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"Plastic Lumber" Protested

Several industry groups are working to persuade ASTM Committee D20 on Plastics against using the term "plastic lumber" to designate structural products that use a combination of plastic and wood fiber.

American Wood Council, among others, submitted negative votes and comments claiming the terminology will cause confusion and potentially dangerous situations in the marketplace.

AWC noted all definitions of the word "lumber" describe cut slices of timber or wood in board shapes, thus identifying a manufacturing process, finished shape and material. The proposed definition of "plastic lumber" is contradictory as to material and incorrect regarding manufacturing process, finished shape and cross-section.

Alternative terms suggested included "fiber-reinforced plastic boards." "resin-bound fiber structural boards," and "structural fiber-reinforced plastic board."

Siding Class Action Rejected

A federal judge in New Orleans, La., denied a request for class action certification by owners of homes and commercial buildings using Masonite hardboard siding.

Plaintiffs contend the products are inherently defective since moisture causes them to swell. rot and disintegrate, damaging the buildings. International Paper, which purchased Masonite in 1988, blames poor construction and design and construction techniques, not the products, for any moisture damage.

The judge attributed his ruling to varied types of products at issue and the varying circumstances under which they were installed. Masonite siding was found to be defective by an Alabama state court jury in a nationwide class action last September.

Coastal Dropping Chino DG

Coastal Lumber Co. will close its Chino, Ca., distribution yard by the end of September, with Walter L. Ralston, Jr., selling mill direct shipments from a new office in Arcadia, Ca.

Headquartered in Weldon, N.C., Coastal opened the hardwood lumber products facility in 1985 on land adjacent to and leased from International Forest Products.

Although Ralston will continue representing Coastal's Northern, Appalachian and Southern mills, maintaining a West Coast warehouse had not been profitable the last two years.

Timber Sales Losing Money?

The Clinton Administration, echoing environmentalists' claims, says timber sales from national forests are not turning a profit, according to the Western Wood Products Association.

The White House, in classifying roads and payments to counties as an expense, now contends timber sales are merely a subsidy to the wood products industry.

Conversely, the Forest Service, which uses accepted, General Accounting Office-approved accounting principles, reports that over the last six years timber sales have netted a profit of $2.8 billion.

Additionally, a new American Forest & Paper Association study shows timber sales provide a 2.25 times greater economic contribution than recreation, fish and wildlife programs.

Andy Kice, ex-Capital Lumber Co., is in charge of LCL and direct sales in Southern California for Diablo Timber Co., Orange, Ca.

Keith Matheney has been named v.p.sales & mktg. for Louisiana-Pacific, Portland, Or.

Arturo Fuentes is the new mill foreman at Peterman Lumber, Inc., Fontana, Ca.

Steve LaValley, ex-Georgia-Pacific, Denver, Co., is new to sales at Plateau Forest Products, Bend, Or.

Dean Linton has been promoted to distribution center mgr. of PrimeSource, Seattle, Wa., succeeding John Patterson, who is now DC mgr. of the newly acquired Los Angeles, Ca., facility. Paul Redwood has been promoted to sales & mktg. mgr. for pneumatics, replacing Brad Strosahl, who is the new DC mgr. in Cincinnati, Oh.

Dwight O'Donnell is the new president of SierraPine, Ltd., Rocklin, Ca.

Dan Lusby is now specializing in cedar fencing at Skookum Lumber, Shelton, Wa.

Henry Ragin has been named v.p.-merchandising for kitchen, fashion plumbing and decor at HomeBase, Irvine, Ca.

Mark Longfellow has been promoted to interior products sales mgr. at James Hardie Building Products, Mission Viejo, Ca.

Walter Minnick, ex-president and ceo of Trus Joist Intemational, Boise, Id., and David Emerson, president and ceo of the Vancouver Airport Authority, have been nominated as new directors of MacMillan Bloedel. Paul Douglas, Adam Zimmerman and Ray Smith are retiring from the board.

Bruce Garrett, ex-Georgia-Pacific, is now mgr. of the new distribution yard for Pacific Lumber & Shipping Co. in Vallejo, Ca.

Larry Rogers, ex-84 Lumber Co., is a new inside sales rep for Landmark Building Products, San Bernardino, Ca., covering Central and Northern California. Connie Sue Short, exGeorgia-Pacific and Unity Forest Products, will handle inside sales for Southern California. Steve King recently retumed from a sales & mktg. trip to Las Vegas, Nv., where he promoted Thermo-Ply sheathing and Maxi-Plank siding lines.

Frank Tidwell has retired as v.p. at California Truss Co., Perris, Ca.

