Month: January 2024

160 posts

What Are Your Company’s Pathways To Success?

What’s in store for your business in 2024? Are you looking to improve your operations with new equipment? How are you going to pay for it? Is there a generational gap in your workforce making communication difficult? And what’s going on with the economy this year? If you’re asking yourself any of these questions, then […]

Equipment and Services Providers Accept The Challenges That The Market Brings

Across the forest products industry, equipment and services providers that accommodate the Softwood industry came to a general consensus that while budgets have begun to tighten, there is a growing need for advances in AI and automation technologies to meet the demand that sawmills have with the changing work force. One company leader noted, “The […]

West Coast Business Trends – January 2024

While West Coast lumber providers fluctuated on the current state of Hardwoods, one source summed up the market in one word – “mediocre.” “We are doing OK,” he noted. “There is still some money out here from the tech industries. “But things are worse than they were six months ago,” he added. The Washington based […]

AHEC Hosts European Journalists For Tour Of American Hardwood Forest

American Hardwood forests stand as a compelling example of global reforestation in action, showcasing nature’s extraordinary capacity for regeneration. Over the last 50 years, the volume of standing timber in these forests has more than doubled, but unfortunately the success of forestry in America isn’t widely known outside of our industry. The American Hardwood Export […]

NELA Members Remain Optimistic Despite Challenging Lumber Markets

Photos By Leslie Brienza Members of the New England Lumbermen’s Association (NELA) recently gathered in Fairlee, VT, for their annual fall meeting. Over 90 members attended the event at the Lake Morey Resort on the border of New Hampshire and Vermont. The day began with a coffee and registration period where members gathered to connect […]

Ontario Business Trends – January 2024

Heading into a new year, we wonder how businesses will fare in the Hardwood sector and elsewhere. Production and demand of Hardwoods is changing, and is keeping one on their toes to make a profit, or stay afloat. As statistics have reported both in the U.S. and Canada, production has been in a downward trend […]

Just-In-Time At Jackel Enterprises Inc.

Jackel Enterprises Inc., headquartered in Watsonville, CA, distributes Hardwoods, softwoods and imported woods. The operation also handles reclaimed woods, live edge slabs, urban woods and offers milled products such as box beams, sidings, ceiling treatments, flooring, moulding and trim packages. Jackel Enterprises Inc. purchases 150,000 board feet in Hardwoods, 100,000 board feet of imported lumber […]

New Year, New Business: How The Hardwood Industry Can Continue Growing In 2024

The remodel and repair segment of the lumber niche has boomed in recent years. This portion of the Hardwood space has not always been sizable, but in the past few years, the industry has seen rapid growth in the remodel and repair segment. What is driving this growth? During the pandemic, we experienced a massive […]

Industry News – January 2024

Clark Hardwoods LLC Makes Capital ImprovementsClark Hardwoods LLC, located in Erin, TN, recently put in a Cleereman combination optimized edger. The mill is undergoing some other capital improvements regarding material handling that should be complete late spring/early summer 2024, according to Brandon Clark, Vice-President of Clark Lumber Company. The mill’s annual production is 10 million […]

Class 204 Graduates From NHLA Inspector Training School

The National Hardwood Lumber Association, headquartered in Memphis, TN, celebrated the graduation of Class 204 from the Inspector Training School (ITS) recently. Geoff Webb, Dean of NHLA Inspector Training School, kicked off the celebration, saying, “It’s an honor to welcome this class into the ranks of lumber inspectors. This is just the start of your […]