The second PELICE (Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo) will be held February 4-6 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. It seems like a lifetime ago since the first PELICE was held at the same locale in early 2008.
Do you remember early 2008? The economic numbers had become unsteady. Oil prices were still astronomical. Housing was on the wane. There was talk of a possible recession. But we were viewing it as just another downward lull on the chart of ups and downs in a cyclical industry. “It might get a little worse, but probably won’t last long,” we were told and we told ourselves. It didn’t seem to be anything we hadn’t experienced before. The economy was but one of many topics that the presidential candidates were debating.