A Leader In The Forest Industry

A Leader In The Forest Industry
Newsletter • Volume 18 No. 3 • October 2013 - December 2013
309 North Washington • El Dorado, Arkansas • 71730 • 1.800.221.2326 • www.anthonyforest.com
CEOs Tout Timber’s Advantages
By: David Showers - El Dorado News Times
Cityscapes have long been the preserve of steel and
reinforced concrete, lending a sleek and modish
appearance to urban vistas.
But can wood diversify from its stock and trade as a
residential building material and reach into the urban
marketplace? The presidents/CEOs of Anthony Forest
Products and Deltic Timber Corp. sure hope so.
Speaking Wednesday, October 16, 2013, to the state
Legislature’s Joint Committee on Agriculture, Forestry
and Economic Development at the El Dorado Conference
Center, Aubra Anthony Jr. and Ray Dillon explained how
wood is poised to expand its building material market
share.
Aubra Anthony, Jr., President & CEO of Anthony Forest Products Company .
It aligns with the “Wood is Good” mantra that prefaced Dillon’s remarks. He playfully encouraged the
legislators to print their emails and pay their bills through the mail, hoping the attendant paper use will
jolt a flagging timber and forest products industry, the downturn of which has been inextricably linked to
the housing market collapse.
Both men’s presentations showed how housing starts dropped to Depression-era levels during the Great
Recession, falling from 2 million per year to 500,000. Dillon, the head of El Dorado-based Deltic Timber,
said a recovery is several years away, predicting a rebound to 1.5 million housing starts by 2015.
But wood was losing market share when construction was brisk, as more homes were being built with
steel, concrete, plastic and other materials.
“We had a problem even in good times,” said Anthony, the head of Anthony Forest Products and an
industry advocate, serving as one of 19 directors the Secretary of Agriculture appointed to the National
Softwood Lumber Board (SLB).
Anthony said the industry has rebranded itself as the green building material, touting wood’s capacity to
reduce carbon dioxide levels and leave a smaller carbon footprint than competing building materials.
To view the article in its entirety, please click here.
El Dorado News Times - October 17, 2013
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ANTHONY FOREST NEWS
Log Resource is Key
The Anthony Forest Urbana, Arkansas sawmill has the fortune of a log
resource enabling us to pull a higher percentage of dense select structural
and Machine Stress Rated (MSR) lumber grades.
“We fall way to the right of the bending stress curve of a normal
distribution which allows us to capture that very high grade dense lumber
for our customer base,” stated Kerlin Drake, Vice President of Marketing
for Anthony Forest.
Our Urbana sawmill was one of 20 in the Southern Yellow Pine producing
region that installed MSR machines in 2013. “With the reduction in design
values for visually graded lumber, we
Excellent log density
chose to optimize our excellent log
resource into high grade MSR lumber instead of it falling into a visual grade
bucket with the bending stress range of 1,100 psi or less for #2 dimension
lumber,” Drake stated.
2013 was the year of changing design values for the Southern Pine lumber
industry making it so important to optimize beyond visually graded lumber. The
new “global” values for visually graded #2 Southern Yellow Pine lumber were
reduced up to 27% for bending design values (2 x 4 #2 now 1100 versus 1500 psi).
In October 2013, Random Lengths Vol. 69, Issue 40, concluded, “Logs available
don’t yield much MSR.” In response to this article, the Structural Building
Components Association (SBCA) published some observations on the Random Lengths article.
2400F - 2.0E MSR lumber
In summary, SBCA stated, “One conclusion is that this must mean design values are mill-specific and lumber coming
from any given mill cannot really be assigned a global visual design value for the entire species population, even
though that is what the ASTM (American Society Testing Materials) standards, the lumber industry uses, states
should be done.”
The take-a-way from both of these articles is our Urbana sawmill is blessed with an excellent high quality log
resource which allows a large percentage of its lumber production to qualify as dense and MSR grades of lumber.
For more information regarding MSR Lumber, please contact Russ Kimbell, Lumber Sales Manager, at 800.221.2326.
Secretary Vilsack Names Softwood Lumber Board Members
Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack has reappointed three current members of the Softwood Lumber Board for a
second term and appointed three new members.
Manufacturers Aubra Anthony, Jr., El Dorado, Ark., and Alden J. Robbins, Searsmont, Maine, have been
reappointed to represent the U.S. South, and Northeast and Lake States regions, respectively. Francisco Figueroa,
Atlanta, Ga., has also been reappointed to represent all importing countries besides Canada.
