by Web Editor | Jun 22, 2018 | News
Prices for wood to build and renovate houses have as much as doubled over the past six months, increasing costs for consumers but boosting Maine’s softwood sales and signaling a turnaround in that segment of the forestry market, industry experts say. A number of...
by Web Editor | Jun 11, 2018 | News
Back in March, FreightWaves reported on a “perfect storm for lumber markets”: a confluence of strong global demand and critical supply issues that caused futures prices for a thousand board feet of lumber to break $500 for the first time ever. To put that number in...
by Web Editor | Jun 8, 2018 | News
Lucideon has released a new testing guide for manufacturers of cross-laminated timber (CLT) in offsite buildings. CLT is an engineered timber product made from bonding layers of sawn timbers together. This provides a sustainable and tough panel which is ideal for use...
by Web Editor | Jun 4, 2018 | News
Softwood Log And Lumber Imports To China Have More Than Tripled In Ten Years With limited domestic forest resources, China continues to be a major importer of forest products in order to meet its growing domestic demand for logs, lumber, chips, pulp and paper. In...
by Web Editor | May 30, 2018 | News
Maine Sawmill On Track For Expansion With New Equipment The Maibec lumber mill is expecting to increase its capacity thanks to new equipment being supported with loan backing from the Finance Authority of Maine. The FAME board on May 17, 2018 approved a 90 percent...
by Web Editor | May 30, 2018 | The Issues
New Sawmills Are Dotting The Landscape Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing June 2018 You probably recall the movie Saving Private Ryan. If you do, you’ll remember that Captain Miller and his Ranger company, following their heroic contribution...
