Lumber News
Sherwood Lumber Increases Northeast Distribution with the New Onsite Rail Spur
Palmer, MA, June 6th, 2013 – After receiving a grant from the State Department of Transportation’s industrial access program to support a rail spur project at their Palmer Massachusetts location, Sherwood Lumber furthered the project by allocating it's own resources to the campaign. The project will improve the main New England Central Railroad line project. This project will improve the main New England Central Railroad line, which runs from the Vermont and Quebec border to New London, Connecticut, improving transportation not only to Sherwood Lumber, but also to all businesses neighboring the rail line.
Manage Thy Risk
With all the headlines of U.S. real estate roaring back, combined with a solid Asian appetite and reports of producers handsome earnings, following seven years of painful rightsizing, it should come as no surprise that production will respond. Upon quick review of production stats we can see that the combined production of the major producing regions is up over 10% YOY and to add to this tax free shipments to the US from Canada is up on average 15% in the first 4 months of this year, versus the last 4 of 2012. It’s a pretty safe bet to believe that we now have adequate production for this moment but don’t get lulled into the idea that painful market moves are behind us.
Palmer, Amherst projects win $500,000 to improve rail lines from Massachusetts Department of Transportation
This article by Lori Stabile, originally appeared on masslive.com. Click here to view the original article.
Thanks to grants from the state Department of Transportation's industrial rail access program, Sherwood Lumber received funding for a rail spur project to improve business operations in Palmer, and a segment of the New England Central Railroad in Amherst will be refurbished.
The $500,000 industrial rail access program grants were announced last week by Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray and MassDOT Secretary and chief executive officer Richard A. Davey.
Product Update: 2x4 1650
As of 6/1/13 the ALSC has approved the new SPIB design values.
This will make 2x4 1650 a more sought after product because it will have a greater value than #1 SYP.
Please see all new values below on 2x4
2013 Mid-Year Report From Sherwood Lumber
Long Island, NY, May 24, 2013 - The first half of this year has turned out to be eventful for Sherwood Lumber and the industry in general. The first five months showed some of the widest price fluctuations that the industry has experienced as the value of lumber changed from day to day. In the first quarter, the industry encountered significant price escalation followed by a precipitous decline in April and May. While the price fluctuation has been extreme, the unit demand has been far more secure.
Sherwood Lumber Featured in May/June Softwood Buyer
Sherwood Lumber was once again featured in Softwood Buyer in the May/June issue out now.
Click here to see the issue and find Sherwood Lumber's feature on page 6.
Sherwood Lumber Promotions Announcement
Sherwood Lumber would like announce promotions to some very deserving associates.
Effective April 1, 2013
DAVID GAUDREAU
Senior VP of Sales Islandia, NY
Dave Gaudreau has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Sales. Dave oversees a national sales force of 51 associates and has been instrumental in maintaining strong customer service and exceeding sales and gross profit targets. Dave continues to seek ways for the company to be more effective in this ever changing economic environment and keeps everyone motivated. His eagerness to see Sherwood succeed and to be part of a thriving organization made this promotion choice an easy one and we are very excited to congratulate him on this well-deserved recognition.
Sherwood Lumber Announces Expansion of Its Portland Trading Group
Long Island, NY, March 25, 2013 – Sherwood Lumber is happy to announce the hiring of John Percin, Rob Turk and the rest of their trader group and staff formerly of Talon Forest. Their employment will start with Sherwood in early April 2013 and will more than double the size of Sherwood’s presence in the Portland market.
Sherwood Lumber Hits the Red Carpet at LMC's Annual Meeting
LONG ISLAND, NY, March 21st, 2013 – Sherwood Lumber attended LMC’s 2013 Annual Meeting, held March 13th-15th at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. The conference was very well attended and gave Sherwood Lumber an opportunity to continue expanding their presence on the West Coast.
Sherwood Lumber Featured in Lumber Co-operator
Sherwood Lumber is excited to announce that they were featured twice in the most recent issue of NRLA's Lumber Co-operator magazine.
The first article is a focus on Sherwood's Prime distribution facility, it's growth, and preparation for the lumber market's return this year.
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