In the May edition of Numbers That Matter Live, Plastics News Economics Editor Bill Wood offered a frank, wide-ranging look at the economic headwinds — and potential turning points — facing the U.S.

Research shows that engineered wooden nail connections significantly improve shear resistance in timber shear walls, ...

What started as a way to get his family through the Great Depression, Harold Cole’s cleaning potion has survived 96 years of ...

As a child, Sydney Jewell, a junior at South High School, loved to help her uncles with their construction projects or just tinker around her home repairing items. So it’s only natural that she joined ...

On May 22, 2025, the Coalition for Fair Trade in Hardwood Plywood (the “Coalition” or “Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition ...

Nationwide, tens of thousands of Indigenous households use firewood to help heat their homes. That’s why the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California is making sure their elders have the chopped wood ...

Angel City Lumber says it will likely be able to produce enough low-cost, millwork-grade board for 500 rebuilt homes—and ...

Coffee tables can be shockingly expensive, especially if they're made of solid wood, but they're easy to DIY if you have a ...

Part of that involves checking the specs when picking your plywood. The other is simply ... use sanded softwood plywoods, such as pine, but with their inferior durability and aesthetics, these aren't ...

Perry calls the ongoing milling operation part of his "community wood bank" program, where Altadena residents can get the lumber salvaged ... massive Italian stone pine that fell onto her property ...

The average life span of a family-owned business is about 24 years, according to industry studies. The Robinson Lumber Co., a south Louisiana stalwart, has that number beat by more than a century.