Anna Stamm

Advertiser Forum: Employment: Livelihood or Commodity?

Anna Stamm

Last month’s article by Thom, “The Cost of Convenience: How Offshore and Remote Design are Undermining the Future of the Truss Industry,” generated a fair amount of feedback, and that feedback was generally fair. But, let’s unpack some additional dynamics. The central...

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July 2025
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Joe Kannapell, PE

Home Building Technology, Part VII: Carol Sanford’s Quantum Leap

Joe Kannapell, PE

Carol Sanford came of age during the 1920s, inspired by his inventive father, during one of the most inventive periods in American history. He grew up in Canton, OH, then a center of steel and stamping industries. After graduating from the University of Cincinnati and an architectural school in...

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July 2025
Issue #17312
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Carl Villella

Fueling Growth: How Equipment Financing Aligns with U.S. Business Optimism

Carl Villella

U.S. businesses are feeling optimistic, with nearly half expecting economic improvement in the next 12 months. This four-year high in confidence, despite inflation and tariff concerns, is translating into a strong desire for growth. A remarkable 66% of middle-market companies and 36% of small...

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July 2025
Issue #17312
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MSR Lumber Producers Council

MSR Workshop: Relax, Connect, Learn

MSR Lumber Producers Council

The MSR Workshop headed west to Idaho this spring to a resort destination that lived up to its reputation! The annual event hosted by the MSR Lumber Producers Council in late April welcomed 68 attendees, including five guests, to the Coeur d’Alene Resort for three days of networking,...

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July 2025
Issue #17312
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Joe Kannapell, PE

Home Building Technology, Part VI: The Original Wood Truss Manufacturers

Joe Kannapell, PE

Although last month’s article in this series, “Home Building Technology, Part V: Early Truss Connection Innovators,” brought our story up to the post-war time period, we would be remiss without acknowledging the original truss manufacturers in greater detail. A small group of...

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June 2025
Issue #17311
Page 10
Carl Villella

The Benefits of Working with a Consultative Finance Professional

Carl Villella

Consultative financing for wood component manufacturers goes beyond simple loans. It’s about understanding the industry’s unique challenges—like high equipment costs, raw material volatility, and market sensitivity—to offer tailored financial solutions. A consultative...

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June 2025
Issue #17311
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Craig Webb

Truss-Making Companies on Webb Analytics’ 2025 Construction Supply 150 Struggled Amid Tough Times

Craig Webb

Component manufacturers had to work hard to stay level in 2024, hurt by a big drop in multifamily construction and a modest decline in lumber prices, Webb Analytics’ latest Construction Supply 150 reveals. The 34 of the report’s 150 companies that sell trusses saw their collective...

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June 2025
Issue #17311
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Joe Kannapell, PE

The Last Word: Knowing When to Hold ‘Em

Joe Kannapell, PE

Nearly 20 years after the Tibbetts family sold Cox Lumber to Home Depot, a crowd of onlookers gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of Tibbetts Lumber’s soon-to-be largest truss plant, which will be located in Zephyrhills, Florida. This event demonstrated the on-going confidence of...

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June 2025
Issue #17311
Page 170
Carl Villella

2025 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook

Carl Villella

As we transition into spring, now is a good time to assess the dynamics of our current economic outlook. Earlier Optimism and Shifting Factors It is important to recall that the initial outlook for 2025 was more optimistic. This earlier sentiment was largely predicated on expectations of...

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May 2025
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Valerie Hansen

Tariffs, Countervailing Duties, and More: Optimizing Production Requires Optimizing the Inputs to Production

Valerie Hansen

On/off tariffs, the pending hike in countervailing duties, and Section 232 National Security Investigation (which designates lumber as a “strategic good” on par with automobiles, steel, and aluminum) stalk the wood frame construction industry. Collectively and individually, these...

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May 2025
Issue #17310
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