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John King Chains Celebrates 100th Year

Combilift Fundraiser For UNICEF Has Lots Of WinnersJohn King Chains Group is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2026. Established in Leeds, England in 1926, the enterprise began by producing...

Combilift Fundraiser For UNICEF Has Lots Of Winners

Combilift Fundraiser For UNICEF Has Lots Of Winners   The Combilift Fundraiser in support of UNICEF has officially come to an end. Total tickets purchased, for a chance to win the 100,000th...

Weyco Wood Fiber Will Feed Aymium Biocarbon

Weyco Wood Fiber Will Feed Aymium BiocarbonWeyerhaeuser Co. and Aymium entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to partner to produce and sell 1.5 million tons of sustainable biocarbon annually...

Webster Industries Purchases Renold

Webster Industries Purchases RenoldMPE Partners along with its portfolio company, Webster Industries, announced the closing of its acquisition of Renold plc, a leading designer, engineer,...

Arclin To Acquire Willamette Valley Co. 

Arclin To Acquire Willamette Valley Co.Arclin, a leading material science company, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Willamette Valley Co. (“WVCO”), a manufacturer and...

Sunds Fibertech Opens U.S. Office

Sunds Fibertech Opens U.S. OfficeSunds Fibertech is taking a major step in its growth journey by opening its first U.S. office in Atlanta, Ga., strengthening its global footprint and commitment to...

American Wood Council Elects New Chairman

American Wood Council Elects New ChairmanAmerican Wood Council (AWC) announced the election of West Fraser President and CEO Sean McLaren as the new Board Chair for a two-year term. McLaren will be...

Boise Cascade Announces CEO Transition, Taps COO Jeff Strom

Boise Cascade Announces CEO Transition, Taps COO Jeff StromBoise Cascade announced that CEO Nate Jorgensen plans to retire effective March 2, 2026, to be succeeded by current COO Jeff Strom....

GP Clarendon Donates $5,000 To Central Carolina Technical College

GP Clarendon Donates $5,000 To Central Carolina Technical CollegeGeorgia-Pacific’s Clarendon OSB Facility recently donated $5,000 to Central Carolina Technical College’s (CCTC) Foundation in...

Roseburg Closes Weed Veneer Mill

Roseburg Closes Weed Veneer MillRoseburg Forest Products has recently announced the closure of its veneer plant in Weed, Calif. The company is focusing on veneer production at its Oregon mills,...

CalPlant I Regroups, Sale Is Possible

CalPlant I, LLC, which took 25 years to develop and build a rice straw-based medium density fiberboard plant and produce its first board late last year in Willows, Calif., has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and intends to conduct a court-supervised sale process…

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NewLife Gains Full Production

NewLife Forest Restoration has ramped up production at its new engineered wood products plant in Bellemont, Ariz., while also increasing forest restoration work in service of its 4 Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) Phase 1 Forest Service stewardship contract that seeks to thin and treat more than 300,000 acres at risk of…

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Labor, Materials Issues Cause Project Delays

The same labor availability issues that have plagued forest products manufacturers since the COVID pandemic began are also plaguing builders as the economy seeks to rebound. According to a survey of more than 2,000 construction companies, both hourly and salaried employees are…

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Roseburg To Shut Down Dillard P’board

Roseburg Forest Products (RFP) announced on August 25 that it will shut down its particleboard plant in Dillard, Ore. The plant has been in operation since 1965, and will continue running as the plant prepares for shut down in the next 60 days…

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Producers Announce Personnel Changes

PotlatchDeltic Corp. has appointed Ashlee Cribb as Vice President, Wood Products. She succeeds Tom Temple, who is retiring in October after serving in this role since 2009. “We are thrilled to welcome Ashlee,” comments Eric Cremers, PotlatchDeltic…

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Arboreal Plans CLT Facility In Uruguay

Equipment and technology supplier Ledinek reports it has been selected to supply a CLT line for a new venture, Arboreal, in Tacuarembó, Uruguay. In March 2021, businessman Mark Crandall from the United States and Matías Abergo, CEO of…

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