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Growing Demand For Lumber

The softwood lumber industry has plenty of reasons to be optimistic about substantial long-term growth of the wood products market. It’s become commonplace for building designers and developers to cite wood construction as a key strategy for constructing their projects more quickly and sustainably. Projects teams are looking for opportunities to develop taller and more […]

Industry Policies And Priorities In A New Administration

With the election now behind us, AWC is moving expeditiously to prepare our strategic priorities for the first 180 days of the new Administration and Congress. On the one hand, we are cautiously optimistic that there will be opportunities to address the overregulation that we experienced under the Biden Administration. We also see opportunities to […]

Updates From The APA Newsroom

Scott Poole Joins APA Board of Trustees APA – The Engineered Wood Association Board of Trustees welcomes Scott Poole as its newest member. Scott Poole is the president and chief operating officer for Martin Sustainable Resources L.L.C. He joined Martin Companies in December 1986 as a member of the forestry team and has since held […]

Welcome 2025: A Year of Growth and Opportunity With NAWLA

NAWLA’s Executive Management Institute Class of 2023. 2025 is officially here, and your friends at the North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) would like to wish you a Happy New Year! We hope you enjoyed your holiday season and are excited to kick off another year of growth and collaboration with us. We have a […]

Equipment Forecasts For 2025

Equipment And Service Providers Prepare For 2025 With Hope For Market Improvements In the forest products industry, equipment and service providers encountered several issues in 2024, such as struggles with labor, competition with imitation wood products, transportation and fuel prices. One respondent detailed, “The high fuel prices are still challenging with high transportation costs from […]

Ontario/Quebec Business Trends

Big picture issues were top of mind over the last few months, including the possible impacts of proposed tariffs on all U.S. imports. While potential outcomes could be very negative, there remains an openness for optimism. In the SPF market, one Quebec producer reported that “random mills are solid and stud mills are a bit […]

Industry News

Culpeper Acquires Fortress Wood Culpeper Wood Preservers, located in Culpeper, VA, recently acquired Fortress Wood Products, a North Carolina-based premier wood supplier and pressure treater. This acquisition strengthens Culpeper’s presence in the Mid-Atlantic while expanding its capacity to deliver premium pressure-treated wood products to its customers. “The acquisition of Fortress Wood Products is a key […]

Washington Report

Construction Labor Market Continues To Ease After a period of slowing associated with declines for some elements of the residential construction industry, the count of open construction sector jobs trended lower in the October data (most current information available at press time), per the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). […]

San Antonio Hosts Booming APA Annual Meeting

JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas, welcomed approximately 425 members and guests of APA-Engineered Wood Association’s Annual Meeting. The 2024 Bronson J. Lewis Award was presented at this year’s event to Dr. Borjen “BJ” Yeh, who served as director of the APA’s Technical Services Division since 2003. See […]

2024 Global Buyers Mission™ Welcomes Nearly 700 Delegates

BC Wood celebrated its 21st Annual Global Buyers Mission (GBM) recently and welcomed close to 700 delegates from all over the world to Whistler, BC Canada this year. A number of international markets continue to face economic challenges, so GBM organizers were extremely pleased with the efforts made by those buyers and suppliers that supported […]