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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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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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Aerial view of Freres plywood in 2019, featuring stacked wood, mill buildings, and forested hills in the background.

Looking Ahead to an Exciting Journey in 2019

January 11, 2019 — A new year is upon us, and it is customary to contemplate what lies ahead...

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Workers process large sheets of plywood in a busy, well-lit plywood mill.

Freres Lumber December Market Update: Surprise Uptick in Winter Plywood Sales

December 31, 2018 — Surprisingly, December turned out to be a great sales month, with winter plywood sales filling...

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Stacks of thin wood sheets on conveyor belts move efficiently through a large industrial woodworking factory.

Freres Lumber December Market Report: Declining Wood Product Prices Across All Markets

December 10, 2018 — Wood products prices have been declining relentlessly over the last couple of months, regardless of...

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Engineered Wood Products and Carbon

The many benefits of engineered wood products are being touted in scientifically based environmental reports and the continual struggle...

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