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16 PalletCentral • March-April 2016 palletcentral.com Jimmy Wilson, President, Bay Wood Products, Inc. A1: We are level with last year through the end of February, so that is good. We are forecasting to grow approximately 5% this year. We don't see any indication to change the forecast. A2: In the 80s, I was an independent manufacturer's representative selling to OEM in the outdoor power equipment industry. The largest company I sold for and my largest income producer was bought out by our largest competitor in a hostile takeover in 1988. They employed company sales reps and yours truly was out with no notice. This forced me to look for any opportunity to support my wife and soon-to-be newborn son. I continued representing the other companies I worked for but took on light contracting jobs around town. One of the companies that had contracting work was Knight Forest Products, a building supply company that owned a pallet and sawmill company (North Star Lumber). Eventually in October 1989 the owner asked me to manage North Star Lumber Company. I jumped at the opportunity that offered a weekly paycheck and medical insurance for my young family. Soon afterwards I met Tommy Orr with WNC Pallet and Forest Products who agreed to help me with any question I had about what had worked for them or not and he encouraged me to join the NWPCA in 1990. In 1993 the WNC Group offered me a position with their newly acquired operation in the Florida Panhandle that would eventually become Bay Wood Products and allowed me to become a stockholder. A3: We are very close to breaking ground on a 12,000 sq. ft. building to expand our lumber cutting ability, make room for some new assembly equipment and relocate our maintenance shop. A4: In my spare time, I try to play golf when the weather allows, or spend time with my family. A5: If I wasn't in the pallet business, what would I be doing? I never thought about it, so I don't know. PC INDUSTRY We are level with last year through the end of Februar y, so that is good. We are forecasting to grow approximately 5% this year. We don't see any indication to change the forecast. Matthew Coughlin Photography