John Kestly is vice president of Boehm-Madisen Lumber Co. They operate three facilities in southeast Wisconsin with the main offices located in Waukesha, WI.
Boehm-Madisen purchases approximately 5.5 million board feet annually of domestic and imported Hardwood lumber. The firm is first and foremost a Hardwood distribution yard that is heavily into remanufacturing and offers the following services: planing, gang ripping, double end trimming, sanding, resawing, gluing and moulding.
Kestly has been with Boehm-Madisen for 34 years and in his current position for the last 20 years. During his career in the forest products industry he has filled the roles of stacker, machine operator, truck driver, and worked in sales and finally purchasing.
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, located in Oshkosh, WI, he has been married to Laura for 30 years and has two sons, Jake and Trevor. In his spare time Kestly enjoys golf, fishing, and cars.
Boehm-Madisen is a member of National Hardwood Lumber Association, the Lake States Lumber Association and is FSC certified.
For more information visit www.boehm-madisen.com.
Matt Shaw is in lumber purchasing and industrial sales for Mill Creek Lumber, located in Oklahoma City, OK.
Mill Creek purchases approximately 300,000 board feet of lumber annually. Products are as follows: 4/4 S/B Soft Maple; 4/4 S/B PS, Rift, and Quartered White Oak; 4/4 S/B Rift White Oak; 4/4 S/B Walnut; 4/4 FAS Poplar; 4/4 FAS Red Oak; 4/4 Knotty Alder; 4/4 African Mahogany; 4/4 Pecky Cypress; and 4/4 Moulding Grade Ponderosa pine.
Among the unique services and value-added processes offered at Mill Creek are custom mouldings, wood arches, edge-glue and fingerjoint capabilities.
Shaw has been in his current position at Mill Creek Lumber for over a year. He has been in the forest products industry for nearly 20 years, having most recently worked for a building products wholesaler for seven years. His first job in the industry was working at his family’s business and selling wood mouldings.
Shaw graduated from Choctaw High School in Choctaw, OK and studied at Hillsdale FWB College in Moore, OK.
He has been married to Melissa for four years. They are parents of one son and one daughter.
In his spare time, Shaw enjoys sports, hunting and outdoor grilling.
Learn more about this company at www.millcreeklumber.com.
Darrel Jones is vice president and co-owner of Custom Plastic and Wood LLC, located in Benton, AR.
Custom Plastic and Wood (CP&W) is a manufacturer of custom solid Hardwood mouldings, one-piece cabinet doors, five-piece cabinet doors, as well as commercial and high-end residential cabinets. The company purchases 125,000 board feet of Hardwood species per year, including Maple, Alder, Knotty Alder, Poplar, Red Oak, Hickory, Cherry, and Beech (mostly FAS, S2S and 13/16). Some pine is also purchased for use in manufacturing.
Lumber is straight-line ripped on-site and the company also offers CNC services.
Jones and his business partner Curtis Lowry founded CP&W approximately 20 years ago. Jones and Lowry combined their skills in drawing and CNC design and Jones stated, “The long days soon formed into a company.”
Jones is a graduate of Gurdon High School, located in Gurdon, AR, and Southern Arkansas University Tech, located in Camden, AR. His first job in the forest products industry was in 1986 working as a summer hire at the plywood division of International Paper, also in Gurdon. Other positions held include MDF moulding manufacturer at Nickell Moulding, previously called NMC Finishing, and sawmill machinery design at USNR. In his current position Jones handles lumber purchasing, estimating, tool design, planning, customer service, project management and product design.
In his spare time, Jones enjoys fishing for crappie, SEC football, college baseball and hunting. He has been married to Elizabeth for 31 years and the couple has one daughter. For more information visit www.cpandw.com.
