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A Different Take

A Different Take Article by Jessica Johnson, Senior Associate Editor, Timber Processing February 2018 When I started with Timber Processing, I was as green as they come. Fresh from the University of Alabama’s English department, I’d never heard of a sawmill, let...

Vaagen Timbers Gets Into CLT

Vaagen Timbers Gets Into CLT Sawmillers have formed Vaagen Timbers, which will construct a mass timber facility in Colville, Wash. The new business will produce cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glue laminated beams (glulam). Vaagen Timbers is partnering with Vaagen...

Optimizing The New Labor

Story by Dan Shell, Managing Editor Responding to an email follow-up question about sawmill labor, TP 2011 Man of the Year and WKO Inc. President Bill Wilkins wrote: “The issue of automated equipment not being programmed properly should keep mill owners awake at...

What More Can You Ask For?

Story by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief We are only a quarter into the year, and it has already been a good one for Steve Singleton. There are two reasons. One reason is because he is named Timber Processing’s 2010 Man of the Year. Singleton is general manager of...