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Timberlab Holdings, Inc., owner of Timberlab, Inc., a leading national provider of holistic mass timber systems, and Diversified Wood Resources, LLC, doing business as American Laminators, an Oregon-based glue-laminated timber (glulam) manu ... [more...]
North American new orders for tropical hardwoods have experienced a modest slowdown, but the demand for other hardwoods remains robust especially in high-end projects and exterior applications, according to Fastsmarkets’ Hardwood Market Report ... [more...]
U.S. sawmills in February produced 2.829 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber, a decrease of 5.0% from February 2022, and down 7.5% compared with January 2023’s 3.058 bbf, according to the Western Wood Products Assn.’s Lumber Track report for February, dated May 11.
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According to a new report the North American furniture market is projected to grow this decade from $249.4 billion in 2020 to $400.07 billion by 2030, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4 ... [more...]
Over the past month, there has been a significant surge in lumber prices, influenced in part by the uncertainties caused by wildfires in Canada.
Additionally, the robust growth in U.S. housing starts has further amplified the demand for lumber. As a result, cash prices have soared by ... [more...]
North American lumber prices are down 28% in 3 weeks as the housing market cools.
In Chicago, lumber futures dropped below $1,000 per 1,000 board feet for a sixth straight time, which is the longest slump since January and the biggest weekly ... [more...]
North American lumber prices have risen to a seven-month high as the lingering effects of flooding in Western Canada disrupt supplies and shipments ... [more...]
North American lumber prices are have continued to rise mainly since Russia has invaded Ukraine. Since Vladimir Putin oredered troops to enter Ukraine, price have increased by 14% up to $1,452, putting them just 15% below their all-time pea ... [more...]
South American wood-based material producers are among the longest standing and most active Siempelkamp customers.
In order to provide plant operators with even more targeted support in future projects, the company has reorganized and e ... [more...]
According to the Federal Reserve Board, North American softwood sawmill capacity is at its greatest level since the Great Recession. Capacity increased by 1 ... [more...]
As market conditions stabilized, some North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber prices fell further, others were flat, and still others actually rose somewhat ... [more...]
North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber prices did correct down a bit more last week; however, demand remained quite strong for the time of year while supply was still quite constrained ... [more...]
. Thanksgiving is the end of the end for North American building and construction projects.”
The Eastern S-P-F panel market was nonsensical last week according to distributors ... [more...]
American Construction Source (ACS) announced the acquisition of Weaver Lumber. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Weaver will continue to operate under its existing local brand name of Weaver Lumber ... [more...]
US lumber futures rose the most in more than a year on concerns that wildfires in western Canada will reduce supply and spur more curtailments at sawmills. Lumber futures jumped more than 7% in Chicago at the end of July.
Rail transportation in British Columbia has been hindered since ... [more...]
The American Hardwood Export Council has released data showing that total exports of US hardwood lumber to India reached a value of US$1.822 million for a volume of around 3,200 cubic metres during the first three quarters of 2019, with red oak saw ... [more...]
Building material prices have increased 19.4% over the past 12 months and 13% year to date, according to the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reports that prices paid for goods ... [more...]
Recently, producer and wholesaler dimension softwood lumber prices across North America dropped, as expected for this time of year. However, US housing starts data for September 2020 is incredibly strong, so the expectation is that — given ongoing very high demand — asking prices wi ... [more...]
There was more confusion in the North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber market last week as prices of most home building solid wood commodity items stayed flat, except Eastern S-P-F which did correct down somewhat ... [more...]
The construction industry in North America is reeling from solid wood construction framing building material prices that continue to soar. It is a frustrating situation for sawmills as supply remains well below extremely hot, indeed unabated, demand. If anything, it looks like the home b ... [more...]
Forisk Consulting, a leader in North American forest industry and timber market research, has acquired the North American Wood Fiber Review from Wood Resources International of Bothell, Washington ... [more...]
What goes up must come down,” as the saying goes. Particularly when talking about markets. After holding firm for four weeks while most other species’ prices fell, the price of benchmark construction framing dimension softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr fe ... [more...]
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Demand for Canadian Western S-P-F lumber continued to pour in from all over North America last week before being marginally dampened by U.S. customers stepping away from the market on Thursday for American Thanksgiving ... [more...]
Most standard construction framing dimension softwood lumber commodities could level off or even start dropping, and that’s exactly what has happened. Players and industry insiders say that supply is improving as sawmills are able to get more lumber production online, just as the usual seas ... [more...]
Boise Cascade will acquire American Lumber Distributors and Brokers, Inc., headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. American Lumber is a wholesale distributor of lumber as well as plywood, oriented strand boa ... [more...]
