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 | Dec 13, 2013 | News
Canfor Corporation announced today that, subject to ratification of the tentative labor agreement between the Company and the United Steelworkers, the Company will proceed with capital investments totaling approximately $36 million to improve efficiency and recovery...
by Web Editor | Dec 11, 2013 | News
Pennsylvania’s Musselman Lumber, Inc. Joins U.S. LBM Holdings U.S. LBM Holdings, LLC is pleased to announce the acquisition of Musselman Lumber, Inc. of New Holland, Pennsylvania from partners, Galen Eby, Joe Good and Bob Quinlivan. Founded in 1911, Musselman’s...
by Web Editor | Dec 9, 2013 | News
Canada’s forest products industry is booming but faces a long-term threat from climate change, according to a new federal report tabled in the House of Commons. The industry, while enjoying thriving and growing markets in Asia and a rebound in U.S. housing...
by Web Editor | Dec 6, 2013 | News
Canadian Sawmill Equipment And Engineering Company Expands Into U.S. The BID Group of Companies, started two generations ago in Vanderhoof, has grown to be a conglomerate of companies still based primarily in the hometown of the founding Fehr family, although it also...
by Web Editor | Dec 4, 2013 | News
U.S. lumber prices are getting chopped after notching seven-month highs, as the market hunkers down for a seasonal decline in construction and expected higher production next year. But demand for U.S. boards and planks from China, Japan and the Caribbean to structure...
