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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! From all of us at Hancock Lumber, we want to wish you a relaxing and merry holiday season—enjoy this special time of year with your family and friends. Thank you for being such an important part of who we are. Please take a few minutes to watch our new […]

SHARP Safety Certification: Hancock Sawmill Trifecta!

SHARP Safety Certification: Hancock Sawmill Trifecta! All three of Hancock Lumber’s Eastern White Pine manufacturing facilities have earned certification into the United States Department of Labor’s (USDOL) Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP), with their Pittsfield mill most recently becoming SHARP certified . The USDOL recognizes small business employers who have used OSHA’s consultation program […]

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 Helps ‘Make-a-Wish’ Dream Come True

Hancock Helps ‘Make-a-Wish’ Dream Come True. Last month Hancock Lumber helped make a local boy’s Make-a-Wish dream come true.  Scott Pease, one of Hancock’s Procurement Foresters, sits on the executive committee for the SIC (Maine SFI Implementation Committee) here in Maine. With his help, the group stepped up to get involved and donate time and materials […]

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 […]