Jun 8, 2018 | News, News/PR
A major Wiregrass project is getting a $500,000 grant to speed it along. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey recently announced a community development block grant to assist Rex Lumber Co. in constructing a $110 million sawmill operation in Pike County that will employ 110 people....
May 8, 2018 | News, News/PR
New $100 Million Lumber Facility Set To Open In Texas Angelina Forest Products, LLC announced plans to build a new softwood lumber production plant in Lufkin, Texas. The company purchased the former General Electric Buck Creek site and will begin...
May 4, 2018 | News, News/PR
The first and biggest cross-laminated timber (CLT) manufacturing plant in the eastern U.S. is nearly fully operational, with 25 employees currently working a portion of the plant. Florida-based International Beams (IB), a manufacturer of pre-fabricated i-joist beams,...
Apr 4, 2018 | News, News/PR
A 130-year-old Tuscaloosa company is preparing to build a new lumber mill in south Alabama, which is expected to create more than 100 jobs and produce 250 million board feet of lumber annually. The Westervelt Co. said in a news release the new facility is still in the...
Nov 27, 2017 | News, News/PR
Canfor Southern Pine recently announced that it will make a $28 million expansion to its Moultrie facility. Formerly Beadles Lumber Co., Canfor, a Canadian-based firm, purchased 50 percent of the Beadles operation in Moultrie and Thomasville in 2014 and now owns 100...
