Coors Family Builds Flagship Wood Components Plant for Its MJB Wood Group

Bristol, IN—MJB Wood Group, LLC broke ground on its new 500,000-sq.-ft. facility near Bristol, IN. It replaces an older 228,000-sq.-ft. facility in the area that MJB has outgrown. Expected to open in the first quarter 2022, it will increase MJB’s ability to meet the sourcing needs of customers in the immediate area and throughout the Midwest, especially […]

Seeking New Hires, Sauder Woodworking Opens Plant Outside Ohio

New Haven, IN—Sauder Woodworking will lease a production facility in New Haven, IN, its first satellite manufacturing operation out of state as it hunts for workers to serve its growing business. Furniture Today reports that the plant—a 100,000-sq.-ft. facility built on spec by a developer—is expected to begin production in September, for the first time […]

Hardwoods Distribution Buys Novo Building Products for $303M

New York, NY—Hardwoods Distribution Inc. (TSX:HDI) will acquire Novo Building Products for $303 million from private equity firm Blue Wolf Capital Partners. Headquartered in Zeeland, MI, 1,400-employee Novo manufactures and distributes mouldings, millwork, stair parts, and other specialty building products to national home retail centers and building material dealers throughout the U.S. and parts of […]

Andersen Windows Supply Chain Chief Transforming Manufacturing

Bayport, MN – Kolleen Schneider, director of supply chain at Andersen Windows, was honored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) as one of 25 Outstanding Leaders Transforming Manufacturing. “We’ve seen in the last several months how quickly our industry can rebound to near full production,” says Robert Willig, executive director and CEO of SME. […]

Woodgrain Millwork Invests $10M in Georgia Expansion

Leesburg, GA—Woodgrain Millwork will invest $10 million in expanding its manufacturing operations in Georgia, hiring 150 in Leesburg in the southwest part of the state, to meet increased demand. “This expansion is a key component of our mission to leverage our vertical integration to deliver premier service and customer driven millwork solutions,” says Cole Wilkinson, […]

VIDEO: 84 Lumber Hiring Events Seek Wood Door Fabricators

Eighty Four, PA—Like most woodworking businesses, 84 Lumber, the nation’s largest privately held building materials supplier, is hunting for workers. Through a series of Hiring Events—in Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, OH, West Palm Beach, FL, and most recently in Nashville on July 1—84 Lumber aims to attract job seekers to learn more about the company culture […]