In the week ending December 1, 2023, the price of Western S-P-F 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was US$414 mfbm, said forest products industry price guide newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter. This is flat from the previous week. That week’s price is up by +$11, or +3%, from one month ago when it was US$403 mfbm. Compared […]
Roseburg Names New Senior Vice President of HR & Labor
Roseburg is pleased to announce that Tony Ramm has been named Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Labor, effective Dec. 11, 2023. In his new role, Ramm will oversee the company’s human resources, benefits and compensation, recruitment, and environmental health and safety teams. Ramm joined Roseburg in May 2014 as a plant manager at […]
Westlake Ace Hardware to Open New Store in Overland Park, Kansas
Westlake Ace Hardware announced it has signed an agreement to open a new store at 6327 W. 119th Street, east of Metcalf Avenue, in Overland Park, KS. To be located in the former Sears Home & Life — in The Fountains Shopping Center — the new Westlake Ace store will feature approximately 12,000 sq. ft. of […]
Forbes Names Wabash to List of America’s Most Successful Small-Cap Companies 2024
Wabash, the visionary leader of connected solutions for the transportation, logistics and distribution industries, announced it was named to the Forbes list of “America’s Most Successful Small-Cap Companies 2024.” The company ranked 29 out of nearly 1,000 companies evaluated. “We are honored to be recognized as one of the top small-cap companies in the country. […]
84 Lumber Opening First Truss Plant in the State of South Carolina
Building materials supplier continues expansion in Columbia as they close out 2023 84 Lumber, the nation’s largest privately held building materials supplier, is proud to announce the opening of its first truss plant in the state of South Carolina, just outside of Columbia. The plant is tentatively set to open in January 2024. The new […]
Koppers Named Among America’s Most Responsible Companies By Newsweek for Fourth Consecutive Year
Koppers Holdings Inc., an integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds, has been named as one of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek magazine for the fourth consecutive year in 2024. Koppers ranked No. 124 out of 600 finalists and No. 13 out of 51 companies in the Materials & Chemicals category. “Koppers […]
Accsys Technologies PLC (AXS) – Directorate Appointments
Accsys, the fast-growing company that enhances the natural properties of wood to make high performance and sustainable building products, is pleased to announce the following appointments to its Board of Directors. Appointment of Non-Executive Chair of Accsys Further to the announcement on 12 September 2023, Accsys announces that the Board has appointed Trudy Schoolenberg as […]
Georgia-Pacific Utilizes Artificial Intelligence to Create Safer and More Efficient Facilities
Georgia-Pacific constantly seeks new business efficiencies and tools to transform itself, as well as meet the needs of its customers and ensure employee health and safety. Georgia-Pacific’s Technology Group facilitates collaboration between our sites, subject matter experts and the latest technologies to help more than 100 of the company’s facilities address equipment and process reliability. […]
Floor & Decor Announces Grand Opening of Manassas, Virginia Store
– Leading high-growth retailer specializing in hard-surface flooring offers homeowners and professionals the industry’s broadest in-stock selection of tile, natural wood, natural stone and more celebrates its seventh store in the DMV Metropolitan Area – Floor & Decor (NYSE: FND), the leading high-growth retailer specializing in hard-surface flooring for homeowners and professionals, has announced the grand opening […]
CN Acknowledges Historical Colonial Role as it Continues its Reconciliation Journey
CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) today accepted the resignation of the members of the Indigenous Advisory Council (IAC), an independent body that provided insight and advice to CN in its ongoing Reconciliation journey. Reconciliation is about establishing and maintaining mutually respectful relationships, which starts with awareness of the past. Today CN published a formal Acknowledgement of the […]