MONTREAL – Private equity firm Novacap has made a strategic investment in Leading Edge Geomatics, a New Brunswick-based provider of aerial survey and geomatics services and solutions. Novacap’s investment will accelerate expansion into new markets, drive strategic acquisitions and continue investments in research and development. Yong Kwon, partner at Novacap, commented: “Over the last decade,…
BOSTON – One Canadian forester and a green building project are among the winners of the Forest Stewardship Council’s 2017 FSC Leadership Awards. Christopher McDonell received honors “for 20 years of work shaping responsible forest management in Canada.” McDonell is currently employed at Tembec and was an FSC Canada board member for several years. The…
When business with the oil industry became too unstable a few years ago, Shawn Moore turned his attention to his residential tree service, Trimmed Line Tree Service in Red Deer, Alta. He was open-minded as his business shifted toward urban logging and then expanded into making lumber from salvaged trees. Now, in 2017, the transformation…
WAIBLINGEN, Germany and LILLEHAMMER, Norway – Competing for Canada, Mitch Hewitt chopped and sawed his way to a third-place finish in Norway at the Stihl Timbersports 2017 World Championship. The event in Lillehammer, Norway, was the 2017 season finale for the global series. Jason Wynnard (New Zealand) emerged as the world champion, while Brad De…
A Resolute Forests Products sawmill received a safety award last month for a device developed by a supervisor and a mechanic at the mill to empty recycling bins. The company’s Girardville sawmill was the winner in the Innovation category by Quebec’s workplace safety agency, the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de…
FREDERICTON, N.B. – The New Brunswick Lumber Producers have called on their government to secure an exemption for New Brunswick from duties on softwood lumber imports to the United States. Producers in other Atlantic provinces have received an exemption from the duties announced on Nov. 2, when the U.S. Department of Commerce made its final…
Most Canadian companies are facing slightly lower duties on softwood lumber imported to the U.S., now that the U.S. Department of Commerce has made its final determination. However, there remains a key decision to be made by the U.S. International Trade Commission. This body determines if the American industry has been “injured” by Canadian softwood…
TORONTO – Architects, engineers, developers and other construction industry professionals at the forefront of wood design in Ontario came together to celebrate excellence in wood design at the 17th annual Ontario Wood Works awards night in Toronto on Nov. 1. The awards program honours people and organizations that, through design excellence, advocacy, and innovation, are…
VANCOUVER –Equipment supplier BID Group has acquired Vibra-Pro Company, Inc., of Boise, Idaho. Vibra-Pro designs and manufactures vibrating equipment. Vibra-Pro has been providing products, installation and service in the forest industry for over two decades and is a strategic and complementary addition to the suite of products that BID offers. “The acquisition of Vibra-Pro allows…
BETHESDA, Md. –Enviva, the world’s largest producer of industrial wood pellets, released its latest Track & Trace sourcing data, demonstrating the company’s ongoing commitment to a transparent supply chain. These data are a key tool used to measure, maintain and validate the company’s sustainability practices throughout the Southeastern United States. Track & Trace is a…