Newsletter - Events

Auburn University has recently announced that the international CLT conference “The Sustainable Future of CLT in the South: Grow, Design, Build” will be held April 27 – 29, 2022, in Auburn, Alabama. This premier event is the first of its kind to be held in the Southern United States. Renowned experts in forestry, building sciences, […]

After a successful show in August of this year, SFPA Staff and the EXPO Advisory Committee are already hard at work planning the Forest Products Machinery and Equipment Exposition (EXPO) 2023. The first order of business? Determining where the show will take place. The planning and execution of EXPO is truly a labor of love […]

The Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA) Board of Directors elected its 2021 slate of officers during its annual meeting which took place virtually on December 9, 2020.  They are Chairman Craig Forbes of Weyerhaeuser Company; Vice Chair Will Lampe of Lampe & Malphrus Lumber Company; and Treasurer Mark Richardson of The Westervelt Company. The Board […]

On December 8, SFPA held the first-ever SFPA Summit. The Summit marks a new expansion to SFPA’s annual fall meetings, which have traditionally been only available to SFPA members. Registration for the SFPA Summit was free and open to the public, presenting an opportunity for everybody involved in forest products to gain insights and advice […]

The 2020 SLMA and SFPA Spring Meeting (March 25-27) in New Orleans has been canceled.  The decision did not come quickly or easily, as our tendencies are to continue business as usual.  However, after careful deliberation, we have decided to err on the side of caution due to the spread of the Coronavirus. SFPA and […]

SFPA Fall Committee Meetings were held on October 16 in San Antonio, immediately prior to the NAWLA Traders Market. The Expo Advisory Committee reviewed the Exhibitor and Attendee Surveys from the 2019 Expo and discussed the need to increase visitor attendance at the show.  The dates for the 2021 show will keep the same pattern, […]

Mauvila Timber was established in 2000 near the Port of Mobile as an export lumber business. Most of their lumber is Southern Yellow Pine, primarily Loblolly and Longleaf. They have over 600,000 square feet of warehouse filled with a variety of lumber, all of which can be viewed on their website mauvilatimber.com. Monica Doncel is their General Manager […]

Some 200 registered attendees convened in Atlanta last week for the 2018 SFPA/SLMA Spring Meeting & Expo.  The meeting kicked off with a welcome reception and dinner at the College Football Hall of Fame on Wednesday night. The agenda featured meetings of both boards of directors, as well as industry updates covering tax reform plus issues related […]

Lively discussions this week punctuated the annual meeting of the American Wood Protection Association (AWPA) in Puerto Rico. Within the meeting of the T-2 Committee, efforts to add a new Use Category 3C for critical above ground use did not win the required two-thirds majority.  AWPA had already established the Above Ground Hazard Class Review Task Force for […]