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Waipapa Pine Plans Green End Upgrade

Waipapa Pine Plans Green End Upgrade Waipapa Pine at KeriKeri, New Zealand is investing to improve the efficiency of its sawmill edger and trimmer lines. Following its successful carriage update utilizing USNR’s optimization and scanning system, Waipapa is focusing...

China Log Imports Set Record

China Log Imports Set Record China had another record year of softwood log imports in 2018, as more than 16.96 billion BF (40 million m3) of logs landed at Chinese ports, according to a report from Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). This was the third consecutive year of...

Kalesnikoff Plans Mass Timber Plant

Kalesnikoff Plans Mass Timber Plant Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. announced it intends to build North America’s most advanced, fully integrated, multi-species mass timber manufacturing facility in South Slocan, BC, which will create 50 jobs. Kalesnikoff’s $35 million mass...

MSU Building Using CLT, Glulam Products

MSU Building Using CLT, Glulam Products The Michigan State University STEM Teaching and Learning Facility will be the first in Michigan to use mass timber wood products, rather than concrete and/or steel, for its load-bearing structure. The $100 million facility will...

Cross City Mill Has New Life

Cross City Mill Has New Life Cross City Lumber, LLC, the former Georgia-Pacific sawmill in Cross City, Fla., is operating again under new ownership and recently named Wes Grant as President. GP stopped production in 2008 of what was one of the original chip-n-saw...

Milwaukee OKs Tallest Mass Timber Structure

The Milwaukee, Wisconsin city planning commission recently approved rezoning for a project many believe will be the tallest mass timber structure in the U.S., though the project must still be approved by a neighborhood zoning committee. Called the Ascent residential...