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Canfor Subsidiary, Vida Group, Completes Purchase of Strategic Assets
Originally announced on June 17th 2020, Canfor Corporation reported on Tuesday (9/1) that its 70%-owned subsidiary, Vida Group, has completed the purchase of three sawmills located in Sweden from Bergs Timber.
Electrical Fire Temporarily Reduces Production Capacity at Montrose Forest Products Facility
An electrical fire, late Friday night, in the de-barker area of the Montrose Forest Products facility in Montrose, Colorado, has the mill temporarily operating at a reduced capacity.
The Perfect Storm has led to Lumber, Panel and Building Materials Cost Skyrocketing
John Gunkelman is the owner of Fargo’s Dakota Construction and is the immediate past president of the Home Builders Association of Fargo-Moorhead. Gunkleman sums up the current spike in lumber, panels and building materials in just ten words, “The numbers are just kind of going through the roof.”
Domtar Receives FSC Approval on Northwest Ontario Forestland
Domtar is reporting that during the week of July 13th, that they had successfully completed a surveillance audit, under the new Forest Stewardship Council’s National Standards for Canada, on the Wabigoon Forest, located in Northwest Ontario.
Builders FirstSource, Inc. and BMC Stock Holdings Announce Mega Merger
Builders FirstSource, Inc. and BMC Stock Holdings, Inc., today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Builders FirstSource and BMC will combine in an all-stock merger transaction to create the nation’s premier supplier of building materials and services with over $11 billion in annual sales.
Hurricane Laura Will Disrupt Gulf Coast Forest Products Industry
Nearly 50 forest product mills in the path of Hurricane Laura.
Flavelle Sawmill Located in Port Moody B.C., Scheduled to Close in Late October
The AP Group of Companies, the owner of the Flavelle sawmill, located in Port Moody, B.C., has announced their intention to cease operations at the mill in late Octobre. There has been a continuous forestry operation at the waterfront site since 1905.
Weston Forest to Purchase Monterra Lumber Mills Ltd.
Weston Forest, one of North America’s leading full service distributors and remanufactures of softwood and hardwood lumber and specialty products, located in Mississauga Ontario, has announced an agreement to purchase Bolton, Ontario-based Monterra Lumber Mills Ltd.
Austrian binderholz Group Purchases Assets of Klausner Lumber One LLC, in Live Oak Florida
In a virtual auction held on Friday, August 21st, 2020, The Austrian binderholz Group, was able to purchase and secure all of the assets of Klausner Lumber One LLC., based in Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida.