Author: Lauren
SLB Supports Additional Blast-Resistant Testing to Open New Market for Mass Timber
Wood products have historically been underrepresented in the U.S. Department of Defense construction market because of misconceptions regarding wood’s performance in blast conditions. Working with USDA Forest Products Laboratory, the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) is tackling these misperceptions head-on to prove wood’s performance and open up a new market for wood products worth upwards of… Read more »
Monthly Update: November 2017
Monthly Update: October 2017
New Report Asserts Softwood Lumber’s Economic Impacts
A new report by Forest Economic Advisors (FEA), commissioned by the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB), highlights the importance of softwood lumber manufacturing to the U.S. economy and, in particular, the health of rural communities. Through both direct manufacture and via downstream industries that use softwood lumber as a primary input, FEA estimates that 775,674 jobs,… Read more »
Monthly Update: September 2017
SLB’s Impact to Expand Markets
Expanding markets is central to the Softwood Lumber Board’s (SLB’s) mission, as new and larger markets create increased softwood lumber demand and consumption and increased revenue for producers and manufacturers. After weathering the financial and housing crises of the 2000s, American markets across all construction segments are crossing the threshold of recovery, and this is… Read more »