New appointments include manufacturers Charles W. Roady, Columbia Falls, Mont., and Danny White, Brewton,
Ala., representing the U.S. West and South regions, respectively; and importer Don Kayne, BC, Canada, who will
represent the Canada West region.
All six appointments will serve a three-year term in office which began on January 1st.
To view the press release in its entirety, please click here.
ANTHONY FOREST NEWS
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Announcing New Management Team Members
Barbara Cummings - Human Resource Department
Barbara Cummings has joined Anthony Forest to strengthen its internal
services related to human resources, safety and work environment. Her
initial focus will be employee benefits and training.
Barbara formerly worked for Lockheed Martin in Camden, Arkansas as a
Human Resources Specialist. She also previously worked for Arquest,
Inc. and its predecessors for some 30 years, concluding as Employee
Relations Manager.
Barbara and her husband, Robin Cummings, have one daughter, Holly,
and one grandchild, Fielder.
“Barbara brings a wealth of experience and knowledge, along with lots
of smiles. We are very happy to have her with us,” stated Aubra
Anthony, Jr., President and CEO of Anthony Forest.
Mark Beasley - Harvest Manager
Mark Beasley of Stephens, Arkansas, is the new Harvest Manager in the
Anthony Forest Forestry Department.
Mark graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Forestry from the School
of Forest Resources at the University of Arkansas Monticello. In his
career, Mark has been a consulting forester to landowners as well as an
employee of forest products companies. Most recently, he was Client
Land Manager at Deltic Timber Corporation.
“As the modernized sawmill at Urbana, Arkansas ramps up to its
production potential, it is clear that our forestry team should be
reorganized, and reinforced, to purchase the volume of quality timber
required. Mark Beasley’s education, experience, personality and good
reputation make him well qualified for the new role of Harvest
Manager,” said Aubra.
The Harvest Manager will work with all suppliers of timber to create and
coordinate harvest plans, to assure that only desirable, quality timber is delivered to the sawmill, and to
assure compliance with Best Management Practices and the environmental stewardship principles of the
Sustainable Forest Initiative (SFI).
Mark and his wife, Linda, have one son and one granddaughter.
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ANTHONY FOREST NEWS
Powerful Solutions™ Tools
Metrics To Date
During the summer of 2013, we introduced the Anthony Forest
Powerful Solutions™ tools.
The online Anthony Lumber Span Calculator, the Google
Android App and the Apple App (available for iPhone and iPad)
were developed to help designers and specifiers with the
transition to the new Southern Pine design values and spans
which became effective June 1, 2013.
On July 12, 2013, the Anthony Online Lumber Span Calculator
was released to our company website. Since its release date,
there have been a total of 23,959 requests; that is an average
of 139 requests per day.
“Requests” are defined as the number of times the website has
been generated (every time a calculation has been run).
Our smart phone App for Android was released in the Google
play App store on August 5, 2013. There have been 900 total
downloads since the release date; that is an average of 6
downloads per day.
The App for Apple was released in the iTunes App store on
August 12, 2013, and since its release date, there have been a
total of 1,409 downloads; this is an average of 10 downloads
per day.
“Downloads” are defined as the number of times the App has
been downloaded from the App store (Google Play or iTunes)
onto an Android smart phone or onto an Apple iPhone or
iPad.
The success rate of our new Powerful Solutions™ tools could
not have been made possible without our customer base.
With their help and support of communicating our Powerful Solutions™ tools to their customers, we were able to
significantly increase the number of customers reached throughout our cyber space world. Please continue the
good work with the span calculator communications. It is imperative that we continue to spread the word since
not all code jurisdictions have made the transition to the new design values and spans.
To run the Anthony Online Lumber Span Calculator,
simply visit our website at www.anthonyforest.com.
To download our free smart phone app,
visit your Google Play or Apple App store.
ANTHONY FOREST PRODUCTS
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Arkansas and Georgia Laminating Plant’s Christmas Parties
The Arkansas laminating plant held its annual Christmas Dinner at the VFW in El Dorado, Arkansas on
Tuesday, December 10, 2013. There were door prizes and a steak and stuffed pork chop dinner catered by
Frenchie’s.
Terry and Nancy Nickleson
Gary and Melaney Helm
Arkansas Laminating Plant employees
On Thursday, December 19, 2013, the Georgia laminating plant held their Employee Christmas Luncheon.
There were door prizes along with a steak and shrimp dinner prepared by some of the employees. The
luncheon was held at the company’s location in Washington, Georgia.
