30 Jan January Market Update: Plywood Orders Increase After the Snows

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January 29, 2017 — Freres Lumber plant activity is picking up, with a surge of plywood business. The plywood market awakened from a winter slumber this week and mills across the board were able to clean up some inventory and build some breathing room into...

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16 Jan January Market Report: Holiday Curtailments Remain, but Spring Predictions are Positive

Posted at 18:37h in blog

January 16, 2017 — The expected end-of-year slowdown for plywood continues at Freres Lumber Company, but spring predictions look good for business. Holiday production curtailments by multiple panel producers, including a maintenance curtailment at our own plywood facility, halted the steady decline in December plywood...

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