by Web Editor | Jan 30, 2017 | News
Weyerhaeuser has upgraded its Trus Joist Eastern Parallam PSL beams and columns with a new unique exterior coating. The patent-pending proprietary surface modification technology reduces the rate of moisture absorption during yarding and construction, and delays the effects of UV penetration.
“The new coating is uniformly sprayed on to both the narrow edge and wide face of Eastern Parallam PSL at our manufacturing facility and chemically modifies the outside wood surface of the beam or column,” said Barry Viviano, engineered lumber products regional manager in New England. “The protective surface covering resists thickness swell from exposure to both moisture and UV conditions during construction.”
Manufactured in Buckhannon, W.V., Eastern Parallam PSL is available east of the Mississippi River, and is intended for interior use applications, such as open concept floor plans and great rooms.
From Building-Products.com: https://www.building-products.com/January-2017/Weyerhaeuser-Upgrades-PSL/
by Web Editor | Oct 14, 2016 | News
Real estate investment trust Weyerhaeuser Co. said on Wednesday it was exploring strategic alternatives, including a possible sale, for its timberlands and manufacturing operations in Uruguay.
The Uruguay operations include more than 300,000 acres of timberlands in northeastern and north central Uruguay, a plywood and veneer manufacturing facility, a cogeneration facility and a seedling nursery, the company said.
“This is a strategic revision with various possibilities: one is a sale but another is maintaining operations just as they are today,” the company’s South America Director Alvaro Molinari told Reuters.
Weyerhaeuser has been restructuring its business since it bought Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc in February, combining the two largest owners of timberland in the United States. Since then, Weyerhaeuser has said it would sell its pulp business to International Paper Co. for $2.2 billion and its liquid packaging unit to Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd for about $285 million.
Weyerhaeuser said this month it would sell its North Pacific paper unit to private company One Rock Capital Partners LLC.
From Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/weyerhaeuser-divestiture-idUSL4N1CI4DI
