Stimson Lumber Details Plans to Expand Its Forest Grove, OR, Sawmill
Stimson Lumber plans Hagg Lake mill expansion
The Gales Creek Journal reports that Stimson Lumber Co. will host a community meeting to outline plans to build a new structure at its Forest Grove, Oregon, facility. In June 2024, the company announced that it would invest $50 million in a new highspeed line.
“We are considering a proposal to add a new 45,000 square-foot small-log sawmill building to our existing sawmill facility,” a representative for Stimson Lumber said in a letter. “The new building would take the place of an existing 60,000 square-foot warehouse building, which would be demolished.”
According to documents obtained by the Gales Creek Journal through a public records request made to Washington County Land Use and Transportation, the footprint of the existing sawmill would not be expanded.
The new mill building, if approved, will house a 350-foot-long HewSaw line made by Finland-based company Veisto-Oy. The company believes the new line will be operational in 2026, and that the existing line will continue operating without pause during construction.
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