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Roseburg Personnel Changes At Dillard Lumber, Medford MDF, Riddle Plywood

Roseburg Personnel Changes At Dillard Lumber, Medford MDF, Riddle PlywoodRoseburg Forest Products has made key personnel decisions at three of its wood processing facilities in Oregon. Kendrick...

New OSB Project In Alabama Gains Permitting

New OSB Project In Alabama Gains PermittingPeak Renewables U.S. Inc. has received required permitting for the construction and operation of a greenfield 650MMSF oriented strandboard plant in...

Loan Program Aims For Wood Processing Facilities To Help Reduce Wildfire Threats

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack has unveiled a new program to support American wood processing facilities.U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack has...

Freres Fire Response Lawsuit Dismissed

Freres Fire Response Lawsuit Dismissed  A federal judge has ruled against Freres Lumber Co. and subsidiary Freres Timber of Lyons, Ore., dismissing the company’s lawsuit against the U.S. Forest...

McClure Steps Down From Altec

McClure Steps Down From AltecAfter a remarkable 50-year career, Allan McClure has stepped down from his role as General Manager of Altec Manufacturing, effective December 31, 2024. “Those familiar...

Arauco Plans MDF to OSB Conversion

Arauco Plans MDF to OSB ConversionChile-based Celulosa Arauco y Constitución S.A. (Arauco) has selected Dieffenbacher to supply an OSB plant to replace an existing MDF line at its Trupan site in...

Weyco Expanding In Arkansas With EWP

Weyco Expanding In Arkansas With EWPWeyerhaeuser Co. has announced plans to invest approximately $500 million to build a new, state-of-the-art TimberStrand facility near Monticello and Warren,...

GP Shakes Up Operations Leadership 

GP Shakes Up Operations Leadership  Georgia-Pacific has changed its operations leadership. Jeff Koeppel, senior vice president of operations, will retire in the first quarter of 2025. A role he has...

 Dieffenbacher Acquires Pagnoni

Dieffenbacher Acquires PagnoniGerman machine and plant manufacturer Dieffenbacher has acquired the Italian family-owned company Pagnoni Impianti S.r.l., headquartered in Aicurzio, about 30 km...

European Commission Ruffles U.S. Feathers With New Regulations

European Commission Ruffles U.S. Feathers With New RegulationsThe European Commission is proposing that the new EU Deforestation Regulation be delayed 12 months before implementation to allow...

Con-Vey Unveils New Brand, Website

Con-Vey Unveils New Brand, WebsiteCon-Vey, a leader in industrial automation and manufacturing solutions, is thrilled to announce the launch of its new brand and website. This exciting...

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Tolko Announces Pino Pucci New President/CEO

After 14 years as president and CEO (CEO) of Tolko, and more than 40 years with the company founded by his grandfather Harold, Brad Thorlakson has transitioned to the role of executive chair of the board. Further to this transition, Pino Pucci has assumed the role of president and CEO.

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New Combi-CLL Container

Following the launch of five new models in its 25th anniversary year in 2023, Irish material handling specialist Combilift has announced the launch of the new Combi-CLL (Container Log-Loader), a customer-led solution for the timber industry.

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Smartlam Installs Ledinek Glulam Line

Slovenia-based Ledinek has embarked on a significant expansion across the Atlantic by supplying a new glulam production line to SmartLam North America for SmartLam’s mass timber manufacturing operation in Dothan, Ala.

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Weyerhaeuser Names Brian Chaney To Lead Wood Products

Weyerhaeuser Co. has appointed Brian Chaney as senior vice president of Wood Products. Chaney recently served as vice president of Engineered Wood Products and Innovation for the company, and will take over for Keith O’Rear, who retired June 3 and will serve as a strategic advisor to the company through the end of 2024.

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China’s BFP Orders Fine OSB Plant

Chinese wood-based panel producer, A Beautiful Family Plate Making Co. Ltd. (BFP), has contracted with Dieffenbacher for a complete Fine OSB plant in Guangxi, China. Installation of BFP’s new plant is scheduled for the second quarter of 2023. The first board is expected to be produced in fall 2023…

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Egger Gets Going On P’Board Plant

Egger Gets Going On P’Board Plant  Egger reported in mid-November it has started construction on its first U.S. manufacturing plant. Construction of the particleboard plant in Lexington, NC...

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Arauco-Grayling Is Paving The Way

As of the end of August, Arauco reported 1,526,355 total project hours completed since April 2017 at its particleboard plant under construction in Grayling, Mich. The company also reported the use...

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Katerra Plans Components Factory

Katerra Plans Components FactoryKaterra, a technology company that claims it is redefining the construction industry, announced plans to open a new advanced manufacturing factory in Tracy,...

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