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Polish Glulam, German CLT Projects Pick Minda

Polish Glulam, German CLT Projects Pick Minda

Polish Glulam, German CLT Projects Pick Minda As a specialist in engineered wood production lines, Minda has been a perfect partner for green and brownfield projects for more than 40 years. One of the last brownfield projects was the extension of a glulam line in...

Lumber Quality Workshops Announced

Lumber Quality Workshops Announced Terry Brown and the Lumber Quality Institute will again offer two lumber quality-related workshops in Salem, Ore. for the sawmill industry in November 2023. The Lumber Quality and Process Control Workshop will be held November 6-7,...
U.S. Housing Starts Fall While Building Permits Rise

U.S. Housing Starts Fall While Building Permits Rise

U.S. Housing Starts Fall While Building Permits Rise U.S. housing starts fell in August from July, at a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.283 million, down 11.3%. Single-family starts were at a rate of 941,000, 4.3% below July, while multi-family starts were the primary...

Canfor Puts ‘Stock’ In New BC Facility

Canfor Puts ‘Stock’ In New BC Facility Vancouver, BC-based Canfor Corp. is investing $200 million to build a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Houston, British Columbia, which will have an annual production capacity of 350MMBF. “I’m very pleased to be...

West Fraser To Acquire Spray Lake Sawmills

West Fraser To Acquire Spray Lake Sawmills West Fraser has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Spray Lake Sawmills located in Cochrane, Alberta subject to certain post-closing adjustments. Spray Lake Sawmills produces treated wood products,...

PTF BPI Announces 2023 Dates

Processing Technologies for the Forest and Bio-based Products Industries Announces 2023 Dates The 7th biennial international Processing Technologies for the Forest and Bio-based Products Industries (PTF BPI) 2023 Conference will be held October 30 to Nov. 1, 2023 in...