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Johns-Manville has developed an innovative compression packaging system for insulation as an aid to dealers: it condenses storage and makes delivery less cumbersome.

Called Uni/Pak, the packaging protects each roll of J-M d-i-y insulation with a poly bag. Four of these bags are then compression packed into a heavy kraft bag.

As a result, dealers can stock more insulation in less space without worry- ing about its becoming shopworn.

Futhermore, Uni/Pak allows dealers to deliver more insulation with fewer trips and smaller trucks. It's appealing to the customer, too, who can get more insulation into a truck or station wagon and carry more of it with every armload.

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Industrial high bay lighting luminaires for all wattages are offered in the Superbay series by Hubbell Lighting.

Superbay is designed for full usage operation up to 1000W high pressure sodium, metal halide or mercury vapor lamps in light weight, easy-to-install configurations.

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Rugged die cast aluminum ballast housings are multi-finned to dissipate heat and are designed for minimum uplight ilterception.

Reflectors, spun of high purity, heavy gauge aluminum in Anodal finish, are available for standard or adjustable distribution.

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Lighter weight, easily maneuverable floor doors made of heavy gauge aluminum are now available from the Bilco Co. for both new construction and replacement applications, Made with welded extruded frames. the doors can be fitted with single or double openings to provide ready access to pits, trenches, and vaults when installed flush with concrete floors. One-quarter inch diamond tread plate provides a slip-resistant surface. The doors can withstand live loads from 300 lbs. per sq. ft. and are easily opened by one person because of spring-operated lifting mechanisms. The aluminum doors complement Bilco's line of floor, pit, sidewalk, and roof doors.

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(Continued Jiom page 18 ) coast and inland mills will produce 17.7 billion board feet of softwood lumber to market this year, a prediction 3% better than the WWPA production outlook six months ago, he says.

WWPA sees some modest improvement in other new construction and increases in materials handlire. "These increases, together with a continued strong demand for lumber for repair and remodeling, should put pressure on manufacturers to supply more lumber in l9'77 than in 1976. Western mills will need to supply 18.3 billion feet to satisfy that demand. Another 1.7 billion feet of western lumber will be needed to supply export demand which should be up 150 million feet in 19'17 over 1976.

Robert J. DeArmond, President of WWPA and The Pack River Company,

Spokane, told members that the Association is in sound financial condition and that various programs had been restored to former levels following the lumber market recession of two years' duration.

Attendance totaled 370. The Spring meeting will be held in San Francisco March l5-18, 1977; the Fall meeting will be in San Diego.

In other business, the Quality Standards Committee recommended grading rules changes that were OK'd for an upcoming reprilt of WWPA Grading Rules. None of therecommendations have to do with the National Grading Rules.

WWPA also will establish a Special Metric Subcommittee. The Forest Service has announced a target date of July, 1980 for changing all timber sales from board feet to cubic measure. Sales have already been made on this basis. The new subcommittee is authorized to study the affect this will have on timber appraisals, the index and all WWPA statistical reports.

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(Continued from page 24 ) employee and customer enjoyment.

The new store resulted, in part, because the city was re-directing A Street and the building had to be moved to compensate for the newly straightened street. The existing brick building that dated from 1929 was raised earlier this year.

The old brick building was practically a story in itself. Built to conform to someone's idea of Early California architecture, it was built with bricks irregularly laid. It has been said that there was not a single brick in the building that was laid to form.

By contrast, the new building is of treated pole construction, with uprights widely spaced through the building to support a relatively high ceiling and is thoroughly modern in every respect. The floors are covered with checkerboard,pattern tile and the gondolas displaying retail merchandise are, generally speaking, of medium heighth.

Signing is done in bold blockcapital letters and gondolas carry an identifying number on each end and an additional "A" and "B" to indicate sides for easier location of merchandise.

With the additional space, Peoples has added more hardware, paint, plumbing and electrical supplies and a brand new line of prefinished modular kitchen cabinets.

Bill Rau is the manager of the Oxnard operation, which, incidentally, is the oldest business in town. Joe De LaPoza is his retail manager. The entire program was under the aegis ofveteran lumber industry executive Miles Davidson, NBC Western region v.p. and Mike Hynes, NBC retail sales manager. The NBC headquarters are in El Segundo

Tropical Hardwoods

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As the supply crunch intensified, it was natural that the industry look towards Southeast,Asia for the needed face veneer. The industry had 25 years of successful, though limited, experience with Philippine mahogany veneer. As demand increased. new sources of supply and a variety of new and different species quickly came into the picture. Unfortunately, problem woods were not immediately recogrized and separated out of tropical veneer shipments.

When plywood made with these new veneers was initially introduced in the marketplace, these problem woods caused difficulties with quality, primarily delamination and staining from leach of extractives. Quick action by the American Plywood Association in 1972 to deal with the production of each species individually soon brought the situation under control.

There has been no evidence of any significant quality problems with tropical hardwood production since that time.

The downturn in the plvwood mar- ket relieved the urgency of the search for supplemental veneer sources. With market demand for plywood now coming back strong, however, it seems inevitable that many mills will soon find it prudent to take another hard look at tropical hardwoods.

It is vital that the plywood industry not repeat quality problems encountered during l97l-72. This time, industry is confident the danger can be averted if it wisely employs past experience and knowledge of tropical hardwood production.

To assure continued production of high quality plywood with tropical face veneers, the industry must accomplish three things:

First, various tropical woods must be identified and segregrated so the industry is always dealing with a known entity. The Malaysians have established an independent veneer inspection service that is ready to swing into action on certification of species and grade when market demand reaches sufficient levels. This kind of service is a key to solvhg quality problems.

Second, tropical woods must be identified according to physical and mechanical properties so performance of the finished product can be ac- curately predicted as required in the plywood industry's product standard, PS l-74. Primary classification of tropical hardwoods will be for strength, which requires the gathering of reliable data on properties and capabilities of all species. Fifteen Southeast Asian hardwoods are already class! fied and listed in PS l-74.

And third, the diversity in properties of tropical wood must be recognized as well as the variety of end use requirements for the finished product. With these factors in mind, plywood manufacturers must make necessary adjustments as required in production technology.

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