Lincoln City, OR–Chinook Winds Casino Resort, located here, recently welcomed members and guests of the Western Hardwood Association (WHA) for the organization’s annual convention. Themed “All Hardwoods Go West,” the event was packed with multiple opportunities to socialize as well as to hear guest speakers.
Those speakers and their topics included:
•Dr. Kent Wheiler, CINTRAFOR, Hardwood Lumber Domestic Market Update
•Dana Cole, Hardwood Federation, What’s Happening In Washington, DC
•Dylan Scott and Lane Lyons, Central Oregon Trucking, Rolling With The Changes – Historical Trends To A New Reality In Flatbed Trucking
•Steve Zambo, Ally Global Logistics, The Current State Of The Logistics Market
•Tripp Pryor, American Hardwood Export Council, A New World For U.S. Hardwood Exports.
The WHA was founded in 1955 to assist Western U.S. Hardwoods to a position of prominence in the manufacturing of fine furniture, cabinets and pallets. Membership consists of sawmills, manufacturers, re-manufacturers, pallet producers, wholesalers, landowners, timber owners and service organizations (freight companies, truckers, consultants, etc.).
Learn more at www.westernhardwood.com.
