by Kirkland | Apr 18, 2023 | News
SYP Lumber Shipments Shattered Records In 2022 Shipments of southern pine lumber recorded an increase in 2022 from the previous year for the 13th consecutive year, according to the Southern Forest Products Assn. (SFPA), which tabulates shipment totals with the...
by Kirkland | Mar 17, 2023 | News
Vaagen Thanks Support For Midway Sawmill The outpouring of support for Vaagen Fibre Canada’s Midway, BC sawmill, upon the early January Vaagen family announcement of the mill’s impending closure, was substantial, but apparently hasn’t changed the disappointing...
by Kirkland | Mar 17, 2023 | News
Mercer Gains Mass Timber Contract Mercer International Inc. reported it has signed its first major mass timber project contract with a large consumer products retailer. The project, which is composed of cross-laminated timber panels, glue-laminated beams and connector...
by Kirkland | Mar 17, 2023 | News
U.S. Housing Starts Rebound In February U.S. housing starts brushed off a sluggish January and reached a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.45 million in February, up 9.8% over January. Single-family starts were 830,000, a percent above January, while multi-family (five...
by Kirkland | Mar 17, 2023 | News
New Pellet Mill Entices Area Sawmills Some Georgia sawmills will have a new market for their byproducts as Spectrum Energy Georgia LLC plans to begin construction this summer of the largest industrial wood pellet facility in the world at Adel, Ga. and expects to...
by Kirkland | Mar 7, 2023 | News
Con-Vey Promotes Joe Buck To Product Manager Con-Vey has announced the promotion of Joe Buck from Sales Engineer to Product Manager, having been with the company for nearly four years. In his new role, Buck will lead the strategy development and execution of several...