Since March 2000, 100% Canadian-owned Mill Tech Industries has designed and supplied high-speed lumber-handling equipment for sawmills and planermills in the forest industry. Based in Salmon Arm, the company combines the engineering expertise of a solid-wood processing specialist with the personal attention of a smaller operation, including custom equipment design and integration for mills with tight spaces or existing systems. Trained technicians provide startup and troubleshooting support seven days a week.
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Wood-Mizer LLCWood-Mizer makes sawmills and the equipment that keeps logs moving from forest to usable lumber, serving everyone from hobby sawyers to high-volume production operations. What began as a garage startup has grown into an international company, with its USA-made bandsaw blades and grinding wheels supporting a global community of woodworkers and sawmill operators. The company also designs custom industrial sawmilling systems and provides technical support, training resources, and dealer service.HANNIBAL, NY
Mellott Manufacturing Co., IncRooted in a family sawmill and farming tradition, Mellott Manufacturing designs and builds log and lumber handling equipment for sawmills, pallet producers, and woodworking operations in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. The family-owned company began in the early 1960s with Hayes Mellott’s hydraulically operated log turner and now operates a more than 50,000-square-foot plant, pairing in-house engineering and fabrication with equipment service and support. Mellott says it has produced more than 3,400 log turners along with other long-running lines of forest-products machinery.MERCERSBURG, PA
Cobra Technical Services LLCFounded in 2004 by Bill Jenson after more than 25 years in the industry, Eugene-based Cobra Technical Services upgrades existing high-speed lumber planers and feed tables rather than replacing them. The company designs retrofit systems for tensioning, positioning and drives, along with its distinctive spiral bed rolls and “pineapples,” which are matched to a mill’s lumber and feed-table setup. Cobra says its work has helped mills across the United States, Canada and South America improve production and uptime.FAIRMONT, WV
Handling SpecialtyEstablished in 1963, Handling Specialty designs and manufactures custom material-handling equipment and complete systems for demanding applications worldwide. The Grimsby, Ontario company operates two nearby facilities totaling 140,000 square feet, with its Hamilton plant equipped for oversized builds and large-scale testing. Its work spans unusual assignments from rail gantries and steel-mill equipment to underwater stage lifts, backed by in-house engineering, manufacturing, installation and service.PITTSBURGH, PA