by Web Editor | Oct 24, 2011 | News
Portland-based lumber company Hampton Affiliates announced on October 17 that it will lay off 80 workers at its Darrington, Wash. sawmill in response to poor domestic sales and more log exports to China. The announcement comes only a month after the company announced...
by Web Editor | Oct 17, 2011 | News
The U.S. Forest Service, Forest Products Lab, has awarded APA—The Engineered Wood Assn. $331,000 to support several residential construction programs. The programs build on the successful Carbon Challenge design competition and seminars that were completed earlier...
by Web Editor | Oct 10, 2011 | News
Colorado Homebuilders Called To Use Beetle-Killed Timber Senator Mark Udall recently called on Colorado homebuilders to use beetle-killed trees to build homes, thus clearing local forests of hazardous trees and creating jobs in the process. At an event showcasing a...
by Web Editor | Sep 26, 2011 | News
Washington Based Stimson Lumber Mill Facing Closure The Washington State Employment Security Department said last week that the Stimson Lumber Mill in Arden, Wash. will layoff 67 of its workers in November and eventually shut down the mill. The 67 impending layoffs...
by Web Editor | Sep 19, 2011 | News
Bandit Industries, Remus, Mich., recently received an Environmental Protection Agency award in recognition of efforts to reduce hazardous chemicals through the National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP) program. The award was presented to Bandit...
by Web Editor | Sep 12, 2011 | News
Coastal Lumber Ceases Operations Charlottesville, Va. based Coastal Lumber Co., long a major hardwood lumber producer, closed operations in mid-August. The company laid off 200 employees and shut down five sawmills in West Virginia, nearly 70 employees and the sawmill...