Weyerhaeuser Breaks Ground on New TimberStrand Facility in Arkansas

Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world’s largest private owners of timberlands, has broken ground on its new TimberStrand® facility near Monticello and Warren, Arkansas, according to the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. The company is investing an estimated $500 million in the facility, which is expected to create 200 high-quality jobs in the region once fully operational.

The facility will produce TimberStrand®, a laminated strand lumber that is engineered for consistent strength and straightness and used in a range of building applications for single- and multi-family wood frame construction. The new facility is expected to add approximately 10 million cubic feet of annual production capacity and help Weyerhaeuser meet growing demand for TimberStrand® and better serve its customers across the US South.

Weyerhaeuser plans to source fiber logs from company-owned timberlands in south Arkansas and surrounding regions.

The Monticello/Warren facility will be Weyerhaeuser’s fourth manufacturing facility in Arkansas. The company currently operates a lumber mill in Dierks, a plywood and veneer plant in Emerson, and a seedling nursery in Magnolia. In addition, the company maintains four Timberlands offices in Arkansas, including its main Southern Timberlands office in Hot Springs, and owns or manages 1.2 million acres (486,000 hectares) of timberlands in the state.