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Park Falls Hardwoods Refurbishes After Fire

In the early evening hours of Friday, February 24, 2023, the second shift at Park Falls Hardwoods sawmill in Park Falls, WI reported a fire along the west wall of the sawmill. Two local fire companies responded and fought the blaze for six hours. An assessment of the site after the fire revealed that the […]

IWF Attendees Connect With Midwest Hardwood

Midwest Hardwood Company LLC, of Maple Grove, MN, a complete forest-to-finish hardwood lumber manufacturer, hosted two Customer Appreciation Happy Hours at Park Bar in conjunction with the recent IWF show in Atlanta, GA. The Happy Hour provided IWF attendees a chance to meet Midwest salespeople and enjoy complimentary drinks and hors d’oeurves.  Midwest Hardwood also […]

SCMA Convenes In Atlanta

Members of the Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association (SCMA) recently gathered in Atlanta for their 2024 Mid-Year Meeting. The event took place at the Georgia World Congress Center during the International Woodworking Fair. During the two-day event, 22 members, promotion sponsors, and staff convened to hear updates on the SCMA’s promotion campaign, previewed upcoming projects, discussed […]

IWF Attendees Connect With Midwest Hardwood

Midwest Hardwood Company LLC, of Maple Grove, MN, a complete forest-to-finish hardwood lumber manufacturer, hosted two Customer Appreciation Happy Hours at Park Bar in conjunction with the recent IWF show inAtlanta, GA. The Happy Hour provided IWF attendees a chance to meet Midwest salespeople and enjoy complimentary drinks and hors d’oeurves.   Midwest Hardwood also […]

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 […]

LSLA Meets For Annual Golf Outing

Members and guests of the Lake States Lumber Association (LSLA) met here recently at the Timber Ridge Golf Club in Minocqua, WI, for the LSLA’s annual summer golf outing. A Minocqua Pub Crawl on the first night of the two-day event kicked off the festivities. The next day began at 8 a.m. with a shotgun […]

Bailey’s Offers A Complete Turnkey Sawmill For Less Than $1 Million

Wravor Partners With Bailey’s As North American Dealer Bailey’s Inc., located in Woodland, CA, has been selling logging, forestry, tree care and sawmill equipment for nearly 50 years. They offer several industrial product lines from all over the world, such as Kobelco excavators, Neuson and Ponsse forestry equipment, Albach whole tree chippers, Lucas portable sawmills […]

Domestic Furniture, EUDR Rules Top Appalachian Hardwood Agenda

A domestic furniture report and a timely update on the European Union rules were highlights of the recent 2024 Summer Conference of Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Inc. (AHMI). More than 140 attendees participated in the event at The Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC, with business sessions, networking and fun sporting events. The consensus was […]

Attendees At SWHMC Discuss Market Status

The Southwestern Hardwood Manufacturers Club (SWHMC) joint summer meeting with the Westside Hardwood Club at The Lodge at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, AL, was described as successful, with an attendance of 27. The discussions were educative and those gathered at the meeting had varied reports on which lumber species were moving better than […]

Ron Jones Hardwood Sales Welcomes Penn-York Lumbermen’s Club

Ron Jones Hardwood Sales Inc. served as the recent host for a Penn-York Lumbermen’s Club meeting, which was attended by approximately 85 Penn-York members and guests. Wanango Country Club in Reno, PA, was the site for the club’s meeting and dinner. Guest speaker was Todd Swanson, senior investment manager with PNC Bank. He gave a […]