by Kirkland | May 7, 2021 | News
Alabama Mill Plans To Build Back Thankfully no injuries were reported after an air compressor exploded and started a fire at East Alabama Lumber’s sawmill at Lafayette, Ala. on April 22, 2021. The fire took out most of the sawmill in the primary breakdown area. “We’ve...
by Kirkland | Apr 28, 2021 | The Issues
It’s Next Up For Many Independent Sawmills Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing May 2021 The cover story for this issue, on Dempsey Wood Products in Orangeburg, SC, provides further evidence that I am aging quickly. But in a good way. What I...
by Kirkland | Apr 26, 2021 | Magazine
MAY 2021 Cover: Dempsey Wood Products Isn’t Slowing Down ORANGEBURG, South Carolina – In a time when greenfield southern yellow pine sawmills are popping up like seedlings, Dempsey Wood Products (DWP) has been standing strong in South Carolina at its 32-year-old site....
by Kirkland | Apr 16, 2021 | News
U.S. Housing Starts Hit A High Note U.S. housing starts soared in March 2021, with both single-family and multi-family starts contributing to the boom, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development monthly new residential...
by Kirkland | Apr 16, 2021 | Machinery Row
BID Will Upgrade Carolina Facility BID Group has announced it will invest more than $2.5 million in state-of-the-art technology at its South Carolina operations in St. George. The acquisition of the Correa Axia-70, a large-sized computer numerical control (CNC)...
by Kirkland | Apr 16, 2021 | News
Hood Appoints Mann To Drive Culture Hood Industries, Inc. announced the promotion of April Mann to Vice President of People Operations and Culture. She replaces Terry Lawhead, who earlier this year was named the Vice President of Human Resources for Hood Companies....
