by Web Editor | Mar 6, 2013 | News
Hundreds of sawmill representatives gathered in Portland Monday for a trade association meeting. Thanks to a recovering housing market, the U.S. demand for lumber is increasing. Last year, sawmills in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho sold about 10 percent more lumber....
by Web Editor | Aug 8, 2012 | News
China’s slowing economy may benefit Oregon’s lumber and plywood mills by making more timber available at reasonable prices, industry observers say. Wood Resource Quarterly, an industry journal based in Seattle, reported China reduced log imports from the...
by Web Editor | Nov 11, 2011 | News
Swanson Lumber recently announced that they are planning extended shutdowns due to hard times in the lumber industry at sawmills in Glendale and Roseburg, which will idle about 700 workers. The mills will shut down for two weeks starting Nov. 14. Two company owned...