By Brad Ball, CEORoadmaster Drivers SchoolNational Headquarters11300 4th Street North. Suite #200St. Petersburg, FL 33716, USAwww.Roadmaster.com Import/Export Wood Purchasing News reached out to Brad Ball
REMAKE was conceived as a response to the need for hands-on experience with American hardwoods in India’s rapidly expanding furniture manufacturing sector The American Hardwood
Steve Jones is president and director of domestic and export sales for Ron Jones Hardwood Sales Inc., located in Franklin, PA. Ron Jones Hardwood Sales
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced revised guidance for employers pertaining to workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new guidance is
With President Joe Biden’s decision to rejoin the Paris Accords, the American Wood Council (AWC), National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) and Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers
The Hardwood Federation recently reported that the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) has received notice from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing that the Chinese Government
Out on the West Coast, it’s pretty much the same as the rest of the country: demand is high, but supplies are tight. In Washington,
Several lumber providers in the Southeast reported the same circumstances in the markets for their products: Demand is high but it’s difficult to produce enough
Lumber suppliers in the Lake States reported being busy, with good sales and, in one case, difficulty in keeping up with demand. A Wisconsin source
As we headed through a recent cold snap, contacts noted most domestic markets were performing well. There was good demand from truck trailer flooring producers
With the cold and stormy weather hitting across most of the country at the time of this writing, it made it difficult to get into
Canada—The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) recently issued a determination that decorative plywood imports from China have not injured and are not threatening to injure
Stockholm, Sweden—News sources report that, during the first 10 months of 2020, U.S. importation of overseas softwood lumber was 39 percent higher than during the
Atlanta, Georgia—On April 12, 2021, attendee registration housing blocks will open for the 36th Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition – EXPO 2021. This three-day
Omaha, Nebraska—DMSi Software, based here, recently announced the acquisition of eLIMBS, an Ohio provider of inventory management software solutions for hardwood logging, sawmill and lumber
Skelleftea, Sweden—The last six months’ sales to Germany and Austria amount to an order value of just over EUR 24.7 million for Valutec, located here,
South Pittsburg, Tennessee—Lewis Reed recently became a hardwood lumber salesman for Cardin Forest Products, located here. Reed sells hardwood lumber nationally and overseas. Cardin manufactures
Union City/Franklin, Pennsylvania—Ron Jones Hardwood Sales, Inc., located here, a concentration yard servicing the domestic and export markets, recently hired Nate Jones into the sales
Hamburg, New York—Levi Soodsma has been with Baillie Lumber, headquartered here, since 2016. Originally only focused on the China market, Soodsma has recently expanded his
Dutton, MI—Tyler Kamps still remembers his first trade show in China. It was in Guangzhou, a city of some 15 million souls. He was only
On the West Coast, lumber providers described the Hardwood lumber market as no less than “order-to-order” and, on the upper end, “very good.” A California
