by Web Editor | Dec 7, 2015 | News
Increasing housing starts and higher consumer spending will drive anticipated operating income growth for the global paper and forest products industry of 1%-3% in 2016, underpinning the current stable outlook for the sector for the next 12 months, says Moody’s...
by Web Editor | Dec 4, 2015 | News
In some ways, a wooden condominium tower planned for Chelsea has roots in an 18th-century barn. Chris Sharples, a principal at SHoP Architects, remembers the barn as one of his first encounters with architecture, at his childhood home in Pennsylvania’s Chester County....
by Web Editor | Nov 30, 2015 | News
High fiber costs and low market values have forced Resolute Forest Products to suspend indefinitely its wood-cutting operations in Quebec’s Mauricie region near Trois-Rivieres. The suspension, which took effect November 27, affects at least 180 jobs. The...
by Web Editor | Nov 20, 2015 | News
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...
by Web Editor | Nov 18, 2015 | News
Colorado Billionaire Conservationist Proposes Huge Sawmill Hedge-fund manager and renowned conservationist Louis Bacon plans to build a large sawmill in the San Luis Valley to help process timber harvested from his Trinchera Blanca Ranch, the largest contiguous ranch...
by Web Editor | Nov 16, 2015 | News
Roseburg Forest Products Names New President Allyn Ford, CEO and president of Oregon-based Roseburg Forest Products, announced that the Ford Family and the Roseburg Board of Directors have chosen Grady Mulbery to assume the role of Roseburg President effective January...