Mercer Mass Timber LLC., a subsidiary of the Vancouver, British Columbia-based Mercer International Inc., a global producer of market pulp and solid wood products with mills in Canada, Germany, and Australia, plans to invest $50 million over the next two years in capital projects at its Spokane Valley mass timber manufacturing facility.

Louisiana Pacific has recently completed a major conversion project at its Houlton, Maine facility.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has approved to access financing.

Biden-Harris administration Housing Supply Action Plan to help close a housing supply gap in 5 years.

Arauco, a North American manufacturer of composite wood panels, plants to invest $20 million to expand its thermally fused lamination (TFL) operations at its state-of-the-art particleboard mill in Grayling, Michigan.

ATLANTA -- Architectural millwork firm Mortensen Woodwork, Inc. has named Frankie Jordan as its new President. Based in Union City, just 15 minutes south of Atlanta, Mortensen Woodwork maintains 200,000 square feet of manufacturing space with state-of-the-art equipment. 

Home builders warn of current deteriorating conditions as a sharp jump in mortgage rates in March and April coupled with ongoing building material supply chain disruptions, labor shortages and high inflation drive up housing costs.

The outlook for single-family, multifamily and nonresidential construction and industrial end-use markets remains mixed, according to the newly released 2022 Structural Panel & Engineered Wood Yearbook by the has been released by APA – The Engineered Wood Association. The yearbook includes an analysis of the U.S., Canadian and global economies, focusing on factors that impact demand for engineered wood products across several market segments as a basis for forecasting expected production of engineered wood products.

A Cost vs. Value (CVV) report found that exterior replacement projects continue the multi-year streak of delivering the best return on investment (ROI) for homeowners.

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. -- Atlantic Building Components & Services Inc., a manufacturer of wood trusses and building components for the construction industry, will locate a new manufacturing facility in North Carolina.  The company will invest $6 million in a facility in the town of Fairmont. The project is expected to create 105 jobs.