National Hardwood Magazine - March 2012
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News about North American industrial <strong>Hardwood</strong> consumers<br />
and overseas updates, including mergers, plant expansions,<br />
association activities and personnel<br />
JELD-WEN ANNOUNCES $120 MILLION<br />
PRODUCTION FACILITY<br />
Jeld-Wen President Philip Orsino announced that Jeld-Wen<br />
Inc., one of the world's leading manufacturers of windows<br />
and doors, will open a $120 million Winn Parish production<br />
facility in Louisiana by the end of <strong>2012</strong>. The company plans<br />
to create a minimum of 75 new direct jobs, with an annual<br />
payroll exceeding $2.5 million, and Louisiana Economic<br />
Development estimates the project will result in an additional<br />
117 new indirect jobs.<br />
Located between Winnfield and Jonesboro, the Jeld-Wen<br />
facility will manufacture wood fiber door-facings using a proprietary<br />
process. From Winn Parish, the door-facings will be<br />
shipped to Jeld-Wen’s door assembly plants. LED will provide<br />
the resources of LED FastStart, the nation's No. 1<br />
workforce development program, as Jeld-Wen begins hiring<br />
its staff in the coming months.<br />
"This plant will be the most technologically advanced molded<br />
door-facings plant in the world," said Orsino. "The efficiency<br />
and quality this plant will deliver will enhance Jeld-<br />
Wen’s global leadership position."<br />
"Louisiana has a steady and reliable source of <strong>Hardwood</strong><br />
fiber," said Jeld-Wen Senior Vice President Jim Morrison.<br />
"We're also impressed by the employment base throughout<br />
Winn Parish."<br />
Jeld-Wen is one of the world's leading manufacturers of reliable<br />
windows and doors. Jeld-Wen began in 1960 and today<br />
has approximately 20,000 employees across more than 100<br />
locations in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. The<br />
company's extensive product offering encompasses windows,<br />
exterior doors, interior doors and related building products<br />
that are sold globally through multiple distribution channels,<br />
including retail home centers, wholesale distributors<br />
and building products dealers. Jeld-Wen has been an Energy<br />
Star partner since 1998. For more information visit<br />
www.jeld-wen.com.<br />
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