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U.S. pressure treating companies ranked by annual production.

Production figures include lumber, timbers and specialty products. Firms exclusively treating poles, pilings, railroad ties, etc., arc not included.

All data has been provided by the

+ I. Universal f,'orest Products

Annual hoduction products 4d[,000,000 board feet

Locations Windsor, Co.; Auburndale, Fl.; Union City, Ga.; Crranger, [n.; Belchertown, Ma.; 11e1[ Fas1" Md.i Pocmroke City, Md.; Elizabeth City, N.C.; Gordon, Pa.; Stockerown, Pa-; Holly Hi[, S.C.; Saginaw, Tx.; Fredericksburg, Va.; Janesville, Wi.; Ranson, W.V.

Facllltles 16 cylinders, dry kilns, remanufacnring

Trcabnents CCA (.25 - 2.5), LifeGurd Water Repellent cmrpanies themselves. Every effort has been made to ensure this list is fully accurate and as complete as possible, although a small number of treaters cbose not to participate in this article.

-Tlu Edinrs of The Merchant Magazirc

Species Southern yellow pine, ponderosa pine, red pine, hem-fir, erc.

Products Treated Lumber, boards, specialty items, plywood, timbers, fencing

Great Southern Wood Preserving

Annual hoduction Not for publication

Locations Abeville, Al.; Conyen, Ga.; Mobile, Al.; Sumter Comty, Fl.

Facllities 6 cylinden, dry kilns, remanufacturing facilities

Trcatments CCA (.25 - 2.5), WeathenhieldWater

Repellent

Species Southern yellow pine

Products Treated Lumber, bords, timbers, landscape timb€rs, decking, plywood, specialty products, posts, poles, pilings a|

J. Southeast Wood Treating Inc.

Annual hoductlon 225,000,000 bord feet

Locatlons I-ouisville, Al.; Jaspet Al.; Rockledge, Fl.

Faclllties 6 cylinden, dry kiln, sawmill, remanufacuring plang planer mill

Treatments CCA (.25 - 2.5), D-Blue Fire Retardant

Species Southem yellow pire

Products Treatod Timbers, bords, dimensiorU plywm( landscapes, centermarch, decking

4. Colp.per Wood Preservers

Annual hoductlon 175,000,000 board feet

Locations Culpeper, Va.; Shelbyville, In.

Facilities 4 cylinden, remanufacturing facitty

Treatrnents CCA (.40, .60), Wate,r Repellent

Species Southenr yellow pine

Products Treated Timbers, boards, dimension, T&G, plywood, liattice, specialty products

3l. Weyerhaeuser Co.

Annual hoductlon 172,000,000 bord feet

Locations Millport, Al.; Plymoutb, N.C.; Westlan$ Mi.

Facilities Multiple cylinders, remanufactring facilities

Tnestments CCA (.25 - 2.5), D-Blaze Fire Retardant

Species Southem yellow pine

Products Treated Timbers, boards, dimension, plywoo( decking, specialties

4 O. Quality Wood Treating Co.r

Annual hoduction Not for publication

Species Southern yellow pine, ponderosapine

Products Treated Boards, dimension, timb€rs, plywood

F} f c Walker-Williams Lumber Company,Inc.

Annual hoduction Not for publication

Locations Harchechubbee, Al.; Falkville, Al.; Youngstown, Oh.; Westville, [n.

Facilities 8 cylinden, dry kiln, remanufacEring facility

Treatments CCA

Species Southem yellow pine, ponderosa pine, red pine

Products Treated Decking, dimension, boards, plywoo4 landscape timbers, specialties

&* Rocky Tbp Wood Preseryers

Annual hoduction 145,000,000 board feet

Locations Rocky Mount, Va; Hagerstown, Md.; Streator, Il.

