Interfor announced today that it will invest $46 million to upgrade and modernize it’s sawmill in Monticello, Arkansas. The project is scheduled to be completed in early 2019.  The project includes the installation of new state-of-the-art machine centers in the sawmill as well as upgrades to the planer mill and one new continuous lumber drying kiln.  Annual lumber production is expected to double, in addition to improving product quality, product mix and mill efficiency. …Ian Fillinger, Senior Vice President and Head of Operations of Interfor, said mill leadership, employee performance, the local timber supply and rising demand for lumber made the project at Monticello a high-priority.