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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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...
Market Report: Encouraging Panel Sales as We Approach 2023
Panel sales volume over the last three weeks has been encouraging with escalating sales volume week over week. Pricing...
Market Report: Interest Rates and the Wood Products Markets
There are never boring days in wood products markets! Conflicting signals abound and the market is finding scant reasons...
Market Report: An Apprehensive Market
The general tenor of the marketplace is apprehensive. Macro-economic discussions, such as federal interest rate hikes and the consequent...
Market Report: Interest Rate Increases Impact Engineered Wood Markets
Current macroeconomic news doesn’t give optimists much to be excited about. Interest rate increases, which were intended to tame...
Market Report: Plywood Prices Increase
Plywood sales strengthened considerably over the last two weeks with enough volume sold to move existing inventories and extend...
Market Report: Engineered Wood and Housing Starts
This year, U.S. housing starts are anticipated to be up four percent to 1.67 million starts. Housing permits are...
Market Report: Oriented Strand Board vs. Plywood
Oriented Strand Board (OSB) prices have been consistently above plywood prices the last couple of weeks. This seems like...
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