Bell Lumber & Pole Company has acquired the assets of The Oeser Company, a utility pole manufacturer and supplier located in Bellingham, Wash. The transaction enables Bell to further establish itself as a leading supplier of utility poles in North America, advancing Bell's presence in the Pacific Northwest, the company said.

“You don't usually associate beautiful works of art with death,” is how the TV news program Inside Edition began its Sept. 2 report on the dangers of fractal burning, also known as Lichtenberg. The practice, which has extensively been written about on WoodworkingNetwork.com including an April 2022 report after two Wisconsin men died while performing the process, has made national news in recent months.

According to the August 2022 manufacturing Institute for Supply Management Report On Business, economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in August, with the overall economy achieving a 27th consecutive month of growth, but wood products and furniture and related products were one of seven industry sector that contracted. 

In January-June, the U.S. exports of hardwood lumber expanded 12% year-on-year to 1.9 million m3. The value of exports jumped 21% to $1.3 billion. In first half of 2022, the average price of hardwood lumber expanded 8% to $679 per m3. 

Roseburg Forest Products' mill was not damaged and all employees had been safely evacuated.

MANHEIM, Pa. – Quality Packaging Corp. will demonstrate its QuikPACK workstation, a flexible, cost- and space-saving system for packaging cabinets, at Wood Pro Expo Lancaster, Oct. 13-14.

Würth Baer Supply Company has acquired J & G Machinery in Sanford, N.C. The addition of J & G Machinery will expand Würth’s woodworking machinery sales and service footprint to include the southeast United States.

MANHEIM, Pa. – Lewis Lumber Products will showcase its FSC-certified hardwood lumber harvested by its sister company Dwight Lewis Lumber from well-managed Pennsylvania forests at Wood Pro Expo Lancaster, Oct. 13-14.

ASHLAND, Ala. -- Customers who made down payments on cabinets from Tru Cabinetry before the company's announcement that it was closing operations have not received their cabinets or received reimbursement for the down payment. Reports from 1819News said that several customers have not been compensated for their partial payment. One customer, who told 1819News that she had a family member who was a Tru Cabinetry employee, had ordered cabinets in July to remodel a kitchen and put down nearly $5,000 toward the purchase.