by Web Editor | Jul 28, 2017 | News
After A Period Of Quiet Time, Canadian Buyout Of SYP Mills Resumes West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has entered into an agreement to acquire the operations of the Gilman Companies from the Howard Gilman Foundation and other shareholders for approximately US$430 million....
by Web Editor | Jan 11, 2017 | News
The topic of export duties on Canadian lumber exports to the U.S. is now revving up, given the announcement by the US ITC this week. On January 9, 2017, the US International Trade Commission (US ITC) ruled on its Preliminary Determinations regarding injury from the...
by Web Editor | Oct 16, 2015 | News
Approximately 500 jobs supported by Montana’s wood products industry have dried up this year alone, and with the expiration Monday of the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement between Canada and the U.S., even broader repercussions are expected to hit the state’s economy. In...
by Web Editor | Jun 24, 2015 | News
In the 60 years since Bob Jordan III joined his family’s North Carolina sawmill business, he hasn’t seen anything quite like the Canadian invasion of the South’s lumber industry. “You didn’t have people coming in from the outside — we never had this before,”...
by Web Editor | Nov 12, 2014 | News
Loaded logging trucks: We see them all the time on New Hampshire roads and highways. Have you ever wondered where all those logs are headed? When we explored this question at the Forest Society, the result was an article in our membership magazine discussing new and...