by Kirkland | Sep 19, 2023 | News
Lumber Quality Workshops Announced Terry Brown and the Lumber Quality Institute will again offer two lumber quality-related workshops in Salem, Ore. for the sawmill industry in November 2023. The Lumber Quality and Process Control Workshop will be held November 6-7,...
by Kirkland | Sep 19, 2023 | Machinery Row
BID Group Starts Apprenticeship Program In a significant development for the local community, BID Group has collaborated with the Dept. of Labor and Apprenticeship Carolina to launch a groundbreaking apprenticeship program in its Fabrication Shop. The program provides...
by Kirkland | Sep 19, 2023 | News
U.S. Housing Starts Fall While Building Permits Rise U.S. housing starts fell in August from July, at a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.283 million, down 11.3%. Single-family starts were at a rate of 941,000, 4.3% below July, while multi-family starts were the primary...
by Kirkland | Sep 15, 2023 | News
Canfor Puts ‘Stock’ In New BC Facility Vancouver, BC-based Canfor Corp. is investing $200 million to build a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Houston, British Columbia, which will have an annual production capacity of 350MMBF. “I’m very pleased to be...
by Kirkland | Sep 15, 2023 | Magazine
SEPTEMBER 2023 Cover: Blanca Finds Its Groove BLANCA, Colorado – Located in the remote San Luis Valley in southern Colorado, Blanca Forestry Products is truly a different kind of sawmill, built seven years ago to support wildfire mitigation efforts on the largest...
by Kirkland | Sep 13, 2023 | News
West Fraser To Acquire Spray Lake Sawmills West Fraser has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Spray Lake Sawmills located in Cochrane, Alberta subject to certain post-closing adjustments. Spray Lake Sawmills produces treated wood products,...
