Month: September 2022

290 posts

UVLA Returns To Seven Feathers For Annual Event

Canyonville, OR–The Seven Feathers Casino and Resort, located here, was the site for the multi-day Umpqua Valley Lumber Association (UVLA) annual banquet and golf tournament. Attendance was the largest in the history of this event. UVLA members form a coalition of long-time timber and lumber operators located in the southwestern timber country of Oregon.The UVLA’s […]

NELMA Offers Comprehensive Video Grade Tools For SPFs And Eastern White Pine

If you’ve ever had a customer ask to see SPFs lumber with their own eyes before purchasing it, what do you do? Share a brochure with photos, or maybe pull something up on your phone? Walk out to the lumberyard and see what you can find? While these options get the job done, there’s another […]

Portland Hosts NAWLA’s Regional Meeting

Portland, OR–The Multnomah Athletic Club, situated here, recently welcomed members of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) for a regional meeting. The evening’s schedule included an education session that focused on “Preparing for the Future.” NAWLA members and guests heard insights to the future from two perspectives. Joe Riner, Sales Director – Forest Products […]

Upselling Cedar: Don’t Sell The Product, Sell The Value

The ultimate goal for most Softwood retailers is, of course, to sell their product. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s their main mission. The Western Red Cedar Lumber Association (WRCLA) has long supported their member retailers in what’s commonly known as value-based selling (also referred to as value-added selling) — the process of taking a […]

PotlatchDeltic/Stimson Lumber Co-Host Annual Reception

Coeur d’Alene, ID–Taphouse Unchained was the local site for the recent cocktail reception that PotlatchDeltic and Stimson Lumber Company co-host annually. Each year this reception is held in conjunction with the annual Inland Lumber Producers golf event. According to the company’s website, PotlatchDeltic is a leading timberland owner and a top 10 manufacturer of lumber […]

IFG/Alta Welcome Guests to 8th Saw Blade Tournament

Coeur d’Alene, ID–The Saw Blade Invitational Golf Scramble, held by Idaho Forest Group (IFG) and Alta Forest Products, and held at the Coeur d’Alene Resort, marked its 8th year recently. IFG is a growing family-owned company, operating seven sawmills and a finger-joint facility in North Idaho and, most recently, Lumberton, MS, that built a new […]

Zip-O-Log Hosts PWLA Members

Eugene, OR–”Recently, the Portland Wholesale Lumber Association (PWLA) held a “Logs to Lumber” meeting for members at Zip-O-Log’s mill here. PWLA members divided into separate groups and were guided through both the sawmill and the lam plant where they were able to get insight from their respective group leaders into the log breakdown process of […]

Trade Talk – September/October 2022

Jefferies Announces Strategic Transactions Including Agreement To Sell Idaho Timber Meridian, ID—Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (“Jefferies”) has agreed to sell Idaho Timber, headquartered here, in two transactions at a combined sale price of $239 million, resulting in an estimated pre-tax gain of $140 million. These transactions were expected to close in August. “Finally, we note […]

Quebec/Ontario Business Trends – September/October 2022

In SPF, a Quebec producer noted, “We were off for a few weeks and we just came back, to adverse market conditions. It is a bit easier for smaller mills to navigate. We sold everything before the shutdown. Like other mills, we built an order file and now we are facing prices that are $100 […]

Southeast Business Trends – September/October 2022

Ask a lumberman in the South how his market is, and the answer will vary depending on what type of company you’re talking to. A wholesaler in Mississippi stated, “Our business conditions are still good. Sales are good. I would say it’s tempered down just a little bit from the best months we’ve had. Last […]