE DRY KILNS Continued from page
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“Availability is good, but the ra
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His company handles all major Appal
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er, he said, the market was “weak
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Several forestry companies who oper
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job vacancies to over a million. In
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In Memoriam Tito Gori Tito Gori was
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A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LEADING PURCH
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wood Flooring since he started ther
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AN UPDATE COVERING THE LATEST NEWS
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“As a company, we are very fortun
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assistant position grew into a care
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HELP WANTED SERVICES 901.767.9126 C
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