by Kirkland | Dec 10, 2020 | News
West Fraser Purchases Norbord For $3 Billion West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is acquiring all of the outstanding common shares of Norbord, the world’s largest oriented strandboard producer, for $3.1 billion. Following closing, the combined company will operate as West...
by Web Editor | Jul 23, 2019 | The Issues
Getting The Kids To Join Up Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief I keep running into long-time acquaintances at lumber industry events who tell me they’re about to retire. This always depresses me, because for one thing it means I probably won’t see them much...
by Kirkland | May 29, 2019 | News
Interfor To Take Additional Downtime Interfor announced plans to temporarily reduce production across its operating platform in the British Columbia Interior during the month of June 2019 due to a combination of weak lumber prices and continuing high log costs. The...
by Web Editor | Feb 28, 2019 | The Issues
Supply-Demand Beat Goes On Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing March 2019 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...
by Web Editor | Jan 22, 2019 | The Issues
Pursuing Self-reliance Article by Dan Shell, Senior Editor, Timber Processing February 2019 Talking with Timber Processing 2019 Person of the Year Red Emmerson and touring Sierra Pacific Industries’ new sawmill in Shelton, Wash. last year, two themes kept popping up:...
