SouthernCarlson Inc., a distributor of fastening and packaging products, has added Nebraska-based Tighton Tools and Fasteners, the company reports. The acquisition was finalized on September 1, 2017, expanding the organization’s Midwest footprint and service capabilities. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Like SouthernCarlson, Tighton shares the same core[Read More…]
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Weyerhaeuser Names Stockfish Senior Vice President, Timberlands
Weyerhaeuser, one of the world’s largest private owners of timberlands and manufacturer of wood products, has appointed Devin Stockfish as senior vice president, Timberlands, the company reports. The change will take effect Jan. 1, 2018. Stockfish will replace Rhonda Hunter, who has elected to retire after 30 years with the[Read More…]
Roseburg Acquires Timberland in Southeastern U.S.
Roseburg has acquired approximately 158,000 acres of investment-grade timberland in the southeastern United States from Forest Investment Associates (FIA), a timberland investment management organization, the company reports. The timberland is located around Roanoke Rapids, largely within the coastal region of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, and has a strong history[Read More…]
Swedish Wood Increasingly Global
Global demand for Swedish wood is constantly rising. In the first half of 2017, Södra, a forest owner association and international forestry group based in Sweden, says it delivered sawn timber to 38 counties, representing more than a 100 percent increase in geographic markets since 2005. More and more[Read More…]
Roseburg Forest Products to Build New Engineered Wood Plant
Oregon-based Roseburg Forest Products will expand its operations in the Southeastern United States with construction of a new engineered wood products plant in Chester, South Carolina, the company reports. “This is an exciting strategic growth opportunity in a business that has done well for us,” Roseburg President and CEO Grady[Read More…]
Roseburg Forest Products Announces Personnel Moves
August was busy in terms of personnel moves at Roseburg Forest Products. Two long-term employees retired, and the company made executive-level moves on the legal side of the company and in business development. Hess and Pittman Retire Karen Hess and Gary Pittman have retired from Roseburg, the company reports.[Read More…]
