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Sometimes Companies Just Get Lucky

Sometimes Companies Just Get Lucky

Sometimes Companies Just Get Lucky Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing August 2021 In this industry you are bound to cross paths with somebody again, but with one or both of you now working for a different company. Given that I’ve been doing...

August 2021

AUGUST 2021 Cover: Westervelt Gangs Up On Greenfield SYP Sawmill THOMASVILLE, Alabama – Timing is everything. Good timing can be planned for, and good timing can be unplanned. Westervelt’s construction and startup of its greenfield southern yellow pine sawmill in...

Hunt, Tolko Plan Second Sawmill In La.

Hunt, Tolko Plan Second Sawmill In La. Hunt Forest Products and Tolko Industries Ltd. announced they will build a $240 million sawmill in Bienville Parish, near Taylor, La. Construction is expected to start in early 2022, and the new facility will employ 60 when...

Robbins Lumber Acquires Limington Lumber

Robbins Lumber Acquires Limington Lumber Two longtime Maine family-owned businesses have joined forces as Robbins Lumber, Inc., Searsmont, has announced the acquisition of Limington Lumber Co., East Baldwin. Under the acquisition, Limington Lumber will operate as...

Roseburg Plans New Sawmill In North Carolina

Roseburg Plans New Sawmill In North Carolina Roseburg Forest Products continues to expand operations in the Southeast U.S. with the recent announcement it will build a 400MMBF annual production capacity, 375,000 sq. ft. facility on 200 acres in Weldon, NC in Halifax...

Housing Starts Gain Steam, Though Permits Show Slight Decline

Housing Starts Gain Steam, Though Permits Show Slight Decline U.S. housing starts experienced another month of growth in June 2021, reaching a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.643 million, a 6.3% increase over May and 29.1% above June 2020, according to the U.S. Census...