Hancock Lumber Indefinitely Curtails Production at Its Sawmill in Madison, NH

Maine’s Hancock Lumber released a statement on Wednesday confirming that, effective October 1st, it began an “indefinite curtailment of production at the company’s Madison Lumber Mill location (New Hampshire) and consolidation of that business into its Casco, Bethel, and Pittsfield (Maine) mill operations,” The Conway Daily Sun reported (10-2-24).

Erin Plummer, chief marketing officer for Hancock, said the Madison log yard will remain open to help support the procurement of eastern white pine.

“This decision is in response to site-specific challenges and changing market conditions,” Plummer said. “Hancock Lumber remains committed to the forest products industry as it has since 1848.”

Hancock purchased Madison Lumber in 2022 from Kim Moore and Jim Smith, who had purchased it from International Paper in 2001.