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Quebec Business Trends – September 2024

As the summer period saw heavy rainfall in many areas, sawmill production was reduced due to poorer logging conditions in certain areas. According to published statistics the June 2024 period production rate was at its lowest since May 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sawmill contacts comment Ash sales for No. 1 Common and Better grades […]

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 […]

Who’s Who In Hardwood Purchasing – September 2024

Dylan Gessini is the lumber purchaser at One Source Millwork, located in East Syracuse, NY. One Source Millwork is a manufacturer of architectural woodworking, custom cabinets and mouldings, and purchases 120,000-150,000 board feet of Cherry, Red Oak, Poplar, Hard and Soft Maple and Walnut, in all grades and thicknesses, annually. The company offers premium finger […]

Industry News – September 2024

Mike Mooney Joins AHC Hardwood Group As Director Of National Sales AHC Hardwood Group, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, announced that Mike Mooney has joined the company as director of national sales. Mooney will oversee sales operations for the Midwest, Southwest and Western United States. With more than 25 years of experience in the building products […]

AHEC’s Award Winning Podcast “Words on Wood” Introduces “Making Shorts” Series To Season 4!

Delving deep into the world of wood, featuring unexpected and timely topics from across forestry, architecture and design, the award-winning podcast “Words on Wood” has returned for a fourth season! Available now on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Acast or wherever you get your podcasts, listening is as easy as asking Alexa to “Play Words on Wood […]

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 […]

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 […]

Northeast Business Trends – September 2024

Sources working in the forest products industry in the Northeast said their market has been consistent but limited in terms of growth. One contact said the market in his state is “flat”, while another referred to the volume of his business as “medium” and a third contact, the owner of a wholesale distribution yard in […]

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 […]