Facilities 4 cylinders

Treatnrents CCA (.40, .60), Wolnan Exfa (.40)

Species Southern yellow pine

Products Treated Timbers, boards, dimension, specialties

S. C.rU. Thcker Lumber

Annual Production 140,000,000 board feet

Address 601N. Pead SL, Pagelan( 5.C.29728

Locatlons Pageland, S.C.; Henderson, N.C.

Facilities 3 cylinders, remanufacturing facility

Trcatrnents CCA (.25 - 2.5), Sunwood Color Additive, Water Repellent

Species Southern yellow pine

Products Treated Lurnber, fencing, landscaping, deck components

L(}. n*ver Tbeat€d Wood Products Inc.

Annual hoduction 125,000,000 board feet

Inc.

Locations Prairie du Chien, Wi.; Janesville, Wi.; St. Paul, Mn.; Fombell, Pa.; Columbus, Oh.

Facilities Multiple cylinders, dry kilns, remanufacfiring

Treatments CCA, Fire Retardant

Locations Thomson, Ga.; Pine Bluff, Ar.; Milford, Va-; DeEoiq Mi.

Facilities Multiple cylinders, dry kilns

Treatrnents CCA (.25 - 2.5), Pyro-Guard Interior Fire Retardant Treated Wood, Exterion Fire-X Fire Retardant TrcatedWood

Species Southern yellow pine

Products Treated Lumber, plywood, timbers

I0" International Paper Co.

Annual hoduction 125,000,000 board feet

AUout 550 plans, located in 48 states, are engaged in treating wood.

Treated wood accounts for about 21.57o of the forest products industry's total value of annual shipments.

Mote than 550 million cubic feet of lumber and indusfial wood products arc treated each year.

Treated wood shipments are valued at $2.5 billion annually, exports at $50.5 million.

S[f ooo treating plants directly employ more than 10,000 people.

- providcd by hneican Vlood Preseners Institute

Locations Pleasant Hill, Mo.; Mineola Tx.

Facilities Cylinden, dry kilns, remanufacturing plant

Trpatrnents CCA, Sunwood Color Additive, Water Repellent

Species Southern yellow pine

Products Treated Decking boards, dimension, landscape timbers, poles, piling

10. Mellco, rnc.

Annual hoduction 125,000,000 board feet

Locations Athens, Al.; Rock Hill, S.C.; Roanoke Rapids, N.C.

Facilities 7 cylinden

Tneatments CCA (.25, .40), MellcoSeal Water Repellent

Species Southern yellow pine

Products Treatod Dimension, decking, timbers, deck specialties/accesscies

10. Robbins Manufacfirring Co.

Annual hoductlon 125,000,000 bord feet

Locations T*pa Fl.; Orlando, Fl.; FortMyers, Fl.

Facilitles 3 cylinden, mould€r, planer, resaw, gang saw, P.E.T.

Trcatments CCA (.25 - 2.5), Wat€r Repellent

Species Southern yellow pine

Products Treated Bords, dimension, timbers, poles, posts, piling, fence pickets

14,l.l,.Bnewton Lumber Co., rnc.

Annual hoduc{lon 120,000,000 board feet

Locations Winnfield, La.; CaddoMill, Tx.

Facilitles 2 cylinden, dry kiln, remanufac$ring plant

Wtto 15 treating plants located across the country from the Rockies to New England, Universal Forest Products, Inc., produced nearly a halt-billion board feet of CCA pressure treated lumber in 1993. And that impressive total is almost certain to be eclipsed this year as five of the plants have been operated by Universal only since October.

The majority of the company's facilities are in the more heavily populated Northeastern U.S., but its westem divisions play an important role both in its past history and growing future. Established in 1955 in Michigan as a wholesale supplier of lumber and components to the mobile home industry, Universal built strategically-located manufacturing and distribution yards and became the world's largest builder of engineered roof trusses for manufactured housing (a position it still holds).

When the growth of that industry slowed in the late 1970s, the fimt ent€red the wood treating business in Florida in 1978. Although there were then 36 Eeaters within a l5-mile radius, the facility nrmed a profit in its first month of operation.

