Wood-Mizer has significantly broadened its reach into the industrial sawmilling market with the introduction of Wood-Mizer Titan. The company now offers a full line of wideband sawmill equipment that is designed to improve timber production rates and elevate a sawmill’s operational efficiency. This new product line is a result of a purchase agreement with Multisaw,…
The U.S. Department of Commerce has concluded its preliminary evaluation and concluded softwood lumber products produced in the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island should be excluded from antidumping and countervailing duty investigations. New Brunswick is not included in this decision. Because this is a preliminary decision, U.S. Customs will…
The Saw Tech Log Expo held in Renfrew, ON, included a wide variety of activities related to Ontario’s forest products sector. The event ran from June 23-25, and included sawmill and wood processing equipment demonstrations, wood manufacturers, a recruitment job fair, tours, conferences, networking functions and competitions. Staff from The Working Forest attended the event…
MONTREAL — Possible antidumping duties on Canadian softwood lumber that could be imposed by the United States will once again penalize Canadian workers and American consumers, according to the Montreal Economic Institute. Added to countervailing duties of around 20% imposed by the United States in April 2017, this new protectionist measure could reduce Canadian producers’…
John Rustad is taking over the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, after former minister Steve Thomson was acclaimed as speaker for the BC Legislature. Rustad will also continue as Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation. He is quoted by local media saying he has a solid forestry background. Read the full story…
A rural municipality in southwest Nova Scotia is pushing back against the provincial government and a mill consortium over concerns it has with clear cutting, and is urging for a moratorium on the practice in its region, according to CBC News. The County of Annapolis wants Crown land that falls within its boundaries excluded from…
NANAIMO, BC – TimberWest has announced its First Nation Cultural Art Showcase Program, which recognizes and supports three First Nation artists representing their major language group on Vancouver Island. The program commissions the artists to design, create and showcase their cultural art work at a seven-week art show in September hosted at the Nanaimo Art…
VERNON, BC –Tolko Industries is restarting its oriented strand board mill, located near High Prairie, Alberta, in response to improving market conditions. The mill has been closed since 2008 when North American housing starts fell to a generational low, resulting in a loss of markets for oriented strand board. With markets improving and optimism that…
Welland, ON — Bosch Rexroth Canada has added TRC Hydraulics as authorized distributor for industrial and mobile hydraulics products for all of Atlantic Canada. The agreement provides Bosch Rexroth Canada a stronger footprint in Atlantic Canada. TRC will support MRO, end user and reseller business in the region. Bosch Rexroth Canada will be primarily responsible…
In recent years, the participation of First Nations in forestry has begun to transform dramatically, says Corey Lamb, in a recent Vancouver Sun article. Lamb, who is president of a forest management company, suggests that within the last decade, participation by First Nations in B.C.’s forest sector has increased 10-fold. The increasing involvement of First…