Georgia Laminating Plant employees
Deon Richards
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EMPLOYEE PROFILES
———-THE ANTHONY SPOTLIGHT———The Arkansas Sawmill ♦ Urbana, Arkansas
Willis Gilmore - Sawmill Shop Supervisor
How long have you been employed with Anthony Forest? 8 years
Hobbies and Interests: Hunting & fishing
Family: Wife, son, daughter and 5 grandchildren
Name four famous people you would have over for a fantasy dinner: John
Wayne, George Jones, Conway Twitty, & President Obama
What makes you angry? Impatient people
If you had to leave now and move to another country, where would you go?
Canada
What 3 things would you bring if you were stranded on an island with unlimited food & water? My wife, guns and recreational beverages
If given a chance to skip work for a day, how would you spend your entire day?
Hunting
When I retire I would like to….. Be healthy and enjoy the outdoors
Willis’ Favorites:
Holiday? Easter
Movie? Where the Red Fern Grows
Time of the day? Nap time
Cereal? Fruit Loops
Wilpatrick Ford - Millright
How long have you been employed with Anthony Forest? Almost 2 years
Hobbies & Interests: Spending time with family & friends
Family: Mom & Dad, De De & Freddie Balser; Sisters, Amelia, Holly, & Lou
Lou; Brothers, Jay & Derrion; Son, Brandson
Name four famous people you would have over for a fantasy dinner: Annie
Holly, Esther Ford, Dossie Melvin, & Rodney Dugal
If you had to leave now and move to another country, where would you
go? Brazil (to watch the Olympics!)
What 3 things would you bring if you were stranded on an island with unlimited food & water? Pretty woman, recreational beverages, & a knife
If given a chance to skip work for a day, how would you spend your entire
day? Sleep!!!
When I retire I would like to….. Live on a beach in Brazil
Wilpatrick’s Favorites:
Holiday? Christmas
Movie? Underworld
Time of day? 4:00 pm (end of the work day) Cereal? I don’t like cereal
————————Employee Profiles ———————-
EMPLOYEE ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Drew’s Poem
Drew Hooper, a 9 year old third grader at Nash Elementary school in
Texarkana, Texas, had a writing assignment which received much praise
from his teachers.
The assignment was to compose a cinquain. A cinquain is a five line poem
with gradually increasing syllables in each line until the end, where one word
is used. This form of poetry is very popular because of it’s simplicity.
Drew chose “tree” as his subject. The poem may only have five lines but it
has a very strong beginning and end.
He is the son of Amy
Anthony Hunter and
Roger Hooper, Jr. Drew’s grandfather, Luther Clary
Anthony, Jr., currently serves on the Board of
Directors of Anthony Forest Products. Great
grandfather, Clary Anthony, Sr., is Board Chairman
Emeritus.
El Dorado Golf High School Team Wins Title
Jay Anthony Brooks is a member of the El Dorado
boys golf team which claimed the Arkansas 6A
South Golf Championship title in October.
The Wildcats had a first day team score of 338 for
the win and went on to finish third overall in their
division.
The tournament was held on October 7th and 8th
at the Big Creek Course in Mountain Home,
Arkansas.
Jay Anthony is the son of Jay and Andrea Brooks.
Jay is an Engineered Wood sales representative at
Anthony Forest.
Left to right: Coach, Chris Ezell, Pete Carroll, Gage Parker, Gregory Ballard, Caleb Stutts,
Jay Anthony Brooks, and Brady Moore.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Four Out of Five Ain’t Bad!!
On Saturday, December 14, 2013, the El Dorado High
School Wildcat football team traveled to Little
Rock, Arkansas for the 6A State Championship
football game.
The game ended with a winning score of 31-24
which gave the El Dorado Wildcats the win over
the Pine Bluff Zebras.
This win gave the Wildcats their fourth Arkansas
State Championship 6A Football title in the past five
years.
Congratulations, Wildcats!
Thank You for Your Commitment
5 Years
10 Years
15 Years
Eric Hernandez
Derek Ratchford
Bruce Malone
Saul Lopez-Perez
Jasen Harris
Michael Ward
Welcome to the Family
October 2013 - December 2013
Stephanie Morris, Gregory Bissell, Barbara Cummings, Mark Beasley, Vincent Bankston,
Danny Gray, Giancarlo Levingston, Isaiah Kilgore, Morrian Bowman, Robert Rogers, Ismael
Ramirez, Jose Mondragon, Hector Nunes, Lamario Reed, Marion Williams, Anthony
Thompson, Douglas Cook, & Terry Richardson