Pro-Ply’s technology investment is demonstrated by a team of four robots that are strategically deployed to do the heavy lifting and material handling for its machining center equipment.
Record high lumber price prices in the U.S. and up to 24 percent import tariffs on Canadian lumber - which forms 32 percent of U.S.supply - will drive overseas imports.
Resolute Forest Products reported a quarterly net loss of C$47 million, largely due to declines in its paper business. Lumber performance was hit by countervailing duties.
Construction is underway at StructureCraft for North America's first large-scale plant built using dowel laminated timber. The 50,000-square-foot facility in Abbotsford, British Columbia, is expected to be completed in August.