by Web Editor | Jun 24, 2013 | News
Franklin Lumber To Reopen Former International Paper Sawmill In Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announced that the former International Paper (IP) Franklin Sawmill, closed since 2009, has been purchased by Franklin Lumber, LLC and will restart operations by...
by Web Editor | Jun 19, 2013 | News
Of all the impressive machinery at Boise Cascade’s Kinzua Lumber sawmill in Pilot Rock, a simple dry-erase board is what really stood out to J.P. Batmale. Written on the board is a seemingly routine reminder for workers in the planer to shut off their chipper and...
by Web Editor | Jun 17, 2013 | News
Weyerhaeuser Company today announced it has a signed definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire Longview Timber LLC from affiliates of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. for $2.65 billion, which includes the assumption of debt. The transaction is subject to the...
by Web Editor | Jun 7, 2013 | News
B.C.’s Interior forestry industry is counting on cutting-edge sawmill technologies to soften the blow of the heavily reduced annual allowable cut anticipated in the wake of the mountain pine beetle infestation. “The worst-case scenario is that the [annual allowable...
by Web Editor | Jun 3, 2013 | News
Canfor Reaches Agreement To Buy Three Mills In U.S. South Canfor Corp. announced it has reached an agreement to purchase three sawmills in the southern U.S., marking the third major purchase in the region this year by a B.C. forest company. “Basically, we have a...
by Web Editor | May 31, 2013 | News
Lumber exports from the West coast decreased 7 percent in the first quarter of 2013 according to a Forest Service research economist. Log exports increased by 16 percent: from 362 million board feet in the first quarter of 2012, to 420 million board feet in the first...