Universal's Southwest Company installed its first reating plant in Windsor, Co., in 1985, a facility rccently enlarged due to increasing &nand- By 1989, having become p€rhaps the nation's largest volume producer of CCA-preserved lumber, Universal purchased land and equipment for construction of a Saginaw, Tx., plant between Dallas and Fort Worth. A Kansas City, Mo, area plant serving Southwest Company territory is scheduled to go on line this fall.

As to the future, with growing uncertainty about redwood and western red cedar supplies, the company foresees expanding acceptance of reated lumber by Pacific Coast consumers. So a Universal Far West Company reating plant somewhere in the Northwest is a definite possibitity. The most obvious site would be on three available acres adjrcent to Universal's Woodburn, Or., remanufacturing facility.

Trcatnrents CCA (.25 - .60)

Spcdes Southern yellow pine

Products Treated Dimension, timbers, specialty products, boards, decking

15. John A. Biewer Lumber Co.

Annual hoduction 116,000,000 boad feet

Locations Seneca,Il.; Washington Court House, Oh.; St. Clair, Mi.; Schoolcraft, Mi; Toledo, Oh.; Prentice, Wi.

Faclllties l0 cylinders, dry kilns

Trcatrnents CCA, Dricon Fire Retardant" Water Repellent

Species Southern yellow pine, red pine, ponderosa pine

Products Treated Dimension, timbers, plywood

16. Commonwealth Wood Preservers

Annual hoductlon 115,000,000 board feet

Locatlons Hampon, Va

Facilities 4 cylinders, dry kiln, rernanufachring plant

Trdatments CCA (.40, .60)

Universal tatgeted the d-i-y market in the late 1980s, entering with its CCA treated products - lattice, fencing, De-ck Necessities and other value-added specialties. tn five years, Universal's share of consumer-related products rose from SVo ta 5l4o of its sales.

Universal treated 4d[ million board feet of lumber last year, 90% of which was southern pine with the remainder ponderosa pine, herr/fir, etc. The capability of adding its LifeGuard water repellent to lumber' generally to decking, was introduced a couple of yers ago.

One advantage for Universal in terms of iB ability to grow with d-i-y retailers is that it combines value-added manufacturing (ripping/trimming/painting/assembly) with CCA treating, comprehensive marketing assistance and nationwide distribution. That means every piece of Eeated commodity lumber is grade-stamped and endtagged to ensure proper CCA penetration and retention. Tnat treated fencing products are made with jigs and automatic nailing equipment. And treated Deck Necessities are produced in grades consumers want and notjust to strndard rules.

Specles Southern yellow pine

Prnducts Treated Decking, landscape timbers, boards, dimension, plywoo4 specialties

I 6. Louisiana-Paciftc Corp.

Annual hoductlon 115,000,000 boad feet

Locatlons New Waverly, T!r.; Cirenada Ms.; Statesbuo, Ga.; Ukiah, Ca

Facllitles 5 cylinders, dry kilns, remanufactrring facilities

Treatments CCA (.25 -.60), Pre-Stain

Spccles Southem yellow pine, hem-fir

Pnoducts Treated Lumber, bords, timbers, landscape timbers, decking, plywoo( specialty produce, sill & plafe, posts, landscape pnrducts, retainer walls, frm producB, cooling tower products

1&. Cox Wood Preserving Co.

Annual hoduction 110,000,000+ board feet

Locations Orangeburg, S.C.; Augusta Ga"; Sumter, S.C.; Coleridge, N.C.; Cove City, N.C.

Facillties 12 cylinden, 6 dry kilns, remanufacturing

Treatrnents CCA (.25 - 2.5), Dricon Fire Rettrdant

Species Southern yellow pine

Products Treated Dimension, timbers, piling, poles, posts, plywood, specialty products, outdoor furniture, gazebs, laminated beams

X9. cottBeanlumberCo.

