by Kirkland | Dec 16, 2020 | News
Western Producer Goes South Idaho Forest Group is building a sawmill in Lumberton, Miss., in Lamar County. The project is a $120 million corporate investment and will create up to 135 jobs. Headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, IFG operates six sawmills and a...
by Kirkland | Dec 15, 2020 | News
UFP Industries Purchases PalletOne UFP Industries, LLC is purchasing PalletOne, Inc. for $232 million. UFP has also agreed to pay $18 million for PalletOne’s recent capital expenditures. Based in Bartow, Fla., PalletOne is a leading manufacturer of new pallets in the...
by Kirkland | Dec 10, 2020 | News
West Fraser Purchases Norbord For $3 Billion West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is acquiring all of the outstanding common shares of Norbord, the world’s largest oriented strandboard producer, for $3.1 billion. Following closing, the combined company will operate as West...
by Kirkland | Dec 9, 2020 | The Issues
SOMEBODY FIX MY REARVIEW MIRROR Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing December 2020 The year began with this magazine’s announcement of Georgia-Pacific Lumber President Fritz Mason as the annual Person of the Year. We had grand plans to present...
by Kirkland | Nov 24, 2020 | Magazine
DECEMBER 2020 Cover: Rex Lumber Saw Shop Has Plenty On Its Plate DOTHAN, Alabama – Circle sawing performance and filing efficiency at Rex Lumber are benefiting from a central filing room system that services and works up round saws running at multiple machine centers...
by Kirkland | Nov 18, 2020 | News
Klausner-Enfield Deal Is Near Mayr-Meinhof Holz, which lost out in September 2020 on the bid and acquisition of the bankrupt Klausner Lumber One sawmill in Live Oak, Fla. to Binderholz Group, was the preliminary round bid leader (Stalking Horse bidder) for the...
