Production
Our logging crews deliver the logs to our yard where they are sorted by specie, grade and length. Global Hardwoods/ Wood Products produces Red Oak, White Oak, Cherry, Hard Maple, Yellow Poplar, White Ash, and Soft Maple. Global Hardwoods/ Wood Products has relationships with several sawmills in Europe offering European Oak and Beech (Steamed and Unsteamed).
To process our wide variety of timber, Global Hardwoods/ Wood Products uses a band head-rig coupled to a semi-circle vertical band re-saw operation. The sawmill is completely optimized to eliminate variation and assure precise thickness. Three years ago, the entire sawmill was rebuilt at a cost of over five million US dollars to produce approximately twenty eight million feet (67,000 cubic meters) of hardwood per year.
We recently installed a fully optimized scanning edger. A second shift is in the process of being trained which will increase overall production by another fifty percent.
After
the lumber is graded by our highly qualified and experienced graders,
it is put up on the lumber yard to air dry. With over 600,000 BF (15,000
cubic meters) of dry kiln capacity, we keep over one million feet of
kiln dried lumber in stock.
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With
the two 900,000 BF fan sheds to compliment the kiln yield, the production
will increase to about 25 million board feet annually. One shed has been
built with the second planned for this year.
In addition to Global/ Wood Products' production of hardwood lumber, the company
has a full dimension production line producing over 300 cubic meters of dimension
per
month for flooring, panels, cabinetry and mouldings. The company also has a
AEM abrasive planer producing S2S lumber. When we boast of our timberlands
being a valuable resource this also applies to any timber waste - of which
there is none.
Bark is utilized as mulch for gardens, sawdust is used to fuel our boiler which
produces steam for our kilns. All other waste is chipped and sold to fine paper
mills. After precise kiln drying our lumber is re-graded, thereby providing
additional quality to you our customer.
All lumber is packaged for export, tightly strapped, then end-painted and branded
with our logo. This attention to packaging assures that our lumber will pass
the rigors of international shipping to arrive safely at your destination.
Our customer service, sales and administration departments operate from our
production facilities in Oakland Maryland, just 185 miles (290 km) west from
the Port of Baltimore.
All forwarding and export documentation are processed in-house by our competent
staff. You'll find that many of our staff are multilingual making it more convenient
for your business transactions. We consider it a privilege to conduct business
in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Mainland China,
Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico,
The Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan,
and Thailand.
We are proud of our operations, facilities and dedicated staff. We invite you
to visit Global Hardwoods/ Wood Products to witness the production of outstanding
American Hardwoods necessary for your demanding needs.
Click
here toview a movie about our hardwood production.
