NEWMAN LUMBER COMPANY, INC.

Specializing .In Milling .In .All .Patterns

On September 22, 2003, Transit Milling Co. Inc. announced its name change to Newman Lumber Company. Walter Young, president, was the former owner of Newman Lumber Company, in Woodsville, New Hampshire, since 1961.

"This company has a lot of history and experience, so customers can put their trust in the fact that we know what we are doing:' Young said. "We also take pride in knowing that we can do just about any pattern or product our customers want. I think we have some of the best employees to maintain our machinery, "

He has owned and operated Transit Milling since 2000. Transit Milling, formerly known as Blue Mountain Lumber Co. was purchased by Young and his wife, Carole. Prior to buying the cornpany, Blue Mountain was mainly a custom milling facility. The Youngs purchased the firm and began buying Pine and Spruce and remanufacturing many different patterns.

Currently, approximately 90 percent of the production is their own product, and the remainder is custom milling. The company is looking to manufacture close to 15 million board feet annually.

The Youngs also came in and revamped the facility, which included totally blacktopping and concreting the shed floors, adding a new shavings room, buying four new forklifts and completely rebuilding the Yates American A20 planer, changing from eight to twelve knife heads. Also, the firm put in electronic equipment to speed up side heads and profilers from 3500 RPM'S to 6000 RPM's. In addition, they built three 50 x 300 dry storage facilities with 15 bays each, which provide the company with approximately fifteen million board feet of storage, including an existing facility. Other equipment includes a Mattison straight-line ripsaw and a new McDonough 54--inch resaw.

Newman Lumber is a member of and produces all the Northeast Lumber Manufacturers Association patterns, Western Wood Products Association. patterns, as well as custom made patterns for customers who provide specifications. The company has the capability, the facility and the equipment to grind and make the knives for specific customer requests. In addition, the firm is also a member of North American Wholesale Lumber Association

Recently, Newman Lumber began offering Baltic Region Pine and Spruce. Products offered in the species include: WWP4 and log cabin siding, Euro Spruce 2x6 and 2x8 WP4 16-foot; Euro Spruce 1/2-inch x 6-inch x 16-foot bevel siding and finger-jointed Baltic Pine, among others.

With just 15 employees, all of them play an important role. Key employees include Walter Young, president and sales; Carole Young, treasurer and office administration; and Dianne Castello, receptionist and assists with bookkeeping.

The firm ships its products all over North America. Normal turnaround time for an order is a couple of days, provided the company has the inventory inhouse. If it is a custom order, it will generally be shipped within a week, according to Young, In order to ensure that the product arrives to the customer in a clean and uniformed method, Newman Lumber paper wraps and canvasses everything prior to shipping. Customers include wholesalers and wholesale distributors.

"I think we have one of the most stateof-the-art facilities for planing on the East Coast:' Young said. "When it comes to grinding our knives to making the patterns, we can control every facet of the entire operation. I think everyone who buys from us will enjoy our service and will want to come back, from the trucker to the wholesaler to the retail yards who receive our products from the wholesale trade. In the event a problem should occur, we believe in resolving the problem in an efficient and timely manner and making a wrong a right."

Newman Lumber encourages its customers to come and visit the mill to see the process from beginning to end.

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