Eastwood Manufacturing is a family-owned Orrville business founded in 1977 by Abe J. Hochstetler. It makes boxspring frames for mattress factories and pine pallets, using lumber it sources from Quebec, Ontario, and the Southern United States. The company reports a 32-person workforce and operates its own rail spur, which it also makes available for custom reloading.
Southwood Lumber & Pallet, IncThe Hochstetler family has worked in the lumber business since 1950, and Southwood Lumber & Pallet has carried that legacy forward as a third-generation, family-owned company since its founding in 1984. Based in Wayne County’s Amish Country, Southwood grew from one nailer and five employees into a pallet manufacturer serving customers across the Eastern United States.ORRVILLE, OH
Marshall Boxes, IncFamily-owned Marshall Boxes has been making custom lumber and plywood crates and pallets in Rochester and Western New York since 1944. Grandfather Sherman Skuse bought the business in 1947 after serving in the Army, and Jeff Skuse now leads the company as its third-generation owner. The company also provides on-site crating and military-spec packaging, with heat-treated lumber for export shipments.ROCHESTER, NY
Frey Lumber Company IncFounded by Emanuel Lincoln Frey in 1949, Frey Lumber Company turns Appalachian hardwoods from standing timber into lumber and wood products, with its own specialty sawmill and pallet operation. The family business expanded to include Frey Pallet Company in the 1990s and now employs about 30 workers, handling custom pallets, crates and support blocks alongside timber management and harvesting. Its woods crew has worked together for more than 30 years, and the company delivers throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Ohio.SMITHFIELD, PA
P.T. O’Malley Lumber Company, IncFamily-owned and operated since 1952, P.T. O’Malley Lumber Company manufactures wood products and supplies wholesale lumber from facilities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, with sawmills in Virginia. It has built its business around pallet production and wholesale lumber, and uses sawmill byproducts to make hardwood pellets.GARDENERS, PA