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West Coast Business Trends

At the time of this writing, prices remain stagnant and sales muted in most sectors heading into the summer with a few exceptions including Western Red Cedar fencing. Western producers are working with less access to fiber, predominately Canadian fiber and in so battling against incoming European export to the U.S. It’s hard to see […]

Western Forest Products Honors Clients With Appreciation Reception

Western Forest Products, which is headquartered in Vancouver, BC, hosted a welcome reception in Victoria, BC, for customers and partners attending the WRCLA Cedar Summit recently. Around 30 guests attended at Darcy’s Pub in beautiful downtown Victoria. An open bar and food was provided for all guests. Learn more about Western Forest Products by visiting […]

Southeast Business Trends

Across the Southeast region sources said that their sales aren’t going well and that they are worse than they were six months ago.In Mississippi, a lumber supplier said that his market has slowed down and that they are doing worse than they were six months ago. “We’re a little more insulated than most people since […]

Retail Review

Koopman Lumber Expands Koopman Lumber recently opened its first location on Cape Cod.The property includes a large 9,030-square-foot drive-through lumber yard with auto stack racking and two spacious warehouses totaling 4,759 square feet. Delivery is available throughout the Cape and all New England, Koopman Lumber said in published reports. The company’s 12th location, situated in […]

Quebec/Ontario Business Trends

Interest rates and fires are on everyone’s minds in the past few weeks. The Quebec government reported at one point over 160 forest fires burning in the province and some 115 of them were out of control. They might have to choose between which fires get fought, just due to the resources required. There was […]

Forest Products Industry Shows Support For Old West Invitational

Hunters gathered recently for the annual Old West Invitational Turkey Shoot in Hulett, WY. Hunters came from as far away as Maryland, Alabama and Michigan to hunt the elusive Merriam turkey. Forty landowners/outfitters provided thousands of acres of hunting ground for a guide and two hunters to chase their trophies for a day-and-a-half. The whole […]

Industry News

Neiman Enterprises Installs Equipment At Devils Tower Forest Products Devils Tower Forest Products, located in Hulett, WY, a subsidiary of Neiman Enterprises, Inc., recently installed a Weinig Hydromat 3000. Devils Tower is a sawmill and planer facility that produces 25 million board feet of Ponderosa Pine shop, boards and pattern. The installation of the Weinig […]

Who’s Who in Softwoods

Chuck Dotson is in sales and marketing for Thompson River Lumber in Thompson Falls, MT. The company is a primary producer that supplies lumber into all regions of the United States. Thompson River Lumber carries all grades of dimension lumber in WF, DFL, SPF-S and Ponderosa Pine; Pond Pine and ESLP 4/4 boards in No. […]

Leading on Sustainability With Data Transparency

At a time where the word “sustainability” is often unsubstantiated, AWC and the wood products industry are using real data and an approach we are calling “radical transparency” to demonstrate in numbers the truly sustainable benefits of building with wood. To emphasize this point, I’d like to shine a spotlight on a new online tool […]

New Trustee Joins APA Board

A new member has been elected to APA – The Engineered Wood Association’s Board of Trustees.John Beers III currently serves as the president of the structural panels business at Georgia-Pacific. As a panel industry veteran, John acquired a wealth of knowledge and experience over the past 23 years. He began his career in sales with […]