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Harold Maxwell, Group VP Temple-Inland over Building Products, and former SFPA Chairman – 1988, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, May 17, 2020. Under Harold’s dedicated leadership, the SFPA enjoyed a year full of notable progress and accomplishments. From the incorporation of SFPA design values into the British Standards to global markets opening up for Southern Pine […]

In an effort to preserve stock and strengthen the supply chain, Robert D. Taylor, Sr., President of Taylor is proposing that the United States Government provide a 12- to 18-month interest-free and principle-free floorplan arrangement for manufacturers. Similar plans are regularly available to car dealerships, equipment dealerships, and other retail outlets, while manufacturers must use […]

Former SFPA Chairman and industry leader John Carmack Shealy, Sr. passed away Sunday, April 19. 2020. A graduate of Louisiana Tech University with a degree in forestry, John worked for many years in the timber industry and retired from Willamette Industries as Vice President of the Southern Division in 1997. As an active member of […]

Congratulations to Fritz Mason on being named the Timber Processing 2020 Person of the Year by Timber Processing Magazine.  Mason is the President and General Manager of Georgia Pacific. Deeply analytic and passionate, Mason was selected based on the award’s criteria: leadership within the individual’s own company, and leadership within the industry at large. Mason […]

Lumber Manufacturer Any individual, corporation, partnership or association engaged in the  U.S. domestic manufacture  of Southern Pine lumber whether from the log or from rough green, and shipped whether treated or untreated, from all the Member’s plants, irrespective of the destination of such shipments (including member’s shipments to a member’s distribution center).  Dues are paid […]

Raised Wood Floor Foundations Although the majority of housing starts in the U.S. occur in the South, about 66% of all homes in this region utilize slab-on-grade construction. SFPA’s promotional objective is to convince consumers, professional designers, planners, code and government officials that, in flood-prone areas, raised wood floor foundations represent a safer and equally […]

SFPA is seeking individuals or companies interested in assisting International Seminars in the Caribbean and Guatemala. Click here for more information.

SFPA is seeking individuals or companies interested in assisting International Seminars. Click here for more information.

SFPA welcomes LaSalle Lumber Company, LLC, as its newest Lumber Manufacturer member. Tolko Industries, headquartered in Vernon, BC, has partnered with Louisiana-based Hunt Forest Products to build a state-of-the-art sawmill near Urania, Louisiana. Earlier this year, Tolko announced plans to build the new facility; click here to read the company’s news release. The mill is designed to produce […]

Final Southern Pine lumber shipments in December were revised upward 2% totaling 1.298 billion board feet (Bbf), 10% below November’s revised shipments of 1.449 Bbf. December year-to-date shipments totaled 18.846 Bbf or 3% above the same period in 2017, and 9% above the same period in 2016. FINAL December 2018 News Release