October 7, 2019 — Each year, we get the opportunity to show our appreciation to customers and friends at the Ted Freres Classic Sporting Clay Invitational. August 23, 2019 marked the eleventh annual celebration as we gathered at Mid Valley Clays and Shooting School in...
September 30, 2019 — The commodity plywood markets level out, remaining largely unchanged over the past few weeks. Before, during, and after Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Bahamas and then raked the southeast coastline of the U.S., the sheathing markets firmed considerably in the South, and...
September 23, 2019 — The flood of inferior South American wood products is not only a serious problem for builders and the public who rely on quality construction materials, it is also detrimental to domestic producers who comply with stringent quality and performance standards while...
September 16, 2019 — The diverse design and functionality possibilities inherent in Freres Lumber’s Mass Plywood Panels were on display in BALhaus, a structure designed by Encore Architects for the Seattle Design Festival 2019 Block Party....
September 9, 2019 — Plywood sales gainshave finally arrived. Over the last few weeks we have gradually increased sales volumes. Granted, volumes hit very low levels and it was hard to gain any traction. Whether Hurricane Dorian, lower interest rates, or the final gasp of...
September 3, 2019 — Linear expansion in Freres Lumber’s Mass Plywood Panel (MPP) has been proven in testing to be minimal, adding to the list of benefits of this new building material....
August 26, 2019 — The plywood markets are largely unchanged. Prices on commodity products have continued to leak a few dollars each week. Unfortunately, that has been the trend for most of the spring and summer, so we continue to register many year lows on almost...
August 9, 2018 — End-use markets continue to grow and exhibit strength along with the overall economy despite a lagging NW wood products market. US housing starts are flat to slight growth, repair and remodeling is up 3%, mobile home production is up 4%, industrial...
July 29, 2019 — Commodity plywood markets continued to march in place, with some semblance of balance out there between supply and demand. Though every week has some extreme price incidents, most of the bread and butter sheathing items are trading relatively “flat," pricewise. Not...
July 8, 2019 — Representatives from Freres Lumber attended the 2019 International Mass Timber Conference, showcasing our new MPP product in an elaborate exhibit designed by Lever Architecture....