Industry News

Bandit Industries, Inc. celebrated the acquisition of a facility in Mount Pleasant with a ribbon cutting ceremony on April 5th. This facility, formerly owned by Burch Tank, is situated on twenty-four acres with 60,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing…

A plan to boost weight limits for trucks on Georgia state highways is proving a heavy lift against determined opposition. After the scope of the bill was cut down earlier in the House and still garnered barely enough votes to pass, ultimately, the…

Hunt Forest Products LLC has pledged $500,000 to support the new Forest Products Innovation Center on Louisiana Tech University’s South Campus at Ruston. The Forest Products Innovation Center is slated to become a hub for discovering new methods to…

A new Mississippi law that went into effect in 2022 has simplified low visibility light requirements for log hauling, according to Mississippi Loggers Assn. Executive Director David Livingston. A similar law passed in 2011 to allow log hauling in…

According to a report in the Louisiana Logger newsletter, WestRock is investing $97 million to upgrade its mill in Hodge, La., which includes log yard upgrades that should reduce log truck turnaround time. When the improvements were announced last…

Campbell Global, a wholly-owned timber investment manager of J.P, Morgan Global Alternatives, has acquired over 250,000 productive acres of high-quality, commercial timberland across three properties in the Southeastern U.S.—valued at over half a…