Since NHLA first interviewed Tropical Forest Products in 2018, the company has grown exponentially. Tropical Forest Products, founded in 2017, operates throughout the United States and Canada. Due to the company experiencing a rapid sales expansion and trending triple-digit growth annually, they have expanded into new facilities over the last year, with over 250,000 square […]
King City Northway Forwarding LTD. was established in 1977 and has been in business for over 40 years as a domestic and international freight forwarding company. It all began thanks to their business being situated in a prime location near the railroad tracks and close to the port of Montreal, Canada. King City has come […]
NHLA recently had an opportunity to sit down with Chris Fehr, the Eastern Region Sales Director at UC Coatings, to chat about how things are going at the company. NHLA: UC Coatings has been around for 50 years! How did you get started? Chris: UC Coatings started in 1971 when Red Murray purchased Upson Chemical […]
-by NHLA Chief Inspector, Mr. Dana Spessert Over the years I have witnessed changes in the ways that customers order hardwood lumber. One of the bigger changes has been in the practice of ordering hardwoods and specifying 1/8” heavy for green lumber. There are several reasons why customers order lumber 1/8” over thickness, one is […]
COVID19 threw the entire hardwood lumber industry for a loop. NHLA members were faced with many challenges, from labor shortages to travel restrictions and supply chain hiccups. Mountain Top Floors, based in Naperville, Illinois, was no different. Mountain Top Floors sources logs and lumber and provides related supply chain solutions. They work hand-in-hand with fellow […]
Strong leadership and teamwork are at the heart of every successful business. A good leader enjoys working as part of a team and sets the mindset for the entire company, commonly referred to as its corporate culture. Take the CEO of Continental Underwriters, Inc., C. Preston Herrington III, for example. He learned the value of […]
What do steel log staples, the NHLA Convention, and a $2.8 million country ham have in common? NHLA member EZLOG Company, Inc. produces steel log staples. And the ham? Well, it isn’t an ordinary ham. It’s a Broadbent Traditional Cured Ham. Broadbent hams have been sold at charity auctions for as much as $2.8 million, […]
Selling to customers continues to become more complicated as technology and the influx of younger buyers force companies to implement new customer-focused strategies. Just as physical mail gave way to faxing, social media is now encroaching on email’s turf. Times are changing. Millennials (the 84 million people between ages 23 and 41) far exceed the […]
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