by Kirkland | May 18, 2021 | News
Single-Family Starts Dip, But Multi-Family Ticks Upward U.S. housing starts (single-family and multi-family combined) came in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.569 million in April, down 9.5% from March but 67% above April 2020 when the pandemic severely hit...
by Kirkland | May 17, 2021 | News
Stimpson Retires After Active Career Fred Stimpson, one of the Stimpson family members who ran Gulf Lumber Co. in Mobile, and who was most recently president of Canfor Southern Pine for six years, announced his retirement this past December. In April Canfor elected...
by Kirkland | May 17, 2021 | News
Satellite Pellet Mills Will Count On Sawmill Byproducts Drax Group will begin constructing the first of three new “satellite” pellet plants in Arkansas, the company has announced. The three plants are together expected to produce around 120,000 metric tons of...
by Kirkland | May 7, 2021 | News
Alabama Mill Plans To Build Back Thankfully no injuries were reported after an air compressor exploded and started a fire at East Alabama Lumber’s sawmill at Lafayette, Ala. on April 22, 2021. The fire took out most of the sawmill in the primary breakdown area. “We’ve...
by Kirkland | Apr 16, 2021 | News
U.S. Housing Starts Hit A High Note U.S. housing starts soared in March 2021, with both single-family and multi-family starts contributing to the boom, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development monthly new residential...
by Kirkland | Apr 16, 2021 | News
Hood Appoints Mann To Drive Culture Hood Industries, Inc. announced the promotion of April Mann to Vice President of People Operations and Culture. She replaces Terry Lawhead, who earlier this year was named the Vice President of Human Resources for Hood Companies....
