Description

Forisk produces a robust database of forest industry mill capacity in North America. This “Mill Capacity Database” includes location, capacity, current wood use, and product data on over 2,200 wood-using mills in North America, along with announced and planned capacity changes or greenfield mill construction over the next two years by firm, mill type, and geography. The Mill Capacity Database is offered as an annual subscription with quarterly updates, or as a one-time purchase.

Forisk’s Mill Capacity Database includes the following wood-using mill types in the United States and Canada:

1. Softwood sawmills (5 MMBF or greater)
2. Hardwood sawmills (5 MMBF or greater)
3. Plywood and veneer plants (10 MMSF or greater)
4. OSB facilities
5. Engineered wood products facilities
6. Mass timber mills
7. Wood chip mills
8. Wood-consuming pulp/paper mills
9. Wood pellet plants

Forisk’s Mill Capacity Database Includes the Following Information for Each Mill:

• Mill Name
• Company Name
• City, County, State/Province
• Mill Type
• Status (Open, Closed, Idle, Announced)
• Species (Softwood/Hardwood)
• End Use
• Certification Status
• Latitude and Longitude
• Current Wood Use
• Recycled % (Pulp Mills)
• Current Production Capacity and Units
• Historic Production Capacity (since 2011) [only available with Subscriptions]
• Ownership Timeline, 2011-2024 [only available with Subscriptions]
• Announced and planned capacity changes or greenfield mill construction over the next 2 years [only available with Subscriptions]
• Announced ownership changes over the next 2 years [only available with Subscriptions]

Purchase Options:

There are two purchase options for Forisk’s Mill Capacity Database. The data is available as an Annual Subscription with quarterly data updates, or as a one-time purchase of the Mill Capacity Database “Snapshot.” Both options include GIS shapefiles for mapping. You may opt to receive the full database for all of North America (US and Canada), or you may choose to receive a single-region database.

Discounted rates are available for companies that also subscribe to the Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ). Contact Heather Clark (hsclark@forisk.com) for additional information and pricing.

Option 1: Annual Subscription
A subscription to Forisk’s Mill Capacity Database runs for one year (4 quarters). The Mill Database Subscription is published in February (Q1), May (Q2), August (Q3), and November (Q4). At each quarterly publication, subscribers receive an updated Excel database and GIS shapefiles, as well as notes detailing all of the mill updates since the last quarterly publication. The Mill Database Subscription provides historic capacity and ownership timelines, as well as announced/planned capacity and ownership changes for the next two years.

Firms that receive a Mill Database Subscription also have the opportunity to utilize Forisk’s Mill Database on the Acres Platform. Read more about this partnership here.

Option 2: Database “Snapshot” (One-Time Purchase)
Forisk offers one-time purchases of the Mill Capacity Database outside of the annual subscription format. This Mill Database “Snapshot” provides the current production capacity data for all mills in the database, but does not include historic timelines or announced/planned capacity or ownership changes. This is a one-time file delivery. The Mill Database “Snapshot” is published four times per year in February (Q1), May (Q2), August (Q3), and November (Q4).

Regional Breakdown

The states/provinces included in Forisk’s regions are as follows:

Contact Nick DiLuzio (ndiluzio@forisk.com) or Heather Clark (hsclark@forisk.com) for additional information and pricing.