Hardwood meeting draws international crowd

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gathered at The Newporter, Newport Beach, Ca., for the 28th annual convention of the International Hardwood Products Association and third annual International Forest Products Exhibition, March 6-10.

More than 250 people, a record crowd, were on hand for the up beat programs and business sessions which included the election of Peter Hewitt as president, succeeding Jack Millikan. C. W. Robinson was named as senior vice president and Harry Buckley, treasurer. Joe Stolzoff, Claus Peter Wolff and Ken Roach were added to the board of directors.

Outstanding was the word most heard in connection with the forest products exhibition arranged under the direction of Harry Buckley. Official exhibitors included the Indonesian Wood Panel Association, Indonesian Timber Society, Thiwan Plywood Manufacturers & Exporters

Association, Korea Plywood Industries Association, West African Hardwood Imports, Ltd., Malaysian Timber Industry Board and Sabah Marketing Corporation Adn. Bhd.

Story at a Glance

Record altendance at IHPA an. nual. .outstanding forest products exhibit. .industry sectors updated. .Peter Hew. itt takes over as president.

The second day of the convention was devoted to meetings of the industry sectors with President Millikan moderating. Harry Buckley covered trading in the plywood session while Wilson Brookes handled prefinishing with the assistance of Clark McDonald, Hardwood Plywood Manufacturers Ass'ociation, clarifying formaldehyde emission regulations and HUD standards.

C. W. Robinson chaired the lumber panel with participants reporting availability of hardwood in various countries.

In the export session, Mike O'Shea presented John Poole, a customs broker fron Philadelphia, Pa., who described his role in the shipping paperwork shuffle at the port. Charles M. McSwain from the Port of Charleston, N.C., introduced their new document processing system, Orion, showing a film which clarilied details of the computer network linking all phases of cargo movement.

Industry sessions moderated by Roy Benton continued on Friday morning.

Dr. James H. Boren, special advisor to the President, spoke at the farewell banquet.