NEWLITERATURE

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Color Choices

A bath color coordinator, sales literature and sales aids are free from Tom Hoff, Mansfield Sanitary, 150 lst St., Perrysville, Oh. 44864.

Keeping Up

For a free copy of their 1982-83 maintenance catalog, write Randustrial Corp., l33ll-NR Union Ave., Cleveland, Oh. 40nor call (800) 321#2.

Knotty and Nice

For a free data sheet on knotty redwood write Simpson Timber Co., Development Ctr., P.O. Box 565, Redmond, Wa..98052.

Concrete ldeas

Three application guides on the proper application and use of architectural concrete form liners are free from the Symons Corp., 2(X) E. Touhy Ave., Des Plaines, I1.60018.

Cedar on the Side

Western red cedar shingle siding panel literature in color is free from Shakertown Corp., P.O. Box 400, Winlock, Wa.,98596.

Low Riders

Three new pneumatic-tire lift trucks are described in Bulletin {22,0 available free from Eaton Corp., Yale Industrial Truck Div., Dept. 147, ll0fl) Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia, Pa. l9l15.

Sales Sensalions

A 32-p. full color catalogSoles Aidslor

Successful Selling: 1983 Edition is available free by writing the Dismar Corp., 4415 Mdton Pike, Pennsauken, N.J. 08109 or calling (W)257-7751.

Charting the Woods

Information for dealers and distributors on wood moulding wall chart kits that can be tailored to individual needs is available from Wood Moulding and Millwork Producers, P.O. Box 25278, Portland, Or., 97225.

Smooth Operator

For free information on cabinet door slides, write Grant Hardware Co., High St., West Nyack, N.Y. l09ql.

For Prompt Service

on all New Literature stories write directly to the name and address shown in each item. Please mention that you saw it in Building Producb Digest, Many thanks!

New Leverage

Details on a new lever handle from Arrow Lock Corp. for use with its 150 series cylindrical locks is free from Arrow Lock Corp., 10340 Foster Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11236.

Reading to Soak In

A 160-p. paperback how-to book, Spas and Hot Tubs, by A. Cort Sinnes is $7.95 plus $1.00 postage and handling from HP Books, Box 5367, Tucson, Az., 85703.

All-American Fans

A l2-p. envelope stuffer detailing American Pride ceiling fans is free from Nichols-Kusan, Inc., P.O. Box ll9l, Jacksonville, Tx, 7 57 6.

Brass Tactics

A brass lever sets and accessories brochure is available from Valli & Colombo, Inc., I 54O Highland Ave., Duarte, Ca.9l0l0.

Screened Out

For a free brochure on the Phiferglass SunScreen for windows write Phifer Wire Products, Inc., P.O. Box 1700, Tuscaloosa, A1.35403.

Doors ol Steel

A copy of the Insulated Steel Door Systems Institute's data file is available free from them at 712 Lakewood Center N., l46m Detroit Ave., Cleveland, oh., 4107.

Hit the Decks

For information on metal posr wood deck kits, other wood deck kits or accessory kits write Oakwood Manufacturing, Inc., P.O. Box 519, Oxford, Mi. 48051.

Scaffold Cenlerfold

A 28-p. catalog on tubular steel scaffolding is free from Vanguard Manufacturing, Inc., Temple Rd., New lpswich, N.H. 03071.

Cuttlng Edge

A brochure on metal cutting saw blades made from Swedistr steel is free from Kapman, [nc., P.O. Box 2fl), Waldesc, N.C.28690.

Steel Door Securlty

A brochure on insulated steel door and frame units is free from Bcnchmark, General Products Co., Inc., P.O. Box 7387, Fredericksburg, Ya. 2?M.

Itallan Beauty

"The Bcauty of Ccramic Tilcs from Italy," a four color brochure of applit* tions is free from the Italian Tile Ccnter, 49 Park Ave., New York, N.Y. Ifl)2l.

Polyesler Films

A brochure that identifies polyester film grades is free from Robert W. Marsh, ICI Americas Inc., Wilminglon, De., 1909/.

Water Pump

A color brochure describing the operation of Thermaflo water source pumps is free from Jacobsen Energy lndustries, Inc., 651 Vernon Way, Dept. P, El Cajon, Ca.9?.O?,0.

GEORGIA.PACIFIC

(Continued Jiom page 8) business may be steadier, as deregulation permits new ways to finance a home which are fair to both borrower and lender.

Our region has been less affected by this recession than other parts of the country. The South is less dependent on cyclical manufacturing jobs than the Northeast. And we continue to enjoy rapid growth. Builders in our region have not repeated the condominium speculation of 1973-75.

Next year we think there is an excellent chance that U.S. starts will improve to about 1.3 million, with Southern starts exceeding 750,000a25a/o recovery from 1982 and close to 1978's peak.

Single-family starts should rebound smartly, but multi-family housing's market share should remain greater than it has been in many years-about 37t/o next year, compared tojust 3090 in 1979.

By mid-year an improving economy should stimulate nonresidential building, with much of the increase coming in our region. In 1970, 3090 of the nation's nonresidential building was generated in the South. Next year we think that share will be close to 40q0.

Expenditures for repairs and alter- ations may be flat in 1983, but we think they will outperform housing this decade. The fact that housing activity has been depressed does not diminish the importance of repairs and alterations.

The rising cost of new construction and high mortgage rates are great incentives to remodel or rehabilitate existing structures-particularly the 30 million tract houses built in the two decades after World War II. Manufactured housing will in-

Stimpson

(Continued from page 1l ) year. McGraw-Hill Information Systems Company is predicting 1.325 million units. The National Association of Home Builders forecasts 1.365 starts, and NFPA is projecting 1.38 new homes in 1983. not including some 280,000 mobile homes.

Residential loan applications to the Department of Housing and Urban Development are already showing sharp gains. On an annual basis, applications in the last half of September reached 576,000, compared with 183,000 in the same l98l period. October figures were running at an annual rate of 745,0(X) applications, representing about half of creasingly realize its potential. Shipments may improve to 275,Ofi) next year. The South's production share will reach S7slo-up from just 45vlo inthe mid-1970s. total residential loans.

So, when interest rates moderate, we anticipate growing markets for building products, both in the United States and offshore. We will not need the 2 million-starts-years of the '70s to enjoy prosperity in the 1980s-a returning prosperity that we believe may be 1983's legacy.

Even for retailers whose businesses are not based on sales to the new home market, these figures should be good news. A healthy new home market has a multiplier effect, reaching into the markets for remodeling and over-the-counter sales. In a favorable housing atmosphere, lenders are inclined to be more reasonable about remodeling and renovation loans. And many new home owners start improvements to customize their dream homes.