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Forisk tracks wood-using facilities in North America’s forest products industry to study capital allocation, wood demand, and forest technology trends. Lumber producers have been rationalizing capacity, investing in and expanding some mills while shuttering others across portfolios over the past more…
This is the second in a series related to the threat of substitutes based on research in the structural panels industry. Part I introduced core themes and the sector. Why Substitute? A consumer considers substituting one product or service for more…
In the forest industry, where capital investments and forest management plans span decades, we benefit by understanding wood markets and technologies as they actually function. This helps clarify risks and provide context for emerging wood demand from new applications and more…
This post includes data from the Q2 2019 Forisk Research Quarterly and the 2019 Multi-Client Study: North American Forest Market & Industry Rankings. Despite recent declines in production, several pulp and paper producers announced investments and conversions to expand containerboard capacity. Firms more…
Forisk has acquired the Wood Demand Research Program (WDRP) from the Harley Langdale, Jr. Center for Forest Business at the University of Georgia. The WDRP includes the Wood Demand Report and the Forest Industry Shapefiles of mill capacities and wood use more…
Recently, the idea of mass timber to build large structures resurfaced in North America thanks to a new material design in the form of an engineered wood product, Cross Laminated Timber (CLT). The use of large timbers and engineered wood more…
This is the third in a series that shares insights from a decade of research related to North America’s wood bioenergy sector. Part I introduced core themes and wood pellets and Part II outlined the value of simple screening and more…
This post contains an excerpt from the Q1 2019 Forisk Research Quarterly. This is the fifth in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2019 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Jack Lutz, Justin Tyson, and Shawn more…
Visitor traffic on the Forisk Blog increased 11% in 2018 over 2017, for a sixth consecutive year of double-digit growth. Thank you! Here are the top five posts from 2018, along with a few popular posts by topic: Forest Finance: more…
When Mr. Market speaks, it’s not personal. Your business and investments either generate cash and earn profits, or they don’t. In timber and the forest products industry, the efficiency of how this message gets delivered varies up and down the more…