Tom Jones, a Stockton Wholesale Lumber Co., Stockton, Ca., truck driver for 19 years, has retired after nearly 40 years in the industry in trucking and sales.

Philip J. Brandi has been named president and c.o.o. of the National Housewares Manufacturers Association, succeeding Thomas P. Conley, who had headed the organization since 1990.

Sean McCartney is now mgr.-international trade activities for the American Hardware Manufacturers Association.

Dr. Dieter Japs has been appointed to the board of management at Michael Weinig AG.

David R. Irion has been appointed dealer sales mgr. at Canyon Creek Cabinet Co., Woodinville, Wa.

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Patrick George Waldron Hunter Hammann Waldron Forest Products

Jan Edwardsen, ex-Georgia-Pacific, is new to the wood products commodity department at Boise Cascade's Building Material Division, Phoenix, Az.

Scott Stanford has been promoted to president of Advantage Business Computer Systems. Gregory Matatall is now ceo.

Glen Magnuson, formerly sales mgr. at Weyerhaeuser's Beaverton, Or., distribution center, has joined Fullmer Lumber's Donald, Or., sales staff, selling industrial products throughout the West Coast.

William J. Blackmore has been appointed radiata pine product mgr. at Snavely Thames, San Francisco, Ca. He recently won a silver medal as the New Zealand rep in the World Championship Triathlon.

Corrinne Riley is now sales assistant for Redhill Forest Products, Hayden Lake, Id.

Ron Eilbert is now branch mgr. at Albuquerque Door Co., Albuquerque, N.M., a division of Cameron Ashley Building Products, Dallas, Tx. Joe Ilahn, founder and former owner of Albuquerque Door, will retire May l.

Graham Wood has been named v.p.finance and c.f.o. at Software Solutions, Inc.

Greg Gumbel, NBC sportscaster, will give the keynote address June 19 at the 1997 Western Building Show (PCBC) in Sacramento, Ca.

Stan Majorowski has been promoted to sales mgr.-machinery products at Darant Distributing Corp., Denver, Co. Drew Grant is covering central and westem Colorado sales.

Mark B. Gramelspacher has joined the senior management team of BlueBird International, Inc., Englewood, Co.

Ben Putnam is new to ABTco, as customer service mgr.

Gray Reynolds, deputy chief for the National Forest System, agreed to retire Feb. 28 after 35 years with the agency at the request of recently appointed chief Mike Dombeck. Mark Reimers, deputy chief-programs and legislation, also agreed to retire after 37 years.

John Dilly has been appointed mgr.-commodity wood products for GeorgiaPacifi c's distribution division, Atlanta.

Ed LeBlanc, ex-Macklanburg-Duncan, has joined Regent Lighting as pres. and ceo.

Frank Stewart has resigned as mgr. of state govemment affairs and environmental communications coordinator for the Southem Forest Products Association to join the American Forest & Paper Association as media director.

Jan Bradshaw is now administrative assistant for Architectural Woodwork Institute.

Mary Withrich has been promoted to distributor communications mgr. for Wayne-Dalton Corp.

Steve Byers has been named v.p. for Sears Hardware Stores, which has moved to Orchard Supply Hardware's San Jose, Ca., Hq. Andy Wetmore, Sears' director of hardware store operations, replaces Byers as v.p. in charge of integrating Orchard into Sears. Orchard executives retaining posts with Sears Hardware include: Bill Evans, now v.p. and general merchandise manager; Bill Collard, mgr.-distribution; Joe DiRocco, v.p.-mktg.; Steve llillberg, c.f.o.; Ron Stahl, v.p.real estate, construction & planning, and Jerry lhompson, director of loss prevention.

Mark S. Arnold has been appointed v.p. and controller-plumbing and specialty products international at Kohler Co.

Richard C. Russell has been promoted to assistant treas./general credit mgr. at The Celotex Corp. IIeIen Gonzalez is the new mgr. of communications.

Robert D. Bohan was named c.o.o. of Duo-Fast Corp. Mchael P. Flannery is the new v.p.-mktgfor the U.S.

Robert I. Baker has been promoted to ceo of The Chamberlain Group, Inc.

Richard G. McCall has been named national sales mgr. for King Safety Products' electrical division.

Emma Nems is now servicing the candy machine at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Frantic Last Days At Ernst Home Centers

During the final days of January, Ernst Home Centers closed its final stores. with reactions sometimes emotional and sometimes explosive.

"This is it," said Brent Robbins, who for two years managed Ernst's Sequim, Wa., store. "Final day. This is hard for me. This is the end of a I 03-year-old company."

