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Montana Timber Industry Facing Increasingly Tough Times

At Sun Mountain Lumber in Deer Lodge, about 50 of its 160-person workforce got pink slips this fall – but owner Sherm Anderson says the sawmill and timber company is still losing money. “We laid off one shift, and all that does is slow down the bleeding, to where you...

Maine Sawmill Workers Face Temporary Layoff

A Quebec-based company that completed the purchase of Fraser Timber’s lumber mill in Masardis in January will temporarily layoff its 135 employees next week due to market conditions. The layoff at Maibec will last four weeks, according to Charles Tardif, vice...

Warm Springs Mill Operators Say Layoffs Are Temporary

Warm Springs Mill Operators Say Layoffs Are Temporary Laid-off Warm Springs Forest Products employees will be called back to work early next year after equipment and facility improvements are completed, a company official said last week. State officials said Tuesday...

Oregon Lumber Company Planning Extended Downtime

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...

Layoffs Announced At Washington Sawmill

Portland-based lumber company Hampton Affiliates announced on October 17 that it will lay off 80 workers at its Darrington, Wash. sawmill in response to poor domestic sales and more log exports to China. The announcement comes only a month after the company announced...