Month: May 2024

170 posts

Southeast Business Trends

Throughout the Southeast region lumber suppliers shared similar sentiments regarding how slow their marketplaces were doing at press time. In Alabama a lumber spokeswoman noted that her sales are worse than they were six months ago, and her company hasn’t been doing as well as it has been. Her company offers Southern Yellow Pine in […]

When New Fangled Alternatives Sound Too Good To Ignore

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” We’ve all heard that mantra more times than we can remember. As with most proverbial sayings, there’s a lot of wisdom behind it. There is much to be said for sticking with the tried and true. But it’s human nature to tinker. There’s always someone out there trying […]

Industry News

Boise Cascade Announces Troy Little As New Executive Vice President Boise Cascade Company, located in Boise, ID, recently announced Troy Little as their new executive vice president of the Wood Products division. Little started in the forest products industry at Boise Cascade as an internal auditor in 1990. He has since spent the last 33 […]

Chris Fehr – Sales Executive

I joined the team at Miller Wood Trade Publications in 2023 after having been a long-time customer. My career in the lumber industry started in 1993 after graduating with a Forestry degree from the SUNY School of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse University. Previous career stops include Baillie Lumber, Northwest Hardwoods/Weyerhaeuser, Kiever-Willard Lumber, Ron […]

In Memoriam

James “Jim” Edward Outram died suddenly on March 31, 2024, at Memorial Hospital in North Conway, New Hampshire at the age of 75. Jim was born September 22, 1948, in Georgetown, MA, the eldest child of Arthur Edward and Mary Louise Dawley Outram. Jim graduated from Georgetown (MA) High School in 1966, and the University […]

RoyOMartin Announces Modernization of Timber Manufacturing Facility

Martco, LLC, parent company for timber sourcing and manufacturing company RoyOMartin, headquartered in Alexandria, LA, announced it will invest more than $30 million to install technologically advanced production equipment at its Allen Parish plant that produces oriented strand board (OSB) for the housing industry. The RoyOMartin OSB plant is one of the parish’s largest employers, […]

Spearfish Forest Products Of Neiman Enterprises Announces Layoffs

Neiman Enterprises, a family-owned company, announced layoffs and production reductions at its last remaining South Dakota facility, Spearfish Forest Products (“SFP”). The layoffs are the direct result of reductions to the Black Hills National Forest timber sale program. Jim Neiman, president of Neiman Enterprises, said, “We have done everything possible to prevent this unfortunate outcome […]

FPAC announces innovation awards winners at United Nations Forum on Forests

FPAC announces innovation awards winners at United Nations Forum on ForestsSukanya Ray…

Swedish sawmills face timber shortages, prompting Finnish competition

The Swedish forest industry has had exceptional times. Inflation and rising interest…

The entire Poland wood industry is in crisis; massive layoffs and wood prices among the highest in the EU

18 thousand reduced positions within a year and a half, another 5,000…