by Web Editor | Jan 30, 2015 | News
Lumber is used in a variety of industries in the United States, but the price of lumber is primarily dictated by the health of the housing and construction industry. Americans may be viewing the economy more optimistically since last year, but their outlook on the...
by Web Editor | Jan 29, 2015 | The Issues
AWARD RECIPIENT IS NO STRANGER Article By Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing February 2015 “We’re showing our age,” David Richbourg said to me when I told him I had passed along an article I had written about him in 1988 to our associate editor...
by Web Editor | Dec 19, 2014 | News
Interfor Acquires Simpson Lumber Sawmills In U.S. Southeast, Pacific Northwest Interfor announced that it has reached agreement with Simpson Lumber Company, LLC to acquire Simpson’s sawmill operations in Meldrim, GA, Georgetown, SC, Longview, WA and Commencement Bay,...
by Web Editor | Dec 17, 2014 | News
Wood grinders hummed and blades whirred under the weak winter sun Thursday afternoon as 12 men hustled to transform dozens of ponderosa pine logs into boards, wood chips and sawdust at Newpac Fibre. The Williams-based sawmill is heading into its third month of...
by Web Editor | Dec 8, 2014 | News
California Redwood Company Sawmill To Close, 106 Employees Will Lose Jobs The California Redwood Company will close down its last remaining California sawmill in February 2015, putting over 100 people out of a job and ending the company’s half-century-long involvement...
by Web Editor | Dec 3, 2014 | News
Almost three years after a sawdust-fueled explosion destroyed a Prince George lumber mill, a replacement facility will start operations on Wednesday. For the 110 workers returning to the Lakeland Mills site with well-paid, full-time jobs, it is a moment to celebrate....
