Hybrid Structures Provide More Opportunities ForWood In An Urbanizing World

In a new continuing education course on the Wood Institute—the Softwood Lumber Board’s continuing education platform—Antony Wood, CEO of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), quotes a United Nations statistic that around the world, more than 1 million people are urbanizing every week. To accommodate them, we will need to build the […]

APA Names New Chair and Vice Chair, Trustees Join APA Board

A new chair, vice chair and two new members have been elected toAPA – The Engineered Wood Association’s Board of Trustees. Ashlee Cribb, vice president of wood products for PotlatchDeltic Corporation, has been elected to serve as chair on APA’s Board of Trustees, succeeding Roy O. Martin III. Cribb steps into this position after being […]

Building Credibility With The Fire Service

The American Wood Council’s fire service engagement efforts continue to bear fruit in a number of ways. The program is just five years old this March and has made significant strides in that time. Perhaps most notable among recent achievements was our role in shifting the National Association of State Fire Marshals’ (NASFM) position on […]

Who’s Who in Softwoods

Jay Bowling serves as Chief Executive Officer of Blair Logistics, LLC in Birmingham, AL. He graduated from Auburn University in 1979 with a degree in logistics. Immediately following Auburn, Jay started in the flatbed trucking industry and now leads one of the fastest growing flatbed companies in the industry. As CEO of Blair Logistics, it […]

Ample Supply Brings a Drop in Lumber Prices

At the end of February, despite a noticeable reduction in lumber manufacturing since 4Q 2022, supply was ample enough that prices dropped significantly. A fresh round of harsh winter weather, including in southern California, brought a stop to any construction activity that might still have been going on. Noting the recent waffling of price levels, […]

Alcohol to Jet Fuel: What You Need to Know

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Mood in the German industry further brightens, pessimism continues in the sawmill segment

In February 2023, the mood in large parts of the German timber…

China: Rise in CIF prices for sawnwood imports

According to data from China’s Customs, 2022 lumber imports totalled 26.66 million…

Lack of fiber determines Resolute Forest Products to cease operations at one sawmill

Due to a lack of fibre, Resolute Forest Products has suspended sawmill…

Vietnam’s wood product exports fall sharply due to order shortage

Vietnam’s exports wood and wood products slumped 34.8 percent year-on-year to 1.6…