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Columbia Plywood Amends Permit In NC, Hopes To Add AirBurners FireBox

Columbia Plywood Amends Permit In Old Fort, Hopes To Add AirBurners FireBoxThe North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is accepting public comment on a...

Columbia Plywood Amends Permit In NC, Hopes To Add AirBurners FireBox 

Columbia Plywood Amends Permit In Old Fort, Hopes To Add AirBurners FireBox The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is accepting public comment on a...

Hexion Touts Renewable Adhesive

Hexion Touts Renewable AdhesiveHexion, a leader in adhesives, systems, and AI technologies for wood panel manufacturing, announced a partnership with Bloom Biorenewables, a Swiss startup, which has...

GP Transitions Leadership Role

GP Transitions Leadership RoleChristian Fischer, Georgia-Pacific president and CEO, announced in July he is retiring from the company at the end of October and will work to transition his...

Union Pacific Buys Norfolk Southern

Union Pacific Buys Norfolk SouthernUnion Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. announced an agreement to create America’s first transcontinental railroad. The companies will seamlessly connect...

Evergreen Engineering Celebrates 40th Anniversary 

Evergreen Engineering Celebrates 40th Anniversary  Having proudly served the wood products and biomass energy sectors across the U.S. for 40 years, the company celebrated this milestone at...

Forisk Promotes Amanda Lang To President & COO 

Forisk Promotes Amanda Lang To President & COO  Forisk Consulting, a leading provider of forestry industry analytics and research, has announced further growth and updates to its leadership...

Technology Suppliers Brought Their A-Game To Ligna

Technology Suppliers Brought Their A-Game To Ligna More than 1,400 exhibitors from 49 countries participated in the 50th anniversary Ligna held May 26-30 at the Exhibition Grounds in Hannover,...

Kadant Carmanah, Hexion Announce Collaborative Partnership

Kadant Carmanah, Hexion Announce Collaborative PartnershipAs a manufacturer of stranding equipment used in the production of oriented strandboard (OSB) panels, Kadant Carmanah views its...

LP Building Solutions Names Tony Hamill COO

LP Building Solutions Names Tony Hamill COOLP Building Solutions (LP) has announced the appointment of Tony Hamill as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, effective June 30, 2025. “As we...

Tolko Announces Pino Pucci New President/CEO

After 14 years as president and CEO (CEO) of Tolko, and more than 40 years with the company founded by his grandfather Harold, Brad Thorlakson has transitioned to the role of executive chair of the board. Further to this transition, Pino Pucci has assumed the role of president and CEO.

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New Combi-CLL Container

Following the launch of five new models in its 25th anniversary year in 2023, Irish material handling specialist Combilift has announced the launch of the new Combi-CLL (Container Log-Loader), a customer-led solution for the timber industry.

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Smartlam Installs Ledinek Glulam Line

Slovenia-based Ledinek has embarked on a significant expansion across the Atlantic by supplying a new glulam production line to SmartLam North America for SmartLam’s mass timber manufacturing operation in Dothan, Ala.

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Weyerhaeuser Names Brian Chaney To Lead Wood Products

Weyerhaeuser Co. has appointed Brian Chaney as senior vice president of Wood Products. Chaney recently served as vice president of Engineered Wood Products and Innovation for the company, and will take over for Keith O’Rear, who retired June 3 and will serve as a strategic advisor to the company through the end of 2024.

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German Firm Debuts Wooden Turbine Blades

German Firm Debuts Wooden Turbine Blades Wind turbine blade manufacturer Voodin Blade Technology GmbH recently announced the first prototype installation of its 19.3 m wooden wind turbine blades on...

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Third TP&EE Will Be The Largest

Organizers of the third Timber Processing & Energy Expo announced that indoor exhibit space is 98% sold out. Some space remains outside. Hosted by Timber Processing and Panel World magazines,...

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Gepaz, Campbell Lock Horns

Good Earth Power AZ and its former restoration contractor, Campbell Global, have filed lawsuits against each other for alleged breach of contracts concerning work on the 4FRI (Four Forest...

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