Posted on 07/02/2018 10:38:54 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Vicksburg Forest Products is reopening a lumber mill in Vicksburg it purchased from Anderson-Tully Co. in March. After significant upgrades and modifications are complete, the multi-million dollar corporate investment will create 125 jobs and expects to begin operations late next month, according to news release from the governor’s office.
Anderson-Tully, which had operated in Vicksburg since 1889, employed 158 at the time of the sale in March for an undisclosed amount. Anderson-Tully produced hardwood lumber primarily harvested in Mississippi.
Vicksburg Forest Products will manufacture southern yellow pine lumber, with a goal of producing up to 100 million board feet per year. The company plans to purchase timber from a number of landowners in the surrounding area.
“I commend the team at Vicksburg Forest Products for re-purposing the lumber mill and for bringing so many jobs to the people of Vicksburg,” Gov. Phil Bryant said in the release.
In March, Anderson-Tully Co. announced the closure of its Vicksburg operations as of May 15. Jackson-based Vicksburg Forest Products purchased the assets.
The company is currently accepting applications for employment at its guard house, which is located at 1725 N. Washington Street. Applications are being accepted between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Applications are also being accepted at the WIN Job Center.
The Mississippi Development Authority provided a $400,000 grant for site improvements. The city of Vicksburg also is assisting with $100,000 in matching funds for public infrastructure.
“With 66 percent of the state’s geography comprising approximately 20 million acres of forestland in Mississippi, forestry is a strong and growing economic driver throughout the state,” said MDA Executive Director Glenn McCullough Jr.
The leftist lumbersexuals are going to be “outraged”.
Hey Canada, keep your lumber. We’ll make out own.
More WINNING for Mississippians who want to work!
Hey Canada, keep your lumber. We’ll make out own.
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Yeah boy. We are in the lumber mfg business big time
Vicksburg Forest Products will manufacture southern yellow pine lumber
At American prices!
Being as I work for a building Materials manufacturer, I can only utter a hearty Huzzah!
Anderson Tully used to make decking for rail cars, trailers, etc. All of that was hardwood. I used to get scraps for fire wood. I wonder what happened to that business.
There is a shortage of lumber and raw lumber prices are sky high.
Lumber is a commodity.
Therefore, Vicksburg Forest Products will sell its lumber for the very most it can get on a daily basis. If the market goes down, they will sell for less.
Almost all NEW lumber production in the North America is coming from AL, MISS, TX, Quebec and Ontario. Production is going down in western Canada. It is up slightly in the Pacific Northwest(OR, WA, ID, MT).
Southern Yellow Pine is the cheapest lumber resource in the world. SYP trees can grow to a harvestable size in a much shorter time than any other major lumber specie group in the world. This is why Canfor, West Fraser, Interfor and Tolko(western Canadian mills) have all bought SYP mills in the last 5-10 years.
All the projections show that SYP will increase North American market share over the next 40 years.
The Lumber Broker
A change of business model seems a strange choice for a buyer. Also, there are significant differences between hardwood and SYP as regards cutting characteristics, etc. The new workforce will take a while to train up for full production, IMO.
Good for Vicksburg.
Also for the new mill going up in Lufkin, TX.
http://www.randomlengths.com/Woodwire/WoodwireContent/?nodeId=10
Random Lengths is the softwood lumber industry publication source for production, pricing, news, etc.
If you scroll through Random Lengths you will see almost all the new production in lumber is coming from the south or northeast.
a direct result of increased tariffs recently imposed on Canadian lumber ... which did NOT hurt buyers of new homes, but instead is providing new jobs and new houses built from U.S. lumber instead of foreign lumber ...
Thanks for the information.
Best,
L
What Free Traitors want you to believe is that the supply function is static and no new domestic suppliers will EVER come on line. Despite their best efforts brand new factories are still being built in the USA all the time. Not as many as are closed mind you but the situation is dynamic and not static. With more domestic supply will mean pressure to reduce prices.
Primarily these species:
Loblolly Pine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_taeda
Shortleaf Pine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_echinata
Slash Pine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_elliottii
Longleaf Pine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_palustris
I’ve bid on a couple of jobs at the Anderson-Tully mill about ten or twelve years ago. One of the few steam-shotgun operated saw carriages still around.
They cut the hardwood into long strips and glued up the decking.
Loblolly, Shortleaf, Slash and Longleaf as a group are referred to Southern Yellow Pines.
These softwood tree species are primarily used for framing lumber, plywood and flooring.
A large percentage of the framing lumber 1x4-1x12 and 2x4- 2x12 plus timbers 4x4 and larger are the primary specie used in pressure treated lumber. It is also used throughout the country in roof and floor trusses because its strength/density in relation to other softwood species.
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