Mar 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Study shows logging and woods trucking supports more than 5,600 jobs and a range of industries and communities in Maine AUGUSTA – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine today released results of a comprehensive study of the economic impact of Maine...
Jan 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine raised a record $262,403 for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in Maine in 2022 through its annual Log A Load for Maine Kids fundraising efforts. The total shattered the previous record set in 2021 of...
Nov 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
SKOWHEGAN – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine trade association welcomed an announcement by Sappi that it will invest $418 million at its Somerset Mill to convert the No. 2 Paper Machine there from producing coated woodfree graphic paper to...
Nov 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine trade association applauded an announcement by LP Building Solutions, a Tennessee-based manufacturer of engineered wood building products, that it will invest approximately $400 million to expand its LP Houlton...
Sep 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
PERU, ME – Andy Irish, a founding member of the Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine, was sworn in as President of the American Logger’s Council (ALC) Saturday, Sept. 24 at the ALC’s Annual Meeting in Branson, Missouri. Irish, who has been an ALC delegate...
Sep 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
JAY – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine trade association greeted Pixelle Specialty Solutions’ announcement today that its mill in Jay will close early next year with disappointment and concern, citing the effect the loss of the mill will have...
Sep 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
LINCOLN – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine held its 26th annual Log A Load for Maine Kids Northern Maine Golf Tournament on Friday, Sept. 16, raising a record $72,767 for Northern Light Eastern Maine Health System’s Children’s Miracle Network...
Sep 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP – Graduates of Maine’s only college training program for operators of mechanized logging equipment were recognized Thursday, Sept. 15 at a ceremony held at the site in Summit Township where they have spent weeks harvesting timber using sophisticated...
Aug 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Record $44,207 raised for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in Maine! Northern tournament coming Sept. 16. LOVELL – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine held its fourth annual Log A Load for Maine Kids Southern Maine Golf Tournament Friday, Aug. 26...
Jul 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP – The Mechanized Logging Operations Program (MLOP), a training program of the Maine Community College System (MCCS) in collaboration with the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine (PLC), began its sixth class the week of June 27 with...