YOtUnE I, No. lO

Business Forecast Speciat Issue

Merlo: lots of changes ahead in new decade

Bingham: problems to solve and conquer in '90

Hart: pressure will continue on timber supply

Peterson: industry has to commit to quality

Lindberg: southern pine is set to prosper

Robison: future is bright for structural panels

Stebbins: environmentalists are biggest threat

Doran: 1.45 million housing starts for 1990

Weyerhaeuser sells panel div. to new Va. corp.

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Wolmanized Lumber Adopts Bar Goding

Wolmanized@ wood products will be first in the pressure treated wood industry to have universal product codes (UPC) on lumber of all sizes.

Pursuit of UPC labeling was prompted by The Home Depot, the first major retailer requiring it. Hickson Corporation worked with The Home Depot to overcome the practical and technical obstacles.

Michael Modansky, wood products merchandiser at The Home Depot, said, "The use of bar coding allows us to be more efl'icient in pricing, consumer service and inventory control. We're demanding it of our suppliers. The producers of Wolmanized wood have shown leadership in the pressure treating industry by recognizing our desires and cooperating with us on the first such system among treated wood suppliers."

lifetime warranty labels similar to those now being stapled to Wolmanized wood products. In-cylinder testing determined a label material and ink that can be scanned satisfactorily after subjection to the pressure treatment process.

A "zero suppression" number has been granted to Hickson Corp. by the Uniform Code Council for use by producers of Wolmanized@ pressure treated lumber. The zero suppression number is an abbreviated coding which enables bar codes to fit on the narrow end labels used with l" boards and 5/4" decking without eliminating any of the current consumer information which appears there.

Coding will cover a wide array of products. When all sizes are considered (2x4-8', 2x4-10'. 2x4-12', 2x6-8', etc.), along with products kiln dried after treatment, those treated with water repellent and specialty products, there are approximately | 100 SKU's of wood pressure treated with Wolman@ preservatives. Each now has its own bar code designation.

The bar codes will be printed on

Treater Story In January

The joint wood preserving industry associations' annual meeting in New Orleans, Nov. 8-10, including the Southern Pressure Treaters Association, National Timber Piling Council, Society of American Wood Preservers, Inc., American Wood Preservers Bureau and American Wood Preservers Institute will be part of Building Products Digest's January Southern Pine Special Issue.