News & Events
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6 Jun
As of Friday, June 1, manufacturers around the world are now required to import and sell in the U.S. only CARB or TSCA Title VI third-party certified composite wood panels or finished products made with certified panels. Read More
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12 Jul
On June 28, CPA spoke in support of several proposed amendments to TSCA Title VI at a public meeting held by EPA at its headquarters in Washington, DC. Read More
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12 Jul
CPA Chairman Louis Brassard and President Jackson Morrill participated in the 2018 European Panel Federation meeting from June 27-29 in Lucerne, Switzerland. Read More
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12 Jul
Registration continues for the 2018 CPA Fall Meeting/Material, Design & Technology Symposium at the JW Marriott in Nashville, TN to be held from September 23-25. Read More
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12 Jul
CPA’s Jackson Morrill and Donald Bisson and Impact Public Affairs’ Christian von Donat met yesterday with Health Canada officials to review progress on the development of the national formaldehyde emissions for composite wood regulation and discuss opportunities to strengthen enforcement measures. Read More
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12 Jul
The American Transportation Research Institute’s Top Industry Issues survey ranked driver shortage as the number one issue for the trucking industry in 2017. Read More
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12 Jul
U.S. construction spending during May was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.3 trillion, rising 0.4% from April and was 4.5% higher than the year ago period. Read More
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12 Jul
Total shipments for all U.S. manufacturing industries in May rose 0.6% from April to $496.1 billion. Read More
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12 Jul
Canadian building permits in May totaled $8.2 billion, rising 4.7% from April but down 0.4% from the comparable month last year. Read More
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12 Jul
Canadian housing starts in June totaled 222,041 units, up 2.5% from May. Read More
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12 Jul
Canadian lumber production through March was 7.07 billion board feet (bbf), falling 2.4% from the year prior. Read More
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28 Jun
Kronospan plans to increase the investment in their Oxford, Alabama expansion by $101 million to a total of $463 million, according to a recent The Birmingham Business Journal article. Read More
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28 Jun
Registration continues for the 2018 CPA Fall Meeting/Material, Design & Technology Symposium at the JW Marriott in Nashville, TN to be held from September 23-25. Read More
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28 Jun
CPA is collecting updates for the 2018-19 Surface & Panel Buyers Guide that will be published in The Master magazine just prior to the IWF Show in Atlanta. Read More
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28 Jun
Stay up-to-date on CPA and the North American composite panel industry by following the association on social media. Read More
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28 Jun
U.S. sales of new single-family homes in May were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 689,000, rising 6.7% from April and 14.1% above the same period in 2017. Read More
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28 Jun
Preliminary June data shows the U.S. consumer sentiment index was 99.3, up 1.3% from May and 4.5% higher compared to the same period one year-ago, according to the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers. Read More
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28 Jun
U.S. furniture factory orders in April rose 15% from the comparable period in 2017, according to a monthly report of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors. Read More
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28 Jun
U.S. kitchen and bath cabinetry sales rose 1.6% in May from the comparable month in 2017, according to Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association's monthly Trend of Business member survey. Read More
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28 Jun
The June issue of the Particleboard and MDF Commentary has been published and includes detailed economic analysis of the North American markets. Read More
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28 Jun
The June issue of Wood Markets is now available to members through the association’s website. Read More
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21 Jun
Combined shipments of particleboard and MDF rose 2.67% in May to 509 MMSF (3/4” basis) compared to 496 MMSF during the same month last year. Read More
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21 Jun
May TFL shipments increased 2.7% to 118 MMSF, compared to 115 MMSF in the same month last year. Read More
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21 Jun
Registration continues for the 2018 CPA Fall Meeting/Material, Design & Technology Symposium at the JW Marriott in Nashville, TN to be held from September 23-25. Read More
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21 Jun
CPA will exhibit at the International Woodworking Fair (IWF) in Atlanta, GA from August 22-25. Read More
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21 Jun
U.S. housing starts in May were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.4 million, up 5% from the revised April estimate and 20.3% above the comparable month last year. Read More
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21 Jun
U.S. builder confidence for new single-family homes in June fell 2 points from May to 68 points on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Read More
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21 Jun
Canadian housing starts in May totaled 216,362 units, down 4% from April. Read More
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21 Jun
Canadian wood product manufacturing sales in April were $2.9 billion, up 0.1% compared to March and 8.8% higher than the same month in 2017. Read More
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14 Jun
The 2018 NeoCon show in Chicago, IL concluded yesterday with increased visitors to the new CPA booth titled “A Night at the Cinema,” where industry products starred as the main feature. Read More
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14 Jun
Registration continues for the 2018 CPA Fall Meeting/Material, Design & Technology Symposium at the JW Marriott in Nashville, TN from September 23-25. Read More
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14 Jun
North American composite panel mills in May reported 12 incidents. Read More
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14 Jun
CPA signed onto a broad industry coalition letter sent today to Senate leadership calling for reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. Read More
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14 Jun
CPA will begin updating next week the Surface & Panel Buyers Guide that will be published as part of The Master publication just prior to the IWF Show in Atlanta. Read More
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14 Jun
