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Canadian SPF (Spruce). White Fir
Redwood. Incense Cedar
Western Red Cedar
PRODUCTS &lected Fascia. Pattern SidinS Palpt $ Crating Lumber. Fencing Boar&
Banding Channel pallet manufacturers to provide an MSDS to warn employees in areas such as sanding, sawing and grinding operations where dust may be generated in airborne concentrations that can be inhaled.
Vinyl Flooring Continues Roll
Despite strong competition and a slowdown in the residential housing market, U.S. vinyl sheet and floor tile sales are expected to rise from 1995's $1.9 billion to $2.6 billion annually by the year 2000.
According to Specialists in Business Information, vinyl sheet and floor tile sales have increased about 87o a year since 1991.
Argentina Super Tree Project
Fletcher Challenge of New 7,ealand has entered into a joint venture SuperTree Project in Argentina with partner Forestadora Tapebicua of Buenos Aires.
Buenos Aires-based sales manager Bill Hoglund, formerly of Nickerson Lumber & Plywood Corp., North Hollywood, Ca., will head efforts to expand from the current South American market to North America and Europe and to develop products for those markets.
The project involves plantation forestry of "eucalyptus gigantis," which in Argentina grows to a harvest size of 150 feet tall in 15 years. The pruned logs will be used for moulding, millwork, furniture and other high-end applications. Plans also include starting up a new plywood plant by the end of 1996.
Spyder...The All-Terrain, Portable Material Handler
.New reach fork system specially adapted for handling large bundles of sod. lumber. brick and block rNew stability and safety systems
.3,000 - 5,500 lb. lift capacity
Extend-A-Fork reaches across truck
.Engine and wheel motor options
.C-Channel Mast
.2-Wheel and 4-Wheel drive models available
How To Please Remodelers
Remodelers consider on-time delivery and in-stock availability the two most important attributes when making a purchase decision, according to the Home Improvement Research Institute's biennial Professional Remodeler Segmentation Study.
Competitive pricing, salesperson knowledge and ease of pick-up are also considered of significant importance. Remodelers said warehouse and traditional home centers do not meet these needs.
Below, remodelers rated the attributes most associated with warehouse and traditional home centers (the percentage denotes how many associated the attribute with the particular type of outlet, the rank its order of importance):
Warehouse home centers
Carries brands geared to consumer/d-i-yer
Everyday low pricing
Carries a variety of brands
Wide selection of products
Convenient hours
Traditional home centers
Carries brands geared to consumer/d-i-yer
Wide selection of products
Carries a variety ofbrands
Everyday low pricing
Convenient hours
Contractor volume rebates were listed by 58Vo of respondents as the promotion or event that most improves their impression of a supplier. Continuing education seminars were listed by 55Vo,product-use clinics by 49Vo.
Professional remodelers purchased tools more than any other product category. In the last 12 months, 897o bought tools;76V0 lumber and building materials; 73Vo punt and sundries; 66Vo electrical and lighting products, and 64Vo kitchen/bath/plumbing products.
Lumber and building supplies were bought most often from lumber and building material retailers, and paint and sundries mostly at specialty stores. Wholesalers and distributors were the most common source for electrical and lighting, kitchen/bath/plumbing supplies, appliances and HVAC products.
Tool purchases were split among wholesalers/distributors, warehouse home centers, and lumber and building material retailers.
Thirty-two percent of remodelers said they are more likely to buy from a retailer who offers installed sales.
Remodelers completed an average of 43 residential projects in 1994. Bathroom remodeling was the top full-scale project completed by professionals in the last 12 months, done by 56Vo. During the year, 50Vo fully remodeled kitchens, 44Vo added abathroom and31%o added aroom. Installation of plumbing fittings and fixtures were the top interior projects, undertaken by 43Vo of remodelers in the last year.
Drywall work was done by 42Vo, and 4l% installed or replaced a door.
Top exterior projects included replacing an existing window (39Vo), repairing or replacing aroof (37Vo), adding adec,k(35Vo), and installing siding (32Vo).
Unloa o 9-car SP spur for flats, boxcars or Aframes IIP & Santa Fe . Truck & trailer
. Vans or piggrbacks . Dock-high Sto
. Fully fenced, pavcdlo-acre yard
Two 2O,OOO+ sq. ft. covered sheds r
Computerized inventorv control
. Toyard or job site
.lnbound or outbound quotes o Full service facility: 3 resaws, saws, gang rip saws at your disposal . C/LTimbers r Header packages
. Built-up loads/pull to length
. Trim & fascia loads o Details &corbels . Custom mfg.
AMID the rumbling molors of jackhammers, powerwashers and other power equipment, Hardware Wholesalers Inc. held the industry's lirst ever Rental Equipment Outdoor Demonslration Day Jan. 4. Held in conjunction with HWI's winter market in Orlando, Fl,, the event showcased the wares ol more than 100 vendors, including Bobcat, Ditch Witch, Honda, Tenamite and Wacker.
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Hawaii Borate Ban Denied
A wood preserver's request for a preliminary injunction against the structural use of a competitor's boratetreated wood has been denied.
Conrad Wood Preserving Co., North Bend, Or., sued the director of the Honolulu, Hi., building department for approving Hi-Bor without allowing appropriate notice for a public hearing (see Jan. 1996,p.25). Conrad maintains the chemical provides inadequate protection from termite damage.
U.S. district judge Alan Kay denied Conrad's request for an injunction against the use of Hi-Bor treated structural lumber. Michael Marsh, legal counsel for Conrad, said thejudge was merely delaying a decision due to his uncertainty over the effectiveness of borates and hopes that the problem can be resolved during city hearings in March concerning the new uniform building code.
"He thought that would be a more appropriate forum," Marsh said. "Eighty percent of the wood used in Hawaii is borates, so it would affect the public interest both ways, whether it were allowed or disallowed."
Tad Ogi, president of Hi-Bor supplier Honolulu Wood Treating Co., Honolulu, Hi., said, "We are looking forward to another city council hearing on Hi-Bor's effectiveness and to exposing the true economic motives behind Conrad's lawsuit."
Depot Discrimination Suit On
A federal judge has ruled that a gender bias lawsuit against Home Depot's West Coast division may proceed as a class action suit.
Originally filed in December 1994 by eight women who alleged they were denied promotions, training and fair pay because they were female, the case has grown to include the claims of more than 10.000 current and former female employees in 120 stores in 10 states (California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho and Texas).
The judge directed the trial be held in two stages, the first to determine wrongdoing, the second to decide on possible punitive damages.
L-P Settles With States
Louisiana-Pacific has reached settlements with the attorneys general of Washington and Oregon, concluding investigations into the performance and marketing of its OSB siding.
As part of the settlements, L-P will contribute $1 million to Washington State University's Wood Materials & Engineering research activities and $505,000 to the Oregon Consumer Protection & Education Revolving Account, and pay a $250,000 civil penalty in Washington, plus costs and attorney's fees of $100,000.
Although L-P admits no misconduct, the agreements also contain provisions relating to business practices to be used by the company in the manufacture and sale ofits siding.
Knutson Abandons Lumber
Knutson Lumber Co., Wenatchee, Wa., has been renamed Knutson Cabinetry, reflecting efforts to specialize in custom cabinetry design.
"We've gone from a tiny lumberyard in the 1960s to a large lumberyard in the 1970s to a specialty store," said owner Sam Knutson. "It takes a tremendous amount of capital and manpower to stock a store as big as we werg."
Knutson moved the business into one third of his 6,000-sq. ft. building and leased the remaining space to relocated Wenatchee Nail & Staple Center.
