National Hardwood Magazine - April 2024

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sales staff will be happy to assist you with all of
your lumber inquiries. Call for a complete list of our
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your needs are our
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We maintain a 3.5 million
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WHO’S WHO Continued
Nick Kueber
NICK KUEBER is the chief executive
officer at Two Inlets Mill &
Building Supply Inc., located in
Park Rapids, MN.
Two Inlets is a manufacturer of
flooring, siding and millwork, purchasing
200,000 board feet annually
of Ash, Birch, Red Oak, Basswood
and Aspen (all grades, primarily 3/4,
air-dried and S4S). Additional species
purchased include spruce, tamarack
and pine.
The company started as a retailer
of flooring, siding and millwork in
1975 after being founded as a sawmill
in 1969. “Our main focus is specialty
products,” Kueber said. “This
includes wood siding, interior wood
paneling and Hardwood flooring.”
Kueber began working at Two Inlets
Mill & Building Supply in 1991,
having previously worked as a carpenter
and home builder. Kueber has
two children and enjoys hunting and
fishing in his free time.
Additional information can be found
at www.twoinletsmills.com. n
INDUSTRY NEWS
Continued from page 83
last week its decision to close its tin
mill in Weirton in two months.
For more information and to read
the full story, visit www.wvmetrone
ws.com. n
SCMA UPDATE Continued from page 16
Welcoming New Members
The SCMA welcomed two new members recently,
Jones Lumber Co. out of Natchez, Mississippi, and
Roy’s Wood Products based in Lugoff, South Carolina.
As a reminder, SCMA membership is limited to
companies engaged in the manufacture, processing, or
distribution of Cypress products. And if that describes
your company, it’s time to consider joining.
Learn more at www.CypressInfo.org or by emailing
member-services@cypressinfo.org. And be sure to
follow the SCMA on Instagram and Twitter at @cypress_
info, and on Facebook at @southerncypress. n
AHEC REPORT Continued from page 18
ity. By concentrating on a handful of species we’re underutilizing
the wider resource and risk stressing supply
of the more popular ones.
By the same rationale, we should also be making use
of a wider spread of grades.
2024 will see more promotion of Red Oak in particular.
It’s the most abundant U.S. Hardwood species. Using it to
its full sustainable potential helps keep the forest productive
and healthy. It is more competitive than European
Oak, which remains the default species for many buyers
and like its White Oak cousin in the U.S., they are in ever
increasing demand in the barrel stave market, adding
pressure on price and availability. Most importantly Red
Oak has the right performance credentials for furniture,
joinery and construction and in thermally modified form
it’s also a viable alternative to Ash, which is, of course,
under growing supply strain due to the Emerald Ash Borer
in U.S. and “die back” in Europe.
We have seen recent encouraging growth in Red Oak
demand among the larger manufacturing industries of
Italy and Spain, and from specialized joinery manufacturers
in northern Europe, and that increase seems to be
sticking. Our wish for 2024 is to see the UK embracing it
to a similar extent.
Overall, our main objective for the year ahead must be
to further strengthen the rhetoric around the climate and
wider environmental benefits of using U.S. Hardwood –
including the fact that we’re making the most sustainable
use of the resource. This is especially important in relation
to those non-wood substitutes, which, make no mistake,
remain our biggest competitive threat. All the talk
is about net zero and low carbon, but we have a material
that is actually climate positive, and we must play that
card. n
FITZPATRICK & WELLER, INC.
Premium Western New York
Hardwoods Since 1895
Kiln Dried Lumber
and Made to Order
Components–
If you can imagine it, we can make it.
FITZPATRICK & WELLER, INC.
12 Mill Street
Ellicottville, New York 14731
716-699-2393 phone
716-699-2893 fax
sales@fitzweller.com
JoCo Lumber, Inc. is a division of
Josey Lumber Company, Inc.
Tripp, Logan, and Joey Josey
www.fitzweller.com
Our company offers:
• 10,000,000 BF of annual production from
our 6’ band headrig and 6’ band resaw.
• Red and White Oak, Soft Maple, Ash,
Poplar and Cypress in 4/4 through 8/4
thickness.
• rough, surfaced, air-dried and kiln-dried
lumber in random widths and lengths.
• export prepping, container loading of logs and lumber,
anti-stain dipping and end coating lumber.
• 500,000 BF of dry kiln capacity.
• 65,000 SF of enclosed warehouse for storage and loading of
kiln-dried lumber.
For Quality Appalachian Lumber Contact:
JOsey Lumber COmpany, InC.
JoCo Lumber, InC.
476 Lees meadow rd. • p.O. Drawer 447
scotland neck, nC 27874
TeL: (252) 826-5614 • FaX: (252) 826-3461
COnTaCT:
emaIL: joseylbr3@gmail.com
saLes: Logan Josey
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