Spartan Forest Products Adds Thermally Modified & Exotic Wood Specialist to the Team

Lauren Serio Joins Spartan Forest Products as Southern Region Lumber Consultant

Spartan Forest Products announced Lauren Serio has joined the company as Lumber Consultant based in the southern region of the United States. In this position, Serio will work with customers and lumber product producers throughout the United States but with a particular industry focus in the Southern and Southwest regions.

Serio’s diverse background revolves around the fulfillment of customer needs – from servicing large-scale lumber construction projects to securing mill relationships for Brazilian hardwoods. Her experience encompasses imported African, Asian and tropical hardwoods, American hardwoods and Southern yellow and pitch pine softwoods for the construction, flooring and decking industry. Based in Louisiana, Ms. Serio has a particular interest in promoting the benefits, and advancing the use of, thermally modified lumber as an exterior construction material for humid and harsh climates.

“At Spartan Forest Products, we maintain a team of diverse experts throughout the United States that provide expertise in each of the key lumber markets”, stated Troy Albright, President of Spartan Forest Products. “That’s why we are thrilled to have Lauren join the team. In addition to providing regional expertise in the South and Southwest, she brings exceptional knowledge of the thermally modified, commercial building product, and architectural product lumber markets.”

As a Lumber Consultant, Lauren’s role goes beyond that of a trader. She works one-on-one with commercial construction companies, builders, manufacturers, distributors and retailers to match them with suppliers that meet their exacting needs. Spartan Forest Products focus goes beyond that of traditional lumber traders by offering expertise in hardwoods, thermally modified and KDAT lumber, and eastern white pine, in addition to traditional dimensional lumber, panel and building products.

About Spartan Forest Products

Spartan Forest Products supplies a variety of lumber, panel and building products throughout North America to manufacturers, builders, distributors and retailers. To meet customer demands beyond dimensional lumber, Spartan Forest Products maintains geography-based experts, giving you access to fine Pennsylvania hardwoods and eastern white pine; SPF, western red cedar, hemlock and oak; as well as southern yellow pine, cypress and imported exotics. They also specialize in thermally modified and KDAT lumber which is ideal for exterior-oriented construction. Their customized approach to connecting supply with demand for both buyers and sellers is built on strong, old-fashioned relationships of trust and dependability. As a smaller firm, Spartan Forest Products consultants get to know each client’s business challenges, providing one-on-one personalized service with the flexibility to adapt and fulfill their customer’s unique product and delivery needs.

Contact:

Pam Baldwin – Marketing Director – marketing@spartanforest.com – (336) 574-0111 ext. 126

Source: PNC Direct Lumber Sales, LLC