Dequincy, Louisiana Sawmill Back in Operation; Interfor Celebrates First Loads Shipped from the Facility

After being idled indefinitely by Georgia-Pacific Corp. in May 2020 (and only purchased in July of 2021 by Interfor Corporation) the first truckloads of Interfor lumber from its Dequincy, Louisiana sawmill went out for sale on Wednesday, February 9, 2022.

As the first truckloads of Interfor production prepared to exit the facility, the company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the occasion. Marty Rector, the Dequincy mill manager, who has been through all the stages including the idling state and new operations that brought the lumber facility to fruition, said at the ceremony, “We have reached this moment in time where we celebrate the fruits of our labor.”

Nick Ausman, Interfor’s Vice President of Southern Operations, was also on hand for the event and said the first load going out for sale in DeQuincy is a turning point for the company’s “rapid growth” strategy. “So, we estimate that we’ll end up, eventually, putting 200 million feet out of this mill.”