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Union Pacific Signs Contract For Domestic Rails 

Union Pacific Signs Contract For Domestic Rails Union Pacific Railroad and Rocky Mountain Steel Mills have reached a new, seven-year contract for the domestic production of steel rails, underscoring Union Pacific’s clear commitment to buying the...

Fulghum Completes First 155-Ft., 45-Ton Crane Installation

Fulghum Completes First 155-Ft., 45-Ton Crane Installation Fulghum Industries has completed installation and certification of a 155-ft., 45-ton log crane at Burt Lumber in Washington, Ga., marking the first crane of that size built by the company....

Survey Says: U.S. Softwood Lumber Producers Temper Outlook for 2026-27

Survey Says: U.S. Softwood Lumber Producers Temper Outlook for 2026-27U.S. softwood lumber producers are entering 2026-27 with a slightly less optimistic outlook than they held a year ago, according to Timber Processing's 2026 Annual U.S. Sawmill...

Western Wood Preservers Names Ryan Pessah Executive Director

Western Wood Preservers Names Ryan Pessah Executive DirectorThe Western Wood Preserves Institute (WWPI) Board of Directors have selected Ryan Pessah as Executive Director following a nationwide search.  Pessah has served as the Institute’s...

Mühlböck Secures Contract In California

Mühlböck Secures Contract In CaliforniaUpper Austrian timber drying specialist Mühlböck continues its international growth trajectory and has secured a project in the USA. Mühlböck is supplying four 1306 PRO dry kilns with a total volume of over...

C&C FP Invests Over $21 Million In Coushatta Rebuild 

C&C FP Invests Over $21 Million In Coushatta, Louisiana SawmillC&C Forest Products announced it is investing over $21 million to rebuild its Coushatta, Louisiana sawmill following a 2025 fire, repositioning the facility as a more efficient,...

Canfor Acquires I-Joist Operation

Canfor Acquires I-Joist OperationCanfor Corp. has entered into an agreement with PinkWood Ltd. to purchase its I-joist business for $68 million, including working capital. Founded in 2009, PinkWood is the largest I-joist facility in Western Canada,...

Patrick Hardwoods Appoints Mark Gray President

Patrick Hardwoods Appoints Mark Gray President Patrick Lumber Co. (PLC), a century-old lumber and specialty wood supplier, announced that Patrick Hardwoods’ board of directors unanimously elected Mark Gray as president of Patrick Hardwoods. After...

White Liquor Tank Explosion Kills 11 At Longview Packaging Plant

White Liquor Tank Explosion Kills 11 At Longview Packaging PlantGovernor Bob Ferguson ordered flags to be at half-staff for a week in early June in honor of the 11 killed in the chemical tank explosion on the morning of May 26 at the Nippon...

Overmyer, Hardwood Lumber Industry Reached Their Peak Together

Overmyer, Hardwood Lumber Industry Reached Their Peak TogetherDonald Howard Overmyer, Jr., a 1997 Timber Processing Person of the Year, who was widely respected as a leader and innovator in the hardwood lumber industry, and who developed Linden...

New From MDI: TWA5000-X Transverse Scanner

MDI has done it again and broken the boundaries of what even they thought was possible. Enter: the TWA5000-X Transverse Scanner metal detector. This system is capable of scanning up to 24 ft. boards in a transverse orientation and it effectively accommodates the most efficient…

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BID Group Starts Apprenticeship Program

In a significant development for the local community, BID Group has collaborated with the Dept. of Labor and Apprenticeship Carolina to launch a groundbreaking apprenticeship program in its Fabrication Shop. The program provides valuable opportunities for aspiring professionals in the manufacturing sector…

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New From Dakin-Flathers Ripper37 Quantum

Engineered to redefine the limits of bandsaw blades, the all-new Ripper37 Quantum from Dakin-Flathers promises unmatched precision, efficiency, and above all, durability for resawing lumber like never before the manufacturer says, lasting twice as long as the Lenox Woodmaster C…

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Bruks Siwertell Acquires West Salem Machinery

Bruks Siwertell Group has signed an acquisition contract for North American heavy machinery specialist, West Salem Machinery (WSM), effective July 1, 2023. The Oregon-based engineering and manufacturing company will continue to operate under its current name as a separate internal division within Bruks Siwertell…

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JoeScan Team Expands

Sawmill scanning company JoeScan, founded in 2002, is once again expanding their team with the addition of two new engineers to their roster. “We’ve seen a tremendous amount of growth in terms of sales,” says JoeScan president Joey Nelson. “So we have some additional demand on our engineers to answer support questions. But we also want to continue to develop new…

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