by Web Editor | Nov 28, 2012 | News
When Jim Neiman of Neiman Enterprises purchased Montrose’s Intermountain Resources LLC out of receivership in September, he said he hoped to fill 85 to 90 jobs. Neiman has experienced a few hiccups over the past two months, but his sawmill — renamed Montrose Forest...
by Web Editor | Nov 21, 2012 | News
It’s the perfect storm for B.C.’s forest industry. A rebounding U.S. housing market, demand in China, and now Hurricane Sandy, which destroyed billions of dollars worth of homes and infrastructure in the Northeastern U.S. that must be rebuilt. Skilled laborers have...
by Web Editor | Nov 19, 2012 | News
Forest products company Tembec’s losses soared in the fourth quarter even though its lumber business enjoyed its best quarter in several years due to a gradual recovery in the U.S. housing starts that improved demand and prices. The Montreal-based pulp, paper...
by Web Editor | Nov 14, 2012 | News
Oklahoma City-based distributor Cedar Creek has entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of Capital Lumber’s distribution locations in Dallas and Houston. In a deal expected to close Nov. 30, Capital Lumber will continue to operate eight other non-Texas...
by Web Editor | Nov 12, 2012 | News
With the gradual turnaround in the housing market, a family-run lumber company in Adams County is about to put down $1.5 million on high-tech equipment to get more out of its logs. At Evergreen Forest Products, new scanners will read rough-cut timber, showing mill...
by Web Editor | Nov 9, 2012 | News
Canadian Company Will Buy McFarland Cascade Holdings After 96 years, a Tacoma-based, family-owned wood products company soon will have a new, Canadian owner. McFarland Cascade Holdings Inc. announced recently that it will be bought by Montreal-based Stella-Jones Inc....
