Pandemic Spurs Pennsylvania Hardwood Producer into Market for Dried Lumber
By Carolee Anita Boyles, Contributing Author PEACH BOTTOM, Pennsylvania –The COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges to many businesses. Companies were forced to modify goals and business strategies in response to the pandemic’s impact on markets. However, sometimes...
Moisture Data Analysis and Quality Control In Your Primary Lumber Operation
The primary lumber industry has become increasingly competitive and will continue to be so in the future. As mills throughout North America and the world realize that cutting unit costs of production is critical to future profitability, the progressive primary forest...
Tennessee Company Makes Good Use of Wood Salvaged from Old Buildings
ELIZABETHTON, Tennessee – If you use reclaimed lumber in a home improvement project, that lumber should be kiln dried. Take it from Joe Winfrey, whose company, Atlantic Reclaimed Lumber, is one of the leading processors and suppliers of lumber that is reclaimed and...
iDRY Kilns Remove Bottlenecks for Small Businesses, Add Value
ROUGEMONT, North Carolina – Avery Earwood makes custom furniture using wood from trees that are removed in urban neighborhoods. He saws the logs with a Tru-Cut portable band sawmill and finishes slab with a Wood-Mizer MB200 Slab Flattening Mill. However, some of the...