Thursday, March 24, 2011

"Farmall"..... we do "all"


Just a sample of another new display....the Solid Wood construction lasts for years!  Boxed and UPS ready.... easy assembly!

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The Grand Canyon Railway!

We recently did some custom fixtures for the great folks at the Grand Canyon Railway....check out the finished results. Now go ride the train!  www.thetrain.com

Trellis Fixtures line the exterior windows
Another view of the Cafe Store Gift  Shop
Octagon T-Shirt displayers
Grand Canyon Railway Cashwrap
During the late night assembly.... lots of great coffee!!!

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Lumber price spikes on Japan earthquake, tsunami

Lumber pricing spikes in the aftermath of Japan's massive earthquake. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports pricing on May lumber futures rose 0.7 percent to $311.10 per 1,000 board feet. Japan is a leading market for hardwood lumber exports, and reconstruction will increase demand significantly, with likely impacts on U.S. domestic pricing.

Lumber price spikes on quake, tsunami
Seattle, Vancouver and Portland, OR - major ports of departure for lumber heading to Japan and Asia - were not impacted by the tsunami that followed Friday's earthquake, according to news reports. But some Japanese ports are not ready to accept shipments, and NYK Group's Japan-China Express shipping line was temporarily suspended.

On March 10 a shipping consotium known as the Grand Alliance - Hapag-Lloyd (HL), Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) - announced expanded Trans-Pacific West Coast services. The Japan China Express (JCX) is slated for relaunch in May, in conjunction with the competitive restructuring of the Central China Express (CCX), South China Sea Express (SCX), and Super Shuttle Express (SSX). The CCX schedule wil concentrate coverage to Central China and Pusan, while the SCX will provide transit from Vietnam’s Cai Mep deepwater port to Los Angeles. The SSX will offer a super shuttle express to the market from South China and Hong Kong together with direct coverage in Fuzhou.

Lumber pricing is reported regularly at Woodworking Network from a variety of sources, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange data on lumber futures pricing. Charts here show hardwood export pricing trends from presentations at the North American Wholesale Lumber Assn. conference in Nov. 2010.