by Tony Kryzanowski | Dec 18, 2023 | 2023, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, November/December
The transition from natural forests to natural managed forests or ‘plantations’ is well advanced in Canada. Unbeknown to many, approximately 15 per cent of all primary commercial forests in this country are now first generation, managed forests—approximately 40 per...
by Forestnet | Dec 18, 2023 | 2023, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Harvesting, November/December, Tech Update
Log Max The Log Max 7000XT DISC is Quadco’s newest Log Max harvester/processor head. A disc takes the place of the bar and chain as the main saw. It is the same swing-out saw as found on Quadco’s Intermittent heads. Quadco says that this easy to maintain saw is going...
by Tony Kryzanowski | Dec 18, 2023 | 2023, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, November/December, The Last Word
The Origin Materials chemical plant in the city of Sarnia, in southwestern Ontario, began commercial production this past summer, and converts wood residues into the building blocks used to produce plastic materials for containers like pop bottles, clothing, textiles,...
by Tony Kryzanowski | Dec 18, 2023 | 2023, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Industry News, November/December, Sawmill
Western Archrib, a sister company to Fort McMurray, Alberta-based Northland Forest Products, is embarking upon an $82 million phased expansion of its glued-laminated structural wood systems manufacturing operations. The investment is expected to triple local...
by Matthew Nemeth | Dec 18, 2023 | 2023, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Guest Columns, November/December, Sawmill, Value Added
The U.S. kiln-dries about 29 billion board feet of lumber annually. The product’s utility is wide ranging, from framing and finishing construction to furniture and other consumer goods. From forest to table, finished wood products can be found in nearly every home or...
by Jim Stirling | Dec 18, 2023 | 2023, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Harvesting, November/December
Boadie Forsyth reckoned the low-bed driver had pulled into the log yard to ask for directions. But the driver wasn’t lost. He knew exactly where he was. He had delivered the shiny new processor he’d been hauling to its new home. Furthermore, Forsyth was to become the...
