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Plywood Price Increase

Freres Lumber June Market Report: Significant Plywood Price Increases

Plywood price increases have been significant and sustained over the last 4 weeks. Half inch 4-ply CDX plywood started...

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View of Mass Ply Construction wooden beams under construction with a cityscape, road, and cloudy sky in the background.

Innovative Mass Ply Construction Projects in Oregon and California

Contractors are using Freres Lumber’s Mass Ply Panel in innovative ways as we see Mass Ply construction take off...

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Freres Lumber May Market Update: Plywood Markets Building after COVID-19 Slumber

May 25, 2020 — In the past three weeks we have seen Western Plywood markets building and coming alive,...

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Recycling and power

Recycling and Power: Two Essential Industries Teaming up During Pandemic

May 12, 2020 — The industries that keep our society functioning often get little attention until crises like COVID-19...

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Plywood Production

Freres Lumber May Market Report: Decrease in Plywood Production Matches Low Sales

May 8, 2020 — We are now in the middle of a one-week shutdown as we match our plywood...

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COVID-19 taking its toll on plywood

Freres Lumber April Market Update: COVID-19 Taking Its Toll on Plywood Markets

April 27, 2020 — The past 6 to 8 weeks has been like nothing any of us have ever...

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Large industrial machinery inside a spacious factory featuring Mass Ply beam and column structures with bright overhead lighting.

New Beam and Column Processing Line Opens Up Opportunities in Mass Ply

April 20, 2020 — It’s finally here. We can now cut a 24” thick piece of Mass Ply Panel....

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A worker operates machinery sorting logs in a wood processing facility, highlighting how wood products remained essential during COVID-19.

Freres Lumber April Market Report: Wood Products Essential During COVID-19

April 13, 2020 — What a difference a month makes. Housing data released for February showed that housing starts...

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manufacturing during COVID-19

Wood Products Manufacturing During COVID-19

April 10, 2020 — At Freres Lumber, we are continuing wood products manufacturing during COVID-19, while following CDC guidelines...

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