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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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Two cut plywood boards with angled edges, positioned side by side on top of a wooden surface, highlight the precision craftsmanship typical of Mass Ply Panel grades.

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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A large loader lifts logs near a semi-truck, with a huge stack of logs and trees in the background—a busy scene as plywood prices are up.

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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Freres Lumber at Timber Unity Rally

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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A worker operates machinery stacking wooden planks inside a lumber processing facility, where fluctuating plywood prices influence daily operations.

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...

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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...

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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...

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Ransomware Attack on Freres Lumber

January 24, 2020 — Thanksgiving of last year Freres Lumber was subject to a ransomware attack which shutdown key...

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