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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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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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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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Freres Lumber March Market Update: COVID-19 Creates Uncertainty in Lumber and Panel Markets

March 23, 2020 — It goes without saying that the Coronavirus pandemic casts a huge shadow over everything imaginable....

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Mass Ply Panel Grades: F16, F10. What Makes Sense for my Job?

Where does the name F10/F16 come from? Mass Ply Panel grades are named after the company that created Mass...

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Improvements in Plywood Markets

Freres Lumber March Market Report: Continued Improvements in Plywood Markets

March 9, 2020 — 2020 is shaping up much better than 2019, cross your fingers that it continues! Recent...

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Freres Lumber February Market Update: Plywood Prices Up 25 Percent

February 24, 2020 — What a difference a few weeks makes. Since the end of January, plywood commodity markets...

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