Category: Feature Stories

Featured stories and highlights from National Hardwood Magazine by Miller Wood Trade Publications.

Dryco
Miller Wood Trade Publications and Michelle Keller

Quality Over Quantity At The Core Of Dryco Lumber

Quality Over Quantity At The Core Of Dryco Lumber

Founded in 1992, Dryco Lumber has become a pillar in the distribution of kiln-dried hardwoods. Located in Wayne County, OH, Dryco Lumber is strategically positioned in the hotbed of the hardwood furniture manufacturing industry. 

Purchasing 3 million board feet in hardwoods annually in 4/4 through 8/4, the facility encompasses 45,000 square-feet. Species available include Alder, Birch, Cherry, Grey Elm, Hard and Soft Maple, Hickory, Poplar, Red and White Oak, Walnut, Quartered and Rift White Oak and eastern white pine.

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Cedar Creek
Miller Wood Trade Publications and Michelle Keller

Timeless Beauty From Cedar Creek Hardwoods

Timeless Beauty From Cedar Creek Hardwoods
Located in southeast Missouri, in Fredericktown, on a family farm in the majestic Ozark mountains, Cedar Creek Hardwoods is a second-generation family-owned business that specializes in secondary manufacturing of quality hardwood lumber and hardwood products.

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HMA
Miller Wood Trade Publications and Sean T. Briscoe

Shifting Risks: How Hardwoods Can Prepare For A Productive 2025

Shifting Risks: How Hardwoods Can Prepare For A Productive 2025

After years of volatility, hardwood businesses are looking toward 2025 with cautious optimism. Sixty percent of companies expect increased sales in the coming year, according to the National Wood Flooring Association’s industry outlook. These positive market headwinds make it critical for wood and building material businesses to maximize profits by protecting every aspect of their operations.

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Miller Wood Trade Publications

AHEC Provides EUDR Update To Appalachian Lumbermen

AHEC Provides EUDR Update To Appalachian Lumbermen – Appalachian hardwood export companies recently learned the latest details on the European Union Deforestation Regulations (EUDR) from the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC).

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equipment forecasts 2025
Miller Wood Trade Publications

Equipment And Service Providers Prepare For 2025 With Hope For Market Improvements

Equipment And Service Providers Prepare For 2025 With Hope For Market Improvements.

In the forest products industry, equipment and service providers encountered several issues in 2024, such as struggles with labor, competition with imitation wood products, transportation and fuel prices. One respondent detailed, “The high fuel prices are still challenging with high transportation costs from vendors and freight companies.” Many businesses intend to combat these issues with new product line releases, technological improvements in machinery, AI and hopes for lower fuel and transportation costs. A respondent from one company noted, “There are areas of the country where labor is reliable but for most, technology is replacing day laborers as fast as vendors can get equipment installed.”

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Eagle machinery
Miller Wood Trade Publications

Strategic CAP X Partnerships At Eagle Machinery & Supply, Inc.

Eagle Machinery & Supply, Inc., located in Sugarcreek, OH, is a custom machinery manufacturer and robotics automation supplier. The company is a systems integrator specializing in wood processing systems, optimization solutions for scanning, ripping, crosscutting, sorting and stacking, planing and sanding, finger jointing, industrial bulk material handling systems and hydraulic fluid power systems. Eagle is also a distributing partner and systems integrator for the sales, training, installation, technical support, parts and service of MiCROTEC/WoodEye Log and Lumber Scanners, and OSI Machinerie Systems’ Planers, Sanders, Side and End Matcher Profilers.

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NHLA
Miller Wood Trade Publications

NHLA Graduates 207th Class

The National Hardwood Wood Lumber Association (NHLA) was thrilled to recently announce the graduation of the 207th Class from the NHLA’s renowned Inspector Training School

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Miller Wood Trade Publications and Cadance Johnson

2024 Proved To Be Challenging But There Is Hope For 2025

While 2024 proved to be challenging for most lumber suppliers, many believe that there is hope for 2025. One participant stated, “…any increase in demand at all will be a boost to movement and hopefully pricing.”

Another participant said that despite the headwinds that his company has seen over the course of 2024, there is potential for 2025.

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