Sentences with phrase «of lumber industry»

She links the history of contemporary art and its museums with the economic and nationalist mythologies of the American landscape, drawing upon a suite of lumber industry publicity photographs that a Walker - family company commissioned from Berenice Abbott in the 1940s.
Most producers list the fiber source as powdered cellulose — a byproduct of the lumber industry.
You just can't write a history of the 1700s to 1900s dating scene of this city, and beyond, without mentioning the creation of the Rideau Canal, which was formative in the ensuing capitalization of the city as the seat of the entire nation's government, plus instrumental in the growth of the lumber industry, as well as making possible all the connections with American and European people who brought so much of their cultures to the nation itself.
Both Ephesus and Corinth were great centers of the lumber industry in ancient times.

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He said the strong U.S. housing market has bolstered Canada's lumber industry, which is one of the few Canadian commodities doing relatively well.
It creates an unfair advantage for the lumber industry, says Ali, which leads to «loss of innovation, loss of competitiveness, and... [the public] is not getting the best possible product they should be getting for their taxpayer dollars.»
One technique Statistics Canada tried was to consider the growth rate of the ratio of intermediate inputs (lumber, for example) to total outputs in the construction industry.
In keeping with the idea that every company is a tech company, we'll have plenty of speakers representing other industries, including General Motors President Dan Ammann, who is trying to keep his company relevant in an era of ride sharing and self - driving cars; Charles Koch, CEO of Koch Industries, which owns oil pipelines, a lumber business, and a fertilizer producer; and Toys R Us CEO Dave Brandon, who must grapple with the shift by customers to bindustries, including General Motors President Dan Ammann, who is trying to keep his company relevant in an era of ride sharing and self - driving cars; Charles Koch, CEO of Koch Industries, which owns oil pipelines, a lumber business, and a fertilizer producer; and Toys R Us CEO Dave Brandon, who must grapple with the shift by customers to bIndustries, which owns oil pipelines, a lumber business, and a fertilizer producer; and Toys R Us CEO Dave Brandon, who must grapple with the shift by customers to buy online.
But now it turns out much of the $ 1 billion the Canadian negotiators relinquished to the United States has been used to reward the American lumber industry and other friends of President George Bush's administration.
Mr. Pinette's work in the Canadian forest industry began 40 years ago as an owner and President of a family lumber business, Pinette & Therrien Mills Ltd..
Industry observers believe high lumber prices will provide some short - term relief until the addition of anti-dumping duties punish small and independent producers.
Indeed, Canada is already bracing for another volley of duties on billions of dollars worth of lumber exports — an industry that has enjoyed only brief interludes of free trade since the late 1980s.
We will continue to work with the Government of Canada, our fellow Atlantic Provinces and the softwood lumber industry toward achieving an exclusion,» said the trade minister.
Despite the U.S. Department of Commerce's decision to hit all other Canadian producers with countervailing duties of 19.88 per cent starting this year, many industry insiders and political leaders are hopeful Atlantic Canadian companies can be exempted from tariffs on softwood lumber exports to the United States.
Over and above, the lumber and building materials store industry is a profitable industry and it is open for any aspiring entrepreneur to come in and establish his or her business; you can chose to start on a small scale in a street corner or you can chose to start on a large scale with outlets in key cities through the United States of America and Canada.
Disputes over the softwood lumber trade — which applies to wood originating from conifers, about 80 % of the global lumber industry — have plagued bilateral relations between the two states since the 1980s, and have most recently been addressed by the 2006 agreement.
The Trump administration has made it known that the softwood lumber industry and Canadian livestock are both sources of interest, where the U.S. would like to seek more favourable terms of trade.
Instead of processing commodities that might otherwise be used for food, next generation fuels can be produced from dedicated energy crops like switchgrass, to the non-edible parts of corn plants, to unmarketable wood from the lumber industry — taking resources that would otherwise go to waste and using them to fuel our energy independence.
It has been ever since the lumber and olive industry and orange and citrus industries made their way through there, so we've got a long history of being an immigrant - receiving community.
The Atlantic and St. Lawrence railroad entered Berlin in 1851 and a number of industries, including the lumber industry, have operated there.
