by Web Editor | Dec 11, 2013 | The Issues
2013 Uplifting, Brighter 2014 Article by Jessica Johnson, Associate Editor, Timber Processing What a year 2013 turned out to be! As one of the “new kids on the block” in sawmilling, I definitely found this year to be an interesting one. I’ll spare the details of my...
by Web Editor | Dec 9, 2013 | News
Canada’s forest products industry is booming but faces a long-term threat from climate change, according to a new federal report tabled in the House of Commons. The industry, while enjoying thriving and growing markets in Asia and a rebound in U.S. housing...
by Web Editor | Dec 6, 2013 | News
Canadian Sawmill Equipment And Engineering Company Expands Into U.S. The BID Group of Companies, started two generations ago in Vanderhoof, has grown to be a conglomerate of companies still based primarily in the hometown of the founding Fehr family, although it also...
by Web Editor | Dec 4, 2013 | News
U.S. lumber prices are getting chopped after notching seven-month highs, as the market hunkers down for a seasonal decline in construction and expected higher production next year. But demand for U.S. boards and planks from China, Japan and the Caribbean to structure...
by Web Editor | Dec 2, 2013 | News
Fueled by increased demand from China, log and lumber exports from the West Coast are on the rise, according to a study released this week. The value and volume of lumber exports from Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Northern California jumped by 50 percent during the...
by Web Editor | Nov 27, 2013 | News
Rick R. Holley is CEO of a real estate investment trust that owns about 6.3 million acres in 19 states, including 720,000 acres in 22 counties in Arkansas. Before becoming CEO of Plum Creek Timber in 1994, Holley had served as vice president and chief financial...
