WMA Welcomes Newest Members
Global Pacific is a diversified source for wood products representing factories in Asia and South America. Their integrated supply/logistics chain, strategically located, allows Global Pacific to offer high quality products and service to their customers. Global Pacific has developed their core business on gesso coated finger jointed wood and UL MDF moldings such as jambs, casings, crowns, base boards, and boards. They can also supply plywood, door skins, wood flooring, and doors. Global Pacific has a flexible supply chain that allows them to provide customized solutions for special products with shorter lead times and prompt deliveries.
Visit www.globpacific.com for more information.
Wood Brokerage International represents millwork companies specializing in wood mouldings, millwork, lumber, and fingerjoint blocks and blanks.
Visit www.woodbrokerage.com for more information.
WMA Member Announcements
Menzner Hardwoods Announces The Acquisition Of Glen Oak Millwork
Menzner Hardwoods announced the acquisition of the former Glen Oak Millwork facility in Somerset, NY. The Somerset location will focus on FJ Poplar, Poplar S4S boards and solid Poplar mouldings. According to Menzer Hardwoods, Poplar has become a species of choice due to its excellent painting and staining characteristics. The acquisition will help Menzner address this growing segment and allow Menzner to grow their business. Carey Bunkelman, an employee Menzner Hardwood for 38 years, has been named manager of the Somerset location.
Visit www.menzerhardwoods.com for more information.
Weston Wood Solutions News
Weston Wood Solutions Inc. has been recognized in Canadian Business magazine as one of Canada’s fastest growing companies ranked by their 5-year increase in sales. Weston’s vision is to be a leading specialty value-added wood products distributor providing best-in-class supply chain management services and solutions for diverse domestic and international customers and suppliers. Also, as of September 25th , Weston Wood Solutions Inc. will be moving to a 100,000 square foot distribution facility in Brampton, not far from their current location. The larger premises will give Weston Wood Solutions room to grow our product selection and manufacturing capabilities, and the specially designed offices provide a great working environment for our team.
Visit www.westonwoodsolutions.com for more information.
GlassCraft Door Company Wins Award
GlassCraft Door Company wins the fenestration industry’s prestigious Crystal Achievement Award for Most Innovative Door Component. The award is in recognition of GlassCraft’s breakthrough BioFoam™ insulating foam material used for its FiberCraft premium composite doors product line.
Visit www.glasscraft.com for more information.
Industry Reports
Complimentary 2-page copy of Wood Markets Monthly International Report
Researched and published by International WOOD MARKETS Group Inc., this newsletter provides market analysis and strategic assessments of major industry trends in the timber, lumber and panel markets. Our full monthly report has been expanded to include further analysis to meet the changing needs of hundreds of industry players and traders in over 30 industries.
WMA Distributor Member Reminder
2016 WMA ANNUAL DISTRIBUTOR MEMBERSHIP RE-CERTIFICATION Due October 31, 2015
Annually, WMA Distributor members must certify their company continues to qualify for membership. Information to recertify a WMA distributor member company has been emailed and mailed to the company primary contact. The Association relies on each distributor member to return the WMA Distributor Dues Re-Certification Form. WMA must receive your company Distributor Annual Dues Re-Certification Form before October 31, 2015.
Codes & Standards Update
NFRC Fall Meeting Highlights
WMA Director of Codes and Standards attended the NFRC Fall meeting this past week in Minneapolis, MN. There were several ballots related to NFRC’s technical standards and the certification program addressed on Tuesday. Two of these ballot results are good news for WMA members involved in the NFRC certification program and warrant highlighting here.
NFRC Certification Cycle to be Extended – A ballot to extend the product certification period from four years to five years was successfully passed by the NFRC membership and approved by the NFRC Board of Directors on Wednesday. The impetus for the extension was recent improvements that have strengthened the Product Certification Program (PCP). Extending the cycle from four to five years should also reduce certification costs, which will be a plus for smaller manufacturers.
NFRC’s Future Simplified Door Rating Method – A technical ballot incorporating a Simplified Door Rating (SDR) Method for side-hinged exterior door systems (SHEDS) was discussed and partially approved by the NFRC membership. The ballot revises the ANSI/NFRC 100, Procedure for Determining Fenestration Attachment Product U-factors. Minor modifications will still need to be made and re-balloted for the NFRC Spring Meeting next year before the ballot is fully accepted and included into the NFRC 100.
The NFRC Door Task Group, of which WMA’s Director of Codes and Standards is a member, submitted the ballot and worked on the development of the SDR which is an optional component-based rating method where doorglass assemblies and door slabs are modeled separately. This will provide a door pre-hanger a simplified means for obtaining a U-factor rating for SHEDS especially when using a doorglass assembly from one supplier and a door slab from another. It should also make labeling a lot easier. And it will significantly cut down on the number of product options a manufacturer would need to model to cover all possible options. It is anticipated that this revision will be finalized and included into the 2017 edition of the ANSI/NFRC 100.
