Norwood Sawmills pioneered personal portable sawmills with Peter Dale’s original LumberMate in 1993, and now manufactures North American-built portable band sawmills and forestry tools. Its mills are designed to be customized and expanded as a sawyer’s work grows, with tens of thousands operating in more than 100 countries and lifetime owner support behind them. Norwood says its portfolio includes more than 85 patented innovations.
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
Hud-Son Forest EquipmentFamily roots run deep at Hud-Son Forest Equipment, a New York company that began as Oscar Hudon’s logging business in 1946 and remains family-owned. Now operating with a fourth generation entering the business, Hud-Son manufactures portable sawmills for people who want to process timber themselves, from homesteaders to commercial forestry users.BARNEVELD, NY
Mill Tech IndustriesSince 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.MUNCY, PA
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