by Kirkland | Jan 19, 2023 | Machinery Row
Opticom Celebrates 50th Anniversary Opticom Technologies, a leader in industrial video monitoring solutions, is celebrating 50 years in business. The company, founded in 1973, has evolved to continue offering innovative products as video monitoring technology...
by Kirkland | Jan 19, 2023 | News
Structurlam Temporarily Suspends Arkansas Operations Structurlam Mass Timber Corp., a mass timber manufacturer in North America, has announced it is temporarily suspending operations and reducing staff at its Conway, Ark., plant due to a customer contract...
by Kirkland | Jan 19, 2023 | News
Vaagen Puts Emphasis On Midway Closure Vaagen Fibre Canada (an affiliate of Vaagen Brothers Lumber) announced it is shutting down its Midway, BC sawmill indefinitely, while indicating it is looking for solutions to keep the operation going, and encouraging...
by Kirkland | Jan 19, 2023 | News
U.S. Housing Starts Dipped Slightly In 2022 U.S. housing starts for 2022 came in at 1.553 million units, down 3% from 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development monthly new residential construction report....
by Kirkland | Jan 11, 2023 | News
Biochar Plant Nears Completion Standard Biocarbon Corp. is building a biochar plant in Enfield, Maine, on a two-acre parcel purchased from adjacent Pleasant River Lumber, whose sawmill will provide chips for the biochar operation. Foundations for the...
by Kirkland | Dec 20, 2022 | The Issues
Filled With Action On Many Fronts Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing December 2022 2022 left us with softened lumber prices, declining housing starts, and rising interest rates. Nobody was complaining too loudly, given the astronomical surge...
