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Simpson Lumber Mill Closes
Some 270 jobs at Simpson’s mills in Shelton and Dayton, WA, are going away by June 30 as Simpson sells those operations to a Northern California firm, Sierra Pacific Industries, says The Olympian Friday. The Shelton mill could be replaced by a new state-of-the-art mill employing about 150 to 200 people in 2017. Get YOUR…
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Acadian Timber Announces
Acadian Timber has announced that longtime chief executive Reid Carter is stepping down at the end of the week. The company said in its earnings reported issued Tuesday after markets closed that Mark Bishop will become president and CEO effective on Friday. Bishop has more than 25 years of forest industry experience, including the last…
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US Forest Products Industry: 2015 USDA Report
This week the US Department of Agriculture, via the US Forest Service Southern Research Station, released it’s report, “The Global Position of the US Forest Products Industry”. The Key Findings for the solid wood manufacturing sector in this latest US Forest Service report are: • the US share of global wood products output peaked in 1998…
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Atikokan Planer Mill Running
The first board was dressed, trimmed, and graded on April 4 in the planing mill at the new Resolute Forest Products, Sapawe sawmill in Atikokan, ON, according to Atikokan Progress and Printing Wednesday. Rough lumber is being delivered each day from the Ignace, ON, sawmill. Two dry kilns are now operating at the Sapawe site…
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Deltic, West Fraser Report
Deltic Timber, based in El Dorado, AR, Monday reported 1Q earnings of US$1.9 million. On a per-share basis, the El Dorado, Arkansas-based company said it had profit of 15 US cents. The lumber company posted revenue of US$48.4 million in the period. West Fraser Timber, out of Vancouver, BC, reported Friday earnings of $49 million,…
