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IKEA Will Close Lone U.S. Plant

IKEA Industry announced it will discontinue production at its Danville, Va. location in December. The plant, which has been in operation since 2008 and employs 300, produces wood-based furniture for its retail stores in the U.S. and Canada. Production will be moving...

Reaching Excellence

Reaching Excellence Article by Jessica Johnson, Senior Associate Editor, Timber Processing September 2019 The parallels between sports and success are strong; the life lessons kids learn while playing on teams is invaluable. Teaching children you finish what you...

Mid-South Recognized For Work At Dierks

Mid-South Engineering, Hot Springs, Ark., was awarded three Engineering Excellence awards from the Arkansas branch of the American Council of Engineering Companies for its work on the new 388MMBF Weyerhaeuser sawmill in Dierks, Ark. Among other statistics, the sawmill...

Evergreen Adds Seattle Office

Evergreen Engineering, Inc., is adding a location in the Seattle, Wash. area. “We wanted to better serve our major wood products and pulp & paper clients in Washington state,” comments Evergreen Business Development Director Aaron Edewards. “We also wanted to take...

Element5 Plans Second CLT Plant

Element5 Plans Second CLT Plant Tembec founder Frank Dottori appears to be fronting the establishment of Ontario’s first cross-laminated timber (CLT) plant in St. Thomas, Ontario. The Ontario government announced a contribution of close to $5 million for the $32...

Hardwood Lumbermen Aren’t As Upbeat

Hardwood Lumbermen Aren’t As Upbeat A survey conducted in Timber Processing in April 2019 revealed, not surprisingly, that confidence has declined among U.S. hardwood lumbermen compared to a similar survey a year ago. Over half of U.S. hardwood lumbermen (55%) are...