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Recycling Energy and Creating Power at Hancock’s Bethel Sawmill!

Recycling Energy and Creating Power at Hancock’s Bethel Sawmill! Bethel, Maine— Over the past 10 years, Hancock Lumber has worked hard to successfully reduce its consumption of electricity by installing energy efficient LED lighting and high efficiency electrical motors. We are making more lumber than ever—however, we are using much less electricity to do it. As […]

Hancock Happenings: Builder Summit with Travis Mills, Sawmill Tours, Camp Sunshine’s Pumpkin Festival, and the Arctic Circle Conference in Iceland!

Hancock Happenings: Builder Summit with Travis Mills, Sawmill Tours,Camp Sunshine’s Pumpkin Festival, and the Arctic Circle Conference in Iceland! 2017 Hancock Builder Summit. With a room full of over 150 builder customers and employees, Hancock Lumber hosted its first-ever ‘Builder Summit’ event, featuring SSG Travis Mills and Kevin Hancock as keynote speakers.  The team kicked off the […]

Hancock Culture: Hear Directly from the Voices of Team Hancock

Hancock Lumber’s Marketing + Communications Director, Erin Plummer, recently presented at the annual LBM Journal Strategies conference in Texas.   Asked to speak on the topic, “How to Make Your Company a Best Place to Work”–the heart of the Hancock culture, Erin opened her talk with this quote: “I’m a firm believer that the brand is the […]

James Buchanan Appointed to Vice Chairman of the Board

James Buchanan, Vice Chairman, Hancock Board of Directors James Buchanan Appointed to Vice Chairman of the Board Jim is the newly appointed Vice Chairman of Hancock Lumber Company’s board of directors, which he has served on since 2014. Over the course of his career he has successfully built teams and held senior executive positions in […]

Hancock Named Best Place to Work in Maine, 4-Years in a Row!

Hancock Named Best Place to Work in Maine, 4-Years in a Row! For the fourth consecutive year, Hancock Lumber has been named a Best Places to Work in Maine! Being honored four times in a row takes every person on Team Hancock – from leadership to front line employees – staying focused on this topic every day […]

Two New Boom Trucks: Welcome to Team Hancock

TWO NEW BOOM TRUCKS: WELCOME TO TEAM HANCOCK! Hancock Lumber is excited to welcome two new boom trucks to the fleet this summer.  After months of spec-ing the components and assembling the trucks, our new wheels have landed at our Bridgton and Windham facilities,  officially part of Team Hancock’s fleet.  Keep your eyes out for the two […]

Hancock Hosting Employment Open House!

Hancock Hosting Employment Open House! Stop by our employment open house and explore a career with Hancock Lumber on Thursday, August 10th from 1pm – 4pm. Our Ryefield sawmill in Casco will be hosting the event for potential employees who are interested in a sawmill job–tour the mill, complete an application, and learn more about the […]

Building a Better World with Raymond Village Library

Hancock Lumber joined the Raymond Village Library this week, as a part of their “Building a Better World” summer programming. Children’s Librarian, Karen Perry, invited Hancock to join the summer library program, aimed to encourage children and families of the community to read this summer–for pleasure and to continue building their reading skills. Team Hancock loves […]