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Kinzua supplies the world with lumber
Wood products from the
Kinzua mill at Heppner are
sold and shipped to almost
every state in the continental
United States. In addition,
Kinzua exports some lumber
and plywood to Japan, Korea,
Vietnam, Guam and Ger
many, according to Ray Kel
son, Kinzua marketing man
ager. The sales office for Kinzua
products is located in Lake
Oswego. Local sales and sup
port operations are handled by
Kent Goodyear, assistant
marketing manager, from the
Kinzua office at Heppner.
"Our products are kiln
dried Ponderosa pine, green
Douglas Fir, Western Larch,
white wood studs, and ply
wood sheeting, all produced at
Kinzua and Heppner loca
tions," Kelson said.
"We are making a con
certed sales effort in the
Western United States as well
as export markets. We find
these markets growing for our
products, especially the mar
ket in the western U.S.," he
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said.
To increase sales, the Kin
zua advertising program has
been enlarged in all areas of
the United States, but most
significantly in the Western
part of the U.S. This includes
the Rocky Mountain states,
the Pacific Northwest, the
basin states and California.
"Our sales department is
responsible for marketing,
advertising, and accounts re
ceivable. We also use the
plywood futures market on the
Chicago Board of Trade as a
old days
get better
with
industries
like
Kinzua
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hedging operation for ply
wood," Kelson said.
Kinzua products are com
monly used in mill work and
not only find their way over
seas but into mill operations
closer to home, such as
Prineville and Bend, Ore.
Lumber from Kinzua at Hep
pner finds its way into window
and door frames, mouldings
and some furniture.
At the Heppner sales office,
Goodyear is responsible for
local sales to area lumber
companies and the marketing
around.
Thanks for being
around Kinzua . .
and making the
good days better.
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of plywood veneer. "The Hep
pner office also coordinates
our inventories and the ship
ping activity for all of our
products," Kelson said.
Advertising is placed in a
number of forest industry
publications stressing produc
tion of quality guaranteed
lumber products for over half
a century. Kinzua also stres
ses the importance of quick
response to special customer
needs and "can do" effort and
know-how.
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