CHICAGO, VANCOUVER — The AZEK Company Inc., a leading manufacturer of low-maintenance and environmentally sustainable outdoor living products, announces a long-term distribution partnership with Doman Building Materials Group Ltd. The partnership will expand the availability of AZEK’s TimberTech brand of decking products to customers across Canada. Under this agreement, Doman will distribute TimberTech decking, known for its unparalleled performance, innovative technology, premium aesthetics and top-rated fire resistance. This partnership aligns with AZEK’s commitment to providing Canadian customers with high-performance, environmentally sustainable decking solutions made from up to 85% recycled waste and scrap material. Doman has a longstanding relationship with AZEK in both the U.S. and Canada, having successfully distributed products under the TimberTech and AZEK Exteriors brands in the U.S., as well as AZEK’s Versatex® brand of trim, moulding and siding products in Canada for several years.
The Washington-based Recycled Materials Association (ReMA) has been tracking a decline in recovered paper exports from the U.S. that shaped the 2023 market and has sustained throughout this year. Although China’s door is again slightly open to imports that meet specific standards, a combination of its withdrawal from the market and adjustments by U.S. mills to accept more grades of recovered paper has caused at least a temporary change in the import-export balance. In Europe, the shrinking Chinese market has been a factor, but in the past two years, that trend has been offset by different geopolitical and recycling market circumstances that have created a surplus of recovered paper on a continent that now has a higher volume moving offshore. …The increase in global recovered paper trade from Europe counters a trend seen in the U.S., where recovered paper exports dropped 18 percent last year and continue to fall in early 2024, according to ReMA.
VANCOUVER, BC — Canfor Corporation announced the completion of the acquisition from Arkansas Resolute El Dorado, of its lumber manufacturing facility in Union County, Arkansas. The transaction, previously announced on May 1, 2024, is a strategic complement to the Company’s existing regional operations, including its adjacent El Dorado Laminating Plant and its nearby Urbana sawmill. Renamed as the Iron Mountain sawmill, this acquisition will create operational synergies with Canfor’s existing facilities, provide vertical integration opportunities with its two glulam plants and build further capacity near customers and markets in the US South. …Lee Goodloe, President, Canfor Southern Pine., said “As a growth-oriented forest products company, we see this as an opportunity to expand the depth and breadth of our manufacturing capabilities in Arkansas’ rich, high-quality wood basket.”
Environmental groups are challenging Georgia regulators’ decision to allow a wood pellet mill in Middle Georgia with a history of environmental violations to double its emissions of toxic air pollutants. Telfair Forest Products in Lumber City has been cited by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) five times over the past 14 years and paid more than $50,000 in fines for violations that included exceeding pollution limits, failure to install required pollution controls, and failure to keep appropriate records and perform required testing, state records show. In July, EPD issued Telfair a new permit that allows the company to increase its output of volatile organic compounds — some of which are known carcinogens — from an estimated 337 tons per year to 586 tons per year. …The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) filed a petition Friday accusing the state of bypassing federal Clean Air Act requirements by issuing the permit without proper analyses or pollution controls.
CALIFORNIA — The Park Fire grew marginally over the weekend as containment on the fourth-largest wildfire in state history continued to grow slowly. As of Monday morning, the fire has burned 401,740 acres, about a 500-acre increase from Saturday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. The fire is 34% contained. …Officials expect the area to experience more warming and dry conditions this week with daytime highs reaching the lower 100s and the relative humidity ranging from a 10% to 20%. The number of structures destroyed by the fire went up over the weekend to 640 as of Monday morning. Damage inspection teams have completed their assessments, Cal Fire said. …Evacuation warnings have been lifted in several zones in Shasta County, while officials downgraded evacuation orders in some zones to warnings, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office said.