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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...

Vaagen Timbers Changes Ownership 

Vaagen Timbers Changes Ownership Russ Vaagen, CEO and founder of cross-laminated timber and glulam producer Vaagen Timbers in Colville, Wash., reports on his podcast Forest to Frame that he and the...

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Roseburg Exits Hardwood Plywood 

Roseburg Exits Hardwood Plywood Roseburg Forest Products announced it has ceased operations at its Dillard hardwood plywood facility and is exiting the hardwood plywood market. The company states...

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FLAMEX Names New President

FLAMEX Inc. announced Tony Thomas as its new President, succeeding Allen Wagoner after 13 years at that post. Thomas has been with the company for almost 32 years and has been serving as Vice President. Ed Pridgen assumes the role as Vice President in addition to his position as MINFOG Product Manager…

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American Securities Acquires Hexion

Hexion Holdings Corp. has entered into an agreement to be acquired by affiliates of American Securities LLC. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2022, following and conditioned upon the closing of the company’s previously announced sale of its epoxy business to Westlake Chemical Corp…

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Roseburg Goes For LVL In SC

Roseburg Goes For LVL In SCOregon-based Roseburg Forest Products will expand its operations in the Southeastern U.S. with construction of a new engineered wood products plant in Chester, SC. “This...

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Settlement Looks Good For Huber

Settlement Looks Good For Huber  Huber Engineered Woods LLC (HEW) reports it has “achieved” a negotiated settlement with Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC in the patent infringement lawsuit...

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