The American Wood Council (AWC) completed testing of connections used in recent full-scale tests of cross-laminated timber (CLT) diaphragm. The latest test results indicated that the connections performed better than expected, resulting in higher than expected shear capacities of the …
The United States’ WoodWorks Wood Products Council welcomes Bart Bender, Senior Vice President (VP), Sales and Marketing at Interfor, as the newly elected Chair to the programme for a two-year term beginning in 2021, and Keith O’Rear, Senior VP, Wood …
Roseburg Forest Products is pleased to announce that Jake Elston will join the company as Senior Vice President of Operations on Feb 18, 2019. In his new role, Elston will be responsible for all Roseburg manufacturing operations, including both industrial …
The latest WOOD MARKETS annual survey of the “Top 40” Canadian and U.S. softwood lumber producers featured steady production growth in 2016 due to the cooperation of a strong U.S. market, plus growth in China. Amid an absence of any …
President of Canfor Southern Pine Fred Stimpson has been elected to the American Wood Council (AWC) board to complete the two-year term of Aubra Anthony who recently retired from Anthony Forest Products. Stimpson joined Canfor in 2013 and was …
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 …
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 …
Interfor Corporation has entered the niche premium board market with the launch of its new top-of-the line Reserve Pine products, turning its Gilchrist Mill in Oregon into a world-class specialty mill. “We have invested millions of dollars to equip our …
