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New Arcata Redwood Execs.

Peter J. Ke- Arcata, Ca., sarvmills (including pon has been Arcata Redwood) to export wood named the new chips from Humboldt Bay.

vice-president, marketing of Arcata Redwood Co., according to Byron B. Miller, president. Lowell J. Chapman becomes vice-president, administration and Charles Shamis moves up to become manager, Industrial Products Div.

Lloyd Hecathorn has resigned as vice-president to become president-manager of North Coast Export Co., a joint venture by local

Kepon was sales manager for Southern California from 19571964, when he moved to Arcata as sales rep for company products in domestic and export markets. He was promoted to manager of the Industrial Products Div. in 1969.

Joining Arcata 21 years ago, Lowell Chapman has held a series of administrative and financial positions, most recently serving as vice-president, public relations.

Charles Shamis joined the company in 1965 and since 1969 has been asst. manager of the div. he now heads.

2500 Boxcars, Ready to Go

Union Pacific Railroad has nearly 2,500 boxcars in storage waiting for loads to help justify, economically, their existence in the UP fleet.

Jack Bowen, general superintendent of transportation for Union Pacific, said this is the other side of the coin which the public seldom hears about but must be faced by railroads when planning equipment acquisitions. He said only a few months ago, the railroads were being criticized because of a boxcar shortage brought on by an unusually heavy demand for both grain and lumber cars.

He point€d out that the 2500 cars UP presently has stored represent an investment of approximately $75 million and at current interest rates such an investment cannot remain unproductive very long without economic consequences.

UP has spent heavily for new rolling stock in recent years with equipment budgets topping the $100 million mark in 1972, t973 and 1974. This was done to meet the unusually heavy demands for service throughout the country.

The current situation was brought about by cutbacks in the building trade and the holding action by wheat producers that is keeping much of this year's production in storage.

L-P Production Cut Back

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Louisiana-Pacific Corp. has been adjusting produc- tion at its wood products manufacturing facilities where current sales demand is less than capacity. "This will keep log and finished product inventories in line with current and anticipated demand," according to Lee C. Simpson, v.p.

"4r " leading producer of commodity wood products, we feel a responsibility to do our part to help restore an industry-wide balance between production and currently depressed demand for lumber, plywood and particleboard items," he said.

"Where necessary, L-P plants and mills will continue to run on reduced schedules curtailed to marketplace demand. This temporary policy affects all L-P operations, but schedule adjustments are being determined by individual managers according to conditions at each location."

Tacoma Lumber Saler Sold

Vance Lumber Co., and Murray B. Marsh, Jr. have joined together to purchase the well known wholesale company, Tacoma Lumber Sales Inc. of Calif.

Tacoma operates in the Southern California market from three major lumber locations, specializing in Douglas fir, green dimension and timbers as well as dry and green upper grades; redwood, full sawn green commons and clears, also dry finish items.

Vance Lumber Co. is a sister company of Lane-Stanton Lumber Co. and Custom Mills Inc., all located in the City of Industry.

Murray Marsh, Jr. is new to the lumber business, having spent ten years in the wholesale floor covering industry working for his father's company, Mumay B. Marsh Co. until it was sold. He is learning about the lumber industry through George Clough's seasoned knowledge and Harlan Winslow. Tacoma's sales office remains in Arcadia.

New Type Plywood Panel

Potlatch Corp. plans to produce "a new type of plywood panel using structural cores of reconstituted wood."

The structural strength of the new product, Plystran, is the result of a wholly new production process for directionally orienting the wood strands used in the panel cores.

Richard B. Madden, president and chief executive officer, said Potlatch will invest $8-$9 million in a new automated plant in Lewiston, Id. Present plans call for completion in early 1976 and annual production capacity of 204 million sq. ft. (%" basis) of Plystran.

"Laboratory work conducted by Potlatch and the American Plywood Assn. has substantiated that Plystran can be used interchangeably with sheathing grade plywood," said Madden. Potlatch has been authorized to apply APA grademarks to its Plystran panel as a Special Use panel.

New Club Olflcerr

Farris Short has been elected new president of the Inland Empire Hoo-Hoo club, which is based in California's Riverside/San Bernardino area. He's with American Forest Products.

George Loos, Suverkrup Lumber, was chosen new v.p.; Don

Olson, Inland Lumber Co., is sec.; Edward Baumann, Rim Forest Lumber, treas.

Board members are Don Watson, Paul Murphy, Larry Holquin and Jim Quiggle. Outgoing president Wayne Solsbee won the $50 attendance prize at the election meeting.

IFP'r Two New Yardr

International Forest Products has moved into its new headquarters at Chino, Ca., from their old location at Pomona and has also begun operations on a new l0 acre site in Fresno.

The new Chino operation is on 7 paved acres, employs 36 and is a complete facility with offices, inventory, mill and related equipment.

There are 17 people at Fresno, working a combined yard and sales operation.

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