by Kirkland | Jul 7, 2020 | News
Ashton Lewis Acquires W.T. Jones & Sons Ashton Lewis Holding Co., an affiliate of major treater Great Southern Wood, has acquired the family-owned W.T. Jones & Sons, Inc. southern pine sawmill in Ruther Glen, Va., and is planning to invest $11 million in the...
by Kirkland | Jul 7, 2020 | News
Canfor’s Vida Group Buys Sweden Mills Canfor Corp. executives announced in mid June that Canfor’s 70%-owned subsidiary, Vida Group, has entered into an agreement to purchase three sawmills located in Sweden from Bergs Timber for $43 million (Can.), plus...
by Kirkland | Jul 7, 2020 | News
PotlatchDeltic Sells Minnesota Acreage PotlatchDeltic Corp. officials recently announced an agreement to sell 72,000 acres in Minnesota to The Conservation Fund for approximately $48 million. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2020. Company...
by Kirkland | Jul 7, 2020 | News
Indonesia To Keep Export License System Backing off an earlier announcement that Indonesian wood products exporters would no longer need to obtain a license showing the wood’s origin and legality, Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade recently reversed itself after an outcry...
by Kirkland | Jul 7, 2020 | News
Interfor Lays Off Gilchrist Staff Following an earlier announcement, Interfor began laying off 130 of 150 employees at its Gilchrist, Ore. sawmill in late June 2020. Company officials cited difficulties with the coronavirus issue and overall market conditions as...
by Kirkland | Jul 7, 2020 | News
Wood ID Lab Moves To Oregon State Thanks to a five-year, $4 million federal grant from the Forest Service International Programs Office, the Wood Identification and Screening Center (WISC) is moving to Oregon State University, where it will join the College of...
