by Kirkland | Aug 19, 2021 | News
Skeena Sawmills Purchases GradeScan System Skeena Sawmills has purchased a GradeScan with Perceptive Sight 2.0 from Lucidyne and Wolftek (Lucidyne’s Canadian distributor) for installation in their Terrace, BC planer mill. After closely watching the performance of...
by Kirkland | Aug 19, 2021 | News
Housing Starts Dip, Permits Still Gain Following two months of uptick, U.S. housing starts declined 7% in July from June 2021, showing a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.534 million, which was 2.5% above July 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Dept. of...
by Kirkland | Jul 26, 2021 | News
Hunt, Tolko Plan Second Sawmill In La. Hunt Forest Products and Tolko Industries Ltd. announced they will build a $240 million sawmill in Bienville Parish, near Taylor, La. Construction is expected to start in early 2022, and the new facility will employ 60 when...
by Kirkland | Jul 20, 2021 | News
Robbins Lumber Acquires Limington Lumber Two longtime Maine family-owned businesses have joined forces as Robbins Lumber, Inc., Searsmont, has announced the acquisition of Limington Lumber Co., East Baldwin. Under the acquisition, Limington Lumber will operate as...
by Kirkland | Jul 20, 2021 | News
Roseburg Plans New Sawmill In North Carolina Roseburg Forest Products continues to expand operations in the Southeast U.S. with the recent announcement it will build a 400MMBF annual production capacity, 375,000 sq. ft. facility on 200 acres in Weldon, NC in Halifax...
by Kirkland | Jul 20, 2021 | News
Housing Starts Gain Steam, Though Permits Show Slight Decline U.S. housing starts experienced another month of growth in June 2021, reaching a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.643 million, a 6.3% increase over May and 29.1% above June 2020, according to the U.S. Census...
