Advancing the Southern Pine Lumber Industry since 1915

Exhibit space for the Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition (EXPO) scheduled for August 11-13, 2021 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta is now on sale! Early-bird priority exhibit space assignment and discounted exhibit space rates are available to all returning exhibiting companies and SFPA members until September 30, 2020! Sponsored and conducted […]

Dr. Bob Smith from the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials at Virginia Tech recently co-authored a book titled International Marketing Practices for Small to Medium Sized Forest Products Firms. with Dr. Omar Espinoza and Ms. Anna Pitti from the University of Minnesota. The book was written to assist forest products companies entering international markets or to […]

A new report details several Chinese projects that display innovative uses for Southern Pine lumber. Featured SYP projects include timber bridges, the Luhu Resort Hotel, and the Shanghai Poly Grand Theatre. In 2019, 13 timber bridges in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province were renovated using imported SYP lumber supplied by SFPA Manufacturer Member, Interfor. The stressed laminated […]