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Element5 Installs MiCROTEC Goldeneye Scanner

Element5 Installs MiCROTEC Goldeneye ScannerAs part of the $107 million expansion of Element5’s mass timber facility in St. Thomas, Ontario that will double production capacity, the mill has added a new MiCROTEC Goldeneye multi-sensor quality...

Sawmiller Pens Opinion Article

Sawmiller Pens Opinion ArticleEDITOR’S NOTE: The following opinion article was written by Kirby Kendrick and does not necessarily represent the views of Timber Processing staff.  Across Iowa and rural America, generations of families have built...

Lumber Quality Workshops Announced

Lumber Quality Workshops AnnouncedTerry Brown and the Lumber Quality Institute will again offer two lumber quality-related workshops in Salem, Ore. at the Scottish Rite Center. Lumber Quality and Process Control Workshop will be held November...

New President & CEO Appointed At Great Southern Wood Preserving 

New President & CEO Appointed At Great Southern Wood Preserving Jimmy Rane, founder and chairman of the board of Great Southern Wood Preserving, Inc., has announced that Mark Callender, a 34-year veteran of the company, will be elevated to...

Woodgrain Closing Pilot Rock, Oregon Sawmill 

Woodgrain Closing Pilot Rock, Oregon SawmillWoodgrain Inc. filed a WARN notice to Oregon state officials July 1 notifying them that the company was permanently closing its Pilot Rock sawmill, on or after Sept. 1, 2025. The company is consolidating...

U.S. Lumber Coalition Questions NAHB

U.S. Lumber Coalition Questions NAHBThe U.S. Lumber Coalition has gone on the offensive against the National Assn. of Home Builders (NAHB).  “NAHB’s unyielding support for the Canadian softwood lumber industry, which benefits from dozens of unfair...

Hood Industries To Modernize Waynesboro Operation 

Hood Industries To Modernize Waynesboro Operation Hood Industries, Inc. is pleased to announce a major brownfield expansion to the existing facility in Waynesboro, Miss. This strategic $245 million upgrade will enhance the facility’s capabilities...

Fulghum Commissions Two 170 ft. Cranes At Canfor

Fulghum Commissions Two 170 ft. Cranes At CanforFulghum Industries, Inc. has completed the commissioning of two newly installed 170 ft., 45-ton log cranes as part of a $210 million project with Comact for Canfor Southern Pine at Axis, Ala....

Drax Idling Operations In Arkansas

Drax Idling Operations In ArkansasDrax has made the decision to cease operations and idle pellet plant facilities in Leola and Russellville, Ark. The plants will cease operations and idle beginning November 1, 2025; operations at other U.S. sites...

Charles Ingram Lumber Goes With Goldeneye 

Charles Ingram Lumber Goes With Goldeneye After a successful partnership built on years of experience with MiCROTEC's Lucidyne scanner in southern yellow pine and support from customer care, Charles Ingram Lumber has chosen to partner with MiCROTEC...

WWPA Names Jeff Keller President

WWPA Names Jeff Keller PresidentWestern Wood Products Assn. named industry veteran Jeff Keller as President. Keller brings in a leadership philosophy and a strong background in legislative and...

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Opticom Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Opticom Technologies, a leader in industrial video monitoring solutions, is celebrating 50 years in business. The company, founded in 1973, has evolved to continue offering innovative products as video monitoring technology has advanced. “It’s unique for a video monitoring company to have 50 years of history under its belt,” comments Opticom Global…

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USNR Gains Foraction Chile Order

USNR has announced the order of a complete sawmilling system to the Chilean company Foraction Chile. This highly advanced production line is designed to process radiata pine and will be installed at a greenfield site in the Los Rios region, about 800 km south of Santiago…

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USNR Sells DynaStar Software To DrekiTek

USNR announced in early September, they have sold the DynaStar Maintenance Management Software to DrekiTek Software Solutions Ltd., and looks forward to a long-term relationship with DrekiTek Software Solutions as it continues the development and support of the DynaStar system…

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Wood Fiber Group Is Now Burton Mill Solutions

Burton Mill Solutions is the new name for the Wood Fiber Group and combines the biggest names in sawmill cutting tools and filing room automation technology, including Simonds International, Burton Saw & Supply, BGR Saws, Cut Technologies, U.S. Blades, Armstrong, and Wright Machines…

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