THE US FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY - PAST PRESENT, AND FUTURE

Long the dominant producer and consumer of wood products globally, the U.S. has nonetheless gone through several cycles of forest sector decline and renewal. Now, as the sector begins to emerge from an historic economic reversal, it is clear that the forest products industry of the future will look different from the industry of the past. New product lines and entirely new markets will increasingly bolster the financial bottom lines of forest sector companies that will also continue to serve long-established markets.