PHOENIX, Ill. -- Sterling Structural, a division of Sterling Site Access Solutions, LLC, announced its cross-laminated timber (CLT) product line, sold under the TerraLam trade name, has been certified to the PRG 320 – 2019 (PRG 320) performance standard by the International Code Council – Evaluation Service (ICC-ES).

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – The July 25 fire that raged through the Timber Products particleboard mill is being assessed to determine if future operations will be possible at the site. Until then, the Sutter Creek, Calif., facility will remain closed.  Timber Products said it is investigating the damage to the site to assess its options moving forward.

Canfor Corporation plans to invest approximately $210 million to build a new, state-of-the-art sawmill complex in southern Alabama. The new facility, anticipated to open in 2024, will replace a mill in Mobile, Ala..

Mercer International Inc., a global producer of market pulp and solid wood products with mills in Canada, Germany, and Australia has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the parent company of HIT for consideration of €270 million (approx. $275.4 million).

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Culpeper Wood Preservers acquires Northeast Treaters in Massachusetts and New York.

On June 1, 2022, the Gonyea Family sold the 108,000 acres of forestland in Northern California that was managed by The Michigan-California Timber Company to New Forests, a global investment manager.

For decades, Weima has relied on individually configured shredders and briquetting presses that are manufactured exclusively in Germany. Of the more than 1,200 machines delivered each year, hardly any two machines are the same.  At the Holz-Handwerk 2022 trade fair in Nuremberg, the Ilsfeld company will be presenting its wide range of solutions for the processing of all types of waste wood.

More than $32 million was awarded by the USDA to fund wood innovations and community grants. Projects to support bioenergy, biofuel, and biobased product production are among those to receive funding.

The combined company will have approximately 2.2 million Acres of diversified high-quality timberlands. It will remain the timber REIT with the most leverage to lumber prices.