Homebuilding, lumber markets top WWPA issues list

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Sawmill suppliers should experience increasingly difficult market conditions as homebuilders seek to manage their supply chains. Homebuilders such as Pulte Home Corp are trying to reduce costs through building a relationship with suppliers, bypassing the distributors and dealers who have traditionally supplied building materials to builders. Although home construction companies are experiencing strong demand for their homes, future demand is likely to decline, which would not bode well for suppliers.

United States, Land Subdivision and Land Development, Subdividers & Developers, Subdividers and Developers, Analysis, Management, Real estate developers, Pulte Homes Inc.

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Hardwood grade mill gains accuracy, speed

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York, PA-based Kondor Lumber Co was formed in 1940 to manufacture railroad ties, veneer logs and green grade hardwood. The small, family-run operation introduced automation in the early 1990s which improved productivity and product quality by 30% and also increased profits. Lee Kondor designed a servo system to position the logs based upon the Giddings and Lewis programmable industrial controller 900 model.

Process control instruments, Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables, Programmable Controllers, Production management, Usage, Product information, Sawmills, Giddings & Lewis Inc., GIDL, Kondor Lumber Co.

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What's new? Still more panelboard plants set

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Forest products companies in many countries are financing construction and operations of panelboard plants. Saskfor Products Ltd., a joint venture of Saskatchewan Forest Products Corp. and MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., have allocated $150 Canadian for a large plant in Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan. Other new startups are set for Chile, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, US, and Russia.

Finance, Design and construction, Millwork, Millwork (Woodwork), Saskfor Products Ltd.

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