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Looking back: Don Finkell

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You had some colorful characters in the business. The further you got back into the woods, the more colorful we got. There was increasing wealth overall, but we also developed better finishes and colors. Right before I got to Anderson, they developed a third color we called the “Autumn.” It was a golden color.

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Hardwood: State of the Industry 2022

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We’re bringing in material from Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia, and container rates out of those countries has been increasing. At Indusparquet , which sources entirely out of South America, access to raw materials, rising freight and currency fluctuations have caused some wrinkles.