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Kvat Modet 960 how varied the specifications. Automatic Strike Jamb audicnce participation. Panelists included Clifl Chulos. Northwest Hardwoods. Portland. Jack Havens, Lane Stanton Vance. City of lndustry; Lee Kearney, Ccntcnnial Forest Products, Portland, Jack Rose. Ross-Simmons Ilardwood Lumber. Longview, Wa.. Walt Ralston. Gcorgia-Pacific. Cily of Industry, Ca.; and Dick Mattheison, Medlord Corp., Portlancl. Or.

The talk covcrcd a wide range of areas that inclucled whether or not mills shippcd promptly (nrost agreed they did a reasonable job); that lumber stain hiid not been a maJor problenr; quality control lcvcls (generally rrgreed to hc acceptable); and that price changes could produce more direct competition between ntill and distribution yards in covering lcical ntarkets.

Other discussion got into what was dcscribed as thc problem some had in obtaining an ade quate supply of 1014 and 1214. Price and profitability factors were identified as thc main villains. Alder problems citecl were log costs, fewer prenrium logs, softwood manufacturers' purchase of hardwood logs solely for fiber uses, and increased labor and energy costs in a down markct. It was observecl that rvhile selling on net footagc was now requircd. not all mills we rc providing this inlbrnration to wholesalers.

Next clay's nreeting opened to some NHA business, including the June 5-6 meeting in Portland at the Marriott Ilotel and the Nov. l2-16 25th annivcrsary convention to be held at the Ro1,al Lahaina Resort a1 Kaanapali, on Maui, in Hawaii.

Association manager David Srveitzer also reported on the success of their promotion program on grade stamped aldcr as well as other e{lbrts to seek more support to increase the cutting of alder. Approximat ely 47('1, ol'alder ownership is in private hands, he noted.

The size and nrarketing opportunities in the Southern California nrarket were described in a follow- ing speech by David Cutler, editor pr-rblisher of The Merchant Mqgazrnc. which has its offlces in Newport Beach.

He said that if Calif ornia were an independent nation, it would have the eighth largest gross national product in the world. The GNP is defined as the total valuc of all goods and services proclucecl. He noted that Orange County alone was expecteci to finish 1979 with a total economic output of $23.6 billion. adding that more than 250.000 new residents moved to the state in the previor-rs year.

Cutler said the nation's economv is splitting into regional economies and that marketers should be alert to the greater potential in the western and, especially, the California market.

The final day of'the convention was clevoted to sonre socializing ancl attending thc Woodworking Machinery & Furniture Supply Shou in Los Angeles.

HPMA Fall Gonvention

The annual Fall convention of the Hardwood Plywood Manufacturers Association, held in Los Angeles, elected as president, James Lester, Eggers Plywood Co., Two Rivers, Wi.; lst v.p., Robert Renfro, Weyerhaeuser Co., Chesapeake, Va.; v.p., Block Flooring Div.. Len Wilson. The Modernwood Co.. Clinton. S.C.

The new Cut-To-Size Div. director is James Rogers, Marion Plywood Corp., Marion, Wi.l Prefinish

Div. director. Clint Ludeman, Davidson Panel Company, Anaheim. Ca.: Veneer & Affiliate Div. director, Wm. F. Wagner, Arkansas Face Veneer Co., Benton, Ar.; Stock Panel Div. director, Henry Dotter, Roseburg Lumber Co., Coquille, Or.; Canadian director, Ken Whitehead, UOP Manufacturing Ltd., North Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Cliff Stevens. chairman of the association's Technical Committee, reported that ASTM Committee E5

The Merchant Magazine is currently developing a fire test standard to be used for kitchen cabinets, shelving and counters. Among the requirements currentlY under consideration are flamespread and smoke develoPment. HUD Minimum Property Standard and the Federal Mobile Home Safety and Construction Standards now require a 200 flamespread for exposed parts of kitchen cabinets, doors, bottom panels and end panels.

HPMA members were advised that when the ASTM standard is developed the stock panel manufacturers will likely be asked to supply data on fire performance characteristics to their kitchen cabinet manufacturing customers.

James Huey, Wilco Machines, Inc., Memphis, Tn., spoke on "Wrap It" to the Veneer and Affiliate Div., describing the rapidly evolving technology and techniques to wrap vanous wooo Products, including molded profiles, panel edges and drawer sides.

Paper, vinyl, and now l/36" to l/40" thick veneer, are being used to wrap compound curves and sophisticated molding shapes with a high degree of skill. HueY stated that much of the development has occurred in Europe, but some companies in North America are obtaining the capability of providing products using this technologY.

L.W. Rodewald, president of Birchwood of Los Angeles, Inc., Commerce. Ca.. invited the entire group to visit his operation one afternoon. Birchwood manufactures architectural, marine, and aircraft hardwood plywood. Tell when you get where you're going-since you didn'twaste it ongasoline.

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