Working Wood

Founded in 1976, Durgin and Crowell is a totally integrated, forest resource company in the state of New Hampshire. Its manufacturing operations include a two-sided sawmill complex, planer facilities and shopping areas. The company employs more than 100 people and produces over 30 million board feet of lumber annually. Durgin and Crowell s products include grades and patterns. Its clients include American International Forest Products, Seaboard International, George McQuesten Company, Epperson Lumber Company and Eastern Forest Products. Durgin and Crowell has a joint venture agreement with a 16-megawatt cogeneration power plant located adjacent to its property that allows for most of the wood by-products created by the mill and logging operations to be used as a natural fuel material.

Founded in 1983, Seaboard International Forest Products is one of the largest wholesalers of forest products in the United States. The company trades lumber, panels and building materials. It offers products for more than 1,500 clients daily. The company serves retail lumber yards, home centers and manufacturers. Seaboard International Forest Products also provides finger joint boards and landscaping ties. The company offers strips, wood chips, uppers, and plywood siding and sheathing. It sells over 3,000 rail cars and trucks of eastern white pine and western pine boards. In addition, the company provides fencing, kindling and manure products. Seaboard International Forest Products offers studs, shavings and bark mulches.