Wood-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.
Norwood SawmillsNorwood 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.BUFFALO, 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
Hud-Son Forest EquipmentHud-Son Forest Equipment is a U.S. forestry equipment manufacturer whose stated commitment to sawmills and wood processors dates to 1946. The company says it builds American-made portable sawmills for DIYers, homesteaders, small businesses, and commercial logging operations.BARNEVELD, NY