But by the last hours, most of the employees were gone. A liquidation crew oversaw the final moments, progressively marking down and taping off the remaining merchandise into a smaller and smaller section of each store.

Bargain hunters, many who traveled from Ernst closing to Ernst closing, waited with baskets filled with assorted plumbing and electrical parts, for stores to give the final call to lower the 90%o-off sale to $25-abasket.

Things went fast in Olympia, Wa. The Gig Harbor, Wa., store opened at 9 a.m. and closed by 10 a.m., but not without a little shoving. Fighting and punching broke out at Port Orchard, Wa.

In Sequim, the final crowd of about 100 minded its manners. wait- waiting for Ersnt to give one more last call.

At least one location will continue as a hardware store. Stan Jensen, formerly of Jensen Distribution, Ernst's biggest supplier, has taken over the lease at the Lincoln Heights (Spokane), Wa., unit and will reopen it next month as Heights Home Center and Nursery.

He resigns as senior vice president for national accounts after 28 vears with Jensen Distribution. where his brother, Mike, is president.

Ernst's Best On Their Own

Bankrupt Ernst Home Centers' top cabinet salesmen, who similarly suffered five years earlier through Pay'n Pak's bankruptcy, have taken matters into their own hands.

Turning down offers from other chain stores, Roger Bucholtz and sonin-law Glenn Stump have opened their own business, The Kitchen Specialists, to pick up where they left off at Ernst's now shuttered Longview, Wa., store.

"We did between $500,000 and $600,000 in business out of that cabi- net department a year, so we really made money for them," said Bucholtz, who points to sales awards Ernst gave them.

With the permission of Ernst, they took the store's client list for referrals and set up an office in Bucholtz's Cathlamet, Wa., home in midDecember. Just as at Ernst and Pav'n Pak, their strategy is to travel anywhere in western Washington or Oregon to design and sell semi-custom kitchen cabinets.

They hope eventually to open a retail location in Longview, but first want to get established. "I don't have a guaranteed paycheck, but I have less stress now than when I was working for the chains," Bucholtz explained.

Photogenic Finish Performance Coatings Inc.

is searching for pictures of wood projects treated by its Penofin finishes for a photography contest.

Photos may be featured in Penofin ads, brochures and on its Web site. and finalists can win an airless paint sprayer, camera with a photographic scanner or $500 cash. Deadline is Julv 31.

Remodeling Grows SteadilY

The remodeling market will grow steadily over the next 10 years as the annual dollar volume spent on maintenance and imProvements to existing homes and aPartments is exDected to tise 5Vo annuallY'

"By the Year 2005, the remodeling market will reach about $180 billion"' said National Association of Home Builders executive vice president Kent Colton. "It is expected to surpass new construction after 2005'" ile said remodeling activity climbed 570 from 1995's $112.6 billion to $118.6 billion in 1996.

Two trends have Persisted since the start of the decade which continue to add to the industry's steady growth, but run counter to the market forces prevailing in the 1980s' First, the market share of improvements (addidons. alterations and major replacements) has been rising, ftom 52Vo in 1990 to 64Vo in 1995. Second, growth in total remodeling expenditures since l99l can be traced to activity in owner-occupied properties.

Mowers, Tillers To Rebound

Relatively small increases forecast for outdoor power equipment in 1997 won't reverse last Year's large declines in all categories, according to the Outdoor Power EquiPment Institute.

In 1997, walk-behind mowers are expected to grow 3.3Vo to 5.533 million units; front engine lawn tractors to rise 5.2Vo to 1.182 million units; riding garden tractors to gain 3.9Vo to 201,500 units, and walk-behind tillers to climb 2.2Vo to 322,866 units. Rear engine riders should fall 8.9Vo to 1 18,400 units.

Slightly better sales are forecast for all categories in 1998. Overall sales fell nearly l7%o in1996.

Wood Makes Fitter Floors

Typically sold for its beauty, wood flooring also has been found to be heahhier than other coverings.

According to a recent EPA study, harmful pesticides commonly carried into homes on shoes or by pets are less likely to stick to wood floors.

"Wood floors are easy to keep clean and eliminate harmful residues." added National Wood Flooring Association's Jeff Buysse. "Wood doesn't harbor dust and micro-organisms."

FOR DOMESTIC SALES CALL:

Jerry Long. Michael Parrella, Lynn Bethurum

Janet Parrella, Pete Ulloa, Bruce Keith, Matt Petersen, Jim Lawson, Steven Franze.

FOR INTERNATIONAL SALES CALL: Nestor Pimentel. Oscar Portillo.