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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

Southern Pine lumber shipments in November totaled 1.481 billion board feet (Bbf), 9% below October’s revised shipments of 1.621 Bbf. October was revised upward 0.5%. November year-to-date shipments totaled 16.920 Bbf or 5% above the same period in 2016, and 11% above the same period in 2015. November 2017 News Release

More accolades are in for SFPA’s Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition. The International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE), the global authority on exhibition management and best practices, has approved the 2017 show as a “Certified Exhibition”.  This designation is considered the “Gold Standard” in exhibition management. “SFPA is honored to receive thisrecognition, the result of […]

Southern Pine lumber shipments in May totaled 1.742 billion board feet (Bbf), 6% above April’s shipments of 1.636 Bbf.  May year-to-date shipments totaled 7.876 Bbf, 4% above the same period in 2017, and 9% above the same period in 2016. May 2018 News Release