Annual hoduction 110,000,000 bord feet

Locafions Amity, Ar.; Glenwood Ar.

Facilldes 2 cylinders, remanufacturing, dry kiln, 2 sawmills

Trcatnents CCA (.40, .60), Arkansas Rustic Wood Color Additive, Ulhawood Water Repellent

Species Southem yellow pine

Products Treated Dimension, decking, plywood, small timbers, liattice, hlusters, stair stringers, mail box kits

24. Mctr'arland Cascade

Annual hoduction 100,000,000 boad feet mainain their level of technological proficiency, WWPC personnel regulady attend Osmose seminars and worksbops.

Locations Tacoma, Wa.; Eugene, Or.; Bozeman, Mt.; San@oint,Id.

\Mo*- Wood Preserving Co.'s facility in Sumner, Wa., encompasses 12 acres of treating, drying and storage area. But over the years perhaps their greatest asset has been their foresight.

Western Wood Preserving Co. came into being in 1971 when the Reimer family purchased the existing oil-borne fieating facility which was only tbree acres in size. The company saw the future in CCA treated products and in 1983 became one of the first Osmose licensees on the West Coast. Business has srown 8l}Vo erch yer for the last l0 years, graduaff'V turning WWPC into a highly competitive full service CCA products manufacturer.

Struggling in the early years, WWPC has become a major competitor in its 23-year history. Today they cottinue to keep ahead of the challenges of the feating industry by investing in the future. They have worked continually with environmental consultants and the experts at Osmose to be a leader in environmental safety and compliance. For exanple, WWPC saw the future in 1980 and was one of the first plants on the West Coast o install a covercd drip pad.

The company is constantly malcing contributions to the feating indusries by taking leadership roles in associations such as AWPI, WWPI and AWPA. To

While supply has not been a problem for them, vice president Mike Reimer anticipates it could become one "potentially long teml, 2-3 years down the road." The answer, he says, may be southern yellow pine. "It"s corring. We're already feating some southern pine specialty products, though no real commodities."

The company cunently has two cytnders (6'x90' and 6'x145') to CCA treat hem-fir boards, dimension lumbet timbers and plywood and offers a full-line inventory of sawn stock, TSO and dry kiln seryices.

And WWPC continues to look ahead. A massive expansion project - including new tank farm, building and process equipnent upgrade - will be completed in May, aimed at drastically increasing efficiency, capacity and safety. "It's the environmentally corect thing to do and it will last for the next 2Ol years," says Reimer.

The Osmose-designed system not only uses the latest technology available to produce higher quality products but will increase plant capacity by 30 to 40Vo. The cnmputer-based process control system will provide the utmost in neating flexibility and quality control.

WWPC prides itself on the integrity of is staff, has never missed a vendor discount and has established a reputable position in the industry. Noting a more competitive marketplace than ever before, Reimer says, "The last 23 years we've seen lots of change, and we ae ready to take on the challenges of the future."

Facilities 8 cylinders, dry kilns, remanufacture

Treatrrcnts CCA, Pentachlorophenol, Creosote, Water Repellent

Species Hern-fr, Douglas fir, lodgepole pine, cedaf

Products Treated Lumber, timbers, plywood, laninated beans and poles, pole bam, guardrail, landscape timben, fencing

21" Eastex Forest Products

Annual Production 90,000,000 board feet

Locations Houston, Tx.

Facilities 3 cylinden,3 dry kilns, remanufactudng facility

Treatrnents CCA (.25 - 2.5), D-Blaze Fire Retadant, Ultrawood Water Repellent" ACQ

Species Southern yellow pine

Products Treated Dimension, boards, timbers

21. New South rnc.

Annual hoduction 90,000,000 board feet

Locations Conway, S.C.; Canden, S.C.