North American lumber production through March was up 0.3% from the year-ago period to 15.63 billion board feet, according to the Western Wood Products Association's Lumber Track publication. Read More
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14 Jun
Western lumber production through April totaled 4.93 billion board feet (bbf), up 9.1% from the comparative period in 2017, according to the Western Wood Products Association's Western Lumber Facts publication. Read More
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6 Jun
Registration is now available for the 2018 CPA Fall Meeting/Material, Design & Technology Symposium. Read More
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6 Jun
The CPA Board of Directors recently voted to approve the following new Associate Members. Read More
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6 Jun
For the first time on record, the Labor Department is reporting that April job openings exceeded the number of unemployed in the U.S. Read More
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6 Jun
U.S. construction spending during April was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.3 trillion, rising 1.8% from March and 7.6% higher than the year ago period. Read More
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6 Jun
Total shipments for all U.S. manufacturing industries in April remained relatively unchanged from March at $492.9 billion. Read More
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6 Jun
Canadian building permits in April totaled $7.8 billion, falling 4.6% from March but rose 6.5% from the comparable month last year. Read More
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6 Jun
New residential construction investment totaled $30.5 billion in the first quarter of 2018, up 8% from the same quarter a year earlier. Read More
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4 Jun
EPA has issued guidance under its “Frequently Asked Questions” section on “domestic” new mill start-up procedures and experimental trial runs. Read More
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1 Jun
Starting today, June 1, 2018, all imported and domestically-produced composite wood panels and products made with these panels must now be third-party certified as compliant with mandatory national formaldehyde emissions requirements under the Environmental Protection Agency’s TSCA Title VI. Read More
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30 May
April TFL shipments increased 7.3% to 108 MMSF, compared to 101 MMSF in the same month last year. Read More
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30 May
Registration for the 2018 CPA Fall Meeting and Material, Design & Technology Symposium will be available this Friday, June 1. Read More
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30 May
CPA will once again represent the industry at the 2018 NeoCon show June 11-13 in Chicago, IL. Read More
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30 May
The U.S. consumer sentiment index for May dipped 0.8% from April to 98 points, according to the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers. Read More
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30 May
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) rose 1 point in April to 52, according to the AIA Economics & Market Research Group. Read More
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30 May
U.S. furniture factory orders in March rose 2% from the comparable period in 2017, according to a monthly report of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors. Read More
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30 May
U.S. kitchen and bath cabinetry sales in April rose 6.7% from the comparable month in 2017, according to Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association's monthly Trend of Business member survey. Read More
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30 May
The May issue of Wood Markets is now available to members through the association’s website. Read More
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23 May
EPA published today in the Federal Register a notice for a June 28 public meeting primarily for third-party certifiers and panel producers on possible technical amendments to “clarify the rule requirements or further align EPA’s regulation with the CARB ATCM Phase II program.” Read More
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23 May
CPA welcomes Eamon Monahan to the staff as the Senior Director, Product Acceptance. Read More
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23 May
Axalta, Philadelphia, PA, announced their Industrial Wood segment operations in Minneapolis will move to a new location in Fridley, MN. Read More
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23 May
U.S. sales of new single-family homes in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 662,000, falling 1.5% below March but 11.6% higher than the same period in 2017. Read More
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23 May
After a two-year decline, the size of new single-family homes in the U.S. increased in square footage in the first quarter, according to the U.S. Census and NAHB. Read More
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23 May
Canadian new housing construction in March totaled $4.6 billion, increasing 9.7% over the same period in 2017. Read More
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23 May
CPA is launching this Special Feature in @the edge to provide members with a monthly article focused on resources, tools and best practices for attracting and retaining workforce talent. Read More
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18 May
Combined shipments of particleboard and MDF rose 6.35% in April to 480 MMSF (3/4” basis) compared to the year-ago period at 451 MMSF. Read More
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18 May
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published this week its proposed amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Surface Coating of Wood Building Products. Read More
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18 May
North American composite panel mills in April reported nine incidents, the same number as March. Read More
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18 May
Stay up-to-date on CPA and the North American composite panel industry by following the association on social media. Read More
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18 May
Hardwoods Specialty Products, Langley, B.C., recently relocated their Elkhart, IN distribution center to a newly constructed facility in the same city. Read More
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18 May
Houzz, a social media platform for home remodeling and design, released their 2018 State of the Industry study that surveyed over 3,378 U.S. residential and design businesses. Read More
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18 May
U.S. housing starts in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.29 million, down 3.7% from the revised March estimate and 10.5% above the comparable month last year. Read More
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18 May
U.S. builder confidence for new single-family homes in May rose 2 points to 70 from the month prior, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Read More
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18 May
Canadian wood product manufacturing sales in March were $2.96 billion, up 3.7% from February and 11.4% higher than the comparable month in 2017. Read More