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40th Year Of ILP Golf Celebrated

The 40th Annual Golf Tournament of the Inland Lumber Producers (ILP) was recently held at the Coeur d’Alene Resort in Coeur d’Alene, ID with approximately 400 in attendance. The tournament was a two-day event that included 212 golfers. Additionally, Hayden Lake Country Club served as the site for the annual ILP horse race format. The […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

40th Year Of ILP Golf Celebrated

The 40th Annual Golf Tournament of the Inland Lumber Producers (ILP) was recently held at the Coeur d’Alene Resort in Coeur d’Alene, ID with approximately 400 in attendance. The tournament was a two-day event that included 212 golfers. Additionally, Hayden Lake Country Club served as the site for the annual ILP horse race format. The […]

Seven Feathers Hosts Traditional UVLA Annual Event

The Seven Feathers Casino and Resort, located in Canyonville, OR, was the site for the multi-day Umpqua Valley Lumber Association (UVLA) annual banquet and golf tournament. The event attracted approximately 300 guests. UVLA members form a coalition of long-time timber and lumber operators located in the southwestern timber country of Oregon. The UVLA’s historical stated […]

After Another Successful IWF, 2026 Dates Set

After a successful 2024 version of the International Woodworking Fair (IWF) recently, event organizers have announced dates for the 2026 edition, which will be Aug. 25-28 and return to the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA. Founded more than 50 years ago, IWF is considered the premier platform for the world’s largest woodworking market […]