Alaskan Creative Woodworks

1
Alaskan Creative Woodworks

• Bobette Perkins

2
Problems and Opportunities

• Problems with current wooden souvenirs
• Expensive
• Tree unfriendly (environmental problem)
• Sawdust difficult waste material
• Opportunity
• Create inexpensive wooden souvenirs
• Dont use extra tree wood
• Buy cheap sawdust from sawmills

3
Business Concept

• New concept
• Purchase cheap sawdust
• Combine with new polymeric composite formulation
  to make wooden material
• Mold wooden material
• Paint with native Alaskan decorations
• New market
• Sell on cruise liners
• Sell at National Parks

4
Competition

• Major competition
• Three traditional souvenir companies
• All use native tree wood environmentally
  unfriendly
• Expensive
• Our advantage
• Cheap materials (sawdust, polymer composite)
• Environmentally friendly (a sales point!)
• Inexpensive yet attractive