The American Wood Council 2015 “National Design Specification® (NDS®) for Wood Construction” and “Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic” (SDPWS) standards have been approved as American National Standards by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Both standards are referenced …

The Building Systems Councils (BSC) and the Log and Timber Homes Council of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) presented the 2015 Jerry Rouleau Awards for Excellence in Marketing and Home Design to BSC members who demonstrated high achievement …

The most recent analysis of CAM software seats produced by CIMdata, Inc. shows that CNC Software’s Mastercam@reg; is once again the world’s most widely-used CAM software for the 20th straight year. With over 200,000 installed seats worldwide, Mastercam has nearly …

Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. has recently announced third quarter earnings of $61 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, on revenues of $375 million. Third quarter earnings include a $3 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, after-tax gain from insurance …

In recognition of National Forest Products Week (October 19 – 25), the American Wood Council (AWC) has released a statement about the sustainable benefits of wood materials and its important role in the U.S. economy. Currently, forest products support more …

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) calls on the federal government to respond to the trade action China has taken on Canada’s forest products industry.   China imposed preliminary duties on imports of dissolving pulp from Canada of 13 …

Laramie Pine is a new rustic decor from Schattdecor that was shown in August at IWF in Atlanta. It was shown in a light warm gray color that we call “Jasmine Rice” and is one of the colors that is …

Drytac will introduce the next generation of JetMounter roller laminators at this year’s SGIA Expo, held October 22-24 in Las Vegas. The JetMounter™ Fuzion XD is a heavy-duty wide format roller laminator with a durable metal construction, specifically designed with …

Including two new orders from Turkish wood-based material manufacturers, Siempelkamp has sold ten wood-based material production plants in 2014 to date. With this result, the machine builder has already reached the total number of orders received during the previous business …

A recent study from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) revealed significant regional differences in new single-family home characteristics, ranging from price, design features, building materials and even financing. The new findings come from analysis of the 2013 Census …