by mssadmin | Sep 4, 2019 | Jobsite Stories
Hirschberg, Germany – The one thing better than a 730 M-HD log handler is two 730 M-HD log handlers! That’s the decision of the Rettenmeier Holzfabrik GmbH sawmill facility in Hirschberg, Germany. The Hirschberg mill is one of Rettenmeier’s six timber processing...
by mssadmin | May 22, 2019 | Jobsite Stories
The Ziegler Group headquartered in Bavaria operates Europe’s largest sawmill. The family-run company also leads the industry with its forward-thinking innovations, including a state-of-the-art log yard which opened in the past year. With a total of 12 machines...
by mssadmin | Apr 25, 2019 | Jobsite Stories
High Level, AB – Most woodyards face periodic challenges in having enough space for their inventory. But in the northern reaches of Alberta, the Tolko sawmill in High Level is challenged by both space and time! According to Gary Ross, the Plant Manager in High Level,...
by mssadmin | Apr 18, 2019 | Jobsite Stories
Swan River, MB – Insiders recognize that Larry McKay is a rare species in the lumber processing industry. As the owner of Mountainside Unloading Ltd., he is under contract to operate the Louisiana-Pacific woodyard in Swan River, MB. “I am pretty blessed that they’ve...
by mssadmin | Mar 15, 2018 | Jobsite Stories
White River, ON – The re-opening of the sawmill in White River, Ontario, was one of the lumber industries rare “good news” stories of 2013. Shuttered six years earlier, the town’s population had dwindled to nearly half its size from the 1990s. Then numbering about 600...