Softwood Forest Products Buyer Trade Talk
Santa Rosa, CA—USDA Forest Service researchers recently published FPL-RP-706, entitled Cradle-to-Gate Life-Cycle Assessment of Redwood Lumber in the United States. Life-Cycle assessment, LCA, also known
Vancouver, BC—Western Forest Products Inc., located here, announced recently that James Arthurs and Lee Doney will not be standing for re-election as directors at Western’s
Springfield, OR—Timber Products, located here, recently reorganized the management of the sales team to consolidate plywood sales leadership and enhance the level of collaboration with
Boise, ID—Boise Cascade, headquartered here, recently named two new managers in commodity procurement to its building materials distribution division. Roger Fossett was recently named division
New Orleans, LA—Robinson Lumber Company (RLC) has promoted Chad Hammonds to manager of its Southern Yellow Pine Division. Hammonds joined the Robinson Lumber family in
Coeur D’Alene, ID—Lumber producer Idaho Forest Group (IFG), headquartered here, is building a sawmill facility in Lumberton, MS. The project is a $120 million corporate
West Linn, OR—The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB), based here, seeks nominations of Softwood lumber manufacturers and importers interested in candidacy for board-of-directors seats coming open
Meridian, MS—The North American Wholesale Lumber Association will hold a Southeast Regional Meeting April 29 at The MAX, located here. Registration and networking will take
Eau Claire, WI—McDonough Manufacturing, based here, recently announced the appointment of Hugh Hawley as vice president operations. Hawley began his career at McDonough in 2007
Corvallis, OR—“Microtec’s recent acquisition of Lucidyne (headquartered here) has created a global lumber scanning powerhouse,” stated Frank Jost, CEO of Microtec. “Worldwide, Microtec has demonstrated
Woodland, WA—Piedmont Hardwood of Mount Pleasant, NC recently updated its sawmill with a new Multi-Track Fence from USNR, headquartered here. The mill was looking to
Santa Rosa, CA—Mendocino Companies, headquartered here, recently announced the promotion of Laurie Creech to executive vice president of supply chain and the appointment of Dennis
Langley, BC—As of the deadline for this publication, San Group, headquartered here, had a new remanufacturing plant in Port Alberni, BC that was tentatively scheduled
Eugene, OR—Seneca, located here, had a two-person sales management team for decades with Mark Dippel acting as its stud sales manager and Terri Adair acting
Searsmont, ME—Robbins Lumber, Inc., located here, has promoted its planer mill manager to an inside sales position and has named a new planer mill manager
Boise, ID–Boise Cascade Company, headquartered here, recently announced that Jeff Strom has been named executive vice president of the company’s Building Materials Distribution (BMD) business.
ATLANTA and BRANCHBURG, N.J. —US Lumber Group LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Specialty Building Products, LLC, and Mid-State Lumber Corp., a local and regional
Buffalo, NY—U-C Coatings, LLC., headquartered here, welcomes Brian Bila as their Midwest Territory Sales Representative covering Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota. Bila, a
Spokane, WA—The board of directors of PotlatchDeltic Corporation, headquartered here, recently announced that Eric J. Cremers, the company’s president and chief operating officer, has been
Brookings, OR—South Coast Lumber, headquartered here, purchased a GradeScan with Perceptive Sight 2.0 from Lucidyne for installation in their Brookings, OR mill. South Coast chose
Wayne, PA—LMC, headquartered here, the leading Forest Products and Building Materials buying group in America, has launched a new website to support their vast network
