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Housing Starts Show Modest Decline In September

Housing Starts Show Modest Decline In September U.S. housing starts dipped slightly in September to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.555 million, down 1.6% from August, but 7.4% above September 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Dept. of Housing and...

Wood Fiber Group Merges With USNR

Wood Fiber Group Merges With USNR USNR and Wood Fiber Group have announced their merger. USNR is an industry-leading global supplier of sawmill and plywood mill machinery, aftermarket parts, and technical and engineering services. Wood Fiber Group is the largest...

GP To Build New Sawmill At Pineland

GP To Build New Sawmill At Pineland Georgia-Pacific plans to invest $120 million and build a new sawmill at its existing sawmill site in Pineland, Tex. Construction is expected to begin early next year and completed in late 2022. The new sawmill will replace the...

West Fraser Buying New SYP Sawmill

West Fraser Buying New SYP Sawmill West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has entered into an agreement to acquire the Angelina Forest Products (AFP) southern yellow pine sawmill in Lufkin, Tex. for $300 million (U.S.). The new sawmill began construction in 2018, commenced...

WKO Acquires SDS Lumber

WKO Acquires SDS Lumber SDS Lumber, including its sawmill and plywood mill at Bingen, Wash., is part of an acquisition involving three purchasing entities. Seattle-based Twin Creeks Timber, LLC, The 
Conservation Fund, and Carson, Wash.-based Wilkins, Kaiser &...