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P.O. Box 727,Healdsburg, Ca. 95448 707-433-3313 FAX 707-431-2973

Nu Forest Products is a full line lumber distribution yard that, unlike many, has a wide range of milling equipment that enables us to handle all your specialized needs. We take particular pride in the fact that our highly skilled millmen can grind the knives and mn any pattern your customer requires.

BEADEX Manutacturing Co.'s new custom built, 50,000 sq. lt. headquar tels on a four acre site in Auburn, Wa., increases the company's specialized manufacturing capacity for drywall accessories and finishing systems. The newly relocated operations feature a highly automated joint compound plant, increased laboratory space and modern product testing and qualig control equipment. New high speed forming equipment will increase production of Beadex's'nose coated" tape-on corner bead. The strategic location of the new offices provides norlh/south and easVwest lreeway acc€ss to western markets. The company also serves western and mountain slates from a network of plants and distribution facilities in Oregon and California.

Wood Windoq Door Demand to Grow

Strengthened by continued repair/home improvement demand and a trend towards larger homes using more doors and windows, U.S. shipments of these products will increase almost 6% annually to $23.5 billion by 1995.

Vinyl will continue to gain at the expense of aluminum, moving into patio doors and skylights. Wood will account for over half of total window and door shipments gaining strength in patio doors, omamental sash and decorative millwork.

Metal windows and doors will decline as vinyl replaces aluminum prime windows, according to a Freedonia Group report.

Doug Fir Timberc lo0o/o FOHC

8 to 34 RGH, S4S Resawn

C-BTR DF KD S4S

Vertical and Flat Grain Pine

Doug Fir Dimension 22'to32',2x74

SelStructDF KDS4S 2x4 - 2x72 to24'

Hem-Fir and SPF Fascia Selects. Commons. Sel De>< 7x4 to2xl? Western Red Cedar Redwood KI) Clears. Stk. Timbers Clr Hrt, Clr, B & Rustic Grades Redwood Green

Clr Hrt, Con Hrt, Fencing, Decking, Lath, Pickets

Moulders Timber Sizer Resaws Planer Ripsaw Dry Kilns

1-800-621-5840

George McConnell, Jr. Sam Sanregret John Cavallo Kris White Dennv Lenhart

SOUTHERNCALIF. BAYAREA SACTO/SANJOAQUIN

Bob Davids Tom Schlaak Ed Burris 805-772-5459 707-538-3102 916-786-05lO

Sidinq Nails-

. No Staining o No Streaking o Slender shank and blunt diamond point Diamond pattern head blends with wood texture. Small head diameter permits face nailing and blind nailing o Annular ring threads preclude nail head popping and cupping of siding boards. AlSl Grade 304 nickel/chromium alloy.

Highest quality nalls for cedar, redwood and other line wood materlals.

SWANEZE tlbod Screws UI

mwK w@ o Self-counter sinking bugle and trim heads . Square drive recess eliminates driver bit cam-out o Sharp point for quick penetration with minimal pressure r Self-tapping coarse threads r Coated with non-stick, dry lubricating film Solid nickel/ chrome stainless steel for superior corrosion resistance o 6 lengths: l" through 3"

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Depot Cutting Pallet Use

Home Depot has begun a program to slash the number of pallets it uses, substituting lighter weight, fully recyclable slip sheets.

Slip sheets, l/8"{hick pieces of fiberboard with small lips on each side for hoisting by forklifts with special attachments, are less expensive to purchase and dispose of than pallets and take up less shipping and storage space, a company spokesman said.

Matthew Pitts was transferred from Atlanta, Ga., headquarters to Long Island, N.Y., last year to begin equipping and training the Northeast Division, which faces unusually high disposal costs.

Pallets are still used for carrying products once they are inside the store and for lumber, which has not proven compatible with slip sheeting.

Pitts forecasts the program will be rolled out companywide, division by division, beginning late this year if " all the bugs can be worked out." Forklifts must be specially equipped, vendors receptive and, most important, employees intensivelv trained.

Palco: Business As Usual

Most operations are back to normal at Pacific Lumber Co., Scotia, Ca., after more than a month of clean up and repairs following three devastating earthquakes.

The April25 and 26 temblors caused more than $t5 million in damages to Palco and the company-owned town. (See Tfte Merchant,May 1992,p.3I)

The cogeneration power plant, DouglasfirMill "A" andredwood Mill "B" were progressively brought back on line as equipment and structural repairs were completed. Weeks were also spent restacking an estimated three and a half million board feet of fallen lumber.

During the repairs, no employees were laid off. Those from affected operations were assigned clean up duties or to a third shift added at Palco's Fortuna, Ca., operations.

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