Confor Corporation has completed acquisition of Southern Lumber Company. The acquisition includes a sawmill located in Hermanville, Mississippi which is large log southern yellow pine dimension lumber mill producing predominantly long wide-width lumber.  “With the completion of this acquisition, we …

Now Norbord acquired all of outstanding common shares of Anisworth in an all-share transaction. Similarly, Ainsworth shareholders received 0.1321 of shares of Noprbord for each Anisworth share.   With the completion of the merger, it is expected that the common …

Canadian lumber production companies are struggling to cope with rampant threat of mountain pine beetle that caused less number of productions. Frustrating with the growing problem most companies are relying on sawmills in USA in order to balance production ratio, …

Mahdi Abu-Omar’s high-octane fuel and artificial vanilla flavoring share on thing in common: they both were developed from wastewood.   Leading a team of researchers at Perdue University, Abu Omar, a chemist and chemical engineer, recently developed a new method …

Two new task groups were created by the Wall Interface Council at the AAMA Annual Conference in February.   Sealants and Adhesives Environmental Advocacy Task Group The window and door manufacturing industry, including its material suppliers, has been hard hit …

West Fraser announced that the appointment of the James Gorman AS Vice-President, Corporate and government relation effective from May 19, 2015. Mr. Gorman will join West Fraser after having served as President and Chief Executive Officer at the Council of …

More and more consumers want to maximize the hours they spend outside; extending a kitchen, living or dining room outside is a common practice nowadays. Conestoga existing exterior wood offering includes Teak, Cypress, Thermally-Treated Poplar and Mahogany, and while these …

Diffenbacher has received an order from Martco, LLC, a Roy O Martin subsidiary for a forming and press line as part of Martco’s recently announced OSB plant to be built in Corrigan, Texas. This new plant is the first major …

Georgia-Pacific is going to take over the Rocky Creek small-diameter pine sawmill in Mexia, Alabama, from US-American plywood and OSB manufacturer Roy O. Martin Lumber Management. The takeover terms are to remain undisclosed. According to news released by the companies …

FDM 300, the furniture and cabinet manufacturer, has ended the financial 2014 with a positive note as it has drawn $43.325 billion from the market, that is actually 9.3 percent higher than the 2013 mark, FDM report revealed.   A …