Arauco has reached an agreement with Flakeboard Co. Ltd. to acquire its seven composite panel production facilities in Canada and the United States in a deal valued at $242.5 million.

Darrell Keeling, Eastern Regional Director, and Michael Rosso, North and West Regional Director, are pleased to announce the following organizational changes for Flakeboard plant operations effective immediately.

Lumber Products, a wholesale distributor of hardwood lumber and plywood products as well as door and millwork components, filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection on April 11.

Using lumber industry by-products and under-utilized wood species once landfilled or burned as waste by forestry operators or sawmills, Flakeboard manufactures a variety of particleboard, medium density fibreboard (MDF) and FIBREX thin high density MDF.

LEESBURG, VA -- The Composite Panel Association Board of Directors elected its 2012 officers as well as new and re-elected members of its board and other leadership positions.

Flakeboard announced its Malvern, Arkansas, MDF mill now offers Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody (FSC-COC) products.

DILLARD, OR -- Roseburg Forest Product's Dillard particleboard plant reportedly will be out of commission for up to three weeks following a July 9 fire.

Roseburg Forest Products announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Flakeboard to acquire its Simsboro, La., particleboard manufacturing and laminating facility.

DILLARD, OR -- Roseburg Forest Products (RFP) has entered into an agreement to purchase Flakeboard's Simsboro, LA, particleboard manufacturing and laminating facility.