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R.S.G. Forest Products t(Eltt0nE PGL Euilding Producls....

Gram LumberCo.

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American Plywmd Association

Eeadex Manufacturing C0.

Burlington Northern Railroad Burns Lumber Co.

Georgia-Pacif ic Corp. (Tacoma)

Georoia-Pacilic Corp. (Seattle)

Kennedy-Johnsen Lumber Sales

PGL Euilding Products (Auburn)

PGL Euilding Pr0ducts (Marysville)

PGL Euilding Products (Alaska Div.)

Loth Lumber

Producls McFarland Cascade (ln Wa.) (800) 521-2131

North American Plywmd Corp.

Norlhcoast Redwood E Cedar Co. Simpson Timber Co.

Skookum Lumber Co. Western Turninos & Stair Western wood Preserving Co. Weyerhaeuser Co. (Seanle)

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Japan OKs Oregon Plywood

Gregory Forest Products. Inc.. Glendale, Or., is.the first U.S. plant to be given authority to apply the Japan Agriculture Standards (JAS) mark on structural plywood produced in its plant.

This will allow the plant to increase production to meet the needs of the Japanese market and keep employees on the job, according to president William H. Gregory.

Home lmprovement Bullish

Growth of home improvement product sales, which was projected to slow to 3.40/o in 1990, will slow again to 3.10/o in 1991 and then accelerate to average 6.20/o in 1992-94.

A study, one of two done for the Home Improvement Research Institute, notes that "the projected 5% growth for the five years 1989-1994 represents a slowdown from the average sales growth of 7.60/o over the last five years, but it compares favorably with a more serious slowdown in spending projected for other consumer markets."

The studies note that a growing number of consumers are buying at retail and having the products professionally installed. This B-l-Y market is expected to attract more and more consumers.

Although there is a strong link between home building and the home improvement market, the studies point out that the demand for products to improve existing homes will remain strong despite a general slowdown of consumer spending. Real sale growth in the home improvement market is expected to average 2.50/o during 1989-1994, compared with 1.5% for consumer spending on all goods and services.

Following the slowdown of the last two years, growth in home improvement product sales to contractors is expected to outpace the consumer market in l99l-94. "The housing recession of 1990 is paving the way for the recovery of 199192 the weak market has alreadv

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