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October 2023

OCTOBER 2023 Cover: Besse FP Updates Goodman Sawmill GOODMAN, Wisconsin – In the years immediately after Besse Forest Products Group’s purchase of the old Goodman Veneer & Lumber operation in 2000, the company upgraded its kilns to better dry the hardwoods common...
September 2023

September 2023

SEPTEMBER 2023 Cover: Blanca Finds Its Groove BLANCA, Colorado – Located in the remote San Luis Valley in southern Colorado, Blanca Forestry Products is truly a different kind of sawmill, built seven years ago to support wildfire mitigation efforts on the largest...

July 2023

JULY 2023 Cover: Global Lumber Industry Welcomes Return Of Ligna HANNOVER, Germany – Sawmill machinery and technology companies from around the world turned out in force at the Ligna trade show held May 15-19. They were part of an event that covered the entire range...

June 2023

JUNE 2023 Cover: Softwood Lumbermen Tone Down Optimism . . . So Do Hardwooders While U.S. softwood lumbermen aren’t as upbeat as a year ago, they’re still upgrading their mills, and maybe building new ones. Market conditions are getting tougher and many...

May 2023

MAY 2023 Cover: GP Plays Steady Hand At Gurdon GURDON, Arkansas – Like many manufacturing complexes of a certain age, Georgia-Pacific’s Gurdon site serves multiple purposes. Having started out solely as a plywood plant with a hog making chips for paper, the site has...