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SFPA has recently welcomed a new staff member, Alaina Hanson, CPA, who was brought on board October 5 to fulfill the position of Director of Administration. A graduate of Syracuse University, Alaina moved to New Orleans in 2008 to begin her career as a designer. Torn between starting her own business and returning to school, […]

For the first time in over a decade, the U.S. has reached out to softwood markets in the British Virgin Islands and Dominica with a virtual educational seminar presented by SFPA in mid-September. The event is SFPA’s fourth webinar and follows successful webinars presented in Costa Rica, and Jamaica and the Dominican Republic earlier this […]

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 […]

Despite COVID-19 travel and gathering restrictions, education and promotional efforts continued in July with a lumber training webinar targeting lumber traders and construction professionals in Costa Rica. This webinar was SFPA’s third educational event to follow the webinar format, after a successful series of webinars in Jamaica and the Dominican Republic in June. Costa Rica […]

In late August, American Softwoods representative Fernanda Vale presented a webinar at Expo CAMACOL. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, CAMACOL exhibitors (like American Softwoods) were given the opportunity to virtually present educational or technical seminars that were streamed through both the Expo CAMACOL platform and YouTube. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mrs. Vale presented a 45-minute […]

In August, the SLB Board of Directors approved a $0.06/thousand board feet assessment increase, to $0.41/thousand. This increase will allow the SLB to continue to build upon the successes of the U.S. softwood lumber industry and take steps to further protect the market share their actions have gained so far. SLB activities promote market growth for […]

SFPA is pleased to welcome a new Associate Member, LINCK Holzverarbeitungstechnik. With over 180 years of sawmill machinery experience, LINCK develops customized lumber production systems to achieve overall solutions for large production volume mills as well as for small specialty mills. Many of the largest lumber producers in Europe have partnered with LINCK as their […]

SFPA is proud to welcome a new Associate Member, Madem-Moorecraft Reels USA. Madem-Moorecraft Reels USA manufactures wooden cable reels in Tarboro, NC. With headquarters in Brazil, Madem Group is the leading nailed wooden reels producer in the world. Madem Group has manufacturing plants in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, USA, Spain, and Bahrain, with more than 700 employees […]