JULY 2023
Cover: Global Lumber Industry Welcomes Return Of Ligna
HANNOVER, Germany – Sawmill machinery and technology companies from around the world turned out in force at the Ligna trade show held May 15-19. They were part of an event that covered the entire range of forest products production, from harvesting and in-woods chipping machinery to primary and secondary wood products manufacturing.
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THE ISSUES: The Logger Supply Chain Strain
During the Southern Forest Products Association’s educational sessions at the 2021 event, longtime sawmiller and consultant Huey Long noted that early in his career, one of his mentors said that to help maintain perspective, it’s important to always keep a basic line chart graph showing 20 years of lumber prices on your office wall. These days, that advice may be as important as ever as lumber prices have fallen from all-time 2021-2022 highs to what looks like relatively “normal” (whatever that might be) prices coming on the heels of interest rate increases that have cooled housing markets, at least until housing surged again in May.
Article by Dan Shell, Senior Editor, Timber Processing
NEWSfeed
- Robbins Acquires Maine Sawmills
- Conway CLT Plant Is Back On Track
- Schillinger Is New Hampton CEO
- Timberlab Opens Glulam Facility
- Stora Enso Plans Big Restructuring
- Huber Takes Another Swing
- Canada Fires Affect Markets
BYPRODUCTS
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following companies submitted editorial profiles to complement their advertisements placed elsewhere in Timber Processing July 2023.
- Andritz
- Deltech
- FiberPro
- Fulghum Industries
- USNR
- Vecoplan
Concerns Mount For Loggers
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is a portion of the original article that appeared in Timber Harvesting magazine, which caters to the national logging industry, and is an affiliate magazine of Timber Processing.
The 2023 Annual Logger Survey Report looks at a “before” and “after” situation comparing business conditions and survey results from 2019 before the pandemic hit in early 2020 to now—a depressing new normal in many ways. Along the way, there has been unprecedented forest products prices and soaring inflation, pandemic dynamics leading to labor issues and much more.
Article by Dan Shell, Senior Editor, Timber Processing
MACHINERY ROW
- JD Irving Orders MiCROTEC CT Log
- BID Group Plans Major Investment
- Caribou Purchases StumpGeek Software
- German Machinery Outlook Still Solid
AT LARGE
- Hancock Lumber Hits Stride At 175
- NELA Names Cersosimo Lumber As Outstanding Sawmill Operator
- Sierra Pacific Foundation Grants $521,000 In Scholarships
- Hancock Co-Launches Executive Training
- BC Government Chips In For Mass Timber
- Arizona Project Could Move Forward Slowly
- Partnership Program Assists Firefighters
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Global Lumber Industry Welcomes Return Of Ligna
Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing
HANNOVER, Germany – Sawmill machinery and technology companies from around the world turned out in force at the Ligna trade show held May 15-19. They were part of an event that covered the entire range of forest products production, from harvesting and in-woods chipping machinery to primary and secondary wood products manufacturing, as 1,300 companies from 50 countries exhibited, attracting 80,000 visitors from 160 countries, with everyone excited to be there following the missed 2021 event due to the virus.
Dave Purinton, VP Marketing at Burton Solutions, an affiliate of USNR, said Ligna once again proved itself to be a key event for global contacts. Burton Mill Solutions and USNR had adjacent booths.
“It was a wonderful opportunity to connect and re-connect with customers from, literally, across the planet,” Purinton said. “We had a wonderful opportunity to introduce customers of each of our businesses to the appropriate contacts within our brother business. Given all that is going on in the world, the sentiment was encouragingly positive and upbeat. Wood fiber processors across the globe are similar to farmers, in that they have an innate optimism in the future and in better times ahead.”
Barton had a colorful log carriage presentation.
MiCROTEC Goldeneye was front and center.
Linck’s exhibit had a modular theme.
Ledinek Stratoplan planer received attention.
EWD bandmill stood tall.
It was planers and more planers at Gilbert. Left to right: Heidi Danbrook, Sales Manager; Audrey Gilbert, General Secretary; Alexandre Guy, Parts Sales Rep; Sylvain Lefebvre, Sales REp.
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