by HB Media | Dec 23, 2025 | News
Dempsey Wood Products Upgrades Planer Mill With USNR After upgrading the sawmill a few years ago, South Carolina’s Dempsey Wood Products found that it outran the planer mill, with the added challenge that the planer mill had no room for expansion in any direction. The...
by HB Media | Dec 22, 2025 | News
Alabama’s John Tyler McShan Was One Of A Kind John Tyler “JT” McShan, who grew up in a family sawmill environment and later led Alabama-based McShan Lumber, and who was a leader and legend of the lumber industry and always a familiar and friendly face at association...
by HB Media | Dec 22, 2025 | News
New Zealand’s Niagara Sawmilling Modernizes With Comact Comact, a global provider in high-performance OEM wood-processing technologies, is proud to announce a major equipment and technology sale to Niagara Sawmilling Co., located in Invercargill, New Zealand. This...
by HB Media | Dec 18, 2025 | News
SPIB Announces Planer Operator Course The planer operator course from the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau provides attendees with some fundamentals that anyone involved in operating a planer needs to know—but will be especially valuable for operators and trainees, QC...
by HB Media | Dec 17, 2025 | News
American Wood Council Elects New Chairman American Wood Council (AWC) announced the election of West Fraser President and CEO Sean McLaren as the new Board Chair for a two-year term. McLaren will be joined by SmartLam CEO Derek Ratchford, who was elected First Vice...
by HB Media | Dec 11, 2025 | Magazine
December 2025 Cover: Eagle Lumber Flies High In Kentucky Eagle Lumber in Greensburg, Ky. has quietly become a large producer of hardwood lumber and pallets, and there’s more on the way. See More Inside This Issue NEWSfeed Brunette Acquires Salem Equipment...
