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Who We Are
Who We Are | How Wholesalers Add Value | Mission and Vision | History NAWLA Board of Directors & Executive Committee | NAWLA Staff NAWLA Environmental Policy | NAWLA Bylaws NAWLA is an international trade association of over 650 leading forest products and building material industry wholesalers, manufacturers and industry affiliated companies throughout the United States and Canada. NAWLA, whose wholesaler and wholesaler-processor members' combined annual sales exceed $30 billion, is dedicated to enhancing professionalism and efficiency throughout the lumber distribution channel and to the responsible use of forest resources. NAWLA members serve as the unifying force for efficient forest products and building materials distribution. The forest and building products industries within which NAWLA members operate has highly developed characteristics that help to shape the role of both the wholesale distributor and the role of NAWLA. The industry is highly diversified both in terms of product and geography. Aside from species differences, products of the tree include solid lumber, veneer and non-veneer panels, manufactured products such as fencing and decking, and much, much more. Lumber wholesalers have evolved the most efficient distribution system in the world, helping to make possible the widespread use of wood products in the construction of residential, commercial and industrial buildings across the United States and Canada. NAWLA's role is to aid wholesale distributors in addressing and solving common industry challenges in the areas of transportation, government and environmental regulations, e-commerce and technology, and certainly ongoing education. NAWLA NAWLA Homepage |
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