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FOR DOMESTIC SALES CALL: Jerry Long. Michael Parrella. LYnn Bethurum. Janet Parrella. Pete Ulloa, Bruce Keith. Matt Petersen, Jim Lawson.

FOR INTERNAT]ONAL SALES CALL: Nestor Pimentel, Abel Flores.

IHPA FindsCertification

The vast majority of end-users have no need for wood products to be certified, especially if they might have to pay extra, IHPA-The International Wood Products Association announced during its recent 40th annual convention in Florida.

After a year of study, the Certification Working Group of IHPA's Conservation Utilization Reforestation Education Committee reported its findings in a position statement, which was approved by the board.

IHPA now holds "that current selfdescribed'third-party, independent' certification programs are very expensive, contain criteria addressing social and other issues that are non-quantifiable and often beyond the control of forest managers, and make little, if any, positive contribution towards addressing the real issues affecting forest management and/or deforestation."

As a result, the group recommends that each individual company decide on its own whether to seek any type of certification.

Also at the convention, IHPA presented its Hall of Fame Award to John

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G. "Jack" Davidson and its first Distinguished Service Award to Gerald E. Gilbert, Hogan & Hartson, general counsel to the group for over 20 years.

Outgoing president Richard C. Newman, Plywood Tropics USA, Portland, Or., passed the gavel to Donald A. Thompson, Thompson Mahogany Co., Philadelphia, Pa. New senior v.p. is Carl Gade, Penrod Co., Virginia Beach, Va.; treas. Art Pond, Evergreen Hardwoods, Seattle, Wa.; sec./asst. treas. Wendy Baer, IHPA; directors on the executive committee:

OSB Futures To Be Traded

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has filed for regulatory approval to trade new futures and options on OSB. The Exchange, which has been trading random length lumber futures for more than 25 years, will trade OSB in 100,000 sq. ft. units of 7/16" thick, 4x8 panels.

In 1995, the wholesale value of OSB production surpassed $3 billion, an increase of 50% over the last 10 years.

Eric Thomsson, Brookside Veneers, Greensboro, N.C., and Newman, and regional v.p.s Pond; Roy Polatchek, Liberty Woods International, Carlsbad, Ca.; Stuart Clarke, Clarke Veneers & Plywood, Jackson, Ms.; John Andl, Mitsubishi International, New York, N.Y.; Tony Posner, Evergreen Hardwoods, Memphis, Tn.

The event attracted 320 members and guests representing 164 companies from a record 25 nations. Next year's convention will be March 4-7 at the Kauai Marriott, Kauai, Hi.

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FEATUBING: FAST TOWER CRANES (1981) Liebherr-Werk Mod. 66K, 11,200 Lb.; (1932) Liebherr-Werk lvlod i4K, 8818 Lb.; (1982) KrollType K36/39, 4000 Lb.; TRUCKS & TRACTORS - (1986) Ford Mod. 9000 Conv. Twin-Axle Diesel; Ford Conv. Twin-Axle Tractor/Trailer; (1979) GMC 6000 V-6 Tractor/Trailer; (1978) GMC Astro 95 COETractor; Dgdge Utility Pick-Up;(19721Ford 100 Pick-Up;TRAILERS-(1979) Shoals Mod.350LB Gooseneck; Trailmobile 42' Flatbed; (3) 2a' Hatbeds; LOED HANDLERS - (5) Gradall Mod. 554;Gradall Mod. 534-8; FORKLIFTSClark 20,000 Lb. Diesel; ChampSgq0 Lb Diesel; Hyster 8000 Lb. LPG; Clark 12,000 Lb. Diesel; Hyster 6000 Lb. LPG; Hyster & Nissan 5000 Lb. LPG; Pettibone Mercury & Clark 4000 Lb. LPG; WOODWORKING/MILL EQUIP.

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Agencies Against Rail Merger

Saying thc $5.,1 billion rail nrerscr uoulcl creatc monopolics in hundrecls o1' rnarkets. r.cducing contl.rctitiott antl raising priccs. thc Agriculture. .luslicc and 1'ransl'rortalion clcpartttrents havc protestcd tlrc Union I'acil'ic's proposcd lcquisition of Southcrn Pacific.

