The price of a formerly cheap plywood substitute called oriented strand board has surged 97% since the start of the year. The rally in OSB is due in part to the storm in Texas, which caused a shortage ...

Plywood used to be king for wall sheathing and flooring material, but oriented strand board (OSB), introduced in the late 70s, is now the most popular. But both have their advantages and disadvantages ...

Using basic home-improvement supplies as interior design details is par for the course these days. First came pegboard storage, then bare plywood cabinetry, and now, we're seeing another material take ...

West Fraser is one of the largest softwood lumber and oriented strand board, or OSB, producers in the world, with significant production capacity in Canada, southeastern United States, and Europe. New ...

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 2005--Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (TSX:ANS) today announced that it is ready to proceed with a $200 million expansion of its oriented strand board (OSB) ...

On Monday, RBC analysts reported a decrease in the prices of lumber and oriented strand board (OSB) over the past week. The Framing Lumber Composite price fell by $4 to $438, while the OSB Composite ...

No-moat-rated West Fraser reported first-quarter results that were largely in line with our expectations. West Fraser continues to navigate a challenging operating environment as tepid lumber demand ...

Veteran carpenters say opening an '80s wall tells you everything modern construction hides.

They used to say that robots would take over the jobs too dirty or dangerous for humans. That is exactly what [Joel Sullivan] had in mind when he created this welding robot. [Joel] designed the robot ...

A startup called Plantd is turning grass into structural building panels that could replace traditional wood OSB in American homes. Founded by former SpaceX engineers, the startup claims its boards ...