Month: February 2025

190 posts

Trade Policy – What to Watch in 2025

By Ashley Amidon Executive Director,International Wood Products Association Alexandria, VA (703) 820-7807 (c)www.iwpawood.org As we step into 2025, the international trade landscape is more dynamic than ever. To help you cut through the dozens (hundreds!) of headlines you see by every day, IWPA has identified critical trends and indicators to watch in the year ahead […]

Hiding In Plain Sight

Hiding In Plain Sight Isn’t it ironic how a random conversation can turn into a 30,000-foot opportunity? To open someone’s eyes and understanding about why choosing wood is so exTREEmelysmart. Conversations that have a connection to the benefits of wood can start anywhere. Even during a meal on an airline flight when wooden flatware is […]

Ontario Business Trends

According to published statistics, lumber production was down both in Canada and the U.S. at year end 2024. Some secondary manufacturers and sawmills had reported a drop in orders and extended plant shutdowns over the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Log supplies were declining for sawmills as temperatures had not dropped enough yet to […]

Park Falls Hardwoods Refurbishes After Fire

“The fire never stopped us. We came up with a plan and executed it with the people we know in the area.” – Chad Beirl, sales manager, Park Falls Hardwoods Depicted here, from left to right, is Sales Manager Chad Beirl, Resource Manager Cory Meyer and Plant Manager Kevin Linscott. In the early evening hours […]

SWHMC Members Look For The Silver Lining Amid Industry Challenges

SWHMC Members Look For The Silver Lining Amid Industry Challenges Approximately 25 people attended the roundtable meeting at the recent Southwestern Hardwood Manufacturers Club (SWHMC) Christmas meeting at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, AL. About 50 total attendees, including their wives, were at this annual meeting. Industry Challenges A sawmill in Central Tennessee is […]

Quebec Business Trends

As most businesses usually enter a slower time of year during the Holiday Season, with planned downtime, this year some businesses extended that time due to most markets not performing well. Also, winter weather conditions have been milder and the ground is not frozen enough for logging activity. The regionally important Hard Maple sales are […]

Timeless Beauty From Cedar Creek Hardwoods

“We have long-term relationships with several mills that produce high quality lumber which is a necessity to meet our needs as well as our customers’ expectations.” – Mark Francis, vice president and owning partner,Cedar Creek Hardwoods Cedar Creek Hardwoods, located in Fredericktown, MO, has an 11,000 square-foot manufacturing space, with 500,000 board feet of inventory. […]

In Memoriam – February 2025

Philip Bibeau Philip Bibeau of Jaffrey, NH, passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2024, at the age of 67 from complications of Lewy Body dementia. Philip was born in Gardner, MA, on November 15, 1957. He graduated from Gardner High School in 1975. He went on to attend Pennsylvania State University where he earned both […]

Industry News – February 2025

Industry News – February 2025 Atlanta Hardwood Corporation Partners With Oy Lunawood Ltd  Atlanta Hardwood Corporation and Oy Lunawood Ltd recently announced the formation of a joint venture, Lunawood LLC. This new entity will oversee the procurement, production and sales of ThermoWood® and other thermally modified products across North America. Under this joint venture, Lunawood […]

Transportation Survey

Transportation Survey (Editor’s Note: Navigating the ever-changing and unknown factors faced by the transportation industry in 2025 will present challenges. The most creative problem-solvers will be those who, like our respondents here, propose to expand domestic capabilities while being versatile, resilient logistics partners who are shaped by external challenges and opportunities, yet able to adapt […]