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Kane, PA—Paul P. Eastman has been named the Hardwood Sales Manager for Collins in the Kane Hardwood division, based here. Collins manufactures Ash, Birch, Black Cherry, Hard and Soft Maple, Poplar and Red and White Oak. Domestic and export lumber is produced rough and surfaced, 5/8 to 12/4. Green and kiln-dried lumber comes in 4/4 […]

Trade Talk – November/December 2022

Hancock Lumber Acquires Madison Lumber Mill Casco, ME—Two of New England’s top performing Eastern White Pine manufacturing facilities are stronger together as Hancock Lumber Co., headquartered here, recently acquired Madison Lumber Mill, according to a company press release. Hancock Lumber’s Eastern White Pine operations expanded to four mills with its first sawmill acquisition in over […]

Trade Talk – November 2022

Wilsonville, OR—Collins, based here, announced recently that Tom Insko will become the President and CEO of the company to succeed President and CEO, Eric Schooler. An experienced business leader, Insko was set to assume responsibilities on October 1, 2022. He served as the President of Eastern Oregon University, a position he has held since 2015. […]

James “Jim” Whitney Spellman

James “Jim” Whitney Spellman, age 76, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2022. He was born in Oshkosh Wisconsin February 21, 1946, to James and Betty Spellman. His family moved numerous times before landing in Phoenix, Arizona in 1962, where he enrolled at Arcadia High School as a junior. He played football at Arcadia and […]

Trade Talk – October 2022

Mississauga, ON – Tropical Forest Products, with its head office here, recently…

Trade Talk – September/October 2022

Jefferies Announces Strategic Transactions Including Agreement To Sell Idaho Timber Meridian, ID—Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (“Jefferies”) has agreed to sell Idaho Timber, headquartered here, in two transactions at a combined sale price of $239 million, resulting in an estimated pre-tax gain of $140 million. These transactions were expected to close in August. “Finally, we note […]

Trade Talk – September/October 2022

Jefferies Announces Strategic Transactions Including Agreement To Sell Idaho Timber Meridian, ID—Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (“Jefferies”) has agreed to sell Idaho Timber, headquartered here, in two transactions at a combined sale price of $239 million, resulting in an estimated pre-tax gain of $140 million. These transactions were expected to close in August. “Finally, we note […]

Trade Talk – September 2022

Kane, PA—“Good markets provide opportunities to build customer base, secure relationships, and for Collins to reinvest for the future,” stated Bo Hammond, Hardwood sales manager for Collins. Kane Hardwoods recently completed upgrades to the debarker, log infeed, air system, waste systems and setworks systems in the sawmill here. The Kane facility is also adding pavement […]