Roseburg Forest Products recently published its first verified Environmental Product Declarations, providing standardized and objective information about the lifecycle environmental impact of many of the company’s wood products. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) provide consumers with transparent, product-specific environmental information that has been independently validated. EPDs help purchasers better understand a[Read More…]
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Lumber Demand Remains Strong
The September lumber futures market, a contract of SPF 2×4 #2 and better, found temporary support after months of leading the cash market lower. Sparked by concerns of wildfires in British Columbia and interior provinces, buyers replenished inventories to fulfill pressing needs. Prices rebounded and mills filled orders filed through[Read More…]
Weyerhaeuser President/CEO Retires
Weyerhaeuser Co., a manufacturer of wood products, says that Doyle R. Simons has elected to retire, and its board of directors has appointed Devin W. Stockfish as president and chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2019. Stockfish, currently senior vice president of the company’s Timberlands business, will join the[Read More…]
Lumber Company Earns Six National Safety Awards
The National Safety Council (NSC) announced last month that six Hammond Lumber Company stores in Maine have won the 2018 Industry Leader Award for outstanding safety. The award goes to the top 5 percent of NCS member companies, units, and facilities that have qualified for the Occupational Excellence Achievement Award[Read More…]
GP Building New Softwood Lumber Mill in Georgia
Georgia-Pacific Lumber plans to build a new softwood lumber mill at Dougherty Industrial Park in Albany, Georgia, the company reports. This is GP’s third new softwood lumber mill announcement in 12 months, following investments in Talladega, Alabama, and Warrenton, Georgia. Construction on the $150 million, 320,000 square-foot, facility is scheduled[Read More…]
Industrial Products Leadership Shifts at Roseburg
Jim Buffington, Industrial Products business director for Roseburg Forest Products, has assumed full responsibility for the Industrial Products business, with accountability for the sales, marketing, and manufacturing of the company’s composite and hardwood plywood products, the company reports. Buffington has served as the face of Roseburg’s Industrial Products business in[Read More…]
Students Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Students from M. Agnes Jones Elementary School—the first STEM Certified school in the Atlanta Public Schools district—recently experienced some close encounters with animals and plants at the Chattahoochee Nature Center, located about 25 miles away in the northern suburb of Roswell, Georgia. Trips like this one take these city kids[Read More…]
Roseburg Reorganizes Structural Products Sales Team
Phil Odom has been named business director for structural products at Roseburg Forest Products, the company reports. In his new role, Odom will have commercial responsibility for the structural products businesses, including plywood, lumber and engineered wood products. He joined Roseburg from BlueLinx Corporation in January as business manager for[Read More…]
Universal Forest Products Moves Up on Fortune 1000 List
Universal Forest Products Inc., a holding company that provides capital, management, and administrative resources to subsidiaries that supply wood, wood composite, and other products, has climbed to number 610 on the Fortune 1000, the publication’s list of the largest companies in the United States based on annual revenue, the company[Read More…]
Roseburg Modifies Harvest Plan to Address Neighbor Concerns
Roseburg Resources Co. filed a notice of operations with the Oregon Department of Forestry on May 29 for a planned herbicide application on a 64-acre parcel of Roseburg-owned private timberland that the company plans to harvest in the fall, the company reports. The parcel is located approximately three miles north[Read More…]
