by Web Editor | Mar 4, 2015 | News
Last November, the Hines development company unveiled plans for a new office building in the North Loop section of Minneapolis. Seems like ordinary news, except that the building would be the first of its kind in the U.S to be made primarily of wood. The builders...
by Web Editor | Mar 3, 2015 | The Issues
Getting A Handle On Hardwood Checkoff Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing March 2015 We didn’t intend to include an article on the hardwood checkoff situation in this issue. But beginning on page 10, there it is. As much as our articles are...
by Web Editor | Mar 2, 2015 | News
Interfor Completes Acquisition Of Simpson Lumber Sawmills Interfor Corporation (IFP) announced today it has completed the acquisition of four sawmills from Simpson Lumber Company, LLC, increasing its annual lumber production capacity by 30 percent to 3.1 billion board...
by Web Editor | Feb 27, 2015 | News
At first blush, year-end financials and stock prices for B.C.’s largest forest companies would suggest the province’s forestry sector is well on the road to recovery after a decade-long slump. Interfor Corp., for example, posted record sales of $1.4 billion in 2014...
by Web Editor | Feb 25, 2015 | News
Northwest Hardwoods Completes Acquisition Of Industrial Timber & Lumber Northwest Hardwoods Inc. (NWH) has recently completed the acquisition of Industrial Timber & Lumber Company (ITL) based in Beachwood, Ohio. NWH is headquartered in Tacoma, WA and has...
by Web Editor | Feb 24, 2015 | News
Martco To Build OSB Facility In Corrigan Martco L.L.C. announced the selection of Corrigan, Texas as the location for a new, state-of-the-art oriented strandboard (OSB) facility. The facility is expected to employ 165. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer,...
