Panel World’s May issue spotlights Ore.’s Nordic Veneer, since they can procure logs with the best of them, giving this family-owned operation a leg up on its veneer manufacturing competitors. Also featured is a leader in OSB production, Norbord, which has opened a new OSB mill in Alabama. BC-based Newpro is highlighted for converting a bankrupt strawboard plant into a functioning wood-based particleboard mill.