Thc Justice Dcpartntcnt spcculatcd the pact could cost consurncls $|J00 nrillion a year in highcr priccs and rrrgc(l tlrt Stt rllee Tr:lnsP()rtati()n Borrrd lo kill thc tttcluer tinet'it seenrcd too flar"'ed to flx.

Earlicr, Union Pacific rcfuse d Agriculture's reconrmcndation that it scll off r-ril scgmcnts tirnt thc lv{tdu'cst tir thc Clull and to thc Wes( Coast.

Analysts say thc ob.jcctttlns Itrat' not stol) the dcal but riill likcly pressurc thc board to block it or clctttantl nrl.jor divcstiture s by Union Pacil'ic.

L-P Unveils New Facilities

Louisiana-Pacific held a dtlublc grancl opcning l'or its Calpelltt. Cl., clistribution centcr and ncu'lv Ittodel-ttizcd L-]kiah. Ca.. millin,s cotnplcx.

Thc nelv drstributittn center. lcottlring 37-1,(X)0 st1. l't. o1' covcretl storagc, crnploys 90 and ri'ill ship about ll0 rrrillion bd. ft. o1'nraterill rvorth abttut $80 nrillion annually. using about 100 trucks pcr day.

'l hc DC took ninc nrttnths to btrilcl at a cost of'SlJ.5 rnillion.

-l-hc ncrv I -5. I c)21-sq. ft. sawrnili, witli 12fl enrployccs. lvtll sarv an cstirnltcd 120 rnillion bd. li. ol'rcdwood, Douglas l'ir ancl white f ir each 1'ear.

'I-hc nc* sa\\'s llre morc efficicnt ancl can utilize snrallcr logs. Lltscrs scan thc log to optimizc thc atnount tll lunrber recoverecl and thcn scatt thc lunrbcr to optinrize thc valuc of each picce.

Tlic S 17.5 rlillion l'acility rccluirccl onc YL'llr to construct.

Port Hadlock Open At Last

Altcr rrrrtnths ttl rvolklng out Lrf hugc n'alk tn storagc colttitlncrs att(l ll l0'x50' trailcr olficc, Hadlock Building Suppll' has opcned its ncu'11' rcbuilt storc in Port Hacllock, Wa.

Co-owner Morris Jantcs,.i usl bclirre nroving out rtl'thc trailcr, notcd, "Wc've bcen in he rc tirr cight rnonths. antl bov ure \\'c -gelting cranky."

'l-he ncw I 1,700-sq. ft. storc is abor.rt thc surtte size ls thc prct'ious shop. rvhich was cxpitndcd in 1992 and destroyccl by a still unsolved. $1.5 nrillion arson fir.c last August. Thc nov faciIity Ieatures 20-ft.-hi-ch w'alls. lfi point-ol sale computers. an l,lJ(X)sc1. ft. paint section that non stocks *'tllpaper. ancl a tool rctttltl scctittn tliat also rcnts out par-ty supplics.

Janrcs ancl pilrtner Joe Lovliltt's lirr-nrcr crnployer. Bob Slettcdaltl. l:i3, tnrvcled frorn Clalifornia to ctlt the ribhon during a lavish grattd openrng .lunc L

Celotex Bankruptcy Plan

Cclotex Corp. has agrced to a settlen)cnt {-or asbcstos victims that q7,v11lj 11ll,rri tlte irt:ullrltott .,'1111.1161 f inallv to crrcr-sc l'r.ttm bankruptcy.

Clclotcx's scttlclnent *'itli thc cttntnrrttcc rcprcscrtting thc asbcsttts lrcalth cllinritnts. thc legal rcl)resentativc fof l'uturc asbcstos boclilv in-iury .ltrittlliltls. tltc trlrtlc \'{)tlltl)iltce. t'rluil\ intcrests ancl otltcr crcditor intcrests rvill lcad to the subnrisstotr o1 a nerv rcorganization plan "r'l.riclt. il cclnf irrned. would lrce thc cotnpanl' fiotll asbestos liability. Asbestos-rclatcd litigation ovcr a l5-ycar pcriotl forccd Cckrtcx to l'ile Chaptcr I I bankruptcy in 1990.