by Web Editor | Mar 26, 2015 | Editor's Blog
Northwest Hardwoods: 20-Year Project Article by Dan Shell, Senior Editor, Timber Processing April 2015 The cover story for the April 2015 issue of Timber Processing, Northwest Hardwoods sawmill in Eugene, Ore., represents a project that only took two decades to come...
by Web Editor | Mar 25, 2015 | News
Pro South Announces New Mississippi Sawmill Officials from Pro South announce the company is expanding its operations by adding a sawmill at its location near Booneville, Miss., in Prentiss County. The project represents a $2.75 million company investment and will...
by Web Editor | Mar 23, 2015 | News
North American hardwood sawmills reported slow sales during the first half of March. “Normally we see business improve from the second week of January through May,” said one contact. “This year, we are quoting and not selling.” One buyer for a large flooring...
by Web Editor | Mar 20, 2015 | News
Georgia-Pacific today announced it has concluded an agreement with RoyOMartin for the transfer of RoyOMartin’s Mexia, Alabama, Rocky Creek lumber operations to Georgia-Pacific. The Rocky Creek lumber facility employs approximately 110 employees. Terms of the...
by Web Editor | Mar 16, 2015 | News
Log and lumber exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska both decreased in volume in 2014 compared to 2013, the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station reported today. Exports of west coast logs decreased 13 percent to a total...
by Web Editor | Mar 11, 2015 | News
Canada’s lumber producers should be a happy lot. The U.S. housing market is coming back, exports are rising and the Canadian dollar is cheap. But the industry has a wary eye on its own version of the doomsday clock – the countdown to the Oct. 12 expiry of a long truce...