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Austria’s Binder Wins Klausner Sawmill Bid
Austria-based Binder Beteiligungs AG submitted the winning bid at auction for the Klausner Lumber One LLC sawmill in Live Oak, Fla. Binder out-bid Austria-based Mayr-Melnhof Holz and Vancouver-headquartered Mercer International. In the preliminary (Stalking...
Alabama Governor Awards $10 Million In CARES Act Funds For AFC Timber Owners Program
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey awarded $10 million of the state’s Coronavirus Relief Fund for a program to assist Alabama timber owners impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The industry’s impact on Alabama is over $23 billion and 40,000 jobs, across 23 million acres of...
FRA Names Tapscott Brothers National Outstanding Logger For 2020
Forest Resources Assn. (FRA) and Stihl Inc. honored Tapscott Brothers Logging of Scottsville, Va. as FRA’s 2020 National Outstanding Logger. The Tapscotts had won FRA’s Southeastern region Outstanding Logger award and then were selected by a…
Enviva Reports On New Pellet Projects
Enviva reports that civil work continues at the new wood pellet production plant project in Lucedale, Miss. and at the new deep-water marine terminal in Pascagoula, Miss. Enviva expects the construction of the Lucedale plant and the Pacagoula terminal to be...
RoyOMartin Land and Timber Marks 13-Year Safety Milestone
Louisiana-based RoyOMartin’s land and timber department, which manages nearly 550,000 acres in east Texas and Louisiana, has completed 13 years without an OSHA-recordable injury, effective August 2. The company says keys to the team’s success include reporting...
Tigercat Completes 718 Drive-To F-B Lineup
Tigercat recently completed its drive-to-tree feller-buncher lineup with the release of the 718G. One of the last Tigercat machines to receive a Tigercat FPT Tier 4 engine, it was a challenge to package the additional after treatment componentry required for Tier 4...
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