George EmmersonPresident & CEO, Sierra Pacific Industries. The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) is the industry’s initiative to protect and grow market share for softwood lumber products in North America. Participating in the SLB is one of the most important things we as industry professionals can do to protect our markets, create new opportunities for our… Read more »
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The SLB Helps the Industry Do More
By Don KaynePresident and CEO, Canfor CorporationChair, Softwood Lumber Board Programs Committee The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) has been transformational for the softwood lumber industry in many ways, helping us to generate over 1 billion board feet of demand (protected volume and new consumption) in the last year alone. One oft-overlooked but key ingredient to… Read more »
Monthly Update: March 2018
The SLB Is Key to Growing the Softwood Lumber Industry
By T. Furman BrodieCharles Ingram Lumber Company When the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB), was first proposed, I could not have imagined the impact the SLB would have in such a short time. We had watched our industry give up market share to our competitors for decades. Sales were stagnating and, the future appeared uncertain. The… Read more »
Call for Nominations Softwood Lumber Board Seeks Candidates
The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) seeks nominations of softwood lumber manufacturers and importers interested in candidacy for Board seats coming open in January 2019. Each Director will serve a three-year term, which may be renewed once. The deadline for nominations is April 20th, 2018. The 19-member Board will hold elections to fill six seats for Directors whose terms expire… Read more »
Monthly Update: February 2018
SLB’s 2017 Impact Exceeds 1 Billion Board Feet
The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) has released its 2017 results, which show continued year-on-year growth across key metrics of value to the industry. The results also stress the importance of the softwood lumber sector to the economy as a whole. Highlights include: SLB-funded initiatives generated 1.02 billion board feet (bbf) of incremental softwood lumber demand… Read more »