Michigan Hardwood Producer Still Focused on Customers, Innovation
CLINTON, Michigan —
HMI Hardwoods was a leader in the industry when it began offering services to rip kiln-dried lumber to width for customers. It...
New Brunswick Sawmill Specializes in Lumber Products Exported to Markets in the Middle...
PENOBSQUIS, New Brunswick —
There are still business opportunities in the sawmill industry. Javed Mian is living proof that an entrepreneurial spirit and business savvy...
Father-Son Firewood Business Thriving in Upstate New York
WATERTOWN, New York —
When Phil Clement added firewood sales to his sawmill business, little did he realize that one day firewood would be a...
Arkansas Hardwood Producer Turns To High-Tech for Board Edging Solutions
HOLLY SPRINGS, Arkansas —
Chad Sorrells had been looking for a supplier to build an optimized edger for his family’s hardwood sawmill for a long...
eLIMBS Acquires Logical Systems, Melding Experience with Innovation
Amy Coyner, Owner and Operations Manager of eLIMBS, has had her eye on Logical Systems for a long time. Ohio-based eLIMBS is a provider...
Cedar Producer Builds Business in British Columbia: Valley View Industries Switches to Wood-Mizer Sawmill...
KAMLOOPS, British Columbia — Valley View Industries makes cedar lumber building products and also contracts to construct small building projects using cedar....
New Sawmill Positions Pennsylvania Hardwood Producer for the Future
PEACH BOTTOM, Pennsylvania – Sam Stoltzfus set up a sawmill 29 years ago, but with his son, Benuel, assuming a leadership role in the...
Timber Frame Contractor Changes Strategy To Focus on Cutting and Supplying Components: Select Sawmill...
RIDGWAY, Colorado — Phil Gould established himself solidly as a contractor building niche timber frame homes, but he has a new business strategy he...
Lean Thinking Tools Can Help Loggers and Sawmills Decrease Waste
Researchers at Virginia Tech just completed a project funded by the Wood Supply Research Institute (WSRI) where we looked at economic activities from stumpage...
North Carolina Sawmill Reaping Benefits of New Resaw System
ROPER, North Carolina —
With an aging linebar resaw that required a team to keep it going, Mackeys Ferry Sawmill knew it was time...