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A proposed AU$42 million export facility for woodchips in southern Tasmania is the missing link in the rebuilding of the sector, the forest industry has said. Southwood Fibre has lodged a development application with the Huon Valley Council for the facility at Strathblane, near Dover, which could create 145 jobs. Currently bulk wood products from[…]

A new wood fibre processing facility in southern Tasmania will inject much needed investment, enhance industry efficiency, and create sustainable long-term job opportunities, states CEO of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Mr Ross Hampton. “AFPA is pleased to back Neville-Smith Forest Products’ announcement of the creation of the new Southwood Fibre forest products export[…]

The new John Deere Worldwide Parts Services Regional Distribution Center (RDC) is officially open in south Florida. The 115,000 square foot facility in Miami will serve all Latin America countries, except Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, which currently have in-country RDC locations. The distribution center provides timely and efficient delivery of more than 38,000 service parts[…]

A two-day, in-depth training on The Pallet Design System™ software engineering program led by Dr. Brad Gething, NWPCA Director of Science & Technology, and Dr. Laszlo Horvath, Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech. The course will start at 8am both days and finish around 5pm. Registration fee ($595) includes light breakfast and lunch on both days.[…]

Recently, reLogistics Services, the leader in reusable transport packaging and pallet management services, announced the opening of its newest reverse logistics center in Memphis, Tennessee. The Memphis, TN Reverse Logistics Center, a 40,000 square foot facility is located at 2158 Heide Ave and has 19 dock doors. Initially, the facility will employ 15 employees to[…]

Current Site Manager, Erik Molin will move on to a leading role in another industry from December 2017 “Erik has done an excellent job of developing the company to the position we have today and we are now looking for a replacement that can handle and continue the positive development,” says Göran Nyberg, CEO of[…]

Roughly half of all hardwood chips traded in the Pacific Rim have been destined for Chinese ports in the 1H/17 with Vietnam and Australia being the major suppliers, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Pulpmills in China and Japan continue to rely on large volumes of imported hardwood wood chips from a number of countries around[…]

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative final determinations of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of softwood lumber from Canada. While significant efforts were made by the United States and Canada, and the respective softwood lumber industries, to reach a long-term settlement to this on-going trade dispute, the[…]

Stella-Jones Inc. announced financial results for its 3Q ended September 30, 2017. Sales reached $517.6 million, up 1% from $512.6 million last year. Acquisitions contributed sales of approximately $2.1 million, while the conversion effect from fluctuations in the value of the Canadian dollar, Stella-Jones’ reporting currency, versus the U.S. dollar, had a negative impact of[…]

In the 3Q, Acadian Timber Corp. generated net sales of $22.2 million, compared to $19.3 million in the prior year period primarily due to a 20% increase in log sales volumes. Adjusted EBITDA margin increased to 30% from 27% in the prior year period as the benefits of higher log sales volumes and stronger sales[…]