Recent news reports indicate the Tricon Timber‘s St. Regis, Montana stud mill has been purchased by Idaho Forest Group, one of the largest lumber producers in the U.S. Idaho Forest Group is based in Coeur d’Alene and is a family-owned wood products company, founded in 1981, that grows, harvests, manufactures and distributes wood products. The deal is scheduled to become …
REA JET To Exhibit At Forest Products Machinery And Equipment Expo
It’s May, and June is just weeks away. REA JET is proud to announce we will be exhibiting our industrial coding solutions at the Forest Products Machinery and Equipment Expo in Atlanta June 14-16! Who typically attends this event? Whether your field is engineered wood, lumber manufacturing, forestry/biomass, or treating and paper; company owners, managers, those in sales, and engineering …
Lumber Coding – U.S. & Canada To Litigate Over Softwood Lumber?
Recent news reports claim that Canada is ready to face the U.S. in litigation over the as yet unresolved softwood lumber exports dispute. According to Reuters, Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland had a discussion with industry representatives in Washington and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman last week, and told reporters that talks between the two countries was becoming more complex due …
Marking Lumber – U.S. Lumber Market Sees Glimmer Of Hope
Recent news reports indicate that for the first time since the second half of 2013, U.S. lumber prices are on an overall upward trend. Since the beginning of 2016 prices have increased 32%, believed to be brought on by the increase in housing starts. In North America, wood is the material of choice for home building, and has been for …
Timber Marking – Crack Down On Illegally Harvested Timber Imports
Recently, Department of Homeland Security agents searched the offices of Global Plywood & Lumber Inc., a wood importer based in California suspected of importing illegally harvested timber from the Amazon without proper permits. According to a Reuters article, agents are investigating whether the privately held company violated Peruvian and U.S. law, although no charges had been filed as of June …