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Team Hancock’s Ryan Edwards Awarded Maine Forest Products Council Rising Star Award

Hancock Lumber is excited to announce that Casco Sawmill Finished Products Manager, Ryan Edwards, has recently been awarded the Rising Star Award from the Maine Forest Products Council. Ryan accepted the award at Hancock Lumber’s Sales and Production meeting in September from Mike Shane, Hancock’s Regional General Manager of White Pine Manufacturing.   The Rising Star […]

Pittsfield Sawmill Creating Power with New Steam Turbine

After years of research, planning, and grant applications, Hancock Lumber’s Pittsfield mill has begun making power following the installation of a new steam turbine! A process years in the making, the goal remained to generate our own power and become more sustainable. Thanks to the dedication of Team Hancock and a series of strategic investments, that goal is now complete!  The Timeline:  Every improvement along the way reinforces Team […]

Contributions from Team Hancock’s Summer Interns

Hancock Lumber welcomed Joey Banks and Justin Gibbons as interns this summer at our Home Office in Casco. Both students are entering their senior year of college this fall, and the pair teamed up to spend time with our finance department, working on various projects and building out recommendations based on their research, interviews, and […]

Welcome, Andy Carberry—Hancock Lumber’s Salisbury General Manager

Team Hancock is thrilled to welcome Andy Carberry as the General Manager of our Salisbury, MA location. Andy has spent 41 years in the industry—in virtually every position—from load builder, operations, lumberyard design, and general manager. For the past 16 years, Andy was the General Manager of Middleton Building Supply in Hampton, NH. Following Hancock […]

Team Hancock Honored, Named a ‘Best Place to Work’ for 12 Consecutive Years!

For the twelfth consecutive year, Team Hancock has been named a ‘Best Place to Work’! Congratulations to our entire team and a huge thank you to everyone for their individual and collective commitment, participation, and excitement for creating a world-class employee experience.  We’re especially proud and appreciative because nearly 100% of our team members complete the […]

Seventh Generation Family Members and Owners Join Hancock Lumber Board

During the company’s June board of directors meeting, Hancock Lumber welcomed their two seventh generation owners as official board members. Chairman and sixth generation owner, Kevin Hancock, welcomed daughters, Abby (Hancock) Doherty and Sydney (Hancock) Hillman, during the June meeting where they joined six other board members—their dad, Kevin, along with five additional outside directors. […]

Penobscot General Contractors Hosts Shared Leadership Workshop with Kevin Hancock

Earlier this year Penobscot General Contractors (PGC) hosted a transformative three-day retreat for their senior leadership team that was designed and led by Kevin Hancock. Clay Maker and Jon DiCentes, co-owners and co-presidents of The Penobscot Group, worked with Kevin to build an event focused on shared leadership, disbursed power, and how mission + culture […]

Unique Partnership Brings Our World-Class Eastern White Pine Full Circle

Hancock Lumber and Bright Wood have been partners since 2019 with Hancock Lumber supplying their company with eastern white pine boards. Based in Oregon and distributing products nationally, Bright Wood® is a top-tier manufacturer of wood window and door components, mouldings, and engineered dimensional lumber. Since 2019, Bright Wood has purchased Hancock Pine and re-manufactured […]