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Over 50,000,000 feet annually

Personals

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John M. Eikenberg, exec. v.p. of Cuisinarts, Inc., has been elected pres. of the National Housewares Association, succeeding Robert Mariani, pres., Spartus Corp. Martin F. Zorn, pres., Imperial Schrade Corp., is now v.p.; Thomas K. Manning, v.p. of sales, Rival Manufacturing Co., treasurer, and Mike Kempster, senior v.p, of sales and marketing, Weber-Stephens Products. director of the executive committee. New directors are Roberl Furer, pres., Acme Frame Products, Inc.; Murray Jay, pres., Gemco-Ware, Inc., and William Ripley, v.p. of sales and marketing, Pfaltzgraff Co.

NAWLA Survey Studies Sales

Total sales by North American Wholesale Lumber Association members increased by more than $30 million in 1984 to over $7.2 billion. according to sales survey figures just released by the association.

The 1984 sales volume. $7,205,611,632, by 336 firms exceeds the 1983 totd for 344 firms of $7,175,000,000.

According to the survey, direct mill shipments remained the primary method of sales, being approximately 620/o of 1984 sales. A third of the NAWLA membership are 10090 direct mill shippers or office wholesalers.

Nearly l09o of NAWLA members have 10090 sales out of their dis-

Dealer Video On Service

A trio of dealers discusses service to the customer, how it helps move merchandise and how it can be cost effective for the dealer, in a videotape presentation filmed for U.S. Plywood's annual fall dealer meetings.

Francis Mercante, Marco Building Center, Hammond, La., Tbrry Ono, Houston Lumber Co., Las Vegas, Nv., and Ed Seymour, Forest City Home Centers, Cleveland, Oh., are panelists. John Hambrick, NBC:IV newscasteq is the moderator.

At the conclusion of the film Jack Armstrong, executive vice president of U.S. Plywood Corp. (formerly Champion Building Products) explains how the new company was created to continue the business of Champion tribution yard facilities. The remaining 4790 distribute both ways.

Jeffrey Chanin, formerly exec. v.p. of Wickes Co.s, is now a director for Elsinore Corp. (hotels and casinos), Las Vegas, Nv.

W.D. "Bill" Bean, sales mgr., Idaho Veneer Co., Post Falls, Id., retired Oct. 3l after 34 years in the business. He has been replaced by John Malloy.

Tom Porter, sales mgr., DAW Forest Products, Lake Oswego, Or., has retired after 38 years.

Dick Winkler, Laminated Timber Services, Ontario, Ca., recently gained national attention swimming in the Sacramento River at Rio Vista, Ca., according to usually unreliable sources.

Rick Shaw has been transferred tothetransportation dept. at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv,, report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

NAWLA wholesalers continued to be primary distributors of softwood lumber. In 1984. lumber was 83.7190 of sales and 79.910/o of sales was softwood lumber. This amounts to about 5890 of the total softwood production of North America.

The survey also showed overseas export and sales out of reload centers declined slightly in 1984 but that treated wood products sales and shipments from remanufacturing firms rose dramatically.

The $7.2 billion of forest products were sold by 4,125 salespersons and another 8,190 back up employees. These firms ran up a telephone bill of $29,730,084.

Building Products after the acquisition of St. Regis by Champion International.

New Products Contest Set

The fifth annual "Innovator Awards" competition of new products and presentations by manufacturers in the home center market will be featured at the 1986 National Home Center Show, March 9-12, in Chicago, Il.

Judged by a panel of home center retailers, entries may be made in three categories: new or improved products, new in-store product presentation or merchandising, or a combination of both.

WWPA MEETING

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Nlorc than 200 \\'esterners rlttr-ri(lccl thc I'all rrrceting, hcld this )'ear at thc

Sheraton Harbor Isle Hotcl irr San Dicgo, Scptcrttbcr l-1-17. I'hc spring nrceting u'ill be held \larch ll-l-5. al thc Wcstin St. Itrancis in Sln Ijllincisco, ('a.

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