by Kirkland | Sep 13, 2023 | News
West Fraser To Acquire Spray Lake Sawmills West Fraser has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Spray Lake Sawmills located in Cochrane, Alberta subject to certain post-closing adjustments. Spray Lake Sawmills produces treated wood products,...
by Kirkland | Sep 7, 2023 | News
Processing Technologies for the Forest and Bio-based Products Industries Announces 2023 Dates The 7th biennial international Processing Technologies for the Forest and Bio-based Products Industries (PTF BPI) 2023 Conference will be held October 30 to Nov. 1, 2023 in...
by Kirkland | Sep 7, 2023 | News
GP Donates $100,000 To Volunteer Fire Department In Corrigan, Texas The Corrigan Volunteer Fire Department, which has close to 25 active volunteers and answered more than 150 emergency calls in 2022, has kicked off a capital campaign to build a new fire station, which...
by Kirkland | Sep 7, 2023 | News
Nashville Sets Perfect Stage For Lumber Conference Lumber producers who made the trek to Room 205 and the 2023 Productivity & Efficiency Conference produced by Timber Processing and sponsored by Southern Forest Products Assn. (SFPA) were not disappointed as the...
by Kirkland | Sep 7, 2023 | News
Sawmillers Show Up At EXPO After six shows in Atlanta, Ga. dating back to 2011, the Southern Forest Products Assn., host of the biennial Forest Products Machinery & Equipment EXPO, decided to move the 37th edition to Nashville, Tenn. Held August 23-25, this was an...
by Kirkland | Aug 16, 2023 | News
Single-Family Starts Lead U.S. Housing Rebound In July U.S. housing starts increased in July to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.452 million, nearly 4% above June (and 6% above July a year ago). Single-family housing starts in July were at a rate of 983,000, 6.7% above...
