Category: National Hardwood Magazine
Miller Wood Trade Publications

Ontario Business Trends – January 2025

According to published reports, the furniture industry has struggled with orders for several years, which drove many companies to stop production temporarily through this challenging economic climate. Residential furniture manufacturers were reported as remaining cautiously optimistic, hoping that economic conditions and orders will rise by mid-2025. It was noted that the larger furniture producers were featuring Red and White Oak, and Ash. 

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Miller Wood Trade Publications 01/02/2025
Ontario
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Quebec Business Trends – January 2025

Quebec Business trends –
As we end 2024, and ring in 2025, contacts described mixed market conditions for hardwoods, which varied depending from species to species and grades of lumber as well as areas contacted. Many items have been doing well in the marketplace, like No. 1 Common and Better Hard Maple, and certain grades of Soft Maple and Red Oak. As well, certain species like Aspen and Basswood continue to underperform such as lower grades of most species. With the focus to other species like Oak, Cherry and Walnut in certain areas heading into the fall, certain species were less available, although supply was meeting demand.

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Miller Wood Trade Publications 01/02/2025
AHEC
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Connect With Customers And Find New Buyers At 2025 AHEC Events And Pavilions

Connect With Customers And Find New Buyers At 2025 AHEC Events And Pavilions – In challenging markets, the personal relationship between suppliers and customers is more important than ever. The American Hardwood Export Council is planning a busy schedule of events in 2025 to develop these connections for your company and grow your global markets.

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Miller Wood Trade Publications 01/02/2025
Miller Wood Trade Publications

Trade And Taxes: Hardwood Priorities 2025

The 2024 Election is over.  The voters have spoken.  President-Elect Trump will return to the White House on January 20, 2025, with significant Republican support in the U.S. House and Senate.  While the pivot in leadership will have significant impact on hundreds, if not thousands of issues, the one question many in the hardwood industry are focused on is how the return of a President Trump will impact trade and our ability to export our goods, particularly to China.  The memory of the retaliatory tariffs imposed by China on U.S. lumber is still fresh for many in the industry, and concern is high about how a new round will impact our increasingly fragile businesses.

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Miller Wood Trade Publications 01/02/2025
WCMA
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Reflecting On 2024 And Looking Ahead: WCMA’s Commitment To Member Growth And Industry Connection

Reflecting On 2024 And Looking Ahead: WCMA’s Commitment To Member Growth And Industry Connection

As we wrap up 2024, I am filled with gratitude for the many ways the Wood Component Manufacturers Association (WCMA) has been able to support its members this year. From valuable networking opportunities to engaging industry events and insightful plant tours, it’s been an exciting and productive year for the WCMA community.

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Miller Wood Trade Publications 01/02/2025
NHLA
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Why Knot Use Data To Tell The Carbon Story

Words matter. The term “clearcut” often conjures images of vast, barren landscapes stripped of trees, yet in reality, a clearcut can be as small as the size of the room you’re in. It’s a necessary forestry practice that, contrary to common belief, is not synonymous with deforestation. We often plug in the word “sustainably harvested” to combat that negative stereotype. “Sustainability” has become a buzzword for a lot of things; even the steel industry claims sustainability. Yet sustainability is a threshold that we far exceed. We should emphasize not just exceeding the minimum but the true reality of hardwood: we grow 50 percent more trees than we harvest. We are not in the business of maintaining basic forest sustainability. Our business goes beyond sustainability—we help forests thrive, fostering new growth while sequestering carbon in our wood products.

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Miller Wood Trade Publications 01/02/2025
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The Value Of HMA Membership

The Value of HMA Membership

What makes the Hardwood Manufacturers Association (HMA) unique? Ask a member and they’ll likely tell you that they find value in what the HMA offers. From signature events to extraordinary opportunities for networking, information exchange, and professional development, to promotion and education campaigns, there are many ways in which HMA membership can add value to your company.

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Miller Wood Trade Publications 01/02/2025
equipment forecasts 2025
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Equipment And Service Providers Prepare For 2025 With Hope For Market Improvements

Equipment And Service Providers Prepare For 2025 With Hope For Market Improvements.

In the forest products industry, equipment and service providers encountered several issues in 2024, such as struggles with labor, competition with imitation wood products, transportation and fuel prices. One respondent detailed, “The high fuel prices are still challenging with high transportation costs from vendors and freight companies.” Many businesses intend to combat these issues with new product line releases, technological improvements in machinery, AI and hopes for lower fuel and transportation costs. A respondent from one company noted, “There are areas of the country where labor is reliable but for most, technology is replacing day laborers as fast as vendors can get equipment installed.”

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Miller Wood Trade Publications 01/02/2025
Lake States
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Lake States Business Trends – January 2025

Lake States Business Trends – January 2025. Throughout the Lake States region, sources that were contacted at the time of this writing were all in agreement that their sales were on the slower side.

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Miller Wood Trade Publications 01/02/2025
West Coast
Miller Wood Trade Publications

West Coast Business Trends – January 2025

West Coast Business Trends – January 2025 – Across the West Coast region sources were a mixed bag as to how their sales were doing at the time of this writing.

A lumberman in Oregon said that his sales have slightly improved and that he has seen more activity in his marketplace. “We are starting to see more quotes that are turning into orders, it wasn’t like this last year,” he added. He did note, however, that they are doing about the same as they were six months ago.

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Miller Wood Trade Publications 01/02/2025
Northeast lumber
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Northeast Business Trends – January 2025

Lumber representatives from the Northeastern region provided an assortment of market reviews in addition to some concerns about potential changes in the future of the lumber industry regarding imported and exported goods.

In New York, a lumber spokesperson noted that the market is “fairly good” when asked about the state of business in his area and that it is the same as it was six months ago.

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Miller Wood Trade Publications 01/02/2025
Industry News
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Industry News – Christmas 2024

Goodfellow Inc. Increases Hardwood Capacity In The U.S. In its third quarter of 2024, Goodfellow Inc. completed acquisitions of three hardwood processing assets in the

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Miller Wood Trade Publications 12/05/2024
Eagle machinery
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Strategic CAP X Partnerships At Eagle Machinery & Supply, Inc.

Eagle Machinery & Supply, Inc., located in Sugarcreek, OH, is a custom machinery manufacturer and robotics automation supplier. The company is a systems integrator specializing in wood processing systems, optimization solutions for scanning, ripping, crosscutting, sorting and stacking, planing and sanding, finger jointing, industrial bulk material handling systems and hydraulic fluid power systems. Eagle is also a distributing partner and systems integrator for the sales, training, installation, technical support, parts and service of MiCROTEC/WoodEye Log and Lumber Scanners, and OSI Machinerie Systems’ Planers, Sanders, Side and End Matcher Profilers.

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Miller Wood Trade Publications 12/05/2024