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APA’s 2025 Event Proves Informative For Engineered Wood Industry Peers The 2025 APA Annual Meeting and EWTA Info Fair recently took place at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass, Phoenix, AZ. The three-day event connected engineered wood industry peers – APA member manufacturers and the EWTA service and supplier members –and included industry discussions, […]

Attendees Cast Market Challenges Aside To Support Annual Global Buyers Mission BC Wood celebrated its 22nd Annual Global Buyers Mission (GBM) recently and welcomed almost 500 delegates from all over the world to Whistler, BC Canada. A number of international markets continue to face economic challenges, so event organizers were extremely pleased with the efforts […]

NELMA Celebrates 92nd Annual Meeting The Lodge at Spruce Peak in Stowe, VT, recently hosted the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association, appropriately themed “The 2025 NELMA Family Reunion.” A total of 142 lumber industry representatives and guests participated in this year’s event. Perfect New England weather greeted the 61 golfers that […]

National Sawmill Training Center Opens at Northcentral Technical College “The collaboration to design the mill was really a partnership between us all, Kretz Lumber, Cleereman Industries and Northcentral Technical College, because it is a different mill. It is a teaching facility, not a production facility.” – Logan Wells, faculty member and program director, Northcentral Technical […]

Generations Of Millwork At The Keim Company “Keim has one noble purpose, which is to Build the Kingdom Together through Diligent Stewardship and Abundant Generosity. The company has undergone significant growth over the recent years, including increases in the number of employees, variety of customers and products offered. The Keim family continues to carry on […]

Operating A Safer Sawmill: Lessons From The 2025 SFPA Safety Summit From left: Dale Bracken, National Assessment; Vince Almond, Almond Brothers Lumber Co.; Johnny Sauls, West Fraser Inc.; and Stephen Peskar, Weyerhaeuser Co. Photo courtesy Robb Cohen Photography & Video In a sawmill, danger is always close by. From sharp spinning saws to heavy rolling […]

Don’t Get Burned Fire tests confirm not all fire-retardant wood treatments are equal Side view and end view of the ASTM E2768 testing conducted by WWPI to determine the efficacy of marketing claims manufacturers of non-pressure applied fire retardants sometimes make to convince buyers their products meet the fire-retardant requirements defined in building codes. ASTM […]