NAWLA Members Convene During MWC

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Feature Stories, Softwood Forest Products Buyer
May 2026

In conjunction with the recent Montreal Wood Convention, held at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth in Montreal, the North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) hosted a regional meeting.

The afternoon included networking opportunities among lumber industry professionals as well as a panel discussion titled “The Evolution of Prefabricated Housing Construction.”

Panelists included: building industry veteran, Dennis Bott; head of technical and trade policy at Timber Development UK, Nick Boulton; wood construction product and transport specialist, and manager of the wood construction group at the Quebec Wood Export Bureau, Alain Boulet; and founder and CEO of Triumph Group of Companies, Mario Ribeiro.

Learn more about upcoming events at nawla.org.

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Ben Jordan, Nicholson Cates, Burlington, ON; and Parm Binning and Bhavya Takkar, Jazz Forest Products Ltd., Abbotsford, BC

Robert Jette, Nicholson Cates, Burlington, ON; Evan Rustja, Weston Wood Solutions Inc., Brampton, ON; Steven Rustja, The Association of Lumber Remanufacturers of Ontario, Caledon, ON; and Matt Bruno, Executive Director, NAWLA, Chicago, IL

Matt McManus, PS Logistics LLC, Birmingham, AL; Ville Rantanen, Jartek Invest Oy, Lahti, Finland; Jeroen Hinnen, Jartek US Inc./Les Entreprises Canada Inc., Trois-Rivieres, QC; and Connor Lund and Chris Martin, Ready Pine, Waterloo, ON

Kris Heideman, Lavern Heideman & Sons Ltd., Eganville, ON; Chris Baumgarten, Hancock Lumber Company, Casco, ME; Jennifer Dennison, Lavern Heideman & Sons Ltd.; Ryan Satterfield, Cersosimo Lumber Co. Inc., Brattleboro, VT; and Karl Seger, Falcon Lumber Ltd., Toronto, ON

Sven Gustavsson and Alex Fortin, Montreal Wood Convention, Quebec City, QC; and Frederic Jacques, Quebec Wood Export Bureau, Quebec City, QC

Jason Hatfield, Falcon Lumber LTD., Toronto, ON; Dan Edwards, Patrick Lumber Company, Portland, OR; Greg Fitz, Interfor Corporation, Peachtree City, GA; and Matt Duprey, Hancock Lumber Company, Casco, ME

Matthew Blackadder and Stephen Blackadder, Falcon Lumber Ltd., Toronto, ON; and Jeff Hardy, Cersosimo Lumber Co. Inc., Brattleboro, VT

Dave Tremblay, Nicholson Manufacturing Ltd., Sagueney, QC; Terry Miller, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis, TN; John Jennings, Nicholson Manufacturing Ltd., Sidney, BC

Dustin Wood, Nicholson Cates, Burlington, ON; Dan Semsak, Murphy Company, Eugene, OR; and Anthony Muck, DMSi Software, Omaha, NE

Morgan Wellons, Nicholson Cates, Burlington, ON; Mario Ribeiro, Triumph Group of Companies, Toronto, ON; Alain Boulet, Quebec Wood Export Bureau, Quebec City, QC; Nick Boulton, Head of Technical & Trade Policy at Timber Development UK (TDUK), London, England; Dennis Bott, HASSLACHER Group, St. Thomas, ON; and Dustin Wood, Nicholson Cates

Martin Vaillancourt, USNR, Plessisville, QC; Alden Robbins, Robbins Lumber Inc., Searsmont, ME; Jean-Sebastien Pelletier, USNR, Levis, QC; and David Gallant, PRO-DG Inc., St.-Lambert-de-Lauzon, QC

Pierre-Luc Nadeau and Anne-Marie Levesque, Comact Quebec, Quebec City, QC; and Laurent Poudrier, Comact Canada, Mirabel, QC

Jacques Loubert, Comact Canada, Mirabel, QC; Francois Pilon, Samuel Packaging Systems Group, Surrey, BC; Guyleine Crete, Comact Canada; Eric Michaud, Carbotech Group, Sarasota, FL; and Gilles Gauvin, Carbotech Group, Blainville, QC; and Laurent Poudrier, Comact Canada, Mirabel, QC

Neill Gibson, Rodrigue Metal Ltee, Quebec City, QC; Gibran Ramole, Olympic Industries ULC, North Vancouver, BC; Louis Allard, FORAC/Consortium, Laval, QC; Sam Alexander, Olympic Industries ULC, North Vancouver, BC; and Mathew Sloan, Trimble Inc./Trimble Forestry, Ottawa, ON

Damien Meyer and Thomas Schaefer, LINK, Black Forest, Germany; Sylvain Dionne, Comact Quebec, Quebec City, QC; and Norvin Laudon, MiCROTEC, Vancouver, BC

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