Month: January 2023

274 posts

2023 Equipment Forecasts: Equipment And Services Providers Adapt To Market Conditions To Succeed

Equipment and services companies that serve the Softwood lumber industry have introduced new equipment and made numerous installations in recent months. However, as one company leader put it, “With the softening of the lumber markets, we anticipate that big mill projects will slow down, and mills will focus on critical projects over the larger capital […]

WRCLA/BC Wood Team Up With Welcome Reception

Phoenix, AZ-As the largest-crowd-ever gathered here for the annual North American Wholesale Lumber Association’s Traders Market, members of the Western Red Cedar Lumber Association (WRCLA) and BC Wood kicked off the event with a reception. The gathering was held at the Phoenix Convention Center. WRCLA is a Vancouver (Canada) based non-profit association representing quality producers […]

How Prefab Wood Can Make Housing More Affordable

The need for more affordable housing in the U.S. is well known. The Housing Coalition’s 2020 annual report showed that rental rates are out of reach for nearly every worker in the bottom 50 percent of the national wage distribution. And with research showing that housing is a major social determinant of essential health and […]

P.E.I. hosts info sessions on Provincial Disaster Financial Assistance Program

P.E.I. hosts info sessions on Provincial Disaster Financial Assistance ProgramJennifer Ellson Prince…

Strong growth for Saskatchewan’s key economic indicators

Strong growth for Saskatchewan’s key economic indicatorsJennifer Ellson Saskatchewan’s economy remains one…

Sticks and stones: Study demonstrates safety of tall wood buildings with protective systems

Sticks and stones: Study demonstrates safety of tall wood buildings with protective…

3 Designers, No Client, One Small Room

Architectural Digest gave interior designers Lula Galeano, Laura Hodges, and Alvin Wayne a photo of the same home office space – then asked each of them to create a design for it in their particular style, however they pleased. Three artists, one canvas, each bringing something different to the space.  Each designer took a very […] The post 3 Designers, No Client, One Small Room appeared first on NELMA.

One of the largest sawmill companies in Russia to stop all wood pellet production

ULK Group, the largest sawmill company in the Northwest of Russia, will…

US lumber prices continue to fall despite low inventories

Wood-pricing service Random Lengths said that its framing-lumber composite index dropped in…

New Zealand: Falling log exports and prices to China

According to the latest import and export data released by the customs,…