HEM FIR
DOUGLAS FIR
WESTERN SPRUCE
EASTERN SPRUCE
EASTERN WHITE PINE
SYP DIMENSION
SYP SPECIALTY
SYP PLYWOOD
FIR PLYWOOD
OSB
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Products and Services

Products

Piles of lumber

 

The landscape of the lumber business is changing. Traditional patterns of usage based on specie and grade preferences are being supplemented with non-traditional inroads of new products based on quality, availability and price of alternate sources for these new materials.

  • Our company is positioned to assist customers with the choices facing them each day.

  • Our company is positioned to market these opportunities from our supplying partners to our national customer base each day. We believe THIS COMPLETE VIEW is what brings value to those who trade with us.

  • The products we trade are presented by department, managed by professional traders who define the market each day by counting on the relationships we've established and hard work.

Forklift in warehouse

 

Commodity Lumber:

All dimensions: 2 x 4 through 2 x 12 - random tallies and specified lengths
All grades: traditional grades, economy and industrial grades, select products Species:

  • Southern Yellow Pine
  • Eastern and Western Canadian SPF
  • Hem-Fir

    Forklift in warehouse

     

  • Douglas Fir
  • Northern Species (aspen)
  • Whitewoods (from the US west)


Panels:

Agency certified products: traditional 4 x 8 sizes, long board, cut to size products Off-grade material used for industrial applications

  Morning Sales Meeting
 
  Morning Sales Meeting
 

Types of Board:

  • Oriented Strand Board (OSB)
  • Southern Yellow Pine Plywood
  • West Coast Plywood

Specialty Products:

  • Eastern White Pine Boards
  • Southern Yellow Pine Boards
  • Timbers and Squares
  • Southern Yellow Pine Decking

 

Services:

We earn our business each day by bringing value to those who trade with us.


RIFP Trade Floor

 

 

 

 

Trader Assistants

Information

  • market trends
  • tracking price changes
  • industry news
  • changes in production

Technology

  • communication: fax, email, phone, web site, management of info
  • online realtime trading
  • e-communication to customers and suppliers as they choose
  • leadership in e-trends that affect our industry

Logistics Management

  • truck dispatch
  • rail traffic management from origin to destination
  • shipment tracking
  • claim management


Trades

  • daily buying and selling opportunities
  • competitive industry standard credit terms
  • insured credit lines
  • consistent payment

Partnerships

  • integrity
  • relationship based trading
  • core values that define us

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