Timber sales, new and shuttered facilities and other top trending stories

Each month in FDMC Magazine we feature the 'Notable Nine Online', nine stories that were the most viewed and engaged with from WoodworkingNetwork.com over the past month. The following stories were chosen by our readers by what they were most interested in from June 14 to July 13.

 #1 Bureau of Land Management selling 139 acres of timber in Idaho (Posted July 8, 2025)
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is offering two timber sales in July, totaling about 628,000 board feet to be harvested from 139 acres in central and northern Idaho. 
 

# 2 Marvin opens new 400,000-square-foot manufacturing facility (Posted June 30, 2025)

Marvin’s new 400,000-square-foot facility will be an important hub for the manufacturing, fabrication and assembly of the company’s industry-leading fiberglass window and door solutions.
 

#3 ChoiceWood closing hardwood facility, files WARN notice (Posted July 7, 2025)
Weaber Inc., a Pennsylvania-based hardwood products manufacturing facility, is closing, leaving 46  people out of work.
 

#4 Canfor closing Darlington and Estill sawmills (Posted June 26, 2025) 
Canfor is closing two sawmills in South Carolina, reducing U.S. lumber production by 350 million board feet annually.
 

#5 Woodgrain shuttering Oregon sawmill, 62 employees affected (Posted July 2, 2025)
Woodgrain filed a WARN notice to Oregon officials July 1 notifying them that it was closing its Pilot Rock sawmill.

#6 Dorel Home closing North American manufacturing operations and reducing product portfolio (Posted June 30, 2025)
Dorel Industries Inc. has shuttered its manufacturing operations in North America, eliminating products and refocusing on profitable categories. 

#7 Hampton Lumber to build $225 million sawmill in South Carolina (Posted June 25, 2025)
Hampton Lumber plans to build a $225 million, 375,000-square-foot sawmill in South Carolina that will specialize in Southern Yellow Pine framing lumber. 

#8 Veneer company closing factory (Posted June 16, 2025)
International Timber and Veneer, a manufacturer of custom-cut veneer products, is set to close its facility by August 18, 2025.
 

#9 Kith Furniture reportedly shutting down operations (Posted July 2, 2025) 
Kith Furniture, a bedroom and occasional home furnishings manufacturer, has abruptly stopped operations.
 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Marvin’s new 400,000-square-foot facility will be an important hub for the manufacturing, fabrication and assembly of the company’s industry-leading fiberglass window and door solutions.

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