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Penn-York Wraps Up 2025

Penn-York Wraps Up 2025 The Penn-York Lumbermen’s Club recently wrapped up its 2025 schedule of meetings by hosting an event that coincided with a Pennsylvania Forest Products Association meeting. Mountain View Country Club was the site for a day of golf, followed by sporting clays during the Bob Rorabaugh Sporting Clays Memorial at Warriors Mark […]

Virginia Forest Products Association Hosts 67th Annual Convention At Virginia Beach

Virginia Forest Products Association Hosts 67th Annual Convention At Virginia Beach The Virginia Forest Products Association (VFPA) gathered recently at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront to “board the VFPA Voyager” for its 67th annual convention. Made possible by event sponsors including Diehl-Clayton Equipment and the Virginia Forestry Educational Foundation, the convention drew more than 100 […]

Members Honor 29 Years Of West Side’s Annual Fish Fry/Meeting

Members Honor 29 Years Of West Side’s Annual Fish Fry/Meeting Approximately 40 attendees recently enjoyed the 29th Annual West Side Hardwood Club Meeting and Fish Fry, held at Seven Devils Legacy in Dermott, AR. The overall mood of the meeting reflected seasoned perspectives of the historically cyclical nature of the lumber industry. As one attendee […]

ALC Learns Latest AI In Lumber Grading Equipment

ALC Learns Latest AI In Lumber Grading Equipment The latest technology for grade scanning hardwood lumber was presented to the Appalachian Lumbermen’s Club at its recent meeting in Tryon, NC. The group of sawmill, yard and secondary manufacturing sales and production people learned how technology has evolved in the past 30 years. Bob Arnold of […]

APA’s 2025 Event Proves Informative For Engineered Wood Industry Peers

APA’s 2025 Event Proves Informative For Engineered Wood Industry Peers The 2025 APA Annual Meeting and EWTA Info Fair recently took place at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass, Phoenix, AZ. The three-day event connected engineered wood industry peers – APA member manufacturers and the EWTA service and supplier members –and included industry discussions, […]

Attendees Cast Market Challenges Aside To Support Annual Global Buyers Mission

Attendees Cast Market Challenges Aside To Support Annual Global Buyers Mission BC Wood celebrated its 22nd Annual Global Buyers Mission (GBM) recently and welcomed almost 500 delegates from all over the world to Whistler, BC Canada. A number of international markets continue to face economic challenges, so event organizers were extremely pleased with the efforts […]

NELMA Celebrates 92nd Annual Meeting

NELMA Celebrates 92nd Annual Meeting The Lodge at Spruce Peak in Stowe, VT, recently hosted the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association, appropriately themed “The 2025 NELMA Family Reunion.” A total of 142 lumber industry representatives and guests participated in this year’s event. Perfect New England weather greeted the 61 golfers that […]

National Sawmill Training Center Opens at Northcentral Technical College

National Sawmill Training Center Opens at Northcentral Technical College “The collaboration to design the mill was really a partnership between us all, Kretz Lumber, Cleereman Industries and Northcentral Technical College, because it is a different mill. It is a teaching facility, not a production facility.” – Logan Wells, faculty member and program director, Northcentral Technical […]

Generations Of Millwork At The Keim Company

Generations Of Millwork At The Keim Company “Keim has one noble purpose, which is to Build the Kingdom Together through Diligent Stewardship and Abundant Generosity. The company has undergone significant growth over the recent years, including increases in the number of employees, variety of customers and products offered. The Keim family continues to carry on […]

Operating A Safer Sawmill: Lessons From The 2025 SFPA Safety Summit

Operating A Safer Sawmill: Lessons From The 2025 SFPA Safety Summit From left: Dale Bracken, National Assessment; Vince Almond, Almond Brothers Lumber Co.; Johnny Sauls, West Fraser Inc.; and Stephen Peskar, Weyerhaeuser Co. Photo courtesy Robb Cohen Photography & Video In a sawmill, danger is always close by. From sharp spinning saws to heavy rolling […]