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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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