Fifty Jobs Lost In Seattle-Snohomish Mill Closure

googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1548381510056-0'); });

The Seattle-Snohomish Mill in Snohomish, Wash. will close in March after more than 70 years in business. The mill, which currently employs 50 people, first opened in Snohomish in 1941.

“This is a very difficult decision,” Megan McMurray, owner of the mill, said in a statement. “We have a dedicated workforce, some who have been with Seattle-Snohomish Mill Co. Inc. for more than three decades.”

The collapse of the housing and construction industry was a major factor in the decision to close the Seattle-Snohomish Mill, McMurray said. Construction has slowed to a near standstill since the 2008 recession, reducing the demand for timber. For example, roughly 3,907 building permits were issued for unincorporated Snohomish County in 2006, but that number had fallen to 1,189 last year.

googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1548381461985-0'); });

googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1548381402298-0'); });

Latest News

Rich Bernhardt, Evergreen Engineering Co-Founder, Loses Cancer Battle

The co-founder of Evergreen Engineering, Richard Paul Bernhardt, died January 19 after a courageous four-and-a-half-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Bernhardt was born on February 15, 1950, in North Bend, Ore., graduated from Klamath Union High…

Combilift Fundraiser For UNICEF Has Lots Of Winners

The Combilift Fundraiser in support of UNICEF has officially come to an end. Total tickets purchased, for a chance to win the 100,000th Combilift truck, raised more than €56,000 with Combilift proudly topping up that…

John King Chains Celebrates 100th Year

John King Chains Group is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2026. Established in Leeds, England in 1926, the enterprise began by producing plain pedestal bearings for coal mining pit tubs. Expansion came with the rapid…

SFI President & CEO Kathy Abusow To Retire

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) has announced that President and CEO Kathy Abusow will retire in 2026, concluding an extraordinary career marked by visionary leadership. Abusow has led SFI through a period of significant expansion…

« Older Entries

Next Entries »

Find Us On Social

googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1548381237439-0'); });

googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1548380448760-0'); });

googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1548380578329-0'); });

googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1548380709898-0'); });

googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1548380656716-0'); });

googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1548380767732-0'); });

googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1548380810300-0'); });

Newsletter

The monthly Timber Processing Industry Newsletter reaches over 4,000 mill owners and supervisors.

Subscribe Now

Subscribe/Renew

Timber Processing is delivered 10 times per year to subscribers who represent sawmill ownership, management and supervisory personnel and corporate executives. Subscriptions are FREE to qualified individuals.

Complete the form

Advertise

Complete the online form so we can direct you to the appropriate Sales Representative.

Contact Us