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Thanks For Your Open Door Policy

Thanks For Your Open Door Policy Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing December 2017 I like to use this space at the end of the year to express my appreciation to all of the companies that opened their sawmills to our editors during the year....

Softwood Lumber Board Touts Demand Growth, Increasing Sales

Lumber is an integral part of your business and how America builds its housing. The Softwood Lumber Board’s (SLB’s) mission is to make it much more than that. Our unique programs are showing what is possible when building with wood across residential, commercial,...

Idaho Forest Group Acquires Tricon Timber Sawmill

Idaho Forest Group Acquires Tricon Timber Sawmill One of the nation’s largest lumber producers based in Coeur d’Alene is acquiring Tricon Timber’s stud mill in St. Regis. The Idaho Forest Group, a family owned wood products company, announced the acquisition. The...

Oregon Lumber Industry Concerned About New Emission Rules

Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality has been working for the past year on a set of rules, known as Cleaner Air Oregon, aimed at regulating emissions produced by industrial facilities. The new regulations have been drafted and are being presented for community...

Canadian Firms May Build New Sawmills In U.S. South

From: Timber Processing Editors Two Canadian-based companies, both in recent years having purchased and now operating multiple sawmills in the U.S. South, are considering building greenfield sawmills in the South. Interfor reports it has completed a detailed...