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Process Improvement Lead — AV GROUP, NB
Read more: Process Improvement Lead — AV GROUP, NBAV Group, New Brunswick, seeks Process Improvement Lead Reporting to the Woodlands Manager, the Process Improvement Lead will play a key role in the Woodlands department. The Process Improvement Lead will be expected to lead and track the success of process improvement initiatives Responsibilities: • Coordinate Lean principle training for Fibre Supply group • Help…
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Lumber Purchasing Manager — PACIFIC PALLET, BC
Read more: Lumber Purchasing Manager — PACIFIC PALLET, BCPacific Pallet, western Canada’s largest pallet manufacturer, seeks Lumber Purchasing Manager in British Columbia Responsibilities: Purchasing lumber (largely utility, economy and #2 softwoods and some hardwoods) Coordinating production with outside custom reman plants ensuring production levels and quality standards Production scheduling, managing the company’s pallet assembly and repair operations Working closely with other members of…
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Wildfires 2014
Read more: Wildfires 2014The share of the US Forest Service budget devoted to fire management rose from 13 per cent in 1991 to more than 40 per cent in 2012. The total for all federal agencies last year – Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Fish and Wildlife Service – topped…
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North American Lumber Production and Capacity Utilization
Read more: North American Lumber Production and Capacity UtilizationSawmill production out of the US for January to July 2014 increased by 5 per cent compared to last year to 17,521 billion board feet, while that in Canada remained even at 14,523 bbf, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s “Lumber Track” Friday. Capacity utilization at US sawmills was 83 per cent for the…
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EACOM Plans to Ramp Up
Read more: EACOM Plans to Ramp UpFive years after it was mothballed, EACOM’s sawmill in Ear Falls in northwestern Ontario fired up for production in early August. The annual production target is 70 to 75 million board feet. A second shift, planned for 2015, would boost that to 140 to 150 million, according to Northern Ontario Business Friday. The company is…
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Single- and Multi-Family Construction, US
Read more: Single- and Multi-Family Construction, USTotal private residential spending – single-family, multifamily, and home improvements – in the US fell slightly in August, by 0.1 per cent, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of US$351.7 billion. The latest Census estimate shows gains in the single and multifamily components of private residential construction spending offset by a decline in home improvements.…
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Canada Industrial Products and Raw Material Prices
Read more: Canada Industrial Products and Raw Material PricesThe Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) in Canada increased 0.2 per cent in August, mainly because of higher prices for motorized and recreational vehicles, said Statistics Canada Tuesday. The Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) declined 2.2 per cent, largely as a result of lower prices for crude energy products. The IPPI increased 0.2 per cent…
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Carrier Passes Audit
Read more: Carrier Passes AuditAn audit of Carrier Lumber Ltd.’s forestry activities southeast of Prince George, BC, found compliance with B.C.’s forestry legislation, as Forest Practices Board said in the press release. “We are pleased to see that Carrier carried out good forest practices and fully met the requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire…
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Canfor Buys
Read more: Canfor BuysCanfor Corp, out of Vancouver, BC, announced Wednesday the purchase of the operating assets of Southern Lumber Co. The acquisition includes a sawmill located in Hermanville, MI, which is a large log southern yellow pine dimension mill manufacturing predominately long, wide width lumber. The sawmill is in an area of exceptionally high quality fibre and…
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Maibec Signs
Read more: Maibec SignsAn agreement was signed last week between manufacturing company maibec Inc. of Lévis, QC, and Fraser Timber LLC for maibec’s purchase of the assets of the Masardis Maine lumber mill. The mill employs approximately 135 people and can produce over 100 million board feet of softwood lumber annually. The mill’s lumber is sold to the…
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Lumber prices rise amid reports of supply holes in eastern Canada, U.S.
Read more: Lumber prices rise amid reports of supply holes in eastern Canada, U.S.October 3, 2014 MADISON’S WEEKLY LUMBER MARKET UPDATE AND OVERVIEW Provided by: Madison’s Lumber Reporter www.madisonsreport.com North American dimension lumber and panel prices waffled back upward this week as seriously depleted field inventories of solid wood products and an up-limit lumber futures board Wednesday collided to stop the two-week drop in most prices, according to…
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Lumber prices rise amid reports of supply holes in eastern Canada, U.S.
Read more: Lumber prices rise amid reports of supply holes in eastern Canada, U.S.October 3, 2014 MADISON’S WEEKLY LUMBER MARKET UPDATE AND OVERVIEW Provided by: Madison’s Lumber Reporter www.madisonsreport.com North American dimension lumber and panel prices waffled back upward this week as seriously depleted field inventories of solid wood products and an up-limit lumber futures board Wednesday collided to stop the two-week drop in most prices, according to…
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Lumber Import and Export (USA), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014
Read more: Lumber Import and Export (USA), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014Lumber Import and Export (USA), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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Lumber Import and Export (USA), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014
Read more: Lumber Import and Export (USA), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014Lumber Import and Export (USA), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement
Read more: 2006 Softwood Lumber AgreementLast week at the Forest Economic Advisors’ Forest Products Forum at the World Forestry Center in Portland, OR, the US Lumber Coalition stated it does not support simply extending the 2006 Canada-US Softwood Lumber Agreement when it expires on October 12, 2015. The agreement was renewed in 2013 with no changes. If it is allowed…
