The International Wood Products Assn. urged the ITC to consider the consequences of anti-dumping and countervailing duty measures against Chinese hardwood plywood suppliers.
Protesting the hardwood plywood antidumping petition, a group of U.S. companies has formed the American Alliance of Hardwood Plywood to ensure the availability of the product imported from China.
John Murphy, CEO and co-owner of Murphy Co., a manufacturer of hardwood plywood and other wood products, field a lawsuit against three relatives alleging that they are breaking the terms of a 2001 buy/sell agreement.
The Coalition for Fair Trade of Hardwood Plywood filed an unfair trade petition against China for products ‘sold in the United States at dumped prices.'
Columbia Forest Products will invest $9 million to upgrade its plywood mill in Boardman, OR, that ultimately services cabinet, furniture and other secondary wood product manufacturers.
Chester Wood Products, a manufacturer and supplier of plywood and lumber products, said it will invest $10 million to expand and upgrade its hardwood plywood operations.
Officials from Timber Products Company, manufacturer of various wood products, have announced the company is expanding operations at its hardwood plywood facility in Corinth, Miss., by adding a clear ultraviolet plywood finishing process at the plant.
Core selection is often a compromise between performance characteristics and price. There are three categories of cores: veneer, composite and hybrids or “combination cores”.