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Utah Sawmill Faces Closure

With the U.S. economy officially in recession and a string of prominent mill closures in the West, at least one Utah sawmill fears it won't make it past February.

Utah Forest Products, Escalante, Ut., had been a symbol of ingenuity and doggedness when it reopened an old mill in the early '90s after a two year closure.

Mgr. Stephen Steed had become something of a hero to many in the town as he opened a new mill made primarily from the salvaged parts of shuttered mills all over the West.

Steed also proved flexible in the face of an ever changing market-turning out everything from log home materials, wooden shakes, home- building boards and even pet litter shavings. ln many ways, the mill's situation is a microcosm of lumber shortages experienced in the state and the West as a whole. In 2000, Utah loggers cut 5l million bd. ft. worth $17 million. That was in sharp contrast to an output of 67 million bd. ft. valued at $25 million dollars in 1999.

But since a sharp downturn in the U.S lumber industry began in mid1999, Steed has been unable to get the company on safe ground.

"We are a victim of the economy," Steed said, remarking that in September he was down to only one shift at the mill. "It was bad. Then since Sept. 1 I, (the economy) yanked the rug from under us and we have not been able to recoup."

Steed noted that there simply haven't been enough logs, speculating that his own supply won't last past February.

In the last 12 years, the West has lost a total of 350 mills.

Preparing for the worst, Steed has been looking for potential buyers as well as an auction house to arrange the sale of mill parts.

Utah Forest Products' one last hope is the possible federal sale of timber in Utah's Kaibab National Forest. It is expected a sale of that magnitude would keep the mill operating for another year.

Yet Steed is less optimistic. "The bottom line is, we can't go any further anymore."

Certification Surges In Canada

In four months, third party certification of Canada's forest management practices have increased 447o to 179 million acres of certified forests-the largest area of certified forest of any country in the world.

The total represents nearly 437o of Canada's annual harvest and over 60Vo of its managed forest lands.

A recent Forest Products Association of Canada survey revealed that Canadian companies remain committed to certification, projecting that the level of certified forestland will jump to another 5O7oby 2005.

German Mills Keep Exporting Kullik & Rullmann German

Timber Export Co., an alliance of nine European mills, now has sales offices in Pittsburgh, Pa., as well as in

Japan and China.

Currently Kullik & Rullmann is shipping 70 containers a month of solid products and glulam beams to the U.S.

The group recently developed a new online production planning system that links the mills, allowing capacity and inventory figures to be accessed.

The exporting company has also implemented a new container loading and trucking system, as well as a claim management system.

New Owner Reopens Treater

Jasper Wood Products, which formerly operated as Cascade Pacific Industries, has reopened its treating facility in Jasper, Or., under new ownership.

Sales manager Mike Boone said Jasper will be treating the same products as before, adding that, "We'll specialize in the West Coast fire retardant market for both commercial and military uses."

The plant is licensed by Hoover Treated Wood Products and treats Hoover Pyro-Guard interior fire retardant and Hoover Exterior Fire-X II

"We just need lumber prices to go up and business to get better-other than that, things are great."

- Barry Edwards, Pollard Lumber Co.. Appling, Ga. products.

He also noted that they were restarting the CCA treating side of the business.

Boone emphasized that the biggest change for Jasper is that "the treating plant is now the core of our business."

Along with Mike Boone, production supervisor Steve Johnson has been retained by Jasper.

Cascade Pacific Industries ran into solvency problems in the spring, eventually declaring Chapter I I bankruptcy. The new owners bought the facility in August during Chapter 7 proceedings.

Full line now available in stock:

. LPI'20 and 32 series l-joists (solid sawn flanged)

. LPI 200, 225 and 300 series l-joists (Gang-Lam'LVLflanged)

. LPI 36 and 56 series l-joists (Gang-Lam LVL flanged)

. Gang-Lam 2650 Fb and 2950 Fb beams in standard and billet thicknesses (1-314" to 7" thick)

. Solid Start rim board

For more information, including a copy of our warranty, contact Huff Lumber.

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