The lumber industry has always driven the local economy but tourism has spurred the local economy because of the wildly popular Twilight book series and films that are set in the city.
For over a century, the economy of this area has been driven by the lumber, pulp and paper industries.
To the west, Port Angeles, once the hub of a booming lumber industry, has a laid - back, no - nonsense vibe.
The genre - defining Japanese RPG franchise Final Fantasy is one of the games industry's great lumbering beasts — and is set for a Kraken - like reawakening with both Final Fantasy XV and the reimagined - for - current - gen fan favourite Final Fantasy VII due this year.
The majority of townspeople are of Acadian descent and speak French, the principal industry is potato farming and lumbering.
To ease pressure on the sources of the most coveted woods, like pure black ebony from Madagascar, Taylor Guitars, a top competitor of Gibson, bought a lumber mill for ebony in Cameroon and the company's president, Bob Taylor, launched a campaign to convince the industry, and guitar buyers, to get more comfortable with the streaked varieties of this wood from sustainably managed forests there.
Increasingly, reconstituted wood is substituting for natural wood as the world lumber and construction industries adapt to a shrinking supply of large logs from natural forests.
In light of the Forest Service's survey, and the economic hit suffered by Texas's lumber industry from the undeniably abnormal drought, state officials may have no other choice but to address climate change as a reality.
The Vinyl salesmen are also promoting Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore, who has been a serial shill for the nuclear industry («there is no proof global warming is caused by humans, but it is likely enough that the world should turn to nuclear power»), loggers of the Amazon rainforest («All these save - the - forests arguments are based on bad science...») the lumber industry («clear - cutting is good for forests»), pharmaceuticals in water (it's «inevitable that a small amount of ingested pharmaceuticals will eventually show up at trace levels in wastewater»).
Once a hub for the lumber industry in its early days, the city is a boon for lovers of the outdoors with water trails strewn throughout its downtown district.
The lumber industry has always driven the local economy but tourism has spurred the local economy because of the wildly popular Twilight book series and films that are set in the city.
Lumbering and the state university served as the biggest driving forces of the economy until the 1990s, when the lumber industry contracted.
In its early days, the city of Post Falls hosted a thriving lumber industry and was named after Frederick Post, a German immigrant who built a lumber mill along the Spokane River.
Oregon is the nation's largest producer of softwood lumber and has had a thriving wood and paper products industry.
Local Executive Job Market In Jacksonville, Florida: In addition to Jacksonville's cutting - edge industries, the city also cultivates its traditional sectors like lumber, phosphate, paper, cigars, and shipping, which creates a robust array of executive candidates available to transition to client firms.
Our client, a leading producer of strapping and packaging systems, is seeking a skilled Field Service Technician to install, repair and provide service to packaging machinery in cotton gins, corrugated plants, steel mills, paper mills, lumber mills, brick plants and general industry.
Carpenter / Framer, Reliant Construction, Santa Fe, NM — 3/2004 -2 / 2011 • Refinished and renovated flooring, cabinets, furniture, and decks • Built custom decks and patios to customer specifications • Remodeled bathrooms, laundry rooms, and kitchens • Framed new homes and additions onto existing homes for a variety of commercial and private customers • Advised customers on flooring and lumber options for new construction and remodeling • Built custom structures for businesses in the entertainment industry, including stages, bars, and sound booths • Designed and built custom walk - in cooler for specialty beer pub, covering every aspect of construction, from framing into unfinished basement space to finishing with fiberglass reinforced plastic • Repaired roof damage, including eaves, trusses, fascia, shingles, and tile roofing materials
Hattiesburg's population first expanded as a center of the lumber and railroad industries, from which was derived the nickname «The Hub City».
The U.S. has added tariffs to Canadian lumber of roughly 20 percent over the last year, saying that Canada unfairly subsidizes its lumber industry.
The animated banter between you and your husband, the hints of history of Laurel in relationship to the lumber and brick industry and the reality of good old southern hospitality warmed my heart.
Unlike the industry standard of using lower - grade lumber to manufacture hardwood flooring, Sheoga's unique formula of components includes premium, furniture - grade lumber in the mix of raw materials to manufacture our high - end hardwood floors.
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