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Freres Lumber May Market Update: Plywood Market’s Slow Start Persists

May 28, 2019 — The plywood market's slow start has continued into the building season. The past month has...

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Exploring Creative Uses for Freres Lumber’s New Mass Ply Product at Adidas Headquarters in Portland, OR

May 20, 2019 — Since its inception in December of 2017, customers have found creative uses for Freres Lumber’s...

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Stacks of cut plywood outside the Freres Engineered Wood. plywood manufacturing facility with steam rising from the mill.

Freres Lumber May Market Report: Improving Panel Market as Housing Starts Increase

May 13, 2019 — Better weather is the catalyst for an improving panel market. The sunny weather has brought...

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Additional Engineered Wood Certifications Open Up New Possibilities for Mass Ply

Freres Lumber’s Mass Ply Panels have been put through rigorous testing, gaining several engineered wood certifications and proving...

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Freres Lumber April Market Update: A Disappointing Start to Spring for the Panel Market

April 29, 2019 — The plywood market has been disappointing so far this spring, but the most recent week...

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Worker walking past industrial machinery processing wood panels inside the Freres Engineered Wood. manufacturing facility.

Freres Lumber April Market Report: Stable Veneer and Panel Markets with Only Slight Improvement

April 8, 2019 — Veneer and panel markets have been remarkably stable over the last month, although, they haven’t...

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Worker operating wood panel processing machinery inside the Freres Engineered Wood.

Freres Lumber March Market Update: A Lackluster Western Plywood Market

March 25, 2019 — The western plywood market has been steadier but unspectacular in the past few weeks. Some...

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Freres Lumber March Market Report: A Turn in the Weather Slows the Wood Products Markets

March 11, 2019 — Winter Arrives, Hampering Building Activity. Winter is upon us and with it comes a slowdown...

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Stacks of mass timber panels stored inside the Freres Engineered Wood. manufacturing facility.

Mass Ply is Lowering the Cost of Mass Timber

Freres Lumber’s Mass Ply Panel is an affordable mass timber product that is gaining worldwide acceptance as a safe,...

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