Spring, 2010 Volume 1 Issue 1
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MJB Wood Group Opens Office in Southern California
Mira Loma, CA |
MJB Wood Group, Inc. announces it has established a new Southern California office located in Mira Loma, CA. The new office will operate out of a 44,000 sq. ft. distribution facility.
New employees in the Mira Loma office are:
Steve Daugherty - Division Manager
Vince Fergen - Sales Manager
Kurt Koehler - Sales Manager
Skip Motta - Sales Manager
Jay Sims - Sales Manager
Andre Padilla - Warehouse Manager
Jesus Rubalcaba - Warehouse Specialist
They all bring a tremendous knowledge of the California marketplace for building materials with significant contact with new and existing suppliers.
The Mira Loma location will offer a variety of industrial wood products including plywood, lumber, industrial particleboard, industrial panel products and MDF. This office will also offer MJB's innovative Vendor On Site program, whereby materials are placed on the customer's floor and the customer is billed only for inventory used.
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Industry Update - U.S. Wood Supplies Impacted by Combination of Events
Chilean Earthquake Damage
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The unusual combination of winter storms in the U.S., Earthquakes in Chile and a controversial government program has impacted the supply of wood fiber in the U.S.
A succession of severe winter storms across the country, particularly in the Northeast, has impacted logistics, slowed housing starts and mill production. The recent series of earthquakes in Chile has disrupted supply chains and caused production facilities in that country to scale back or halt operations entirely. The Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) has had the unintended impact of diverting wood sawdust, chips and shavings for use as heat, power, biobased products or biofuels instead of composite wood products.
The RISI, through its International Woodfiber Report (IWR), indicated that wood fiber supplies have dwindled to critical lows, especially in the Southern U.S., and that it will take several weeks "at best" to return to stability. Although prices are being held down by a series of facilities shutting down for maintenance, many mill companies have experienced higher overall wood fiber prices.
In February, the Composite Panel Association successfully led an industry coalition to freeze any new funding for BCAP participants beyond the pending contracts and is working to revise the program. Industry reports indicate that wood fiber suppliers are meeting this challenge by expanding and diversifying their sources.
How will the supply squeeze affect your bottom line? We expect price increases from our vendors over the next few weeks and some have already notified us that they are in the midst of re-evaluating their pricing.
Help your company mitigate the effects of possible price increases by contacting your MJB Wood Group Representative today. MJB has spent decades building hundreds of strategic relationships, so that we can get you the materials you need, when you need them, where you need them, and in the most convenient and cost-effective way possible.
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MJB Employee Spotlight
Robert Arbuckle | Robert joined MJB World Trade in September, 2009. Based out of Brownsville, TN, he specializes in providing solutions for medical disposables, housewares, packaging, ASI, and other industries that need custom products.
Robert has a 26 year history working at all levels of supply chain management manufacturing operations in a variety of industries. The first 7 years of his career were spent with Boeing Aircraft and General Dynamics in the aerospace industry where he received invaluable experience and training in a vast array of materials and manufacturing processes. He also spent a few years in the plastics industry at Solvay Polymers and at Echlin Corporation, an automotive products company, where he participated in projects converting metal products to engineering grade plastics. Robert was first introduced to MJB Wood Group while working as the Division Purchasing Manager for the exterior door division of Masonite International.
Robert says joining MJB's World Trade Division in a sales capacity made for a successful but not uneventful transition into the business. After 26 years in a buying role he is now on the "other side of the desk" and that his new role feels more natural than any other in his career.
Robert has been married to wife Deede for almost 30 years. Together, he and Deede are the very proud parents of Chase (28) and Brooke (26). His other family members include three dogs and a cat. Robert stays busy outside of work with family life, golf, hunting and fishing, but he says he "always takes time to ride the Harley."
MJB World Trade is located in Beaverton, OR and offers a variety of metal, wood and plastic products in all forms - from raw materials and components to fully designed and engineered finished products. For additional information, please call 503.521.9663 or e-mail to worldtrademarketing@mjbwood.com. |
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We Triple Dog Dare You To Take Our $10,000 Challenge!
For Companies Purchasing TWO Million or More in Wood Products Annually: Let us come in and give you a proposal. If we can't improve your operations AND save you AT LEAST $25,000 a year, we will:
WRITE YOU A CHECK FOR $10,000
For Companies Purchasing ONE Million or More in Wood Products Annually: Let us come in and give you a proposal. If we can't improve your operations AND save you AT LEAST $10,000 a year, we will:
WRITE YOU A CHECK FOR $5,000
That's it... Straightforward and simple.
Call now to find out about how to take advantage of the MJB Wood $10,000 Triple Dog Dare, and we'll also send you a complimentary information guide that shows you exactly why we're so confident that we can meet the challenge.
Please call 877.692.7010 now for your free information guide.
For complete details on the Triple Dog Dare $10,000 Challenge, visit: www.mjbwood.com/Challenge | 
See us in Booth #1731 in Atlanta, GA |
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