by Web Editor | Nov 20, 2013 | News
Stella-Jones Announces Closing On Acquisition Of Pacific Wood Preserving Companies Stella-Jones, Inc. announced that it has completed, through its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries, the acquisition of substantially all of the operating assets employed in the businesses...
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 | Nov 15, 2013 | News
Weyerhaeuser Company this week joined 25 of the world’s leading forest products companies in announcing the need to significantly scale up sustainable forest management. Weyerhaeuser and the 25 other members of the World Business Council for Sustainable...
by Web Editor | Nov 13, 2013 | News
Worldwide demand for North American hardwoods climbed faster than supply in October and lumber prices followed suit. Many concentration yards were low on both kiln-dried lumber to sell and green lumber to put in dry kilns. The sales manager for one exporting company...
by Web Editor | Nov 6, 2013 | News
Ohio’s Carter Lumber To Close 26 Stores, Focus On Growth In Larger Markets Kent, Ohio based Carter Lumber announced that it was closing 26 stores as the building materials supplier focuses on growing in its larger markets. The 26 stores are in 23 markets — including...
by Web Editor | Nov 4, 2013 | News
Lumber traders struggled back to their desks Monday morning after an epic North American Wholesale Lumbermen’s Association AGM in Las Vegas, NV, last week to discover very weak field inventories, rising lumber prices and continued strong demand, writes Keta...