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A wildfire burns intensely through a dense forest at night. The trees are illuminated with bright orange flames.

Update: The Resilient Forests Act-The First Step to Positive Forest Management

January 23, 2018 — Forest management is an important discussion that is long overdue. Rob Freres, Executive Vice President...

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A red semi-truck loaded with plywood is parked at a sawmill, with stacked logs and forested hills in the background.

January Market Report: Strong Wood Products Markets to Welcome in 2018

January 15, 2018 — Wood Products Market Predictions for 2018. Wood products producers are some of the most pessimistic...

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December Market Update: Strong Plywood Market for the New Year

December 26, 2017 — Positive Plywood Market Delivers a Good Holiday Season to the Mills. In the past two...

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Building the Next Century of Freres Lumber Company

December 19, 2017 — It has been a momentous holiday season for Freres Lumber Company! We are not only...

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Stacks of cut plywood and logs arranged in an outdoor lumber yard on a rainy day, with trees in the background.

December Market Report: Mixed Wood Products Markets

December 11, 2017 — Housing starts rebounded sharply in October to 1.29 million units after receding in September due...

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Sheets of plywood move along conveyor belts inside a large wood products manufacturing facility.

November Market Update: Unsettled Plywood Market

November 27, 2017 — Volatile Plywood Market To Carry Us Through to January. The US plywood market have traveled...

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Freres Lumber Plant 4 Rebuild Update

November 20, 2017 — After four months and a lot of hard work,of hard work, our Freres Lumber veneer...

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Stacks of plywood are piled high inside a large, dimly lit warehouse with an open entrance at Freres Engineered Wood in 2019.

November Market Report: Positive Wood Products Markets

November 13, 2017 — Expected and unexpected events affect the wood products markets. Housing starts dropped in September to...

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Stacks of thin wood sheets in a large industrial machine at a wood processing facility.

October Market Update: The plywood market transitions into the winter season

October 30, 2017 — The past month Freres Lumber has been watching pricing changes in the plywood market, as...

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