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SFI President & CEO Kathy Abusow To Retire

SFI President & CEO Kathy Abusow To Retire The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) has announced that President and CEO Kathy Abusow will retire in 2026, concluding an extraordinary career marked by visionary leadership. Abusow has led SFI through a period of...

Steve Swanson Is Timber Processing’s 2026 Person of Year

Steve Swanson Is Timber Processing’s 2026 Person of the Year Longtime Northwest forest products executive Steve Swanson, CEO of Swanson Group based in Roseburg, Ore., was named Timber Processing magazine’s 2026 Person of the Year in its February 2026 issue....

January / February 2026

January/February 2026 Cover: 2026 Person Of The Year: Steve Swanson   Steve Swanson has led his company, Swanson Group, into greener pastures, while never shy about speaking up for the U.S. lumber industry. See More Inside This Issue NEWSfeed JT McShan Was One Of...

Webster Industries Purchases Renold

Webster Industries Purchases Renold MPE Partners along with its portfolio company, Webster Industries, announced the closing of its acquisition of Renold plc, a leading designer, engineer, manufacturer, and supplier of premium, high specification industrial chain and...

Richard Vetter Becomes CEO Of RPM

Richard Vetter Becomes CEO Of RPM Real Performance Machinery (RPM) announced a reorganization of its executive leadership team. Richard Vetter, one of the company’s founding members and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) since 2023, assumes the role of Chief Executive...

Weyco Wood Fiber Will Feed Aymium Biocarbon

Weyco Wood Fiber Will Feed Aymium Biocarbon Weyerhaeuser Co. and Aymium entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to partner to produce and sell 1.5 million tons of sustainable biocarbon annually for use in metals production. As an initial stage of this partnership,...