What does LSL stand for?

Weyerhaeuser's laminated strand lumber plant is struggling after laying off half its workforce.

Weyerhaeuser said last week it would indefinitely close Canadian oriented strand board plants in Drayton Valley, Alberta, and Wawa, Ontario, plus a laminated strand lumber plant in Deerwood, Minn.

Weyerhaeuser said last week that it would indefinitely close Canadian oriented strand board plants in Drayton Valley, Alberta, and Wawa, Ontario, plus a laminated strand lumber plant in Deerwood, Minn.

ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS SEGMENT (EWP) The EWP segment is comprised of I-Joist (IJ), Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL ) and Laminated Strand Lumber (LSL).

A few environment approvals need to be cleared before construction can begin on the $255-million laminated strand lumber (LSL) plant, says Trus Joist official Terry Brennan, who will be plant manager; The approval process is going well, Brennan says, with construction on the 300,000-square-foot plant expected to start later this spring and the plant to be operational by mid-November 2002.

ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS SEGMENT (EWP) The EWP segment is comprised of I-Joist (IJ), Laminated Veneer Lumber and Laminated Strand Lumber (LVL and LSL).

Mayor forecasting hundreds of jobs will be created Kenora mayor Dave Canfield is predicting an abundance of job opportunities in the area over the next three years, and points to Weyerhaeuser's new $250-million Trus Joist laminated strand lumber plant as a major job creator.

ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS SEGMENT (EWP) The EWP segment is comprised of I-Joist (IJ), Laminated Veneer Lumber and Laminated Strand Lumber (LVL and LSL).