Over the past few weeks, Freres Lumber Company’s Mass Plywood Panel received patents and passed fire safety testing, putting it on course to be the only mass timber panel constructed entirely from Structural Composite Lumber (SCL). 
MPP … Read More
Wood Products Industry Affected by a Drag in Housing Starts
Housing starts experienced a very real slow down in the last half of 2018 which has had dramatic effects on the wood products industry. However, the slowdown … Read More
The Western Plywood market has been decent so far this year, but unspectacular. As with any winter trading in commodities, the market trends are a mixed bag due to the ebb and flow of winter weather across … Read More
Wood product markets began to show marked improvement as we ended 2018. The end of 2018 can best be categorized as a slow bleed, with product prices dropping across the board. Even good news for wood products … Read More
A new year is upon us, and it is customary to contemplate what lies ahead for Freres Lumber in 2019. We have many things to be thankful for, and we think there is much opportunity ahead of … Read More
Wood products prices have been declining relentlessly over the last couple of months, regardless of the product. While lumber led the way initially, panel prices declined to price lows that have not been seen for three years. … Read More
The many benefits of engineered wood products are being touted in scientifically based environmental reports and the continual struggle against poor forest management that results in catastrophic fires.
Large wildfires, like those recently plaguing California, not only … Read More
