Georgia-Pacific Invests $6 Million At Alabama Engineered Lumber Mill
Georgia-Pacific plans an investment of approximately $6 million to expand production capacity of laminated veneer lumber at its engineered lumber operations in Thorsby, Alabama. In a move that...
View ArticleLargest Forest In Eastern U.S To Be Sold By Foley Timber
The largest forest in the Eastern U.S will be sold by Foley Timber and Land Company. Acquired in 1994 from Procter & Gamble, the approximately 561,000 acres in five contiguous North Central Florida...
View ArticleConifex Timber Buying Shuttered G-P Sawmill In Arkansas
Conifex Timber Inc. of Vancouver, Canada, said Thursday that it is buying the former Georgia-Pacific sawmill south of El Dorado. The statement said Conifex has completed the purchase of the outstanding...
View ArticleBoise Cascade To Purchase Two Southern Engineered Lumber Facilities
Boise Cascade will purchase two southern engineered lumber facilities. The Boise-based company will purchase the facilities from Georgia-Pacific for $215 million. The facilities are located in Thorsby,...
View ArticleGeorgia-Pacific Announces Closure Of Two Southern Plywood Mills
Georgia-Pacific officials announced last week that the Crossett plywood mill is being closed permanently. On April 7, the company announced that the Crossett plywood facility and another in Talladega,...
View ArticleArkansas Man Draws Federal Sentence For Defrauding Georgia-Pacific
Kenneth W. Atkins, 56, of Crossett was sentenced Thursday to 68 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three counts...
View ArticleConifex Timber Gets $130 Million To Restart Arkansas Sawmill
Conifex Timber Inc. of Vancouver said this week that it received a $130 million secured revolving credit facility to fund the modernization and restart of its sawmill in El Dorado. The company, whose...
View ArticleConifex Timber Invests $80 Million To Restart Arkansas Sawmill
Conifex Timber Inc., a forestry and sawmilling company, recently announced it is modernizing and will re-start a state-of-the-art sawmill complex in El Dorado, Arkansas. The site was formerly owned by...
View ArticleGeorgia-Pacific To Invest $50 Million In Upgrades At Alabama Mill
Georgia-Pacific is investing $50 million to upgrade the paperboard machine at the company’s mill in Escambia County, following the completion of a $388 million energy improvement project that involved...
View ArticleArkansas Saw Timber Surplus May Keep Prices “Static”
Hardwood pulpwood prices should remain strong, pine pulpwood may be brighter in the coming decades, but pine saw timber will likely remain static for the foreseeable future, according to predictions...
View ArticleGeorgia-Pacific Plans To Build Mill At Talladega
From: Southern Loggin’ Times Editors Georgia-Pacific reports that it plans to build a $100 million sawmill in Talladega, Ala. at the site of a plywood plant that GP closed in 2008. Construction of the...
View ArticleGeorgia-Pacific To Build $135 Million Sawmill In Georgia
Georgia-Pacific announced it will build a 340,000-square-foot softwood lumber mill in Warrenton, Georgia. Construction of the $135 million technologically advanced facility is scheduled to begin this...
View ArticleGFA President: Benefits Of Georgia’s Working Forestry Industry
Attracting new corporate headquarters to Georgia draws lots of attention — deservedly so. Announcements of business expansions are similarly celebrated, again as they should be. And the idea of...
View ArticleGeorgia-Pacific Announces New $150 Million Georgia Sawmill
Georgia-Pacific announced plans on Tuesday to build a new regional lumber production facility at the Albany-Dougherty Industrial Park in east Albany on U.S. Highway 82. Construction on the $150...
View ArticleGeorgia-Pacific Completes Warrenton Mill Project
Georgia-Pacific celebrated the official opening of its newest lumber facility with an onsite dedication in Warren County, Georgia. The $135 million, 340,000 sq. ft. plant is located on the same site...
View ArticleLouisiana Mills Receive Big Investments, Upgrades
Recent announcements by Weyerhaeuser and International Paper to invest in their respective Louisiana laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and paper and linerboard mill facilities are welcome news in a state...
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