by Kirkland | Jul 15, 2019 | News
Pinnacle, Tolko Team Up Again Pinnacle Renewable Energy has entered into a limited partnership agreement with Tolko Industries Ltd. to build Northern Pellet Limited Partnership, a new industrial wood pellet production facility in High Level, Alberta. The facility will...
by Kirkland | Jul 15, 2019 | News
SFPA Expo Attracts Sawmillers More than 180 exhibitors attended the Forest Products Machinery and Equipment Exposition produced by Southern Forest Products Assn. at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta from June 24 to 26. The event, which is held every other...
by Kirkland | Jul 3, 2019 | News
USDA Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen joined with staff of the University of Idaho to break ground on a one-of-a-kind engineered wood arena. The 62,000-square-foot, 4,200-capacity facility will highlight Idaho’s wood products industry and will provide a unique...
by Kirkland | Jun 20, 2019 | News
This summer has started with a series of curtailment and closure announcements from several major lumber producers in Western Canada. Canfor is temporarily reducing production capacity in British Columbia by 200MMBF, curtailing operations at all BC sawmills, except...
by Kirkland | Jun 10, 2019 | News
West Fraser announced temporary production curtailments during which all mill activities will be reduced for one week in June at five British Columbia sawmills: Chetwynd, Quesnel, Williams Lake, Smithers and Fraser Lake. The decision to implement this temporary...
by Kirkland | Jun 6, 2019 | News
Canfor to Close Vavenby Sawmill Canfor Corporation announced it will be closing its Vavenby sawmill in British Columbia this July. Canfor has reached an agreement to sell the forest tenure associated with the Vavenby sawmill to Interfor for a price of $60 million....
