by Kirkland | Jun 25, 2023 | News
Conway CLT Plant Is Back On Track Mercer International Inc. and its subsidiary Mercer Mass Timber, a manufacturer of timber building materials, completed the acquisition of Structurlam Mass Timber Corp. and its subsidiaries in mid-June. Mercer Mass Timber immediately...
by Kirkland | Jun 20, 2023 | News
Timberlab Opens Glulam Facility Timberlab, a nationwide provider of mass timber systems, is opening its second glued laminated timber fabrication facility in Greenville, SC. Timberlab’s goal is to provide the Eastern U.S. with a more regional platform for a...
by Kirkland | Jun 20, 2023 | News
Housing Starts Come On Like Gangbusters U.S. housing starts, both single-family and multi-family, came in hot in May at a combined seasonally adjusted rate of 1.631 million, a 21.7% increase above April. Single-family starts in May were at a rate of 997,000 an 18.5%...
by Kirkland | Jun 20, 2023 | News
Robbins Lumber Acquires Two Sawmills In Maine Robbins Lumber, Inc., based in Searsmont, Me., has acquired two sawmills from Pleasant River Lumber Co., expanding the company’s footprint from two locations to four locations. The sawmills in Hancock and Sanford, Maine,...
by Kirkland | Jun 20, 2023 | News
Luoma Announces Retirement Longtime executive and manager in the wood products industry, for years with LP, Brian Luoma announced he is retiring at the end of 2023 from his position as president and CEO of The Westervelt Co. Luoma joined Alabama-based Westervelt as...
by Kirkland | May 25, 2023 | News
Hampton Lumber Names Schillinger New CEO Hampton Lumber named Randy Schillinger as CEO, following the retirement of Steve Zika, who had served as CEO at Hampton since 2003. Zika assumes a position as Vice Chairman of the Hampton Board. Schillinger has more than 25...
