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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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Logs stacked at a plywood mill with heavy machinery and a large yellow crane under a clear sky, ready to supply the commodity panel markets.

Freres Lumber February Market Update: Winter Weather Cools Commodity Panel Markets

February 24, 2019 — Currently, the commodity panel markets continue to struggle with the effects of wet and wintry...

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Stacks of laminated Mass Ply Panels stored inside a spacious industrial warehouse.

Mass Plywood Product Passes Two Milestones

Over the past few weeks, Freres Lumber Company’s Mass Ply Panel received patents and passed fire safety testing, putting...

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Worker operates machinery while handling large plywood sheets inside a spacious, well-lit factory.

Freres Lumber February Market Report: Wood Products Industry Affected by a Drag in Housing Starts

February 11, 2019 — Wood Products Industry Affected by a Drag in Housing Starts. Housing starts experienced a very...

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Stacks of plywood sheets outside a plywood mill, with a truck parked nearby and trees in the background.

Freres Lumber January Market Update: Winter Trading in Commodities Affected by Varied Buying Activity

January 28, 2019 — The Western Plywood market has been decent so far this year, but unspectacular. As with...

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Large stacks of plywood sheets are arranged in a factory with bright lighting and industrial equipment.

Freres Lumber January Market Report: 2018 Ends With an Upswing in the Wood Products Market

January 14, 2019 — Wood product markets began to show marked improvement as we ended 2018. The end of...

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