Newsletter

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

SFPA member The Westervelt Company, headquartered in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, recently announced plans to construct a new Southern Pine sawmill in Thomasville, Alabama. Click here to read the company’s News Release. The new mill will join the company’s existing facility in Moundville, Alabama, which began operations in 1997. “We’re excited to be a part of this community,” said […]

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

Southern Pine lumber shipments in August totaled 1.740 billion board feet (Bbf), 9% above July’s revised shipments of 1.599 Bbf. August year-to-date shipments totaled 12.864 Bbf, 4% above the same period in 2017, and 9% above the same period in 2016. August 2018 News Release

Southern Pine lumber shipments in April totaled 1.636 billion board feet (Bbf), 6% above March’s revised shipments of 1.548 Bbf.  March was revised upward 2%.  April’s year-to-date shipments totaled 6.134 Bbf, 2% above the same period in 2017, and 6% above the same period in 2016. April 2018 News Release

Southern Pine lumber shipments in June totaled 1.603 billion board feet (Bbf), 9% below May’s revised shipments of 1.756 Bbf.  May was revised upward 1%. June year-to-date shipments totaled 9.504 Bbf, 3% above the same period in 2017, and 8% above the same period in 2016. June 2018 News Release

Southern Pine lumber shipments in March totaled 1.516 billion board feet (Bbf), 5% above February’s revised shipments of 1.440 Bbf.  February was revised upward 6%.  March’s year-to-date shipments totaled 4.466 Bbf, 1% below the same period in 2017, and 4% above the same period in 2016. March 2018 News Release