by Web Editor | Dec 7, 2015 | News
Increasing housing starts and higher consumer spending will drive anticipated operating income growth for the global paper and forest products industry of 1%-3% in 2016, underpinning the current stable outlook for the sector for the next 12 months, says Moody’s...
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 | Oct 7, 2015 | News
California-based Sierra Pacific Industries, one of the largest lumber companies in the United States, has pledged $6 million to the College of Forestry at Oregon State University for its new advanced wood products laboratory. In recognition of Sierra Pacific’s...
by Web Editor | Oct 5, 2015 | News
A weak Loonie, an expiring softwood agreement and poor demand from Asia has lumber prices down sharply in the Pacific Northwest. F.H. Stoltze Land and Lumber in Columbia Falls has not had any layoffs due to the poor pricing, general manager Chuck Roady said Monday,...
by Web Editor | Aug 31, 2015 | News
Beginning as a promising year for the wood products industry in Montana, with modest gains expected as the housing industry continues to bounce back from the recession, 2015 has lost a good deal of its momentum for lumber producers, while plywood and fiberboard...