The International Wood Symposium will be held at January 29, 2015 at Vancouver Convention Centre. This international wood symposium has value, quality and efficiency that takes the design and construction into the next level. The 2015 International Wood Symposium is …
Sawlog prices fell worldwide in the 3Qwith the biggest declines seen in Europe, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI), an index based on sawlog prices in 20 key regions around the world, fell 4.6% in the …
Norbord Inc. and Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. has recently announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which they will merge to create a leading global wood products company focused on oriented strand board (“OSB”) across North America, Europe …
The American Wood Council has announced the election of Sierra Pacific President George Emmerson as the new AWC chairman for a one-year term. Tom Corrick, executive vice president of Boise Cascade Wood Products, was elected the First Vice-Chairman and Andrew …
With more than 3,000 exhibitors from 50 countries participating Montreal Wood Convention to be held from February 17 to February 19, 2015, the exhibition will be even more important than in 2014. The organizing committee includes members of the …
Weyerhaeuser Company has recently announced the appointments of Cathy Slater as senior vice president, Cellulose Fibers, and Adrian Blocker as senior vice president, Wood Products. Both changes are effective Jan. 1, 2015. Slater, who currently leads the company’s Engineered …
Columbia Forest Products has been named a winner of the FSC Leadership Award in the Forest Stewardship Council US’s Conservation Champions for 2014. The award was presented to Columbia Forest Products at an event held on October 23, 2014 at …
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 …
Tembec has recently announced the closing of the sale of approximately 31,800 hectares of land located within the Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia, to Jemi Fibre Corp. (“Jemi”), which sale was previously announced on April 25, 2014. Total …
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (TSX: ANS) (the “Corporation”) announces the results from its 2014 annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) held on August 12, 2014. All of the eight nominees listed in the Corporation’s Management Proxy Circular dated July …
