Produets changing

we expect 50% of joiss sold and used in this country will be engineered producs. Our third plant is up and running in Nevada and mae plants are on tbe drawing board.

Looking abea( I'm most excited about FiberBond. Its growth will be even greater than we've experienced in OSB. We're just beginning. Initial eceptrnce of underlayment indicates the flmring business has been waiting for an alternative !o lauan plywood- We'rc well equippe0 tro moet fuhrc denands of supply, perfcmance and environmental sensitivity. FiberBond structural exterior sheathing, with the advantage of a fire rating, has just entered the marketplace, and our interior fiber gypsum panels have found a niche wherever superior strength is needed. Nature Guard cellulose insulation, fiber-cement t x9; shekes, a whole family of pr,oducts mnde using oor most plentiful resources - old newspapers, residues of other manufacturing processes and renewable plantation wood - mean fuure oppornmity fa orlomers.

When our new hish friends sent us offrecently with tlre familir blessing, 'may the wind be always at yorn hk," I was reminded of New York Knicks coach Pat Riley's remark to a Itoup of builders last yean 'Winners don't wait for the wind at their backs, but ch€rish tbe challenge of wind in their fa@s."