Roseburg Forest Products announced it has ceased operations at its Dillard hardwood plywood facility and is exiting the hardwood plywood market. The company states that the strategic move reflects its long-term plan to concentrate resources on a more focused product portfolio with sustained customer demand and long-term growth potential.

The Dillard hardwood plywood plant, part of the company’s Dillard complex which also includes MDF and lumber production, was one of the company’s longest-operating facilities. The plant’s 107 team members have been encouraged to apply for open positions at other facilities and will receive dedicated support and resources during the transition. All other operations at the Dillard complex will continue.

Roseburg Forest Products announced it has ceased operations at its Dillard hardwood plywood facility and is exiting the hardwood plywood market. The company states that the strategic move reflects its long-term plan to concentrate resources on a more focused product portfolio with sustained customer demand and long-term growth potential.

The Dillard hardwood plywood plant, part of the company’s Dillard complex which also includes MDF and lumber production, was one of the company’s longest-operating facilities. The plant’s 107 team members have been encouraged to apply for open positions at other facilities and will receive dedicated support and resources during the transition. All other operations at the Dillard complex will continue.

TimberHP reports its TimberBoard line is now rolling at its Madison, Maine facility, producing the first wood fiber continuous insulation of its kind made and sold in the U.S.

Because there’s no precedent for a product like TimberBoard in North America, the company says it is entering a rigorous testing and certification phase with the International Code Council (ICC). Earlier this year, ICC published the acceptance criteria that will guide this process, setting the stage for TimberBoard’s full market entry.

The first product in the line is a 4 ft. x 8 ft. square-edge sheet, available in multiple thicknesses. Though untreated, its density offers inherent flame resistance, earning it a Class B rating under ASTM E84.

Made from renewable wood residuals, TimberBoard is a carbon-storing insulation that helps turn buildings into long-term carbon sinks. It delivers the durability and compressive strength of rigid foam or mineral wool while remaining vapor-open, allowing assemblies to manage moisture safely and naturally.

TimberBoard highlights includes thicknesses ranging from 1 in. to 9.25 in.; vapor-open continuous exterior insulation with high compressive strength; price competitive with rigid foam and mineral wool; carbon-storing, made from abundant wood residuals. 

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is accepting public comment on a draft air quality permit modification for Columbia Plywood Corp.—Columbia Carolina Division, the company’s plywood manufacturing facility in Old Fort, NC.

If approved, the modification would allow Columbia Plywood to install an air curtain incinerator unit from AirBurners at the facility to burn its wood waste for disposal—increasing potential emissions thresholds, thus requiring a Title V air quality permit.

AirBurners incinerators, branded as FireBox, were designed principally as a pollution control device for open burning. The primary objective of an air curtain machine is to reduce the particulate matter, which results from burning clean wood waste. Using a technology called “air curtain,” the smoke particles are trapped and reburned, reducing them to an acceptable limit per EPA guidelines.

Clean wood waste is loaded into the FireBox and an accelerant is used to ignite the pile. The air curtain is not engaged until the fire has grown in strength, usually after 15 to 20 minutes. Once engaged, the air curtain then runs at a steady state throughout the burn operation, and the waste wood is loaded at a rate consistent with the rate of burn. The smallest machine offered by AirBurners burns at a rate of 1-2 tons per hour, with the largest burning in excess of 10 tons per hour.

All public comments made to the DAQ before September 11, 2025 will be considered before a final decision on the proposed permit is made.

Hexion, a leader in adhesives, systems, and AI technologies for wood panel manufacturing, announced a partnership with Bloom Biorenewables, a Swiss startup, which has developed a breakthrough method for preserving the natural adhesive properties of lignin, according to a Hexion statement. The companies seek to commercialize a renewable, high-performance alternative to synthetic adhesives.

Bloom has reportedly developed a unique and cost-effective process for extracting native lignin, a naturally occurring adhesive found in wood, while maintaining its chemical structure. This is a significant scientific achievement: traditional methods for isolating lignin typically cause it to condense, destroying the reactive groups responsible for its adhesive strength and rendering it unsuitable for industrial use, according to Hexion. Bloom’s method uses low-cost aldehydes during the extraction process to protect these critical chemical groups. As a result, the company can recover high-quality, uncondensed lignin at commercial scale—“an industry first.”

This innovation opens the door to a new class of 100% plant-based adhesives that combine strong bonding performance while also being environmentally friendly. Not only are these adhesives safer for people and the planet, but they also help manufacturers extract up to 80% more value from the same wood feedstock by using parts of the tree that would otherwise be wasted.

“For decades, the industry has operated under the assumption that strong performance and full renewability couldn’t coexist in wood adhesives. This partnership shatters that assumption,” says Michael Lefenfeld, President & CEO, Hexion. “By combining Bloom’s breakthrough in lignin science with Hexion’s industrial and AI-enhanced manufacturing expertise, we’re not just offering a new product—we’re opening a new chapter for our industry.”

The partnership between Hexion and Bloom is focused on one final critical step: Enabling manufacturing-ready, adhesive-grade lignin through a scalable method that activates lignin’s evolved functionality without additional chemicals. This effort represents a transformative leap in bio-based manufacturing—replacing fossil-derived resins with sustainable, high-performance alternatives made entirely from wood.

Lorenz Manker, Chief Commercial Officer at Bloom Biorenewables, adds, “With Hexion, we’re proving that it’s possible to build adhesives that are both powerful and 100% bio-based.”

Christian Fischer, Georgia-Pacific president and CEO, announced in July he is retiring from the company at the end of October and will work to transition his responsibilities. He joined GP in 1989 and has held numerous leadership roles. He was named president and CEO in 2017. 

Mark Luetters, currently executive vice president of Koch, Inc., overseeing several Koch companies, including Georgia-Pacific, will continue in that role while serving as GP’s president and CEO. Luetters says GP plans to name a new president and CEO during 2026. He joined Koch in 1989 and Georgia-Pacific in 2006 and, among other roles, was executive vice president of GP Building Products for nine years prior to returning to a role in another Koch company in 2018.