Jeld-Wen's Oshkosh Door Manufacturing Plant Shuttered

Our industry loses another valued producer of building materials.
End of an era: Jeld-Wen shuts down Oshkosh door plant
Jeld-Wen's Oshkosh door manufacturing facility closes after 154 years of manufacturing doors. This plant was one of the largest manufacturers of ornate wooden doors in the nation. Competition from fiberglass and metal doors, along with the economic decline, left no choice but to discontinue operations here. There are about 1,400 companies in the US wood window and door manufacturing industry with combined annual revenue of about $14 billion. The industry is concentrated: the 50 largest companies control about 70 percent of the market. Demand for wood windows and doors is closely tied to residential construction activity, both new construction and remodeling. As these manufacturers cutail and shutdown, there will be smaller product lines and less supply for the Atlanta-Athens, Georgia area.
There are literally hundreds of lumber, plywood and OSB mills that have closed in the last 3 years. Some may re-open, but many have been dismantled and even transformed into different types of businesses, never to manufacture building products again.

You Can Build A Green Home with Energy Star Rated Windows and Doors From Cofer Adams

New Energy Star labels for doors, windows and skylights.
Starting October 1, 2009, you might see a label that identifies high-efficiency residential windows, doors, and skylights that currently qualify for the ENERGY STAR but will not meet the more stringent requirements that go into full effect April 1, 2010. Another new label helps you find products that are eligible for the federal tax credit of up to $1,500.

Let us help you build your American Dream Green Home with windows from YKK AP from Cofer/Adams!
We have all types of green products, such as doors, engineered wood, composite lumber and fiber cement siding.
Whether you are building a new home, or remodeling an existing home, we want to help YOU build YOUR American Dream Home!

US West Coast Lumber and Log Exports Up, Atlanta Home Sales Report

West Coast's log, lumber exports increase in second quarter of 2009
By USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
A total of 239.5 million board feet of softwood logs and 80.2 million board feet of softwood lumber was exported from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska in April, May, and June of this year, according to the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station.
Log exports for the second quarter of 2009 from Oregon and Washington totaled 189.5 million board feet, up 38.6 percent from the first quarter volume of 136.7 million board feet.
-As these exports increase, there will be less raw materials for domestic production of lumber, plywood, OSB, doors and windows. This could result in material shortages for lumber & building material producers, builidng material suppliers and builders.
Atlanta Home Sales Report
2007-2008 Home sales overview by county- Atlanta
Gwinnett 2008 10,467 units -31.30% from 2007.