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2023 Lumber Forecasts: Softwood Lumber Companies Found Ways To Succeed In 2022, Look For The Same In 2023

The year just ended, 2022, was a strong one for most of the participants in this Softwood Forest Products Buyer lumber survey. “Even though we planned on some softening of the market as the year went by, we did not see that in our marketplace other than Industrial grade later in the year,” said one […]

Changing The Hearts And Minds

While all of us in the wood products industry know we have a great story to tell, we still have work to do to get that story out to many in the broader public. There are a number of ways to do that, and we at AWC have been pursuing several avenues – YouTube videos, […]

Southeast Business Trends

Across the Southeast region sources had mixed feelings as to how the overall market was going, at the time of this writing. Some sources noted that their markets are better than they have been over the past six months and others said that while their sales aren’t as high as they have been, trends seem […]

SFPA Convenes In Nashville For Annual Meeting

Nashville, TN–The Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA) met here recently at The Westin Hotel in observance of its annual meeting. In addition to networking opportunities, the SFPA meeting hosted a Southern Yellow Pine (SYP) Export Roundtable that provided updates on how trade disputes and agreements affect the Southern Pine export markets. Attendees also participated in […]

APA Honors Tony Vuksich As 2022 Bronson J. Lewis Award Recipient

Tony Vuksich has been named the 2022 Bronson J. Lewis honoree. Vuksich was presented with the award at the APA Annual Meeting in Aventura, Florida. The meeting took place Oct. 15-18, 2022. The award is named in honor of the late Bronson Lewis, who served for 24 years as secretary and then executive vice president […]

2023 Equipment Forecasts: Equipment And Services Providers Adapt To Market Conditions To Succeed

Equipment and services companies that serve the Softwood lumber industry have introduced new equipment and made numerous installations in recent months. However, as one company leader put it, “With the softening of the lumber markets, we anticipate that big mill projects will slow down, and mills will focus on critical projects over the larger capital […]

Trade Talk – January/February 2023

Broadfoot Named COO At Collins Wilsonville, OR—Collins, headquartered here, announced recently that Larry Broadfoot will become the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company. Broadfoot joined Collins in 2015 as vice president of sales and marketing. Broadfoot’s experience prior to joining Collins includes Tolko Industries, a family-owned Western Canada forest products manufacturer, where he held […]

Who’s Who in Softwoods – January/February 2023

A.J. Webb is the plywood sales manager at Hood Industries, located in Hattiesburg, MS. Hood industries manufactures Southern Yellow Pine plywood and lumber, distributing specialty building materials nationwide. They produce 375 million board feet of plywood in m3/8 annually. They produce Southern Yellow Pine Plywood Siding, Sanded, SIF, and Rated Sheathing, with thicknesses ranging from […]

WRCLA/BC Wood Team Up With Welcome Reception

Phoenix, AZ-As the largest-crowd-ever gathered here for the annual North American Wholesale Lumber Association’s Traders Market, members of the Western Red Cedar Lumber Association (WRCLA) and BC Wood kicked off the event with a reception. The gathering was held at the Phoenix Convention Center. WRCLA is a Vancouver (Canada) based non-profit association representing quality producers […]

How Prefab Wood Can Make Housing More Affordable

The need for more affordable housing in the U.S. is well known. The Housing Coalition’s 2020 annual report showed that rental rates are out of reach for nearly every worker in the bottom 50 percent of the national wage distribution. And with research showing that housing is a major social determinant of essential health and […]