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Chinese Tour O'Malleys

A six-man delegation from the Building Construction Bureau of Beijing (Peking) recenrly spent rwo months in the Phoenix. Az.. area studying building and construction technologies.

Among the hosts for the visit was the O'Malley Companies who took the delegation on a two day tour of the Glendale Truss Plant, Contractor_& Industrial Yard, O'Malley Pipe, O'Malley Glass, the West Side Mill, the Energy Division and the Glendale BMC.

Chen Chiu-Cheng, the only English speaking member of the group, served as translator asking questions about the manufacturing piocesses and relating the answers to others in the group. Tour members carefully inspected machinery and processes, taking notes and diawing'diagrams.

Jay O'Malley, Jim Barlow, Dick Kereny, John Shipley, Paul Conley and the managers of the units included on the tour learned much about construction in China. Concrete and masonry are widely used there since wood is in short supply and reserved for window and door frames and temporary building. Because the building industry is run by the government, there are no layoffs. Wages, low compared to those in the United States, are augmented by low rents. about 4 to 5E; of wages'. free health care, and free education for children through college.

The Chinese delegation headed by Wen Yi-You, deputy director of the Building Construction Bureau of Beijing, was impressed by the efficiency and advanced management system employed by the O'Malley manufacturing operations.

Lumber Pile Low in'81

The Western lumber industry may not be able to fill 1981 lumber demand in an orderly manner. "All the major elements for trouble are evident," H.A. Roberts, executive v.p. of the Western Wood Products Association, warns.

The present economic conditions that have crippled homebuilding, the largest single market for Western lumber, in 1980 have forced Western softwood lumber producers to slice their inventory positions to very low levels. Some mills reportedly are not building log decks for normal winter production schedules. If a strong demand develops early in 1981, producers may not be able to fill it.

Compared to 1980, next year should be a year to rejoice in the Western lumber industry, a transition year between one of the worst of recent record and the anticipated high demand of the mid-80 s. A WWPA l98l forecast expects 1,600,000 housing units to be built in the United States.

Lumber demand is expected to be up 12010, nearly 4.0 billion board feet. Western lumber mills should produce l7.l billion feet,1.7 billion feet more in 1981 than they did in l 980.

Current high interest rate levels are predicted to drop slightly in the near future, but they will probably move upward later in the year and oninto 1981. The WWPA originally forecast 1,300,000 units to be built in 1980, but feels very confident of a 1,200,000 unit performance by housing.

The bright spot for 1980 will be lumber exports. These should reach a record-level 2.0 billion feet. The rise in export demand is attributed to increased demand from Italy, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Spain and West Germany. The Japanese are expected to demand more lumber, in place of logs, due to more Western mills gearing their production to Japanese markets which use different sizes than American home builders use.

Higgins Goes International

Harry Anthony, president of J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., has announced the formation of a new division, "Higgins International," with offices at the corporate headquarters in Walnut Creek, Ca.

Hieeins International will import and diport lumber, plywood and all types of manufactured wood items throughout the United States.

The manager of this new division will be Dick Osmundson, formerly with Atkins Kroll, San Francisco, assisted by John Enright of J. E. Higgins Lumber.

Hardwood and Lindane

Preliminary findings of the Scientific Advisory Council disagree with the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed cancellation of hardwood lumber uses of the insecticide lindane.

Pointing out the benefits of lindane use and the lack of an adequate substitute, the SAP, a group of health scientists, recommends that forestry uses and hardwood lumber uses of lindane be continued with practices to insure safe levels of worker exposure. The cancellation proposal would phase-out use of lindane for hardwood lumber treatment over a two-year period.

Both George E. Kelly, executive v.p. of the Southern Hardwood Lumber Manufacturers Association, and James L. Gundy, executive v.p. of the Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Inc., favor continued use of the insecticide.

Hardwood to the Rescue

New drying techniques may enable hardwood trees to relieve the demand on the softwood forest from paper product manufacturers.

The U.S. Forest Service laboratory, Madison, Wi., has discovered that if pressure is applied while hardwood pulp is being dried, it will produce a heavy paper suitable for uses such as linings on corrugated boxes.

Using normal drying procedures, the short stiff fibers typical of hardwood produce a paper that tears easily and has a rough, rubberlike surface. Hardwood constitutes 55Vo of the nation's forests.

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