Featured stories and highlights from Softwood Products Buyer by Miller Wood Trade Publications.
Softwood lumber industry spokespeople report that 2020 was a successful year for their companies – despite COVID and other challenges. One industry executive stated that
By Terry Miller Middleton, NH—The DiPrizio Brand: Honesty, Relations, Solutions, Innovation. Listening to our customers’ needs…driven to create supply-line convenience, delivering profitable, different and better
By Michelle Keller Vancouver, BC–Hardwoods Distribution Inc. (HDI), located here, is a leading distributor of architectural decor materials, including lumber, decorative surfaces and composite panels,
By Deborah Wilbrink Fort Collins, CO–Agricultural researcher Steve Schwartz and biology science graduate Curt Viehmeyer met while driving trucks for the Sears Trostel Lumber Co.
(Belinda Remley is a marketing professional with Lonza Wood Protection. She has been promoting wood and the protection of wood for more than 27 years.)
Photos by Terry Miller The 87th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association (NELMA) was recently held as a virtual event. “Remaining Essential in
By Sue Putnam The tailwinds from the new home construction market in the U.S. will bode well for the domestic Softwood lumber market, however, challenges
COVID-19 has been a game-changer for many industries, not least of which the lumber industry. The Softwood Forest Products Buyer polled wholesalers and wholesale distributors
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered many business closings this year, but at the time of this writing, a U.S. economist was predicting that the economic
Knoxville, TN– Tindell’s Building Materials, a locally-owned building materials supplier, was started as a sawmill operation by Fate Tindell in 1892. Fate was followed by
Lindsay, Ontario, Canada–Fresh off a new 16,000-square-foot expansion, the floor of TS Manufacturing’s plant, located here, is already filled with machinery that reflects their diverse
By Terry Miller Hulett, WY—Neiman Enterprises, headquartered here, has made a sizable investment in capital improvements to its Montrose Forest Products plant in Montrose, CO
The Pine beetle devastated British Columbia’s interior timber supply from the late 1990s onward, and its effects are going to continue to be felt by
By Brian Luoma, President and CEO of the Westervelt Company in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Dear Industry Colleagues, Thank you for your outstanding support. Through our combined
By Tom Le Vere, President | Shareholder, Weekes Forest Products and 2020 NAWLA Chair For most of this spring, I’d been cautiously optimistic that the
Portland, OR– For over 100 years, Patrick Lumber Company has been serving the Pacific Northwest, North America, and beyond as a secondary manufacturer of specialty
(Editor’s note: World events in 2020 have significantly impacted lumber markets, which in turn affect the lumber-equipment industry. We received the following comments reflecting universal
Stillwater, MN–Arrow Building Center (ABC), headquartered here, specializes in Southern Yellow Pine, Cedar, Douglas Fir, Englemann Spruce, Lodgepole Pine, Hem Fir, Idaho White Pine, Ponderosa
Westbank, BC–A deep freeze that destroyed the fruit trees of two brothers 70 years ago led to the development of Gorman Brothers Lumber Ltd., a
By Scott Parker, Executive Director, North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) This survey asked – both at the start and the end – if the
(Editor’s note: Flexibility, resiliency, caring for employees – in the lumber industry, these traits have not been stifled by COVID-19’s march across the country. When
