Industry News
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Neiman to Permanently Close its South Dakota Sawmill Due to Lack of Timber
Neiman Enterprises, a forest products company, will permanently close its sawmill in Hill City South Dakota, laying off 120 workers. According to Neiman, the sawmill, known as Rushmore Forest...
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Pleasant River Lumber Acquires Manufacturing, Expands Its Retail Operations
Pleasant River Lumber acquired Ware-Butler Inc., a five-unit Maine dealer, late last year. This summer, Ware-Butler Inc. will open a new location in Greenville, Maine. Ware-Butler will open in...
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Westervelt Lumber Finished Construction Of Their New SYP Milling Facility
The first load of lumber purchased by Great Southern Wood Preserving was celebrated as it left Westervelt Lumber’s Thomasville, Alabama new milling facility on March 5. The Thomasville plant...
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Roseburg now offers SFI Certification on Products Made in Oregon & California
Roseburg (Springfield OR) is pleased to announce the addition of Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) certification for select products manufactured in Oregon and California. Grady Mulbery, President and CEO of...
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Neiman Restarts Operations at Gilchrist Mill
As it restarts Gilchrist Forest Products in Gilchrist Oregon, Neiman Enterprises is also improving its systems. Neiman recently purchased this mill from Interfor, with plans to revitalize the site...
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The Wood Industry Resource Collaborative Launches Campaign to Attract Talent
The Wood Industry Resource Collaborative introduced a new campaign to increase awareness about careers in the industry. It is called “You Wood” and it aims to communicate wood industry...
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Interfor Corp Buying South Carolinian Mill
Interfor Corp. (Vancouver BC) has agreed to purchase WestRock Co.’s sawmill situated in Summerville, South Carolina for $59 million. The mill made 125 million bd. ft. of lumber the...
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Nation’s Best Buys New Mexico Indie
Nation’s Best (Dallas TX), has acquired fellow Do it Best member BTU Do it Center in Las Vegas NM. “We are honored to count BTU Do it Center among...
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Westlake Ace to Add Branches in Washington
Westlake Ace will purchase Town Center Hardware in Kirkland and Lake Forest Park WA. After the finalization of the deal, Westlake Ace will now have eight retail hardware locations...
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New Good Earth Power Milling Facility to Open in Arizona
Good Earth Power AZ through NewLife Forest Products, bought a 425,000-sq. ft. industrial manufacturing center in Bellemont AZ. The company is converting it into a 35-acre sawmill. The facility...
