by Web Editor | Jun 3, 2013 | The Issues
Story by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief Am I going to wake up one morning and find that the Southern independent lumberman is extinct? Surely he’s already on the EPA endangered species list, or at least the EPA threatened species list. Do I exaggerate? In reality,...
by Web Editor | Apr 30, 2013 | The Issues
Story by Dan Shell, Managing Editor This issue a special thanks goes out to those owners, managers, supervisors, shift leaders and others who have taken the time to complete Timber Processing’s annual Sawmill Capital Expenditure Survey. The effort all of you make...
by Web Editor | Apr 1, 2013 | The Issues
Story by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief If you’re questioning whether the sawmill machinery industry has gone global, simply turn to page 22 for the beginning of our Ligna preview section and you’ll quickly arrive at the conclusion that it has indeed. “Ligna” is the...
by Web Editor | Mar 4, 2013 | The Issues
700MMBF, 3 Million Tons, Is It Real? Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing 2013 Austria’s Klausner has created a buzz with its plans to build at least two, and probably three, giant southern pine sawmills. Each project calls for 700MMBF annual...
by Web Editor | Feb 1, 2013 | The Issues
TP Man Of the Year: Industry’s Best Of the Best Article by Dan Shell, Managing Editor, Timber Processing (2013) My first involvement with the Timber Processing Man of the Year award was in February 1989: I was with the company less than a year and coming off my first...
by Web Editor | Dec 4, 2012 | The Issues
Story by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief Wow, what a year! I think we can say it has ended on a higher note, mainly because of some improvement in homebuilding, which is projected to only get better next year and the next. At a recent wood products companies meeting, I...
