by Web Editor | Mar 11, 2013 | News
There’s no way North American stud lumber sawmills will be able to keep up with the recovering U.S. housing market, new research being compiled by the International Wood Markets Group shows. The shortage of studs — boards used to frame walls in residential houses — is...
by Web Editor | Mar 8, 2013 | News
Interfor Completes Acquisition Of Rayonier’s Wood Products Business International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) announced that it had completed the acquisition of Rayonier’s Wood Products Business in the U.S. South, as scheduled on March 1st. The...
by Web Editor | Mar 6, 2013 | News
Hundreds of sawmill representatives gathered in Portland Monday for a trade association meeting. Thanks to a recovering housing market, the U.S. demand for lumber is increasing. Last year, sawmills in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho sold about 10 percent more lumber....
by Web Editor | Mar 4, 2013 | News
On January 31, the American Lumber Standards Committee (ALSC) Board of Review unanimously approved the new southern pine design values previously submitted by the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau (SPIB). The new values were rescheduled for review in January after the...
by Web Editor | Feb 27, 2013 | News
Huge South Carolina Lumber Mill Could Start Up This Year Klausner Holding USA’s plans to construct a large lumber mill in Rowesville are taking a little longer to come to fruition than elsewhere, but officials say the project is still under development. Orangeburg...
by Web Editor | Feb 25, 2013 | News
Emerald Forest Products in Emmett, Idaho has closed its lumber operation and laid off 50 people. The owner is looking for a buyer. The company, which began in 2010 with help $4 million in federal economic-stimulus money, was undercapitalized, said Dick Vinson, who ran...
