Forest2Market Welcomes Bob Bratton, Manager of its Lumber Practice

Bratton will be responsible for driving sales of Mill2Market, the company’s suite of services for buyers and sellers of lumber, and for managing product evolution and development. Currently, these services include a weekly lumber price report and a quarterly benchmark.

“Forest2Market unveiled its lumber pricing service two years ago,” said Suzanne Hearn, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “We’ve made a lot of progress in that time, steadily increasing our customers and growing the number of price and volume related data points from 79 to 880 on our weekly report. We look forward to working with Bob to expand our customer base and while continuing to provide the high quality service our customers deserve and expect.”

Bratton comes to Forest2Market with nearly 40 years of experience in the building products industry. For the last 22 years, he owned and operated Southern Lumber Sales in North Carolina, where he maintained an extensive contact base of suppliers and customers of lumber and building materials both domestic and off shore.

Bratton’s knowledge and experience of both sales and purchasing on both the wholesale and retail sides of the business make him an ideal addition to the Forest2Market team,” said Pete Stewart, President and CEO of Forest2Market. “With his expertise, we’ll continue to grow the subscriber base for Mill2Market products. Plus, with the depth of his experience in the supply chain, Bratton will enhance Forest2Market’s ability to understand and analyze supply/demand market trends.”