Tag: investment

  • Madison’s Canadian Lumber Directory *new* : FREE 2-WEEK TRIAL

    A brand-new user interface for Madison’s interactive searchable online Canadian sawmill directory listings. Madison’s Online Lumber Directory is updating our user interface. Access our *new* tool will include US primary sawmills, secondary remanufacturers, panel mills, pulp and paper mills, and wholesalers. • extensive, detailed listings on all Canadian lumber, panel, pulp and paper, and shake…

  • PwC Global Forest, Paper, & Packaging Deals: 1Q 2017

    Global Merger and Acquisition activity in the Forests, Paper, and Packaging sector in 1Q 2017 saw an increase in deal value relative to 4Q 2016, said PwC July 7. A total of 23 M&A deals were announced during Q1 2017 with a total value of US$4.2 billion and an average (median) deal size of approximately…

  • Canada Lumber Production: April 2017

    Lumber production in Canada was down 7.1 per cent from March, to 5,778.2 thousand cubic metres of lumber in April, according to Statistics Canada July 7. Production was 1.8 per cent lower than in April 2016. Sawmills shipped 5,886.6 thousand cubic metres of lumber in April 2017, up 0.8 per cent from March and 4.1…

  • Canada and US Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity

    Rates of production as percent of practical capacity for North American sawmills was 86% in the US for February 2017, compared to 84% the previous year and 86% for full year 2016, said the latest issue of the Western Wood Products Association Lumber Track May 8. US AND CANADA SAWMILL CAPACITY UTILIZATION: WWPA Capacity utilization…

  • Canada Sawmills: January 2017

    Canadian lumber production rose 19.5 per cent in January, with sawmills producing 5,813.4 thousand cubic metres of lumber, said Statistics Canada April 10. Production was 5.2 per cent higher than January 2016. In January, sawmills shipped 5,452 thousand cubic metres of lumber, up 10.1 per cent from December. Shipments were 2.8 per cent higher than…