David Smith Serves As CPA Chairman, ’21 Board Announced

Composite Panel Assn.’s 2021 Board of Directors leadership team includes David Smith of Timber Products Co. as 2021 CPA Board Chairman with Steve Carroll of Arauco North America as Vice Chairman and Dan Beaty of Langboard as Secretary/Treasurer. Pat Aldred of GP Wood Products completed his term as CPA Chairman at the end of 2020 and now serves as Immediate Past Chairman.

Ashlee Cribb of Roseburg and Erik Christensen of Swiss Krono are members of CPA’s Executive Committee. Cribb replaced Jim Buffington who retired from Roseburg at the end of 2020.

LP To Curtail OSB Production In Texas

LP Building Solutions (LP) will indefinitely curtail oriented strandboard (OSB) production at its Jasper, Tex. facility beginning in October 2026 in response to soft demand. The Jasper facility has an annual production capacity of approximately…

Forest Products Society Honors 2026 Annual Excellence Award Winners

The Forest Products Society (FPS) honored outstanding leaders, researchers and emerging professionals in the forest products industry during its 2026 Annual Excellence Awards, presented July 16 at the FPS International Conference Banquet at The Graduate…

Auburn, U.S. Air Force Developing Mass Timber Military Housing Prototypes

Auburn University engineers are working with the U.S. Air Force to redesign deployable military housing using mass timber, with the goal of creating temporary barracks-style structures that can be assembled faster and perform better in…

NHLA Applauds U.S. Trade Ruling on Hardwood Plywood Imports From China, Indonesia and Vietnam

The National Hardwood Lumber Assn. (NHLA) is applauding a U.S. International Trade Commission ruling that clears the way for new trade duties on hardwood and decorative plywood imported from China, Indonesia and Vietnam. On August…

Wisewoods Adds Second Dieffenbacher Z-Sifter In Thailand

Wisewoods Co. Ltd. has commissioned a second Dieffenbacher Z-Sifter with Dryer Discharge Conveyor (DDC) for optimized material feeding at its medium-density fiberboard (MDF) site in Khao Yoi, Thailand, replacing two conventional sifters in an existing…

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