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Northwest Hardwoods Acquires
Northwest Hardwoods, out of Longview, WA, has completed the acquisition of Industrial Timber & Lumber, based in Beachwood, OH. ITL is one of the largest global suppliers of North American hardwood. It sells over 200 million board feet of hardwood lumber annually and has approximately 400 employees. ITL owns two integrated sawmills, four concentration yards…
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Washington Sawmill Shutdown
Northwest Hardwoods lumber mill in Centralia, WA, is cutting production because the slowdown at West Coast ports has crippled its ability to export products. Vice President Brian Narramore on Friday told The Chronicle (http://bit.ly/1Dp4qVe) production will be cut as much as half, starting Monday, impacting 100 employees one way or another. Narramore says Northwest Hardwoods…
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Madison’s Forest Pulse 4Q 2014 — Out Now!
Important Lumber Production and Export Data: • US sawmill products exports to China by VALUE are up +20%, to US$1,199 million, Jan to Nov 2014 compared to US$959 million the previous year; • US sawmill products imports from Canada by VALUE are up +9%, to US$4,939 million, Jan to Nov 2014 over US$4,498 million in…
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Madison’s Forest Pulse 4Q 2014 — Out Now!
Important Lumber Production and Export Data: • US sawmill products exports to China by VALUE are up +20%, to US$1,199 million, Jan to Nov 2014 compared to US$959 million the previous year; • US sawmill products imports from Canada by VALUE are up +9%, to US$4,939 million, Jan to Nov 2014 over US$4,498 million in…
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Europe Hardwood Production, 2014
Production of hardwood lumber in the 33 countries which make up the UNECE sub-region Europe will probably have increased in 2014 to 12.75 million cubic metres, said EUWID Thursday. This emerged from an evaluation of production estimates on the occasion of the 72nd meeting of the ECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry which…
