LETITIERS

Staplfsare Notnew

I am writing in response to your November 1993 publication in which two articles, "Add Value to Your Lattice" and "New Products - Irttice in a Clinch," refer to a new clinch staple system being introduced and used by Universal Forest Products and Ryan Forest Products.

We at Brite Millwork have been using this stapling process on our lattice for nearly 10 years now, and gluing for the last two. All of our machines have been designed and built in-house. Our products are distributed throughout Canada as well as the Midwest and Eastem regions of the u.s.

I feel it necessary to stress that while this "clinch system" is indeed revolutionary, it certainly is not new.

Douglas tr'enwick

Brite Millwork Inc.

641 Hardwick Rd.

Bolton, Ontario, Canada L7E 5R2

ALPHABETSOT]P

I noticed a News Briefs item about the status of AWPA approval for Osmose's copper citrate preservative in October's Merchant. Thank you. We certainly appreciate the reco gnition,

The preservative was described as ACC. However, ACC is in the AWPA standards as acid copper cromate. Our preservative is CC, an anrmoniacal copper citrate.

The two systems are very different and we don't want your readers to be confused. Thanks again for the notice and all the work you do for tbe industry.

Suzanne Paclttl Osmose

Wood Preserving Division

P. O. Drawer O Gritrin. Ga.30224-0249

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