Mercer Gains Mass Timber Contract
Mercer International Inc. reported it has signed its first major mass timber project contract with a large consumer products retailer. The project, which is composed of cross-laminated timber panels, glue-laminated beams and connector elements, is expected to utilize four months of capacity at Mercer’s Spokane, Wash. facility on a one-shift basis over the course of 2023…
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Western Forest Products B.C. Sawmill Restarts Following Recent Shooting
Western Forest Products B.C. Sawmill Restarts Following Recent ShootingWestern Forest Products sawmill workers in Nanaimo will return to the job site in a “soft start” following the shooting deaths of two workers. Michael Lunn, 62, and Fred McEachern, 53, were killed...
Washington Lumber Companies Merge To Form Alta Forest Products
Washington Lumber Companies Merge To Form Alta Forest ProductsTMI Forest Products and Welco Lumber Company USA have become Alta Forest Products LLC, a partnership between longtime Western Red Cedar manufacturers. Morton-based Alta took over the ownership, operations...
One Last Look At How Bad It Was In 2007-08
Many people tend to recall that the Great Recession began with the collapse of the Lehman Brothers financial firm in September 2008. But those of us associated with the forest products industry, and especially you who walk up and down catwalks in sawmills every day,...
Mills To Arizona And New Mexico Senators: Give Us More Timber
On the edge of what promises to be another hot, drought-fueled wildfire season, timber companies working under the U.S. Forest Service's expiring 10-year White Mountain Stewardship Project are running short of wood. Eastern Arizona loggers and mill operators told two...
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