Plywood From Guatemala

F-rom the vast jungles of Guatemala, exotic hardrvoocl veneers and plywood are nou' being placed on the American market by a nerv company, Industria de Madera las euevradas, S.A., 7th Avenue South and 20th Street. Guatemala City, Guatemala.

The company started operations in October, 1950, anrl is producing 25,000 square feet a clay. Both veneers and plywood are exported to this country, interior and exterior grades, in such hardrvoods as mahogany, San -Juan, Banak, and Mariposa.

Most of the mahogany comes from the vast forests of the east coast of Guaternala, and the conrpany has under consideration a plan to open another plant on the east coast, nearer to the sources of supply.

The accompanying pictures u,ill shorv some of the ecluip_ rrrent and general surroundings of the plant, as well vieu' of a hardrvood forest. asa

Jim Barron, sales manag.er, Sand Door & plywoocl Co., Los Angeles, is back from spending trvo weeks' vacation at Twin Lakes in tl-re High Sierra. Fred Kopplin, Jr. has vacationed for the past two weeks at the Grand Canyon. Zion National Park, and Salt Lake Citv.

Chuck Breitenbucher, of the sales staff of Davidson ply_ wood & Lumber Co., Inc., Los Angeles, has been trans_ ferred to the San Francisco warehouse rvhere he is on the order desk.