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WHO’S WHO IN HARDWOOD PURCHASING Beth Murphy and Chris Murphy 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 are Red and White Oak, Hickory, Walnut, Maple and Cherry. They primarily use 4/4 thickness but occasionally will purchase 5/4 for their parent plant, Acme Floor in Lenexa, KS. They manufacture both finished and unfinished Hardwood flooring. Missouri Hardwood Products is often able to deliver their products personally, which cuts the cost of freight for their customers, or they can pick up the green lumber from local wood vendors. They own their own semitruck, flat bed and walking trailer. They haul their own sawdust to a local pellet mill company. Chris Murphy started with Missouri Hardwood Products in 2011 in maintenance. He will have held his current position for two years. He also has experience in WORMY CHESTNUT • TROPICALS • QTR & RIFT • CYPRESS • ALDER Headquarters, Concentration Yard & Kilns in Hickory, N.C. Phone (828) 397-7481 FAX: (828) 397-3763 www.cramerlumber.com 3 million BF KD Inventory Atlanta, GA Warehouse 770-479-9663 “LIMBO” The Lumber Rule Hardwoods • White Pine • Cypress RGH • S2S • SLR1E 4/4 thru 16/4 thicknesses Export Sales 706-736-2622 HICKORY • HARD & SOFT MAPLE • POPLAR • RED & WHITE OAK • WALNUT • ASH WHITE PINE • BASSWOOD • BEECH • BIRCH • CEDAR • CHERRY 80 MAY 2023 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE www.RealAmericanHardwood.org
A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LEADING PURCHASING EXECUTIVES IN THE HARDWOOD INDUSTRY production supervision. He knows the ins and outs of the industry from maintenance and production to purchasing and sales. Chris is a high school graduate who continues his education by taking CE courses to help him improve his performance both as a supervisor and a lumber purchaser. Beth Murphy has worked for Missouri Hardwood Products for about four years and has held her current position for a year and a half. She went to college at Missouri State University and majored in Wildlife Biology. The courses that she took in college have helped her with lumber purchasing, as well as quality control and packaging. Her first job in the industry was a bundler. Chris loves to hunt, play golf, go to the masonic lodge and church. He spends a lot of time doing the things he loves with his wife, Beth, like horseback riding, fishing, camping and hiking. He and Beth were high school sweethearts and have been married for almost 25 years. They share two daughters who also work for the business. They have one granddaughter. Missouri Hardwood Products belongs to the National Wood Flooring Association and Bolivar, MO’s Chamber of Commerce. For more information email missouri hardwoodproducts@gmail.com, call 417-376-3225. Roger Feltner ROGER FELTNER is the lumber products manager for Atlantic Plywood Corp. of Woburn, MA, a company with 12 branches. Atlantic Plywood is a distribution yard, providing complete wood products, finishes and plywood distribution. The company purchases in excess of 900,000 board feet of lumber per year. Atlantic Plywood offers all do- Please turn the page Carl rosenberry sons lumber, InC. CARL ROSENBERRY & SONS LUMBER, INC. Celebrating Over 100 Years in Business! 7446 Path Valley Road Fort Loudon, PA 17224 Phone: (717) 349-2289 FAX: (717) 349-2044 7446 Path Valley Road, Fort Loudon, PA 17224 • Phone: (717) 349-2289 • FAX: (717) 349-2044 Two automatic circle mills and Two line automatic bar band circle resaw mills and Maintaining line bar 700,000’ band resaw K.D. inventory and 1,000,000 700,000’ K.D. bd. ft. inven- of Maintaining Green tory and 1,000,000 Air Dried bd. lumber ft. of 300,000 Green and bd. Air ft. Kiln Dried Capacity lumber 300,000 bd. ft. Kiln Capacity KILN DRYING FINE Kiln Drying Fine PENNSYLVANIA Pennsylvania HARDWOODS Hardwoods ANNUAL ANNUAL PRODUCTION 7,000,000’ 75% 75% Red Red and White Oak www.rosenberrylumber.com www.rosenberrylumber.com Email Email inquiries to to Jackie Kriner at jackie@rosenberrylumber.com www.RealAmericanHardwood.org MAY 2023 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 81
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