Tours Comprise HMA Spring Regional Meeting

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Feature Stories, National Hardwood Magazine
July 2022

By Gary Miller

Charlotte/Hickory, NC–The Hardwood Manufacturers Association (HMA) recently conducted its 2022 Spring Regional Meeting, featuring sawmill tours in this area.

Among the North Carolina facilities toured were: McDowell Lumber & Pallet Co., in Asheboro; High Country Lumber & Mulch, in Wilkesboro; Granite Hardwoods Inc., in Granite Falls; and Gilkey Lumber Co., in Rutherfordton.

Attendees were also treated to a reception and dinner during this event.

The Hardwood Manufacturers Association (HMA) is the only national trade organization with membership limited to Hardwood sawmills and lumber concentration yards located in the U.S.

Learn more at www.hmamembers.org.

Ian Faight, Hardwood Manufacturers Association, Pittsburgh, PA; Linda Jovanovich, Hardwood Manufacturers Association, Warrendale, PA; and Eric Porter, Abenaki Timber Corp., Kingston, NH

Bruce Dahn, HHP Inc., Henniker, NH; Gary Miller, National Hardwood Magazine, Memphis, TN; and Parker Dukas, Abenaki Timber Corp., Kingston, NH

Jeremy Pitts, Nyle Dry Kilns, Lenoir, NC; Tommy Petzoldt, East Perry Lumber Company, Frohna, MO; and Troy Brown, Kretz Lumber Co. Inc., Antigo, WI

Scott Cummings, Cummings Lumber Company Inc., Troy, PA; and Mark Booser and Jason Vandervort, Matson Lumber Company, Brookville, PA

Keith Harry and David Bailey, New River Hardwoods Inc., Mountain City, TN; Norm Steffy, Cummings Lumber Company Inc., Troy, PA; Tyler King, New River Hardwoods Inc., Beckley, WV; and Wayne Law, New River Hardwoods Inc., Mountain City, TN

Andrew Brown, Abenaki Timber Corp., Kingston, NH; Geoff Henderson, Anderson-Tully Lumber Co., Vicksburg, MS; Patrick Beatty, Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company, Philadelphia, PA; and Jeremy Almstrom, HHP Inc., Henniker, NH

Logan and Tripp Josey, Josey Lumber Company Inc., Scotland Neck, NC; and Bart Jenkins, Kepley-Frank Hardwood Co. Inc., Lexington, NC

John Swan, Bob Swan, Thomas Battle, Craig Miller and Johnny Dale, Battle Lumber Co. Inc., Wadley, GA; and Burt Craig, Matson Lumber Company, Brookville, PA

Mark Tuck, Gates Milling Inc., Gatesville, NC; Keith Harris, T & S Hardwoods Inc., Sylva, NC; Chris Colwell, T & S Hardwoods Inc., Milledgeville, GA; and Jessie Clark, Profile Products LLC, Conover, NC

Jimmy Elliott, Josh McDowell, Tony McDowell and Greg White, McDowell Lumber & Pallet Co., Asheboro, NC

Lucas Eckardt, Matt Frazier, Steven Heathman and Brandon Schindler, McDonough Manufacturing Company, Eau Claire, WI

Peter McCarty, TS Manufacturing Co., Dover-Foxcroft, ME; and Tony Hood, Brooks Jeffords and Cassie Lewis, Turn Bull Lumber Company, Elizabethtown, NC

Ashley McDowell, McDowell Lumber & Pallet Co., Asheboro, NC; and Andy Nuffer, TallyExpress/eLIMBS/DMSi Software, Winston-Salem, NC

Joe Pryor, Oaks Unlimited Inc., Waynesville, NC; and Ben Mathews and Dan Mathews, SII Dry Kilns, Lexington, NC

David Steen and Rebekah Cave, Pike Lumber Company Inc., Akron, IN; and Brian Turlington, SII Dry Kilns, Lexington, NC

Scott Greene, High Country Lumber & Mulch LLC, North Wilkesboro, NC; Jean-Benoit Piche, Machinage Piche Inc., Daveluyville, QC; Tommy Battle Sr. and Tommy Battle Jr., Battle Lumber Co. Inc., Wadley, GA

Marc Theriault, Machinage Piche Inc., Daveluyville, QC; Tommy Petzoldt, East Perry Lumber Company, Frohna, MO; Scott Greene, High Country Lumber & Mulch LLC, North Wilkesboro, NC; and Mark Tuck, Gates Milling Inc., Gatesville, NC

Mike Ballard, Sawmill MD/VisionTally, Crestview, FL; and David Steen and Rebekah Cave, Pike Lumber Company Inc., Akron, IN

Rick McCreary, Ed Herron and Richard Buchanan, Granite Hardwoods Inc., Granite Falls, NC

Ian Faight, Hardwood Manufacturers Association, Pittsburgh, PA; Rick McCreary, Granite Hardwoods Inc., Granite Falls, NC; and Skip Edwards, Baillie Lumber Co., Hamburg, NY

Geoff Gannon, TS Manufacturing Co., Plymouth, NH; and Ken Matthews, SII Dry Kilns, Lexington, NC

Jess Parton, Mike Parton, Ben Parton, Brian Edwards and Tim Parton, Gilkey Lumber Co. Inc., Rutherfordton, NC

Derick Gorman and Gary Browder, Josey Lumber Co. Inc., Scotland Neck, NC; Mike Ballard, Sawmill MD/VisionTally, Crestview, FL; and Keith Harry, New River Hardwoods Inc., Mountain City, TN

William Harter and Dwight Stone, Granite Hardwoods Inc., Granite Falls, NC; Norm Steffy, Cummings Lumber Company Inc., Troy, PA; and Randy Robbins, Granite Hardwoods Inc.

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