StimPro Inland Red Cedar

The Quality Choice

Contractors, architects, and designers, as well as homeowners are discovering the many advantages of StimPro lnland Red Cedar from Stimson Lumber Company.

StimPro cedar products are graded and sorted to assure that they conform to the highest standards of quality, with a wide range of patterns, tallys and packaging. Our boards are kiln-dried to assure dimensional stability.

Products Available: o Decking r Siding and patterns o Boards and dimension r Fence rails and posts

Grading Beyond the Standard StimPro provides you with the highest possible quality by limiting the WWPA allowable defects in all grades. Our V4E pattern stock is specially selected to assure a select tight-knot product.

Superior Surfacing

StimPro cedar products are surfaced using high-speed planers with the latest technology. We use a rougher-head planer process to provide a clean, uniform rough face to our 51 52E boards.

Special Packaging

StimPro cedar products are available in a variety of packaging options. Our 5152E boards are available in single length half-pack units. Our pattern stock can be sub-bundled and end-capped for merchandising value.

ECS Sets Users Conference

Enterprise Computer Systems, Inc. expects record turnout for its 2005 Users' and Management Conference April2l-23 in Tampa, Fl.

"While the conference is primarily intended for current Enterprise customers, we consider this a wonderful opportunity to welcome those companies who are interested in learning more about our software, our customers, and our corporate culture," said ECS's Toni Faulk. "Our customers are always happy to discuss their experiences, and the users' conference is a great time to meet many Enterprise customers and associates, and to see our products first-hand."

A specific track of sessions will target company owners and executives. Other sessions will cover installed sales, electronic trading, special orders, millwork, specific accounting topics, using ODBC, and will introduce ECS's suite of productivity products, including Dispatch & Delivery, ECS Dashboard, ECS Commerce, Professional Estimating, and Document Management. Users of these products will meet in roundtable discussions.

In the conference Demo Room, new hardware and software applications will be open for inspection. Vendors and ECS support staff will demonstrate their products and answer questions.

LBM Guides Updated

Two annual reference guides for the North American softwood forest products industry have been updated by Random Lengths Publications.

The 2005 Big Book has more than 1,000 pages listing 6,851 softwood companies in the U.S. and Canada and more than 26,300 key personnel. Also included are company profiles, addresses, phone and fax numbers, email addresses, and Web sites.

The 2004 Yearbook provides price histories for the past I I years on more than 260 key lumber and panel items. Tables and graphs track monthly price averages for the past five years. Also listed are economic data such as production and market statistics, plus an international section with price histories, trade-weighted dollar information, and export volume by species and destination from 1999-2004.

The Big Book is $239.95, while the Yearbook is $46.95 from Random Lengths, P.O. Box 867, Eugene, Or.

Royal Plywood Adds Lumber

Royal Plywood Co. LLC, Cerritos, Ca.. has added hardwood lumber to complement its extensive line of panel products.

The move, explained president Dana Linz, allows Royal "to satisfy more completely the entire material needs of our customers."

Cliff Duernberger, formerly of National Wood, has joined the company as vice president of the new hardwood lumber division.

"We plan to stock everY major domestic hardwood from alder to white oak, as well as a few imports such as African and genuine mahogany," Duernberger said. "Royal will be well-positioned to serve not only the small cabinet shops with high-end products, but the medium to large manufacturers as well."

Existing panel sales pesonnel are being trained to also sell hardwood lumber. Royal will hire additional outside salespeople to focus primarily on hardwood lumber. but who can also sell from the plywood inventory.