Visit to Freres Lumber Co. mill

Sid, Bill and I went on a tour of a new mill where Freres Lumber Co., an old (1927?) family owned business has expanded to make mass plywood panels (mpp). This mill is in Lyons, Oregon (south east of Salem).

Per the company website, MPP is a massive, large scale, structural composite lumber based panel designed as an alternative to Cross Laminated Timbers (CLT). CLT products have been used in Europe for decades as a substitute for concrete construction, and have recently been used in multi-story construction in the United States.