Great Southern Wood Preserving

Everwood Treatment is a family-owned and operated wood treatment business based in Spanish Fort, Ala. Established more than 25 years ago, it offers remanufacturing, kiln drying and storage facilities, as well as treated lumber and plywood. It operates fully automated computerized treating cylinders, which leads to consistent quality control in its work. Its service area is from Louisiana to Maine, with the majority of its business coming from the Southeast. The company owns a fleet of flatbed trucks for delivery. Everwood Treatment s location is a geographical advantage with the export market because a majority of export customers utilize the port of Mobile, Pascagoula, Mississippi and Jacksonville in Florida.

Shelter Products is a locally owned and operated wholesale distributor of building materials. The company serves clients in the retail and manufactured housing industries. Its range of products includes doors, windows, deckings and railings, as well as accessories, such as spindles, balusters, ball tops and lattices. Shelter Products offers finishing products from the Suntrellis brand. It provides prefinished doors in various colors, including green, brown, white, bronze, red, blue and grey. The company offers shipping services and serves customers in Minnesota, eastern North Dakota, northern Iowa, western Wisconsin and eastern South Dakota. In addition, Shelter Products operates an outlet store.

International Paper Company, which spans more than 40 countries and employs approximately 83,000 people worldwide, has the capabilities to export products to more than 120 nations. International Paper Company is a worldwide leader in the paper, packaging and wood products industry. It does significant business in paper and paper distribution, packaging and forest products, which include building materials. With nearly 8.5 million acres of land managed in the United States, the company is one of the world's largest private landowners. It distributes printing, packaging, graphic arts, maintenance and industrial products principally through more than 270 distribution branches located primarily in the United States. In addition, International Paper Company owns more than half of Carter Holt Harvey, a New Zealand paper and forest products company with operations in New Zealand and Australia. International Paper Company has its headquarters in Memphis, Tenn., with a location in Bay Minette, Ala.