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PELICE 2026 in Atlanta: Industry Leaders, Big Investments, And A Clear Path Forward

PELICE 2026 in Atlanta: Industry Leaders, Big Investments, And A Clear Path ForwardThe 10th Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) lived up to its reputation as...

Gresham House To Acquire Majority Interest In Molpus Woodlands Group

Gresham House To Acquire Majority Interest In Molpus Woodlands GroupGresham House, a specialist alternative asset manager, has announced an agreement to acquire a majority interest in...

USDA Finalizes National Environmental Policy Act Reform

USDA Finalizes National Environmental Policy Act ReformThe U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins has announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finalized a rule modernizing...

Rayonier Will Stay Rayonier 

Rayonier Will Stay Rayonier Rayonier will maintain the Rayonier name after a thorough review of alternatives following its recent merger of equals with PotlatchDeltic, while also introducing a new...

Forest Service Headquarters Moving To Salt Lake City

Forest Service Headquarters Moving To Salt Lake CityThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service (FS) has announced it will move its headquarters to Salt Lake City, Ut., and begin a...

U.S. Endowment Launches $5 Million Funding Opportunity

U.S. Endowment Launches $5 Million Funding OpportunityThe U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities has announced a $5 million funding opportunity to connect underutilized wood fiber with new...

Spearhead Announces New Glulam Plant

Spearhead Announces New Glulam PlantSpearhead, a Nelson, BC-based family-owned timber fabricator, is investing $60 million in a new production facility housing a specialized glulam manufacturing...

Ashlee Cribb To Lead Gorman Group

Ashlee Cribb To Lead Gorman GroupFollowing the announcement from current CEO Nick Arkle of his intent to retire more than a year ago, the Board and ownership group of Gorman Group has named Ashlee...

Rayonier Announces Wood Products Leadership Transition

Rayonier Announces Wood Products Leadership Transition  Rayonier Inc. has announced that Ashlee Townsend Cribb has resigned as Executive Vice President, Wood Products to accept a CEO opportunity...

Vecoplan AG Announces New CEO

Vecoplan AG Announces New CEO Following Eric Jaschke's appointment to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in December 2025, Vecoplan AG has also strengthened its Executive Board leadership with Dr. Ralf...

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 plain...

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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,...

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China’s BFP Orders Fine OSB Plant

Chinese wood-based panel producer, A Beautiful Family Plate Making Co. Ltd. (BFP), has contracted with Dieffenbacher for a complete Fine OSB plant in Guangxi, China. Installation of BFP’s new plant is scheduled for the second quarter of 2023. The first board is expected to be produced in fall 2023…

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Egger Gets Going On P’Board Plant

Egger Gets Going On P’Board Plant  Egger reported in mid-November it has started construction on its first U.S. manufacturing plant. Construction of the particleboard plant in Lexington, NC...

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Arauco-Grayling Is Paving The Way

As of the end of August, Arauco reported 1,526,355 total project hours completed since April 2017 at its particleboard plant under construction in Grayling, Mich. The company also reported the use...

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Katerra Plans Components Factory

Katerra Plans Components FactoryKaterra, a technology company that claims it is redefining the construction industry, announced plans to open a new advanced manufacturing factory in Tracy,...

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