Sauter Timber, a wood component and timber frame manufacturer, received the 2015 WoodWorks Wood Design Award for Commercial Wood Design, for its 9,000 sq.ft. plant expansion, the first U.S. industrial structure built with cross laminated timber (CLT).

Sauter Timber's super-strong production plant, built from cross laminated timber (CLT) and glulam, has a 23-foot-high ceiling supporting a six-ton bridge crane designed to carry heavy timber trusses during production. It won a 2015 WoodWorks Design Award.