by Web Editor | Jan 20, 2014 | News
Global trade of both logs and softwood lumber was higher in 2013 than it was in 2012 with both products reaching their highest levels traded since before the global financial crises in 2008, as reported in the Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). The total value that was...
by Web Editor | Dec 16, 2013 | News
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed six members to serve on the Softwood Lumber Board. Members will serve a three-year term of office beginning Jan. 1, 2014. New appointments include manufacturers Charles W. Roady, Columbia Falls, Mont., and Danny White,...
by Web Editor | Aug 23, 2013 | News
J.D. Irving, Limited Sawmills Division announced today that it will invest $30 million in a new state-of-the-art softwood sawmill at Ashland (Nashville Plantation), Maine. During the construction phase, the new facility will employ up to 50 people at peak. Once the...
by Web Editor | Aug 12, 2013 | News
The importation of softwood lumber and logs to China continues to boom in 2013, as reported in Wood Resources Quarterly. Second quarter numbers are up $600 million from an impressive first quarter that followed a rough 2012. The numbers are also up 30% from the same...
by Web Editor | Jul 12, 2013 | News
Blue Wolf Capital Acquires Florida’s Suwannee Lumber Co. Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC, the New York-based private equity firm, today announced that Blue Wolf Capital Fund III, L.P., through an affiliate, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Suwannee...
