MOUNTAIN CITY
The operation at Mountain City, Tennessee is located
in the high elevations of the Great Smoky Mountains. This area traversed
by the famous Appalachian Trail is known for its high quality slow
growing forests and produces some of the best quality timber in North
America. The operations are fully integrated and include a large
green mill incorporating “state
of the art” technology including ring debarker, 3-D scanning
headrig and double cut linear carriage, band re-saw, thin kerf gang
saw, optimized edger, optimized grade mark scanner controlled trimmer
and automatic lumber sorting system. The operation also includes
a modern lumber drying facility including wood waste boiler, high
pressure kilns, planer line and dry lumber grading line.