by Web Editor | Apr 29, 2015 | News
Simpson Lumber Company Announces Washington Mill Closures Simpson Lumber Company LLC delivered a blow to the city of Shelton, announcing that the company will close two mills, which will result in about 270 jobs lost. The closures are part of an asset sale agreement...
by Web Editor | Sep 15, 2014 | News
If pressed to name the biggest forest products companies in the U.S., or the most significant in Washington, you might come up with names such as Weyerhaeuser or Boise Cascade or Georgia-Pacific. For some local flavor you might throw in some names such as Simpson,...
by Web Editor | Jul 11, 2014 | News
Forest products giant Sierra Pacific Industries announced it will purchase two Wisconsin-based millwork firms, Hurd Windows, and Superseal Windows and Doors, from Longroad Asset Management. Based in Anderson, CA, Sierra Pacific is the largest U.S. millwork company and...
by Web Editor | Jun 11, 2014 | News
A California timber company, Sierra Pacific Industries, the second-largest lumber producer in the nation, is assembling a site at Frederickson in southern Pierce County to build a major new sawmill that could employ as many as 200 workers. The company is still in what...
by Web Editor | Jun 4, 2014 | News
Home construction in California is on the upswing as the housing market slowly recovers from the dramatic downturn of the recession that saw home prices and new construction plummet. Going hand in hand with the increase in home building is the demand for lumber for...
