Bloch Lumber is based in Chicago, IL, was established in 1959. We also have offices in Colorado, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, and Virginia, and we ship from warehouses in nineteen states across the United States. A distributor of North American lumber and panel products, our company has gained a reputation for providing the most reliable, low cost and innovative system of forest products distribution.

Our well-trained and dedicated professional traders are supported by a long-tenured and able staff, as well as a cutting edge computer network managed by an in-house information team.

Bloch offers programs of “Quick Ship” from warehouses as well as direct shipment from high-quality producers. Our program of Guaranteed Forward Pricing (GFP^SM) enables you to firm lumber prices or firm OSB prices for up to one full year.

Our commitment is to add maximum value to our products through efficient and innovative distribution methods. We are determined to maintain our position as one of the nation's top forest products distributors.

Bloch Lumber looks beyond its immediate interest and contributes to the forest products industry through its membership in North American Wholesale Lumber Association, Western Wood Products Association, Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association, Temperate Forest Foundation, Wood Truss Council of America, Ontario Lumber Manufacturers' Association, and Canadian Lumber Association.

Gregg Riley, President of Bloch Lumber and a graduate of Southern New Hampshire University, began his career in the lumber industry as a lumber handler in 1971. After graduation he went on to manage a reload center in Western Massachusetts and joined Bloch Lumber in 1981. His early training for Bloch was in both commodity futures and lumber trading. Gregg became sales manager in 1987, vice-president in 1992, and was named president in 2000. Gregg was elected to the NAWLA Board of Directors in the Spring of 1999, and was elected Chairman of that board in 2007. Gregg's hobbies are golf, basketball and triathlons.

Ted C. Bloch, Founder of Bloch Lumber, is a graduate in economics from the University of Chicago. He began his career in the wholesale lumber industry 50 years ago and incorporated Bloch Lumber in 1959. Ted served the North American Wholesale Lumber Association as its vice president from 1976 to 1978 and as its president in the 1979-80 year. He served as a faculty member during the early years of the NAWLA Wood Marketing Seminars, and continues to be active in the Association. He became a member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1968 and headed the committee that created the first lumber futures contract. He has been an active member of the CME's Forest Products Committee, and in 1996 co-authored the original OSB contract. Ted's extensive knowledge of both the forest products industry and the commodity futures markets enabled him to develop a Guaranteed Forward Price Program (GFP^sm) in 1969. This program remains a major and growing part of the Bloch Lumber business today. He enjoys reading and music, and is an avid tennis player, white water rafter and fisherman.

Ashley Boeckholt, Vice President of Sales at Bloch Lumber, and a 1990 graduate of Truman State, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Business. Ashley learned the lumber business growing up in a Family lumber yard along with working construction. He interned on the floor of the Board of Trade where he began to learn the commodity trading business. In 1992 he brought that expertise to Bloch Lumber where he worked to help develop an early trading model of Guaranteed Forward Pricing. Ashley worked in Sales where he became the sales manager in 1995 and a Vice President in 2008. He now manages sales and manages inventory positions along with the Forward Pricing Book. His hobbies include hunting, exercising, reading about new trading methods and constantly developing new sales habits to create the team atmosphere at Bloch.

Ken Butler is a graduate of the University of Chicago. He joined Bloch Lumber in 1984 and, because of his organizational talents, became the manager of freight shipments and inventory control. He became a lumber trader in 1987 and was subsequently trained in commodity futures, becoming a registered futures broker in 1989. His combined knowledge of the lumber and futures markets have enabled him to become adept at implementing Guaranteed Forward Pricing programs. Ken enjoys fishing, bowling and putting parts on his Lotus faster than they can fall off.

Justin Smith, a recent addition to Bloch Lumber grew up in Grand Rapids MI. He graduated from Central Michigan University with a BS in finance. Justin has been in the finance and banking industry from 2002 until joining the team at Bloch Lumber in January of 2006. In Justin’s free time he enjoys playing poker, running, swimming, basketball, softball, volleyball, and bowling.

Tod Tibbetts combines a knowledge of the forest products industry with information technology. After operating a planer mill in a northern Wisconsin sawmill in 1979, Tod moved to the management of a wholesale distribution center in Duluth, Minnesota. After working with their computers for ten years, he became knowledgeable in the computerization of wholesale lumber sales and support systems. He did a two-year stint with a lumber software programming company in Philadelphia and in 1995 joined Bloch Lumber as IT director and account manager, first in Duluth, Minnesota then in Silt, Colorado. In addition to his IT duties, Tod buys inland empire lumber and handles direct sales and Guaranteed Forward Pricing programs for his customers. An avid skier, Tod combines his passion for selling and computers with skiing, mountain biking and camping in the Colorado Rockies.

Jim Sindler is an Illinois native who moved to Georgia with the 3M Advertising Company after graduating from Thornton College where he majored in business and accounting. In 1993, he joined his wife Sandy at the Bloch Lumber Southeast Division in Norcross, Georgia, working as a freight coordinator. After a short time, Jim began trading lumber and panel products and quickly became an important account manager. Jim regularly creates specialized Guaranteed Forward Pricing programs, enjoys trading lumber in the cash market and adding value for his customers along with his responsibility for warehouse sales and distribution. He also shares buying responsibilities for SYP and Canadian SPF. Jim and his wife Sandy enjoy building houses and have finished their third new home on Georgia's Lake Hartwell. Besides building houses, Jim enjoys boating, skiing and fishing, as well as golf, gardening and woodworking when time allows.