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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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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...

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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...

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Commodity plywood markets unyielding

December Market Update

December 23, 2019 — Commodity plywood markets are unyielding, limping into the holiday weeks with few changes in prices...

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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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Plywood markets consistently mediocre

Freres Lumber November Market Update: Commodity Plywood Markets Consistently Mediocre with Slight Uptick in Business

November 25, 2019 — The commodity plywood markets continue to be consistently mediocre, but that’s not all bad. Light...

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Freres Lumber to use New Processing Line for Mass Ply Breezeway Project

November 18, 2019 — As some of you may know we are working on installing a beam and column...

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Freres Lumber November Market Report: Investments in New Products are Prudent

November 11, 2019 — With plywood panels expected to stabilize at current levels and veneer sales showing recent improvement,...

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