Recently the Portland Press Herald published an article featuring Hancock Lumber’s journey through the housing crisis and how it evolved into its current operations. Through 2005, Hancock Lumber grew rapidly like the entire industry during the housing boom. Then, everything changed. Everyone fell victim to the tremendous sales decline when the banking crisis and housing markets collapsed in 2007. It […]
Maine Economy
Exciting New Company Features Hancock Employees!
Hancock Lumber recently worked with a new company, Destination Occupation, whose mission is: “to revolutionize linking employers with potential employees. To market a company’s image as a desirable place to work. To create an online community for business/education/job placement.” to create a video featuring three Hancock Lumber employees. Click the video player box below to view […]
Investing in our Sawmills
Kevin Hancock Cuts the Ribbon for the New Horizontal Resaw Machine Investing in our sawmills, lumberyards, timberlands, employees and customers is always a top priority at Hancock Lumber. This past June we completed a major capital project at our Ryefield sawmill, located in Casco, the same town in which the company was founded over […]
Governor LePage Tours Hancock’s Sawmill
Governor LePage meets Forest Hancock while touring our sawmill! Governor LePage was in Casco today to take a tour of our Ryefield Sawmill. While there he engaged with employees and discussed his background and work history. We learned he spent most of his career working in sawmills! To see more photos from his tour of […]
Veterans Rebuilding America
Builders of Ogunquit using 100% American made building materials! John Mixon, a contractor and owner of Builders of Ogunquit, is passionate about rebuilding the American economy and doing so with an all Veteran workforce and using 100% Made in the USA products! Right now he’s currently building a house a few miles away from Ogunquit’s […]
Wood is Wicked Good!
The U.S. Forest Products Industry Currently Supports More Than One Million jobs. Architects, builders, remodelers and homeowners should take notice of the USDA’s news release on recent findings indicating wood should factor as a primary building material in green building. Specifically, the review found that using wood in building products yields fewer greenhouse gases than […]