by Kirkland | Mar 17, 2023 | News
Vaagen Thanks Support For Midway Sawmill The outpouring of support for Vaagen Fibre Canada’s Midway, BC sawmill, upon the early January Vaagen family announcement of the mill’s impending closure, was substantial, but apparently hasn’t changed the disappointing...
by Kirkland | Mar 17, 2023 | News
Mercer Gains Mass Timber Contract Mercer International Inc. reported it has signed its first major mass timber project contract with a large consumer products retailer. The project, which is composed of cross-laminated timber panels, glue-laminated beams and connector...
by Kirkland | Mar 17, 2023 | News
U.S. Housing Starts Rebound In February U.S. housing starts brushed off a sluggish January and reached a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.45 million in February, up 9.8% over January. Single-family starts were 830,000, a percent above January, while multi-family (five...
by Kirkland | Mar 17, 2023 | Machinery Row
Cooper Machine Partners With EWD Cooper Machine Co., a long-established manufacturer of quality sawmill equipment located in Wadley, Ga., announced that it is partnering with German-based sawmill machine manufacturer EWD Sagetechnik. Cooper Machine has been offering...
by Kirkland | Mar 17, 2023 | Machinery Row
Canfor DeRidder Has Log Cranes In Place Fulghum Industries, Inc. reports the commission of two recently installed 170 ft. 45-ton log cranes for Canfor. The cranes will be feeding the new $160 million sawmill at DeRidder, La. The log cranes were commissioned and...
by Kirkland | Mar 17, 2023 | News
New Pellet Mill Entices Area Sawmills Some Georgia sawmills will have a new market for their byproducts as Spectrum Energy Georgia LLC plans to begin construction this summer of the largest industrial wood pellet facility in the world at Adel, Ga. and expects to...
