Brink Forest Products proposes deal for Canfor sawmills

Brink Forest Products Ltd. has submitted an Addendum to its September 9,…

Challenging times for Poland’s wood industry

The Polish wood industry is currently facing a dramatic market slump, significantly…

Rising timber prices in Estonia

In August 2024, the Estonian forestry market saw significant price fluctuations across…

Will falling Federal Reserve rates push US lumber prices up?

US lumber prices have seen a sharp rise, driven in part by…

Benchmark Lumber Price Meets Level of Same Week One Year Ago

In mid-September some big questions about what is happening with the lumber market and lumber prices were answered; when the benchmark lumber price reached the exact amount of the same week in 2023. The sales price (FOB sawmill) of Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr was US$410 mfbm, just as it was in mid-September last year. […] The post Benchmark Lumber Price Meets Level of Same Week One Year Ago first appeared on Madison’s Lumber Reporter.

West Coast Business Trends

Forest products industry sources on the West Coast were consistent in how they viewed the state of the market in their region. Sources in California and Oregon said that business in their area was slow, but each commented that some weeks were better than others. In Washington, a lumber representative gave the market in his […]

Bid Group Becomes Comact: Pioneering The Future Of Wood Processing

BID Group, a leader in the wood processing industry for over a century, is proud to announce its new identity as Comact. This transition marks a significant evolution in the company’s journey and reflects its commitment to innovation and excellence. From its origins as an OEM, Comact has been instrumental in transforming the wood processing […]

Bid Group Becomes Comact: Pioneering The Future Of Wood Processing

BID Group, a leader in the wood processing industry for over a century, is proud to announce its new identity as Comact. This transition marks a significant evolution in the company’s journey and reflects its commitment to innovation and excellence. From its origins as an OEM, Comact has been instrumental in transforming the wood processing […]

Lake States Business Trends – September 2024

Throughout the Lake States region, sources that were contacted said that their sales were doing well, at the time of this writing, and that they were able to steadily move their products. In Wisconsin, a lumberman said that overall, his business “is doing a little better than we were six months ago,” he noted, attributing […]

Rex Lumber Builds On Stability For Future Success

The Rex Lumber Company story could be told using a few basic, but important, numbers. Three – the number of generations that the Forester family has been operating the company. Sixty-plus – the number of species of lumber that the company offers. Sixty-thousand-plus – the number of custom moulding profiles available. Twenty-million-plus – the number […]