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Roseburg Personnel Changes At Dillard Lumber, Medford MDF, Riddle Plywood
Roseburg Personnel Changes At Dillard Lumber, Medford MDF, Riddle PlywoodRoseburg Forest Products has made key personnel decisions at three of its wood processing facilities in Oregon. Kendrick...
New OSB Project In Alabama Gains Permitting
New OSB Project In Alabama Gains PermittingPeak Renewables U.S. Inc. has received required permitting for the construction and operation of a greenfield 650MMSF oriented strandboard plant in...
Loan Program Aims For Wood Processing Facilities To Help Reduce Wildfire Threats
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack has unveiled a new program to support American wood processing facilities.U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack has...
Freres Fire Response Lawsuit Dismissed
Freres Fire Response Lawsuit Dismissed A federal judge has ruled against Freres Lumber Co. and subsidiary Freres Timber of Lyons, Ore., dismissing the company’s lawsuit against the U.S. Forest...
McClure Steps Down From Altec
McClure Steps Down From AltecAfter a remarkable 50-year career, Allan McClure has stepped down from his role as General Manager of Altec Manufacturing, effective December 31, 2024. “Those familiar...
Arauco Plans MDF to OSB Conversion
Arauco Plans MDF to OSB ConversionChile-based Celulosa Arauco y Constitución S.A. (Arauco) has selected Dieffenbacher to supply an OSB plant to replace an existing MDF line at its Trupan site in...
LP Goes With Biele For Manitoba Shake Line
Louisiana Pacific and Biele Group have successfully implemented their first project—a shake profile production line in Swan Valley, Manitoba, Canada. This investment is part of the company’s expansion plans for siding products within their LP SmartSide…
Raute Appoints New President/CEO
Raute Corp.’s Board of Directors has appointed Mika Saariaho as the new President and CEO beginning in late November. He will join Raute from Metso Outotec Corp. where he holds the position of Senior Vice President. Saariaho succeeds Tapani Kiiski who left…
Bakelite Synthetics Completes GP Chemicals Purchase
Bakelite Synthetics has completed the previously announced acquisition of Georgia-Pacific’s chemicals business (Georgia-Pacific Chemicals). With this acquisition, and after more than 100 years…
Online TP&EE Registration Is Free
Organizers of the 2018 Timber Processing & Energy Expo (TP&EE) announce that free online registration is now open for the big machinery event to be held October 17-19 at the Portland...
Oregon Judge Rules Immunity No Defense
An Oregon district judge has refused to dismiss a 2016 lawsuit filed by counties with state forests within their borders that claimed state officials have refused to maximize timber revenues from...
Hardwood Plywood Gains Relief
Hardwood Plywood Gains ReliefUnited States International Trade Commission (USITC) has determined that the U.S. hardwood plywood industry is materially injured by reason of imports of hardwood...
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