The Westervelt Company, a lumber producer of primarily Southern Yellow Pine, has announced that the location for its new lumber mill will be in Thomasville, Alabama.
This decision will allow them to focus on what they do best, and will allow all parties involved to communicate more freely with regards to potential project opportunities.
The $40 million Biewer Sawmill-Newton expansion will increase mill production 100 million board feet a year, to 350 MMBF, and will create 45 additional jobs, bringing employment at the Mississippi facility to approximately 170 workers.
One of the largest producers of plywood and engineered wood products in North America is shutting down its laminated veneer lumber (LVL) production at its facility in Roxboro, North Carolina.