Month: August 2024

148 posts

West Coast Business Trends

At the time of this writing, lumber suppliers across the West Coast reported mixed reviews about the market. In California, a lumber supplier that said the company keeps their “operation lean and mean” noted, that “it’s still order to order. It’s not slow and it’s not real fast. It’s kind of right in the middle.” […]

Consistent Quality Wood For 40+ Years At Mount Storm Forest Products

“It may sound simple, but that’s what good business is, having knowledgeable and honest people that work with you and bring quality products to the marketplace consistently and efficiently.” –Ed Mikowski, President, Mount Storm Forest Products What keeps a lumber distributor in business for more than 40 years? We recently caught up with the President […]

Give Them Exactly What They Want

The age-old question for businesses, associations, governments, and universities is: Do you make changes quickly or gradually transition with the times? Do you let your business slowly evolve or jump ship and quickly go in a different direction? Michael Porter, an economics professor at Harvard Business School, proposed a “competitive advantage” theory in 1985. The […]

Ontario Business Trends – August 2024

The first two weeks of summer kicked off with a heatwave in Eastern Ontario and parts of the province of Quebec, reaching into the high 40 degrees Celsius during this time. The extreme heat and dry conditions, with the possibility of forest fires and poor air quality due to smoke were also challenges businesses had […]

Will Recent European Wide Elections Impact The Timing And Implementation Of The EUDR?

The short answer is “maybe”, but don’t count on it. In recent months there have been numerous calls to delay implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) with mounting evidence that neither the regulators nor industry are adequately prepared. The loudest calls for delay are now coming from within the EU itself as some government […]

AHEC Hosts Pavilion As FIMMA + Maderalia Successfully Completes 40th Anniversary

Photos provided by AHEC FIMMA + Maderalia in Valencia, Spain, bid attendees and exhibitors farewell recently after a very special edition, which will possibly mark a before and after in the future of this Spanish biennial of materials, technology, machinery and solutions in the wood sector. Not only for fully consolidating the event on its […]

Ontario Business Trends

The first two weeks of summer kicked off with a heat wave in Eastern Ontario and parts of the province of Quebec, reaching into the high 40 degrees Celsius during this time. The extreme heat and dry conditions, with the possibility of forest fires and poor air quality due to smoke were also challenges businesses […]

Newswires

Abenaki Timber Corporation Promotes Parker Dukas and Kurtis Mahoney Abenaki Timber, located in Epping, NH and Belington, WV, recently announced that Parker Dukas has been promoted to sales manager and that Kurtis Mahoney has been promoted to management. Abenaki is a concentration yard that purchases 15 million board feet annually to ship globally. They offer […]