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Export Value (2011): $1.3 billion

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Wood & Forest Products “We have a completely integrated industry here. Oregon is the largest lumber producer in the U.S. With 30.5 million acres of forestlands, about 50 percent of the total landmass of the state is Throughout the country covered in forest. An internationally recognized leader in forest product and the world, there is no manufacturing, Oregon combines accessible raw materials with cutting-edge place like Oregon. If it innovation to produce a diverse range of high quality, value-added wood products that are exported to every corner of the globe. relates to wood, we are number one.” Advanced technology in the wood products industry has streamlined the processing of Oregon timber, making the industry more competitive and Allyn Ford less labor intensive. Innovation has created new opportunities for Oregon CEO, Roseburg Forest Products companies like Murphy Co. which went from producing traditional plywood to value-added engineered wood products, such as laminated veneer beams that WWW.OREGON4BIZ.COM can compete with steel as a building material in the global marketplace.

Oregon State University (OSU), one of the world’s leading forestry schools, helps keep Oregon on the leading edge of advanced technology in wood products, from timber harvesting to processing. In particular, OSU’s Wood Innovation Center connects the best in business, science and forestry, linking industry with university-based research to develop innovative processes and systems that add value to Oregon’s wood products. And the multi-university Oregon Built Environment & Sustainable Technologies (Oregon BEST) Center provides businesses around the state with access to the latest developments in green building, biofuels, bioproducts and biomass-based renewable energy. Wood Products From dimensional lumber to ready-to-install windows WOOD PRODUCTS and doors, Oregon’s value-added wood 32,741 jobs products are world-renowned. Oregon 1,211 companies companies export wood products to meet market needs $1.1 billion in exports $21.9 billion in sales across the globe. Oregon’s wood products exports to China increased by 76 percent in 2011, and 27 percent to all partner countries.

The quality of raw material and production expertise found in Oregon are second to none, making Oregon the ideal place to do business in secondary wood product manufacturing.

Oregon lumber manufacturing companies include JELD-WEN, Weyerhaeuser, The Collins Companies, Murphy Company, Hampton Affiliates and Roseburg Forest Products. These companies are known for continued innovation in their product lines. For example, JELD-WEN’s proprietary process penetrates lumber down to the core with environmentally safer treatments, versus a standard dip process that simply coats the outer surface of the lumber. Softwood moldings, wood furniture, fabricated structural wood members, windows and doors currently top the list of Oregon value-added wood products. 775 Summer St. NE, Suite 200 Salem, Oregon 97301

503–986–0123 Forestry www.oregon4biz.com Oregon’s economy has been shaped by the evolution of FORESTRY its longstanding forestry industry; an industry which now includes biomass generation, sustainability 9,103 jobs 942 companies Seattle practices, manufactured housing and many secondary $152.8 million in exports Washington wood products manufacturers. $889.4 million in sales Portland Privately owned forestlands are Oregon’s primary providers of timber, accounting for nearly 85 percent of the statewide timber harvest annually. Today, the forest Oregon sector is lean, resilient and competitive. The industry has a modern transportation and utility infrastructure and strong market links. It produces high-quality Nevada wood products in high-tech, San Francisco low-waste mills from timber. And it California meets tough federal and state air emission Las Vegas standards and other environmental laws.

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