by Web Editor | May 3, 2017 | News
Canfor Corp., one of the world’s largest forestry companies, sees potential acquisition opportunities in the U.S. South as smaller companies struggle in the wake of carnage left by new softwood lumber duties. “We’ve got an appetite for [mergers and acquisitions],”...
by Web Editor | Apr 24, 2017 | News
North Idaho College has been awarded a $482,582 grant by the Idaho Department of Labor to train more than 200 workers in the wood products manufacturing industry. The two-year grant is a partnership with Lewis-Clark State College and five wood products manufacturing...
by Web Editor | Apr 21, 2017 | The Issues
The Past Is Present Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing May 2017 I am excited to hear about Bruce Vincent’s new book, “Against The Odds,” about which there’s more detail on page 72. If you’ve been around this industry for a couple of decades or...
by Web Editor | Apr 19, 2017 | News
It was about a year ago that the owners of Montesano’s Mary’s River Lumber mill on State Route 107 announced it would close. As a result, 38 people lost their jobs, the city lost revenue and the facility basically went idle. In the case of mills, when they shut down,...
by Web Editor | Apr 14, 2017 | News
Though the timber industry has faced recent challenges, Allyn Ford of Roseburg Forest Products has a positive outlook for the future of forestry. Ford discussed the state of the wood products industry at a Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday at the...
by Web Editor | Apr 12, 2017 | News
The Rough & Ready Lumber mill that shut down last fall after 73 years in operation still has plenty of metal buildings and odd scrap metal lying around. But the guts are gone, said Link Phillippi, one of the mill’s owners. Workers Wednesday dismantled the boilers,...