by Web Editor | Jan 10, 2014 | News
Market stability is returning for manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of North American forest products as U.S. housing starts have now found a floor, writes Keta Kosman in Madison’s Lumber Reporter. As of November 2013, housing starts in the U.S. passed...
by Web Editor | Nov 27, 2013 | News
Rick R. Holley is CEO of a real estate investment trust that owns about 6.3 million acres in 19 states, including 720,000 acres in 22 counties in Arkansas. Before becoming CEO of Plum Creek Timber in 1994, Holley had served as vice president and chief financial...
by Web Editor | Nov 22, 2013 | News
U.S. lumber prices have firmed in recent months as rising housing starts have put pressure on lean inventories, creating a supply shortage that has yet to fully unwind, executives and industry experts told MNI. Some further gains can be expected in 2014 as the housing...
by Web Editor | Nov 18, 2013 | News
Weyerhaeuser Co. officials said Wednesday they are hiring new employees across all sectors of the company’s Longview operations to meet rising domestic and export demand and to replace an aging workforce. At a community leaders’ forum at the Cowlitz Expo Center,...
by Web Editor | Sep 4, 2013 | News
Strong growth in the Hawaii lumber industry is predicted as construction activity is picking up locally and across the nation, said Ken Laughlin, president of the Hawaii Lumber Products Association. “The lumber industry is about to take off as demand and production...
