by Kirkland | Mar 18, 2022 | News
BID Group Partners With Yaskawa Robotics BID Group has entered into partnership with Yaskawa America, Inc, Motoman Robotics Div. The focus of the partnership is to implement robotic systems into BID’s operations and develop new wood processing innovations. Yaskawa...
by Kirkland | Mar 18, 2022 | News
Canfor Sells Sawmill, Piece Of Forest Tenure Canfor Corp. is selling its Mackenzie, BC sawmill and site to Peak Renewables. Canfor also announced it is selling its forest tenure in the Mackenzie region to McLeod Lake Indian Band and Tsay Keh Dene Nation. “We are very...
by Kirkland | Mar 17, 2022 | Machinery Row
Brunette Brings Portable Sawmills Into Mix Brunette Machinery Co. Inc. announced the acquisition of D&L Timber Technologies Ltd. D&L develops, manufactures and distributes portable sawmills and wood processing equipment. D&L handcrafted SwingBlade sawmills...
by Kirkland | Mar 17, 2022 | News
U.S. Housing Starts Gain Momentum U.S. housing starts picked up the pace in February, increasing 6.8% over January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.769 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development monthly new...
by Kirkland | Mar 10, 2022 | The Issues
Our Fathers And Their Children Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing March 2022 My father-in-law, Dr. Woodward D. Lamar, best known as Woodie, died on Thursday morning, February 24, after a brief illness. He was, as the obituary stated, “99 years...
by Kirkland | Mar 8, 2022 | News
Drax Gets Satellite Pellet Plant Going Drax Group is ramping up to full production at Leola—the first of three new satellite pellet plants it plans for Arkansas. Leola, in Grant County, is part of a $40 million investment by Drax in the state, creating approximately...