Facilities 2 cylinden,2 dry kilns, remanufacturing facility

Treatrnents CCA (.25 - 2.5>

Species Southern yellow pine

Products Treated Boards, dimension, decking, timbers, specialty products

23" Perry Builders Inc.

Annual hoduction 82,000,000 board feet

Locations Henderson, N.C. (2 plants); Bainbridge, N.Y.

Facilities 3 cylinden, remanufacturing facility

Treatments CCA (.40, .60), Water Repellent

Species Southern yellow pine, red pine

Products Treatcd Dimension, timbers, boards, plywood

24. Bestway Enterprises Inc

Annual hoduction 80,000,000 board feet

Locations Cortlan4 N.Y.; Lancaster, Ma

:Facilities 3 cylinden, dry kiln

Tneatments CCA, D-Blaze Fire Retardant, UlraWood Water Repellent

Species Southern yellow pine, red pine

Products Treated Dimension, timbers, decking, specialty products, plywood, landscapes

24. Conradwood Preserving Co.

Annual hoduction 80,000,000 board feet

Locations North Bend, Or.

Facilities 6 cylinden, 2 dry kilns, remanufacturing

Treatments ACZA, CCA, Borate waterborne clear, Perma-rib oilbome clear, ACQ

Species Douglas fir, hem-fir, whitewoods, ponderosa pine

Products Treated Lrmrber, plywood, glulams

1" McFarland Cascade

National Ranking 20

Annual hoduction 100,000,000 board feet

Address P.O. Box 1496, Tacoma, Wa. 98401

Phone (800)426-8430 FAX 2W6n-07&

Sales Manager Thomas N. Peterson

Locations Tbcoma, Wa-; Eugene, Or.; Bozeman, Mt.; Sandpoin! Id.

Facilities 8 cylinders, dry kilns, remanufactuing

Additional Services KDAT, paper wrap, staining, container shipments, TSO

Treatrnents CCA, Pentachlorophenol, Creosote, Water Repellent

Species He,m-fir, Douglas fir, lodgepole pine, cedar

Products Treated Lurrber, timbers, plywood laminated beans and poles, pole barn, guardrail, landscape timbers, fencing

2. Conrad Wood Preserving Co.

National Ranking A(ne)

Annual Production 80,000,000 board feet

Address 3998 WildwoodDr., North Bend, Or. 97459

Phone (503)756-2595 FAx 503-756-0131

Grading Agency TPI

Locations North Bend, Or.

Facilities 6 cylinders, 2 dry kilns, remanufacturing

Additional Services TSO, export, custom packaging

Treatments ACZA, CCA, Borate waterbome clear, Perma-trib oilborneclear, ACQ

Species Douglas fir, hem-fr, whitewoods, ponderosa pine

Products Treated Lumber, plywood, glulams

3. E*te"ior Wood Inc.

National Ranking 26 (ne)

Annual Production 75,000,000 board feet

Address P.O. Box 206, Washougal, Wa.98671

Phone (206) 835-8561 FAx 206835-8754

Vice President-MarketinglSales Newt Baker

Grading Agency CLIB

Locations Washougal, Wa.

Facilities 4 cylinders, dry kiln

Additiond Services TSO

Treatments CCA, Dricon Fire Retardant

Species Hem-fr, Douglas fir

Products Treated Lumber, timbers, plywood

4* A[rneather \ilood Tleaters

National Ranking 30

Annual Production 70,000,000 board feet

Address P.O. Box 227, Washougal, Wa.98671

Phone (206) 835-8547 rAX 20G835-3692

Plant Manager Gerry Glem

Grading Agency TPI

Locatlons Washougal, Wa.; Medford, Or.

Facilities Cylinden, 2 satellite disribution centers, dry kitn

Additional Services TSO

Treatments CCA (.25 - 2.5), Sunwood Color Additive, Prestain

Species Hem-fr, Douglas fir, ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine

Products Treated Decking, fencing, posts, foundations, landscape tinbers, dimension, plywood, deck accessories