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Tag: sawmill

  • Skeena Sawmill Closes

    Hot weather and cool markets in China have resulted in the almost total closure of Skeena Sawmills, Terrace, BC’s, only large sawmill, according to the Terrace Standard Friday. A skeleton crew of 10 people from what was a 90-person workforce is left working. The mass layoff will last at least a month, said Mill official…

  • Sawmill Investments

    Western Forest Products, Weyerhaeuser, and Interfor all this week announced sawmill upgrades or added shifts. Sawmill Upgrades Nanaimo, BC’s, Western Forest Products is spending $30 million to upgrade three Vancouver Island sawmills, as part of a $125-million capital plan by the company to become more competitive and line up new markets. The Duke Point, BC,…

  • Sawmill Curtailments, Closures

    Tl’oh Forest Products, out of Fort St. James, BC, will be closing its doors as of July 31st, putting 43 employees out of work, according to 250News Wednesday. The  plant produced finger-joint  products, but  the company says  there has been “a fundamental shift in markets that  does not allow the business to remain viable”.” The…

  • Lumber Production, Shipments, Stock: March 2015

    Statistics Canada released Monday the latest data on provincial lumber production and manufacturing sales. As well, the Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track, out Friday, contains the latest data on US and Canadian sawmill capacity utilization.

  • Lumber Company Mergers, Acquisitions

    Lumber company Stock Building Supply Holdings announced Wednesay it agreed to combine with privately held Building Materials Holding, in a deal that positions the combined company to take advantage of demand for building supplies in the recovering housing market. The two lumber companies, once bankrupt, had combined revenue of US$2.7 billion in 2014. Stock Building…