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Save money on your inventory, by stocking cypress in place of redwood and cedar, This beautiful, versatile, all around species, for exterior and interior use, finishes better than cedar or redwood and is more stable than southern pine.

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Or we can mill to your specs-any pattern siding, plus finish, S4S, fine bevel/bungalow sidings, 1" sidings, paneling, ceiling, wainscot stock and limited warranty, eliminate splinters, and seal out moisture to prevent cupping and checking.

"The composite deck products are great because they took maintenance outof the equation," Moreau explains. "That's what has built their market. However, those products, as they're currently manufactured, cannot satisfactorily address a builder's structural strength requirements."

The 5/4" and 2" boards initially will be offered in three colors-light tan, dark tan and redwood-in a residential as well as a commercial grade for marinas and other hish-traffic applications.

"This product gets the CCA industry and the wood treater off of the sideline and back into the game," says Moreau. "This industry has watched the wood alternatives take a bite out of its biggest segment of business. Now a treater can add value to his own product and compete with synthetic options." According to

"Now a treater can add value to his own product and compete with synthetic options."

Northstar's run rate, one coating machine produces the same amount of decking in the same time as 22 composite extruders.

The company is seeking regional distributors to promote Morex, as well as wood treating facilities around the U.S. to apply the coatings in-house. Treaters can be licensed whether they're affiliated with Osmose, Arch or CSI, as long as the application does not void the chemical supplier's original warranty.

Building Products Plus, Houston, Tx., was the first to sign on with Morex. The treater has been licensing ztPOLY, a coating very similar to Morex, but developed specifically for marine structures.

Morex is only available for treated wood-for now. "With CCA having the lion's share of the wood deck market, we developed a CCA product first." reveals Moreau. "We have run tests on both CCA and bright lumber and it works with either. We were thinking about trying it on cedar and expect that it would work fine."

MADlS0ll W00D: TheW0RLD'S TARGEST treating facility under one r00f!

We provide our customers with #1 SELECT and #2 STRUCTURAL pressure treated pine products. Our products are treated to either .40 PCF or .60 PCF CCA-C Clone with a "mold inhibitor" and then stored inside our 4-1/2 acre warehouse to insure they reri'ain clean and fresh. In addition, we offer products with WAT-ER REPELIENT and also DRIED AFTER TREATMENT to 19% moisture contedt.lf you are looking for SUPERIOR QUALITV TIMEIY SERVICE, and a full line of SALES SUPPORL why not give us a call.

lf you are a producer of quality SYB we would like to hear from you. We have the capacity to treat over one mlllion board feet pbr day and are currently seeking additional suppliers.