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Abstract With the monetary exchange for hardwood trees and logs changing from log-scale board feet to tons, it is important that bulk density values (also called scaling factors) be developed [...]

A FLURRY OF LAWSUITS INVOLVING Curt Bean Lumber Co. of Glenwood, once one of the largest independently owned Southern pine manufacturers in the country, has revealed a bitter family fight. [...]

Abstract Increasing populations and sprawling metropolitan areas are encouraging the subdivision (parcelization) of privately owned forested tracts. Major landownership changes, led by a realignment of the forest products industry land [...]

Lumber and building materials (LBM) contractors should understand that while they need to manage account receivables and delinquent accounts, they have to make sure that dealers should also be allowed to keep credit to be able to survive the recession. How LBM contractors can balance account management tactics is examined.

Abstract Ideally, sawmill production results in lumber with edges that are parallel to each other and ends that are rectangular and in line with each other. However, abnormalities in the [...]

POISONED PLAYGROUNDS are the stuff of media headlines. Regardless of what the scientists might say, criticism of CCA-treated timber and the industry behind it has been relentless in recent months. [...]

A well-run and successful timber industry allows this country to maintain its native trees while reaping the benefits of the ones that it plants. Mention South Africa's wealth of natural […]

TODAY THE operation, MJ Fraser Logging, has grown to consist of three highly mechanised ground-based crews, a full stem-based crew, and a hauler crew in which Fraser has a half [...]

WILLIAM T. SIMPSON (*) ABSTRACT Published information on estimated air-drying times of lumber is of limited usefulness because it is restricted to a specific location or to the time of [...]

All of the regional Native corporations are turning profits, most by diversifying and many of those by investing in Outside interests. Kristina Prentice is facing a bright future. The 27-year-old […]

That darn Alaskan timber industry - it just won't go away. Despite massive cuts in the wood supply, the loss of the two major industrial facilities and countless smaller downsizings, […]

ABM: Could you tell us about yourself, what you did before becoming CEO of Sealaska Corporation? Loescher: I graduated from Ft. Lewis College at Durango, Colo. with a bachelor of […]

One side makes LVL I-joist flanges, the other coats and configures panels into cabinets parts. Both are high-tech, fast and keen on quality Common interests--the need for new plant space [...]

From less than 2% of the existing residential siding market, fiber cement is predicted to grow to one-third of the market of this segments of thee siding industry. Thanks to [...]

As it celebrates its 50th year in business, Huntington Park, CA-based Saroyan Lumber Co.'s focus is on its future in millwork. Saroyan Lumber Co. was a well-established, family-run company buying [...]

UK timber supplier Henry Venables has enjoyed new growth since the 1980s thanks to the modernisation and reorganisation programme implemented under managing director Chuck Venables. The firm has supplied timber since 1855 and is still a family-managed company. However, in recent years it has diversified into the design and production of high-quality architectural joinery. The firm has been involved in large restoration projects such as that of Windsor Castle and St Paul's Cathedral, and seeks to become involved in projects at the concept stage if possible.

Canada's largest plywood plant offers daily proof that plywood is far from dead--despite some preliminary 'obituaries' spurred by the explosive growth of oriented strand board. Riverside Forest Products' plymill in [...]

MacMillan Bloedel, the largest forest products manufacturer in Canada, is predicted to be one of the dominant players in the medium density fiberboard (MDF) market by the end of 1998. From zero presence in the market in 1996, MacMillan Bloedel is expected to produce 135 million board feet annually by the end of 1997. This phenomenal production growth is predicted to further rise to more than 230 million board feet by the end of 1998. The company invested $120 million in a 300,000 sq. ft. MDF plant in Clarion, PA. It produced its first MDF panel on Nov 20, 1996, under the 'Northern Gold' brand.

It hasn't been easy, but a few entrepreneurs are trying to overcome environmental objections and supply problems to create an Interior timber industry. Sawmill operator Al Pagh has been logging […]

Like a hurricane infused by tropical moisture, the wood-based panel industry continues to build energy throughout major producing regions of the world. Plant capacity is surging. Cautious optimism abounds that [...]

Over the past decade, Medite of Europe Ltd. has brought many new, special grades of medium-density fiberboard to market. It has now rounded out its product mix with thin MDF [...]

When a company spends $100 million or so in six years, the results show. Plum Creek Timber Co. didn't invest all of its capital-improvement funds in the four sawmills and [...]

From logging to salmon ham, this village corporation is building its future by creating new jobs. Profitability and the creation of jobs are the goals of Kake Tribal Corp., an [...]

The business start-up is the Cinderella of corporate finance. To Malcolm Graham, that description must seem like an insult to Cinderella. As Graham discovered in a five-year odyssey in search […]

Ochoco Lumber takes a calculated risk to protect its raw materials and expand internationally While three other sawmills in town struggled, gasped and died over the last decade, Ochoco Lumber [...]

By 9 a.m. Steve Loken is already sweating. In the last ten minutes he's been paged four times and called twice. Just another day at South Wall Builders. Since its [...]

When you go looking for the transition within the Oregon timber industry, it is often hard to find. But timber companies big and small are making changes to deal with [...]

Abstract Monitoring the moisture content of lumber is an important part of the manufacturing process. Lumber that is too wet or too dry will have a lower value than properly [...]

Key pointers that can be used by lumber and building materials firms in managing their financial reports are suggested. Tips include those that can be used in preparing balance sheets, cash flow report, and the income statement. Financial experts also discuss the significance of each financial report.

Oregon's timber industry will survive--and some operators may even thrive--in the 1990s. But survivors will need to be huge and integrated, or small enough to find a profitable niche and [...]

New Uncoated Free-Sheet Capacity Starts Up at Boise's I-Falls Mill International Falls, Minn., mill project includes new 380-in. machine, pulp mill, and finishing area expansion Boise Cascade Corp.'s completion of [...]

A Management Information System (MIS) is a Profitable way of dealing with data about past, present and future operations. It offers innumerable benefits in lumber drying Are you overwhelmed by [...]

Concentrate resources where required THE ADVANTAGE of vertical integration in the pulp and paper industry has been praised for years. The premise has been that to maximize profit in the [...]