by Web Editor | Oct 9, 2015 | News
Experts from a variety of fields admit that Montana’s timber industry is in dire straits as a trade agreement with Canada fades this month and a surplus of cheap lumber causes prices to plummet. Executive Vice President of the Montana Wood Products Association Julia...
by Web Editor | Oct 7, 2015 | News
California-based Sierra Pacific Industries, one of the largest lumber companies in the United States, has pledged $6 million to the College of Forestry at Oregon State University for its new advanced wood products laboratory. In recognition of Sierra Pacific’s...
by Web Editor | Oct 5, 2015 | News
A weak Loonie, an expiring softwood agreement and poor demand from Asia has lumber prices down sharply in the Pacific Northwest. F.H. Stoltze Land and Lumber in Columbia Falls has not had any layoffs due to the poor pricing, general manager Chuck Roady said Monday,...
by Web Editor | Oct 2, 2015 | The Issues
Article by Dan Shell, Managing Editor Recent announcements dovetail nicely with the SmartLam feature article running in this issue on page 32 that details the background, current operations and future plans of the first U.S. cross laminated timber (CLT) plant in...
by Web Editor | Sep 30, 2015 | News
Canfor Announces Acquisition Of Arkansas’ Anthony Forest Products Canfor Corporation announces that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Anthony Forest Products Company located in El Dorado, Arkansas for a purchase price of $93.5 million US that includes...
by Web Editor | Sep 28, 2015 | News
Plum Creek recently donated nearly 1,000 manufactured lumber studs to Habitat for Humanity of Flathead Valley. The donation will kick off construction for the two new single family, three bedroom homes in Spring Creek Estates in Kalispell. The families for these homes...