by Web Editor | Sep 25, 2013 | News
Georgia-Pacific and U.S. Lumber have announced they are entering a distribution agreement for engineered wood products (EWP). The agreement, effective November 1, 2013, provides for U.S. Lumber to distribute Georgia-Pacific engineered lumber in Alabama, Arkansas,...
by Web Editor | Sep 23, 2013 | News
At West Fraser’s modern Quesnel sawmill, sophisticated computer technology has turned the legacy of the worst mountain pine beetle infestation in British Columbia’s history into commercially viable lumber, a feat that is keeping the forest industry...
by Web Editor | Sep 16, 2013 | News
An Arizona sawmill on the Fort Apache reservation in the eastern part of the state is reopening, thanks to a $10 million loan. U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick announced the funding Monday to the White Mountain Apache Tribe. She says it will go toward repairing and replacing...
by Web Editor | Sep 13, 2013 | News
Mississippi’s Kitchens Brothers Selling Shuttered Sawmills Equity Partners CRB and Heritage Global Partners have been retained to sell three hardwood sawmills on behalf of Kitchens Brothers Manufacturing Company. Equity Partners is seeking bids for each mill in its...
by Web Editor | Sep 11, 2013 | News
The Suwannee County Board of County Commissioners voted to deed a 155 acre property at Live Oak, Fla. for $1, with stipulations, to the Austrian company, Klausner, which plans to build a large southern pine sawmill near the interchange of US 90 West and I-10. Klausner...
by Web Editor | Sep 11, 2013 | The Issues
Story by Dan Shell, Managing Editor Easing into the second half of 2013, lumber markets reflect a housing industry giving off very mixed signals. Lumber producers have enjoyed a surge in prices beginning in fall 2012 that have essentially led to a solid year of...