Fletcher Building has ordered a complete Cebro plant, including the newly developed Belt Dryer, to produce Fine OSB from German machine and plant manufacturer Dieffenbacher...

In 1949, 31-year-old William Evans, with an eighth-grade education, decided to build a sawmill from scratch. In an interview nearly 40 years ago...

The fourth generation of the Martlmüller family is at the helm of Weiss Holzwerk, one of the largest, modern and sustainably managed sawn timber and pallet manufacturers...

Most of the world’s wood chip trade is that of hardwood chips in the Pacific Rim. In 2022, the global wood chip trade accounted for about 42 million bdmt...

Cameroon’s Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF) has expanded the list of tree species that can no longer be exported from the Central African country as raw logs.

Combustible wood dust hazards and incidents are significant and at times catastrophic. The 2021 Combustible Dust Incident Report produced by Dust Safety Science...

As late as 2019, China imported almost 100 million m3 rwe (roundwood equivalents) of softwood logs and lumber to meet the growing demand for forest products in the domestic market.

As the No. 1 preventable injury in a sawmill work environment, a risk-based approach to addressing hand safety hazards must be our first defense...

Extensive machines and plants often have poorly visible or dangerous areas that are secured with protective zones or fences.

At the end of 2020, China banned the importation of plantation pine logs from Australia, stating that bark beetles had infected the logs.