Roseburg
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Roseburg breaks ground on new sawmill
Roseburg Forest Products held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of its new Roanoke Valley Lumber sawmill in Weldon, North Carolina. The company announced it planned to expand its operations in the Southeastern U.S. last summer with the new 375,000-square-foot, high-capacity dimensional lumber mill, during an event with N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper. Since that initial announcement, extensive preparation work has occurred at the 200-acre Roanoke Valley Lumber site, former home to a Roanoke Valley Energy facility, to prepare for construction. Roseburg has contracted with BID Group to design, build and equip the sawmill complex. Roseburg currently has 13 manufacturing facilities in North America, including the country’s second largest short lumber stud mill in Dillard, Ore. The company carefully selected the site for this new mill, with criteria including market demand, business... Continue reading
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September 28, 2017
Roseburg orders new LVL production line for its mill in the US
Roseburg Forest Products placed an order for a world’s largest continuous LVL press with Dieffenbacher. According to the announcement, the investment is expected to total USD 200 million . Construction starts in the first quarter of 2018. Production of the first board is planned for 2019. The capacity of RFP’s new LVL mill will be 285,000 m3 per year. The upstream 600 kW microwave will be the most powerful preheating system of this type in LVL production. Roseburg publicly announced the project July 11, 2017 at a joint news conference with officials representing the state of South Carolina and Chester County. Earlier Roseburg appointed a new Director of Strategic Business Development and External Affairs. The company is one of North America’s leading producers of particleboard and thermally fused laminates. It also manufactures softwood and hardwood plywood, lumber,... Continue reading
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May 25, 2022
Roseburg breaks ground on new sawmill
Roseburg Forest Products held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of its new Roanoke Valley Lumber sawmill in Weldon, North Carolina. The company announced it planned to expand its operations in the Southeastern U.S. last summer with the new 375,000-square-foot, high-capacity dimensional lumber mill, during an event with N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper. Since that initial announcement, extensive preparation work has occurred at the 200-acre Roanoke Valley Lumber site, former home to a Roanoke Valley Energy facility, to prepare for construction. Roseburg has contracted with BID Group to design, build and equip the sawmill complex. Roseburg currently has 13 manufacturing facilities in North America, including the country’s second largest short lumber stud mill in Dillard, Ore. The company carefully selected the site for this new mill, with criteria including market demand, business... Continue reading
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May 25, 2022
Roseburg breaks ground on new sawmill
Roseburg Forest Products held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of its new Roanoke Valley Lumber sawmill in Weldon, North Carolina. The company announced it planned to expand its operations in the Southeastern U.S. last summer with the new 375,000-square-foot, high-capacity dimensional lumber mill, during an event with N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper. Since that initial announcement, extensive preparation work has occurred at the 200-acre Roanoke Valley Lumber site, former home to a Roanoke Valley Energy facility, to prepare for construction. Roseburg has contracted with BID Group to design, build and equip the sawmill complex. Roseburg currently has 13 manufacturing facilities in North America, including the country’s second largest short lumber stud mill in Dillard, Ore. The company carefully selected the site for this new mill, with criteria including market demand, business... Continue reading