FIEME

Serving 13 Southern states

PUBLISHER Alan Oakes (ajoakes@aol.com)

A quick look bock ot our fint trn'o decodes. O

More oplions for rypress

Unioue hordwood sees increosed demond from non-troditionol o oolicotions.

Keys to selling Gypress siding

Monufocturers strotegize how fo net o bigger shore of o smoller wood siding morket.

Crecting demond for weslern red cedar outside of the West

Eost Coost deoler mokes imported species its speciolty.

Treoters to phose out CCA treoted wood over nexl lwo yeors

Wood preservers to convert fo orsenote-free olternotives for non-industriol wood products.

Firsl step lo sucress os on engineered wood consultonl

Confront builden'resistonce to new producfs by toking their subcontrocton into considerotion.

Soufhern Building lfloterial Associqfion's onnuol buying show

Thonks!: Building profuds Digest celebrotes 20th onniversory I tl t2 r3 t4 22 24

Thousonds of exhibirors yie for home builders'ollention

An estimoted /0,000 otfendees converge on building products supershow in Ailonto.

PUBLISHER EMERITUS David Cutler

EDITOR David Koenig (dkoenig@ioc.net)

ASSOCIATE EDITOB Robert Fay (rfay@ioc.net)

AD SALES MANAGER Chuck Casey (chuck@ioc.net)

ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR/ SECHEIARY Marie Oakes (mfpoakes@aol.com)

CIRCULATION Heather Kelly

How to Advertise

Gontact our advefiising offices lor rates:

U.S.A.: Chuck Casey, 4500 Campus Drive, Suite 480, Newport Beach, Ca. 92660-1872. Phone (949) 852-1990 Fax 949-852-0231

E-mail chuck@ioc.net

INTERNET ADS: Alan Oakes, www.building. products.com. Phone (949) 852-1990 Fax 949-852-0231 E-mail aioakes@aol.com.

How to Subscribe

Call Heather at {949) 852-.1390 or send a check for the following amount to Building Products Digest,4500 Campus Drive, Suite 480, Newport B€ach, Ga, 9?660-.1872:

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About the Cover

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The front cover is a paid advenisement, this month sponsored by Advantech Flooring & Sheathing from Huber Engineered Woods.