Arauco Takes Over Moncure Mills

Arauco has started production at the panel complex (MDF, particleboard, laminate) it recently acquired from Uniboard (Pfleiderer) in Moncure, NC. The Moncure plant employs 250.

The facility is operated by Arauco Panels USA, LLC, a subsidiary of Arauco Wood Products, Inc. Sales and customer service will be handled through Arauco’s North American sales office in Atlanta.

The Moncure MDF line has the capacity to produce 330,000 m3 annually, while the particleboard line can produce 270,000 m3 annually. Two thermally fused melamine lines are also in operation.

Two-Story CLT Structure Simulated With 6.7 Earthquake

A two-story cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure is being subjected to the forces produced by a 1994 6.7 Northridge earthquake. The engineered simulation is expected to reveal ways in which tall wood buildings could survive damaging…

Roseburg Forest Products To Build New Engineered Wood Plant In South Carolina

Oregon-based Roseburg Forest Products will expand its operations in the southeastern United States with construction of a new engineered wood products plant in Chester, S.C. Roseburg publicly announced the project July 11 at a joint…

EPA Withdraws Final Rule Delay For Formaldehyde

After receiving negative feedback from the industry, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew its Direct Final Rule Wednesday, removing delayed compliance dates for certain formaldehyde emissions standards on wood products. “Since the direct final rule…

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