Historic Display of Citizen Engagement at Timber Unity Rally
February 17, 2020 — I was thrilled to see so many hardworking Oregonians from across the state at the...
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Freres Lumber February Market Report: Jump in Plywood Prices; Veneer Pricing Gains Ground
Housing formations continue to outpace housing starts. On a macro-economic level, this means that demand for housing continues to...
Freres Installs First Horizontal Plywood Press in the United States
Freres Lumber is the first U.S. company to install and operate the Taihei Horizontal Plywood Press Model P25-AB, a...
Freres January Market Update: Relatively Strong Sales Weeks
January 27, 2020 — January 2020 has seen decent trading so far. The first full two weeks of the...
Ransomware Attack on Freres Lumber
January 24, 2020 — Thanksgiving of last year Freres Lumber was subject to a ransomware attack which shutdown key...
Freres Lumber January Market Report: Promising Future for Mass Ply Panel
January 13, 2020 — The New Year has shown little improvement in the plywood market since December. Plywood sales...
Robots in Wood Products Manufacturing
As a “part 2” discussion on robots in the wood products industry, I’d like to dive in to how...
December Market Update
December 23, 2019 — Commodity plywood markets are unyielding, limping into the holiday weeks with few changes in prices...
Robots Versus Machines
December 20, 2019 — Fear of robots taking over the world began long before the Terminator movies brought human...
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