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Product Advisory warns of unsafe plywood from Brazil sold in American markets

June 11, 2020 — This week, the U.S. Structural Plywood Integrity Coalition made up of ten U.S. Plywood producers including Oregon’s Freres Lumber Co., issued Product Advisory notices regarding Brazilian structural plywood. The distribution of the notices is the result of a motion for preliminary injunction filed on June 5 by the Coalition.

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New Mass Timber Beams and Columns Invented by Freres Lumber

April 15, 2020 — With its new Mass Ply (Mass Ply Panel) beam and column line up and running, Freres Lumber Co., Inc. is now able to provide customers with a cost-competitive Mass Ply solution for all structural elements of large-scale wood buildings. The new beam and column line also gives customers a wider range of product dimensions than most other mass timber options on the market.

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Freres Lumber installs first horizontal plywood press in U.S.

January 28, 2020 — Freres Lumber Co. Inc. said it is the first U.S. manufacturer to install and operate the Taihei Horizontal Press Model P25-AB, a horizontal hot press for laminating plywood after the gluing and prepressing processes. The press was installed between Thanksgiving and Christmas and was fully operational on Dec. 17.

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Freres and Nine U.S. Plywood Producers Claim U.S. Certification Agencies Fraudulently Certify Imported South American Plywood

September 16, 2019 — Freres Lumber Co., Inc. has joined nine other U.S. domestic plywood producers as the “U.S. Structural Plywood Integrity Coalition” to file a Lanham Act claim of false labeling against three U.S. certification agencies: PFS TECO, Timber Products Inspection and International Accreditation Service. The essential point of the claim is that structural plywood panels produced in South America are being fraudulently certified and stamped as compliant with U.S. Product Standard PS1-09 for Structural Plywood, when the panels in fact do not meet the country’s minimum structural requirements for stiffness and deflection.

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Encore Architects Partners with Freres Lumber Company to Design its Block Party Showcase – BALhaus – with Mass Ply

August 19, 2019 — Can design help us achieve personal balance and live our best lives? How can design thinking foster a society that balances the needs of all of its people and the planet? What is the role of design to mitigate our impact on the planet and achieve greater natural balance?

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Freres Lumber Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2019

February 20, 2019 — Freres Lumber Company has been named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2019, ranking as the fifth on the Most Innovative Company List in the Urban Development/Real Estate category.

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Freres Lumber Co. Receives Patents and Fire Test Results

January 31, 2019 — Freres Lumber announces receipt of final patents in multiple countries

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Freres Lumber Co. Mass Ply Panel earns APA Certification

August 7, 2018 — First Mass Timber Panel constructed entirely from Structural Composite Lumber

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Lumber provides leadership among global community of experts Mass Ply Panel on display at the 2018 International

March 27, 2018 — Mass Timber Conference in Portland, Oregon

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