by Web Editor | Jul 28, 2017 | News
After A Period Of Quiet Time, Canadian Buyout Of SYP Mills Resumes West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has entered into an agreement to acquire the operations of the Gilman Companies from the Howard Gilman Foundation and other shareholders for approximately US$430 million....
by Web Editor | Jun 16, 2017 | News
CalAg Rice MDF Plant Is A Go The CalAg rice straw-based medium density fiberboard plant is becoming a reality. CalPlant I, as it is called, has completed and closed financing for a $315 million plant to be built in Willows, Calif. with a production capacity of 140MMSF...
by Web Editor | Apr 7, 2017 | News
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...
by Web Editor | Nov 11, 2016 | News
New Sawmill To Open In Louisiana Le Moyen Mill & Timber LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adobe Machinery Group, revealed plans to acquire land in order to develop a wood products manufacturing facility in LeMoyen, La. Financial details of the transaction were not...
by Web Editor | Apr 27, 2016 | News
Resolute Forest Products CEO Richard Garneau made the case for free trade in the wood products industry with the U.S., noting that managed trade increases volatility, creating an unpredictable and unstable trade environment between the two large trading partners....
