Doosan Infracore North America, LLC, a leading manufacturer of construction equipment, opened its second North American parts distribution center near Seattle, Wash. In late 2018, Doosan opened a new 100,000 square-foot parts distribution center in…
Waipapa Pine at KeriKeri, New Zealand is investing to improve the efficiency of its sawmill edger and trimmer lines. Following its successful carriage update utilizing USNR’s optimization and scanning system, Waipapa is focusing its efforts…
China had another record year of softwood log imports in 2018, as more than 16.96 billion BF (40 million m3) of logs landed at Chinese ports, according to a report from Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ)….
Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. announced it intends to build North America’s most advanced, fully integrated, multi-species mass timber manufacturing facility in South Slocan, BC, which will create 50 jobs. Kalesnikoff’s $35 million mass timber investment will…
The Michigan State University STEM Teaching and Learning Facility will be the first in Michigan to use mass timber wood products, rather than concrete and/or steel, for its load-bearing structure. The $100 million facility will…
Article by Rich Donnell Editor-in-Chief During my recent visit to Georgia-Pacific’s newly started up sawmill in Talladega, Ala., and during my discussions there about the fact that GP is building two additional sawmills (in Georgia) this…
Cross City Lumber, LLC, the former Georgia-Pacific sawmill in Cross City, Fla., is operating again under new ownership and recently named Wes Grant as President. GP stopped production in 2008 of what was one of…
The Milwaukee, Wisconsin city planning commission recently approved rezoning for a project many believe will be the tallest mass timber structure in the U.S., though the project must still be approved by a neighborhood zoning…