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Minda Builds French Manufacturer Arbonis Fully Automated Glulam Line 

Minda and one of France’s leading timber construction companies are currently carrying out an extraordinary project: For Arbonis, a VINCI Group company, a fully automated production line is being built in Chemillé-en-Anjou to manufacture straight…

Forest Service Tackles Roadless Rule

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the U.S. Forest Service has filed a proposed rule to rescind in its entirety the national 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a one-size-fits-all restriction that has frustrated land managers…

Hancock Lumber Promotes Matt Duprey To Chief White Pine Officer

Matt Duprey has been promoted to Chief White Pine Officer of Hancock Lumber, effective immediately, according to an announcement by the mill company. This new role reflects both his remarkable career journey and his continued…

The Lumber Manufactory Opens First Sawmill In Mississippi 

A Washington, D.C.-based startup with roots in aerospace, defense and autonomous-vehicle technology has opened its first sawmill in northeast Miss., betting more than $15 million that a faster, tech-driven approach to milling can help close…

Finnish Sawmill Expands Drying Capacity With Valutec Kilns

Finnish sawmill company JPJ-Wood Oy is investing in two new forklift-loaded batch kilns from Valutec as part of its continued production development. The investment supports the mill’s plans to increase sawn timber production. The two…

Neiman Closing Mill In Western Colorado

Based in Wyoming with sawmill operations in four states, Neiman Enterprises is down to three mills after its Montrose, Colo. sawmill Montrose Forest Products filed a WARN Notice with the Colorado Department of Labor and…

Brad Smith Retires From Delta Motion After 27 Years

Delta Motion has announced that Brad Smith, Regional Sales Manager, has fully retired effective June 30, 2026. Mike Dodds is now responsible for serving Delta’s distributors in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada. Aaron Heinrich…

Auburn, U.S. Air Force Developing Mass Timber Military Housing Prototypes

Auburn University engineers are working with the U.S. Air Force to redesign deployable military housing using mass timber, with the goal of creating temporary barracks-style structures that can be assembled faster and perform better in…

NHLA Applauds U.S. Trade Ruling on Hardwood Plywood Imports From China, Indonesia and Vietnam

The National Hardwood Lumber Assn. (NHLA) is applauding a U.S. International Trade Commissionruling that clears the way for new trade duties on hardwood and decorative plywood imported from China, Indonesia and Vietnam. On August 19,…

West Fraser Second Quarter Earnings Show Mixed Outlook

West Fraser offered a range of outlooks in its second quarter earnings report. It noted that over the medium term, improvements in housing affordability supported by U.S. government policy changes and the expected normalization of…

Peak Announce SYP Pellet Mill

Peak Announces SYP Pellet Mill Vancouver, Canada-based Peak Renewables plans to build a 180,000 metric tons per year wood pellet mill in Dothan, Ala. The $30 million project will utilize residuals from Rex Lumber sawmills…

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Interfor To Acquire Chaleur Forest Products

Interfor announced that it has reached an agreement with an affiliate of the Kilmer Group to acquire 100% of the equity interests in the entities comprising Chaleur Forest Products. Chaleur owns two modern and well-capitalized…

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Sawmills Announce Personnel Changes

Joe Patton Retires From Westervelt The Westervelt Co. recently announced a change of leadership in the wood products business. Mark Richardson has been promoted to Vice President and General Manager, Wood Products, effective January 1,…

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Hancock Acquires Madison Lumber

Two of New England’s top performing eastern white pine manufacturing facilities will be stronger together as Hancock Lumber announced plans to acquire Madison Lumber Mill of Madison, NH. Hancock Lumber’s eastern white pine operations will…

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