Amazonas Florestal, Ltd. has established an initial purchase order with Sitco Lumber Company. Sitco Lumber ordered an initial $68,600 in Ipe and Jatoba, which represents not only a diversification of species for Amazonas, it also represents a diversification of Amazonas' products and client base, this being Amazonas' first order for hardwood flooring blanks and first in the United States.

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Amazonas Florestal enters U.S. market with Sitco Lumber purchase order agreement

Feb 21, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. Amazonas Florestal, Ltd. has established an initial purchase order with Sitco Lumber Company. Sitco Lumber ordered an initial $68,600 in Ipe and Jatoba, which represents not only a diversification of species for Amazonas, it also represents a diversification of Amazonas' products and client base, this being Amazonas' first order for hardwood flooring blanks and first in the United States, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

"We're excited about working with Sitco, and we're confident that the quality of our products will lead to continued partnership for our exotic hardwood species," said Amazonas CEO Michael Ibar. "Moreover, the order for this species gives us more flexibility when pursuing forest management plans, as it makes more inventory commercially viable for us as we pursue our position as leaders not just in quality timber products but also in responsible, eco-friendly forest management practices."

Amazonas Florestal is a diversified forest management company generating profit through innovative, sustainable management of its large tracts of land in the rainforests of Amazonas, Brazil.

Sitco Lumber Company is one of the oldest imported-hardwood lumber companies in the United States.