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Weyerhaeuser To End Production At Montana Mills This Week

Seventy years of lumber production will come to an end this week when the Weyerhaeuser Company starts to shut down its lumber and plywood mills in Columbia Falls. Weyerhaeuser Montana Resources Team Leader Tom Ray said lumber production will end Aug. 19, although some...

Weyerhaeuser Buys Plum Creek, May Sell Pulp Mills

Weyerhaeuser Buys Plum Creek, May Sell Pulp Mills Weyerhaeuser Co. and Plum Creek announced a merger that will leave nearly two-thirds majority ownership in Weyerhaeuser shareholder hands. The combined company creates a $23 billion timber REIT (Real Estate Investment...

Northwest Hardwoods: 20-Year Project

Northwest Hardwoods: 20-Year Project Article by Dan Shell, Senior Editor, Timber Processing April 2015 The cover story for the April 2015 issue of Timber Processing, Northwest Hardwoods sawmill in Eugene, Ore., represents a project that only took two decades to come...

Sierra Pacific Becomes Quiet Giant In U.S. Lumber Industry

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,...

Weyerhaeuser Announces Philadelphia Lumber Mill Expansion

Weyerhaeuser Announces Philadelphia Lumber Mill Expansion Weyerhaeuser Co. is investing $57 million to modernize over the next three years at its softwood lumber mill in Philadelphia. Weyerhaeuser said in Monday’s announcement the work will be done in phases....