New facility can produce enough lumber for 14,000 homes and reserves 40 hectares for mass timber expansion.
Investments
The investment will accelerate PulPac’s research and development over a five-year period (2025–2029), with a focus on next-generation food service and retail packaging.
RemaSawco receives order from Holmen worth just over SEK 1.1 million ($114,702).
As part of the agreement, the world’s first industrial AeoniQ plant will be constructed at Altri’s Caima pulp mill. Construction is expected to begin in 2026 with an initial capacity of 1,750 tons per year.
Yueyang Forest and Paper Company’s new machine in Yueyang, Hunan Province, will produce 450,000 tons of fine paper per year.
Norra Skog plans to increase production by 10,000 m3 per year. The first steps will be taken this summer and the reconstruction will be completed in the fall of 2026.
This investment reduces production waste and uses circular life cycle inks, significantly minimising waste generation.
The new mill will specialize in producing high-quality Southern Yellow Pine framing lumber. This will be the company’s first new sawmill on the East Coast and once fully operational, will provide 125-140 new jobs in the area.
Equipped with the latest technologies, the new production line enables precise tuning of adsorptive performance through detailed control of adsorbent types, blends, and content levels.
The projects range from soil and growing forests to innovative solutions contributing to the green transition.
National supply shows elasticity below 1 (PNW at 1.5), while South-Central’s 25-year rotation growth of nearly 200 m³/ha delivers positive NPV on planting.
The 75,000-square-foot facility is Wilsonart’s 24th company-owned distribution center and a key part of its continued growth in the region.
Weyerhaeuser Company is investing an estimated $500 million in the facility, which is expected to create 200 high-quality jobs in the region once fully operational.
The investment programme focuses on increasing manufacturing capacity, improving production efficiency, and embedding sustainable practices across operations.
Port of Portland announces partnership with Swiss mass timber company on new mass timber factory, boosting jobs and modular housing construction for the region.
The new facility complements Kalesnikoff’s existing Mass Timber operation in nearby South Slocan, adding new products and services including prefabricated wall panels, mass timber modules, trusses.
With a capacity of 60,000 metric tons, the new LDC machine doubles the Sherbrooke Operational Centre’s production capacity and increases overall production to more than 130,000 metric tonnes per year.
Early detection of wildfire plays a crucial role in reducing risks, lowering suppression costs and protecting communities. Using 5G technology, the cameras detect smoke from wildfires and provide real-time data to support evacuation planning, resource deployment and wildfire behaviour predictions.
Investment in Tavico will seek to establish a platform for an integrated timber processing and plantation business across Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, using Vietnam as a focal point.
Cross-laminated timber and biomass use expand as Forest Service targets long-term wood supply.