Market Update: Banking Crisis and the Engineered Wood Market
In recent weeks, commodity plywood sales have slowed and prices have softened. One factor has been continuing late winter...
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Market Report: Housing Starts and the Engineered Wood Market
It has been largely anticipated that housing starts would weaken significantly as interest rates increased. This prediction, which is...
Mass Ply Panels Shape the Near-Complete PDX Airport Roof
Four hundred thousand square feet of our Mass Ply Panels (MPP) were used on the nine-acre mass timber roof...
February Market Update: Surge in Commodity Lumber and Panel Prices
The last four weeks have been solid for western plywood sales. We’ve sold over production each week. Prices during...
Market Report: Mass Ply Market Robust, Plywood Improves
The Mass Ply facility is booked for the next several months at our current production levels. This is extremely...
The Labor Shortage and a Freres Solution
Labor shortages have been acute since COVID, and have directly affected two essential metrics for a manufacturing facility like...
January Market Update: Sales Volumes Increase
Western Plywood markets have shown some life this past week, resulting in the best weekly sales volume we’ve seen...
Market Report: The 2023 Wood Products Market
2023 began with a negative tone in wood products markets. Interest rate increases in early 2022 and the subsequent...
December Market Update: Plywood Markets Headed into 2023
The commodity plywood markets, along with the general marketplace, are at or nearing holiday mode. Customers continue their needs-only...
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