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*lnformation onfile at J.H. Baxter & Co.

Chemonite is the registered trade name for Ammoniacal Copper Zinc Arsenate (ACZA). It was initially formulated at the University of California in the 1920's, and developed for commercial use in the 1940's, by J.H. Baxter, a California corporation with timber holdings and treating plants in California, Oregon, and Washington. They continue to hold the product's license today. Chemonite-treated wood has maintained its structural integrity for over 50 years, with no reported removal due to failure.

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Chemonite (ACZA) waterborne pressure treatment can penetrate Douglas fir and other hard-to-treat species to assure compliance with AWPA standards. Avoid purchasing treated wood that does not meet established industry standards.

For the name of your nearest source of Chemonite treated wood, call (415) 573-331l. PO Box 4215, Foster City, CA 9MO4

Oregon Can Have lt All

Oregon does not face an either-or choice between healthy forests and a viable wood products industry, a new study reveals.

The state "can have it all, a healthy environment, a thriving wood product industry and new growth industries, if we play our cards right," according to the Oregon Business Council and Oregon Forest Resources Institutesponsored study, which reviewed a decade of economic and environmental upheaval, estimated what Oregon forests could support as a sustainable annual harvest, and examined future paths for the industry.

Decisions to severely restrict timber harvest won't necessarily improve forest health but would have a devastating impact on rural communities, in turn affecting the entire state economy, the study said.

Forestry Film Makes lts Case

A new film that makes a powerful case for scientific forest management as the best public policy for protecting the health and resiliency of forests has been released.

Produced by Emmy Award winners Roger and Nicholas Brown of Summit Films, "California's Forests: A Case for Management" portrays the political, scientific and socioeconomic issues surrounding government and private forests.

California Forestry Association is urging industry supporters to pass the 28-minute mini-documentary on to business, civic and service affiliations, schools, libraries, media, cable access stations and elected officials.

Copies are $10 each from the association, (916) 444-6592.

Martin Buys Dry Greek Mill

Martin Forest Products, Healdsburg, Ca., has purchased Dry Creek Millwork & Planing Co., renaming it Redwood Industrial Manufacturing Co.

The addition of the R.I.M.C.O. facility, which adjoins Martin's disribution yard, expands Martin's industrial sales department and enables the company to supply mouldings, patterned sidings, resawing and surfacing, both in-house and on a custom basis.

Martin has distributed redwood and cedar lumber for nearly 20 years.

Gapital Buys MDF Business

Capital Lumber Co., Phoenix, Az., has entered the MDF business, purchasing Custom Forest Products, Sacramento, Ca., according to Capital pres. John Gaskin.

Custom Forest Products manufactures MDF mouldings and boards and operates a priming facility. Former owner Jim DiMatteo will stav on as general manager.

FibreForm Goes To Tasmania

FibreForm Wood Products. Los Angeles, Ca., will build and operate in Tasmania (Australia) manufacturing facilities to produce moulding, millwork, flooring, and furniture and cabinet components for distribution primarily to North America.

After signing an agreement with Tasmanian development offices, FibreForm is now seeking a site to construct sawmills, drying facilities, secondary manufacturing operations and an integrated reconstituted fiber products plant, relying on an annual resource of over 300.000 cubic meters of hardwood pulp logs from southern f6rests.

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Despite an 8Vo downturn in December, total construction contracts rose 6Vo in 1994 to $285.2 billion, according to F.W. Dodge.

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Sierra Club Axes Staff

Sierra Club is cutting its 350-person staff by more than lOVo due to falling donations and declining membership.

Since 1991, donations have declined $6.8 million and membership has dropped by about 100,000 to near 500.000. Sierra Club officials attribute the cutbacks to economic problems, especially in California, and waning public interest in environmental issues.

ISO: The Next Generation

ISO 14000 standards for environmental performance, the next step after the internationally recognized ISO 9000 product quality standards, are on the horizon.

Such environmental certification of products is expected to have great influence on future resource management.

A major conference held March 89 in Washington, D.C., centered on the ISO 14000 process for developing environmental management standards.

The conference introduced the International Standards Organization and the reasons behind private sector, voluntary consensus-based standardization of product claims. The American Society for Testing & Materialssponsored event was led by the U.S. Technical Advisory Group chairmen who serve on all major ISO TC-207 subcommittees.

ISO 9000 has already generated tremendous interest, including a flurry of recent books such as "The ISO 9000 Book: A Global Competitor's Guide to Compliance & Certification," "Taking Care of Business: How to Become More Efficient and Effective Using ISO 9000," "The ISO 9000 Implementation Manual: Ten Steps to ISO 9000 Implementation," "ISO 9000: Meeting the New International Standards." and "ISO 9000 Answer Book."

Industry Gets A Break

A leading opponent of logging restrictions in Northwest national forests, Senator Slade Gorton, R-Wa., was appointed chairman of the Interior Appropriations panel, which greatly influences logging and environmental laws.

The panel oversees Forest Service and Interior Department funding, including the Bureau of Land Management, Fish & Wildlife Service and National Park Service.

Pine Tree Buys Bumba

Pine Tree Lumber Co., Escondido, Ca., has acquired Bumba Lumber, Pacific Beach (San Diego), Ca.

Roger Hulbert has transferred from Escondido to manage the renamed Pine Tree Lumber of Pacific Beach. Former owner Ray Bumbaugh stays on in sales.

Pine Tree Lumber general manager Jerry Stubblefield said the company may be looking for a site to open a fifth yard late in 1995.

Profile Of A Do-lt-Yourselfer

"Owner of a new single family home, 30 to 35 years old, married with young children, upper-middle to lowerupper income," is the description Builders Square president Frank Felicella gives ofthe average do-it-yourselfer.

In addition, he maintains SlVo of these consumers need how-to information before they can start a project. "It's the serious do-it-yourselfer that's going to be the biggest customers," he explained. "We want to make the smalltime do-iryourselfer comfortable enough to try larger projects."

Builders Square considers those doing home improvement projects to be good customers since they buy 70Vo of their merchandise from hardware stores, home centers, lumber and building material outlets. They also are involved in an average of 6.5 maintenance, repair or remodeling projects a year.

Felicella credits the boom in home improvement to cocooning or the desire to spend more and more time at home, attributing this to five social conditions: aging baby boomers, a weak economy, changing work modes and changes in technology including a trend toward working at home and converting bedrooms into offices.

Checkout Line Speedup

Customers slowly filling out checks can create real cashier's line log jams. Maryland-based home improvement retailer Hechinger's may have a solution.

Their registers have built-in check printers. The customer merely gives the cashier a blank check, which is then inserted into the machine. It pops out imprinted with the store name, date, and the amount in numbers and text. The customer then signs it and is on his way.

It's claimed that checkout is faster and mistakes fewer, that unclear handwriting is avoided and the check is automatically endorsed. Some newer printers read the codes at the bottom of the check, electronically verifiying the check and eliminating the need for a plastic courtesy card.

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