TOKYO — Sumitomo Forestry Co., a prominent Japanese timber and construction firm, completed July 1, 2025, the acquisition of Teal Jones Louisiana Holdings (TJLH), through its wholly owned subsidiary Sumitomo Forestry America, Inc., and plans to launch its first timber industrial complex in the US. 

This complex may also include taking wood waste and turning it into mass timber.

In addition to dimension lumber and other materials to build houses and multi-family residential buildings in Louisiana, this complex will "consider manufacturing mass timber to maximize the value of wood through the cascading utilization of logs where nothing goes to waste." Harnessing the synergy effect with our existing US operations in residential property development, real estate development and FITP, the company aims to further grow its businesses in the US.

The company announced in April that it planned to acquire Teal Jones to secure a "consistent lumber supply through sawmill operations in the southern United States." TJLH's key asset is Teal Jones-Plain Dealing (TJPD), a sawmill facility located in Plain Dealing, Louisiana. The operation has the capacity to produce 300 million board feet of lumber annually.

Utilizing approximately 100 hectares of land and the plant in Plain Dealings, Louisiana, TJPD manufactures dimension lumber and other materials used to build houses. Every year, the plant receives delivery of approximately 1 million m3 of logs and manufactures 500,000 m3 of dimension lumber and other materials, equivalent to about 14,000 standard U.S. homes.

In addition to outside purchasers, TJPD plans to supply product to its group operations, such as the Fully Integrated Turn-key Provider (FITP) operations and its residential property and real estate development operations. Furthermore, the company plans to utilize the approximate 40 hectares of unused land on the site to manufacture and sell mass timber and wood products in preparation for future increased demand. 

"We are also considering processing wood chips and lumber residue generated from the manufacturing process into biomass power generation fuel, biorefineries and other," the company said. "With the launch of a timber industrial complex in the U.S., we are seeking to maximize the value of wood through the cascading utilization of wood." 

The plant is located in an area where Sumitomo Forestry is actively expanding its housing operations. The plant’s sales region includes Dallas, where demand for wood products in Texas is especially high. This region and its surrounding vicinity are the location of numerous FITP-operated sites where the design, manufacture and processing of housing panels, trusses, and other products take place. The company plans to increase the number of plants in the U.S. from the 10 current facilities to 15 plants by 2027.