First Ever Virtual World of Wood Deemed a Success by the IWPA
The International Wood Products Association proclaimed its first-ever virtual World of Wood Convention on April 1-3 as a success.
The convention originally was scheduled to...
Better Business: Is Exporting the Way to Grow Your Business This Year?
If you haven’t considered exporting as a way to grow, it may be easier than you think, and there is a lot of potential....
Biomass Market Suffers from Low Gas & Oil Prices, But a Few Bright Spots...
While specific biomass opportunities, such as pellets, remain strong, the overall biomass market remains soft, according to Tim Gammell, editor of the North American...
Markets Beginning to Improve on Michigan Lower Peninsula: Tigercat Machines Help Gentz Forest Products...
MANISTEE, Michigan -- Business hasn't been booming for the forest products industry on Michigan's Lower Peninsula in recent years, but Dave Gentz, owner of...
U.S. Announces Antidumping Duties, Negotiations Continue in Softwood Lumber Fight
The plot thickens in the current trade dispute between the United States and Canada over softwood lumber imports. The International Trade Administration (ITA) recently...
Commerce Department Sets Preliminary Duties on Canadian Softwood Lumber
Lumber Dispute: U.S. officials issue preliminary ruling on Canadian softwood lumber countervailing duty petition.
It came as no surprise that the U.S. Department of Commerce...
The Financial Crisis and the Wood Products Industry
Financial Crisis – Impact on the Wood Products Industry; How We Should Respond
The financial crisis that started in August 2007 has been a long...
Where Does the U.S. Stand in the Global Market?
Analyst Discusses Changes in the Global Forest Products Industry
Customers and competitors alike used to be just a short drive away. All business was local....
Imports Overtake Forest Products Exports
Survey Reveals Wide Impact of Globalization and Companies Responding, Adapting
(Editor’s Note: The following article first appeared in Center Focus, the newsletter of the Virginia...
Sawing for Grade Increases Value
Sawmill and Treating Insights
How to produce the most value from a hardwood log is always an interesting topic of discussion at trade shows and...