North American Wholesale Lumber Association -NAWLA Traders Market 2026

How it compares

Montréal Wood Convention is the closest comparison for companies working in the wood trade. Its mix of manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and exporters has an international orientation, and economic seminars and an industry leaders panel place commercial conversations beside discussion of markets. Montréal is a strong choice when international wood trading and the Canadian industry network are central to the trip. Traders Market brings those supplier conversations into NAWLA’s North American distribution community, with a particularly visible presence from lumber mills and the services wholesalers use.

NAHB International Builders' Show serves a different point in the buying chain. Builders, remodelers, architects and designers attend alongside dealers and distributors, making it useful for products that need to reach residential construction customers across the whole home. Its breadth offers more exposure to end users and specification decisions. Traders Market is the more concentrated setting for a mill developing wholesale channels, a distributor comparing wood products or a service provider selling into lumber operations. The choice rests on the commercial relationship: international wood trade, residential project demand or the daily work of wholesale distribution.

Traders Market fits mills, lumber wholesalers and distribution suppliers whose next deal depends on the people buying, moving and selling wood.

Who exhibits

Canfor, Collins and Boise Cascade represent the lumber and engineered wood supply base; Arauco and specialty wood suppliers widen the product range. DMSi and Epicor bring the systems side of distribution, while Combilift addresses material handling. That combination makes the floor useful for discussing both products and the way a lumber business operates. Coatings, railings, transportation and financial services add commercial depth around the wood trade without turning the show into a general construction exhibition.

1. 

   Combilift

2. 

   Epicor

3. 

   Simpson Strong-Tie

4. 

   Westlake Royal Building Products

5. 

   Weyerhaeuser Company

6. 

   Collins

7. 

   Malaysian Timber Council

8. 

   Pollmeier

9. 

   Midwest Canvas

10. 

    Hurst Boiler

11. 

    HUB International

12. 

    Sylvanix Outdoor Products

13. 

    Nakamoto Forestry

14. 

    BC Wood

15. 

    DMSi Software

16. 

    Pittsburgh Paints

17. 

    BuilderWire

18. 

    Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company

19. 

    Western Wood Products Association

20. 

    Baillie Lumber

21. 

    Vista Railing Systems

22. 

    Metsa Wood USA

23. 

    Union Pacific Railroad

24. 

    Typar

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North American Wholesale Lumber Association -NAWLA Traders Market 2026

The 2026 show marks 30 years of Traders Market and a broader emphasis on the lumber and building materials distribution channel. Its education session brings NAWLA’s Shelter 10 Group onto the stage for a live peer discussion moderated by Fastmarkets’ Dustin Jalbert. Representatives from Binderholz, Hampton Lumber, Capital Lumber and Sherwood Lumber are among the participants. The format puts the association’s working conversations in front of the wider audience, alongside a floor that includes distribution technology and specialist building products.

• The Shelter 10 Group session lets you hear how mills and distributors discuss shared commercial issues through a live peer conversation.
• For distribution operations, compare DMSi and Epicor’s systems with the handling questions represented by Combilift; the show brings both sides of the same workflow together.
• The Welcome Party and floor reception are part of this relationship-led format. Carry supplier conversations into those settings to explore the relationship beyond its product range.

Exhibiting

The standard booth package provides basic furniture, a sign and registration, while carpet remains an exhibitor responsibility. Private meeting room packages and sponsorship around meals, receptions and the event lounge offer different settings for supplier discussions. The floor suits mills, wood product manufacturers and services whose customers operate in the wholesale channel.