by ssbhayani | Mar 1, 2024 | #softwoodlumberbuyer, Columns, Industry News, National Hardwood Magazine
Many things influence your business decisions. One of the growing influences is the current environmental push to lower human impact to mitigate climate change. Whether or not you believe humans impact climate change is irrelevant. Whether or not the current... by ssbhayani | Mar 1, 2024 | #softwoodlumberbuyer, Feature Stories, Industry News, National Hardwood Magazine
The logging industry must increase profitability and change public perception to maintain its workforce to survive, reports the director of the American Loggers Council. The remarks came at the recent Greensboro, NC, meeting of the Appalachian Lumbermen’s Club. Scott... by ssbhayani | Mar 1, 2024 | #softwoodlumberbuyer, Business Trends, Industry News, National Hardwood Magazine
It was a slow start to the new year as customers let their inventories slide over the end of 2023 and placed orders in December for January receipts, which caused a boost in current business by end of January. Most primary and secondary manufacturers did not see a... by ssbhayani | Mar 1, 2024 | #softwoodlumberbuyer, Business Trends, Industry News, National Hardwood Magazine
Sawmills and concentration yards reported better business early in the new year compared to the period before the holidays. Activity was mostly seen to replenish inventories as opposed to secondary manufacturers increasing their consumption of Hardwoods. However, it... by ssbhayani | Feb 28, 2024 | #softwoodlumberbuyer, Import/Export Wood Purchasing News, Industry News, Newswires
According to MetroNews, The Voice of West Virginia, Allegheny Wood Products (AWP), a 50-year-old West Virginia-based internationally known hardwood producer, closed its doors recently and eliminated hundreds of jobs held by state residents. State Economic Development... by ssbhayani | Feb 26, 2024 | #softwoodlumberbuyer, Business Trends USA, Import/Export Wood Purchasing News, Industry News
While lumbermen in the Lake States continued to steadily “move wood” through the fourth quarter of 2023, they agreed that “something must change” in order to hit the ground running in 2024. A Wisconsin source called the 2023 fourth quarter market “steady” but added...