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Kaarel Tali has been appointed Mill Director for Metsä Wood’s Pärnu mill in Estonia, effective August 1, 2017. He reports to Jari Tikkanen, SVP, Production & Technology.  As Mill Director Tali will be responsible for the birch plywood mill operations in Estonia as well as implementing Metsä Wood strategy to the mill level.  Before the[…]

Louisville, MS – joined by federal, state and local leaders, company associates and members of the community, Winston Plywood & Veneer recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new plywood mill in Louisville, Mississippi. The location was once home to a shuttered mill that was destroyed when an F4 tornado struck three years ago. Today,[…]

The expansion of UPM Otepää plywood mill, started in the spring of 2015 along with the building of the new bio boiler plant, has been completed and will be inaugurated today. The expansion increases the mill’s production capacity to 90,000 cubic meters per year. The new bio boiler plant, in turn, enhances the mill’s material[…]

New for 2024, the Timber Processing & Energy Expo will host a morning session on current panel manufacturing best practices and industry trends, Thursday, September 26. With speakers continuing to be added, confirmed presentations include George Harmati from Westmill and Connor Easton from Raute. Conference registration is now open as part of TP&EE show registration—add it[…]

Koskisen has invested in a new log sorting line with a Logeye for their state of the art sawmill in Järvelä. The Logeye is a multi-sensor scanner that utilizes laser, colour, and X-ray channels to provide a high-precision real 360° shape of the log with a wealth of data for log sorting and cutting optimization.[…]

TNT Wholesalers, a wholesale distributor of lumber and plywood goods is pleased to announce the acquisition of Sierra Forest Products in Terra Bella, California, by Sierra Forest Products Holdings, Inc, a sister entity. TNT Wholesalers was founded by Dave Thomas and soon partnered with lumber industry veteran, Greg Mitchell. Through their business and industry experience[…]

Raute Corporation has signed a contract worth EUR 49.6 million with Lumin in Uruguay for the technology delivery of a new plywood mill. This project was earlier referred to in the stock exchange release dated March 9, 2023 (Raute plans directed share issue, rights issue and junior loan to support targeted growth and strengthening of[…]

Craig Dawson and Amy Humphreys were elected to the Board of Directors (Board) following the our Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on May 5, 2022. In addition, Richard (Rick) Fleming retired from the Board after nine years of service. Craig Dawson currently serves as president of Retail Lockbox, Inc., an industry leader in remittance processing, credit card payments, and document management services, which he[…]

(WRI Market Insights) – Russian Sanctions: Sanctions against Russian exports will permanently alter the global trade of forest products. Lumber trade flows changed almost instantly when Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. Trade sanctions and restrictions in financial transactions by Europe, North America, and major markets in Asia halted shipments from Russia and Belarus. In[…]

The world’s first fully wood-based furniture board is a circular economy product born from the cooperation of Koskisen Oy & Stora Enso Koskisen is the first company to start using the bio-based binder NeoLigno® by Stora Enso – in its new sustainable product family. The two Finnish companies’ cooperation results in the world’s first new[…]