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Lumber & Plywood Product Manufacturing
First Research, April 2012, Pages: 10
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Executive Summary
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter:
The US lumber and plywood manufacturing industry (sawmills and plywood mills) includes about 5,000 companies with combined annual revenue of about $30 billion. Large companies include divisions of Weyerhaeuser, Louisiana-Pacific, Georgia-Pacific, and Universal Forest Products. The plywood, veneer, and engineered wood product segment of the industry is concentrated: the 50 largest companies generate about 60 percent of revenue. The sawmill segment is fragmented: the 50 largest companies generate about 40 percent of revenue.
For more information on related industries, see separate profiles for Wood Flooring Manufacturing and Wood Window & Door Manufacturing.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Demand is closely tied to the level of home construction. The profitability of individual mills depends on efficient operations, because most products are commodities. Large companies enjoy economies of scale in purchasing. Small companies can often compete successfully by focusing on a local market. Sawmills can operate with only a modest investment of capital, but plywood mills require expensive equipment and therefore are usually plants with high annual volume.
PRODUCTS, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Sawmills process raw logs in a few simple operating steps. Logs are debarked and cut into 'cants' that are further cut into finished pieces of lumber, using either circle saws or bandmills. Once lumber is cut to size, it may be sold as 'green' lumber or may be stacked and dried to a specific moisture content through air- or kiln-drying. Kiln-drying involves stacking wood in shed-like structures and ventilating with hot air for...
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