Two of New England’s top performing eastern white pine manufacturing facilities will be stronger together as Hancock Lumber announces its plans to acquire Madison Lumber Mill. Hancock Lumber’s eastern white pine operations will expand to four mills with its first sawmill acquisition in over twenty years. While Hancock Lumber will be purchasing Madison Lumber Mill […]
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Team Hancock Named Best Place to Work, Nine Years Running
Hancock Lumber’s number one focus is to create and sustain a world-class employee experience. Today, the company announced Team Hancock’s been named a Best Place to Work in Maine for the ninth consecutive year, reinforcing they are delivering on their mission to enhance the lives of the people who work at the organization. For Hancock […]
Logging + Landowner Resources
Certified Master Loggers Certified Master Loggers are held to exemplary standards of responsible timber harvesting. Click the link below to view the most up to date Certified Master loggers list and map. State Specific Resources MAINE INFO CONTRACTORS/SUPPLIERS Maine Best Management Practices Manual LANDOWNERS/FORESTERS Maine Best Management Practices Manual Find a Logger in Maine Maine Natural […]
Looking to Sell Logs?
LOOKING TO SELL LOGS? Across our three sawmills in Bethel, Casco, and Pittsfield, Maine, Hancock Lumber is a consistent buyer of eastern white pine logs year-round. MAINE’S SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE. Since 1848, Hancock Lumber company has been growing and manufacturing eastern white pine logs into pine boards. Team Hancock takes pride in sourcing raw materials […]
Russell Coulter Retires After 36-Year Hancock Career!
After an incredible and transformative 36-year career at Hancock Lumber, sawmill veteran, Russell Coulter, retired on 12/30/21. Kevin Hancock recognized Russell at our December Board of Directors meeting at the Home Office in Casco. “Russell has lived through and done everything there is to do at Hancock Lumber—he’s been a manager, an executive, the equivalent […]
Bright Wood Visits and Tours Hancock Lumber Operations
Last month Hancock’s sawmill team hosted our Oregon customer, Bright Wood—and, wow, was it great to have customers back in Maine! Sawmill team members Aaron Schulte, Matt Duprey, and Jack Bowen welcomed members of the Bright Wood team to the Pine Tree state to tour our Bethel and Casco eastern white pine manufacturing facilities. Dallas, […]
Casco Sawmill Underway with Six Major Capital Projects
Capital project planning and reinvestments are a normal part of any given year at Hancock Lumber. Typically, each manufacturing facility will take on at least one major capital project, but for Team Hancock’s Casco sawmill 2021 is a year of six major reinvestments! General Manager, Mike Shane, is up for the challenge of managing these […]
Made In Maine: Logging Industry Interviews
Team Hancock launched a new campaign earlier this year highlighting the current state of the logging industry. In a four part video series, New England loggers participated in interviews with Hancock Lumber, describing the concerns and opportunities experienced in the field. Beginning with the 2020 mill explosion in Jay, the videos then travel throughout Maine […]
Hancock Lumber joins the American Tree Farm System
All of Hancock’s privately owned land is open to the public for recreation Hancock Lumber recently announced that their Hancock Land division has rejoined the American Tree Farm System (ATFS). Hancock Land remains one of the largest landowners in Western Maine—with 12,200 acres owned across Bridgton, Naples, Casco, and Poland. Membership into the ATFS is an […]
Leveraging Technology in Today’s Manufacturing World
NEW TOOL: LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A DIGITAL SALES AND PRODUCTION SCHEDULING SYSTEM Today, it takes approximately 14-days for eastern white pine trees to go from standing in the forest to being packaged eastern white pine boards on a truck. About 50% of Hancock Lumber’s markets receive their deliveries within 10-hours of their product being […]