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Woodworking Industry News

Teddy Roosevelt to get mass timber library

SPOKANE, Wash. — The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota’s Badlands is scheduled to start construction in April, and the 26th president of the U.S. is being honored with a mass-timber building. Mercer Mass Timber (MMT), a low-carbon advanced manufacturer of timber building materials and a subsidiary of Mercer International Inc., announced that it will provide mass timber for the library. The company said the project honors the president’s legacy of conservation by utilizing locally sourced and renewable resources, like mass timber.
By Larry Adams, April 23, 2024 | 1:12 am CDT
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Woodworking Industry News

West Fraser sells Quesnel facility

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has completed the sale of its Quesnel River Pulp mill, and its Slave Lake Pulp mill to an affiliate of a fund managed by Atlas Holdings following completion of customary regulatory reviews and satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
By Larry Adams, April 22, 2024 | 12:05 pm CDT
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