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West Fraser closed on the purchase of Norbord on February 1, 2021, becoming the largest producer of OSB in North America. The OSB sector is heavily consolidated, with the top 10 firms accounting for 100% of OSB production in North more…
A client posed the question last week “what are the implications to the logging industry of a $15 minimum wage?”. It is a great question. With many logging businesses in rural areas, offering some of the best wages in those more…
Softwood lumber producers had a wild ride in 2020. From major cutbacks in the spring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to pushing production limits in the fall to capture record high lumber prices, mill operators made many short-term adjustments. more…
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was a critical lifeline for thousands of small businesses across the U.S. PPP loans provided up to two months of payroll support for qualified businesses. In the logging sector, effectively all companies qualified. According to more…
This post is the fourth in a series related to the Q4 2020 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. The post includes excerpts from our featured research this quarter on more…
Every year around the holiday season, the forestry world anxiously awaits the arrival of more than just a few days of vacation and myriad off-key renditions of Auld Lang Syne. Each December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the year-end more…
This post is the third in a series related to the Q3 2020 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. The post includes excerpts from our pulp and paper research. Our more…
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 third in a series related to Forisk’s Q3 2019 forest industry analysis and forecasts for the United States and Canada. Everyone can relate to the sensation of barely recognizing an old friend you’ve run into at a 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…