National Hardwood Magazine - March 2011

K FLOORING
RY OF SUCCESS, AND
STILL GOING STRONG
BY BRIDGET MCCREA
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Credit the firm’s long history of success
with insulating it from the negative economic
conditions. A manufacturer of multiple
wood products, including Hardwood
flooring (which makes up about half of
the firm’s business), stair treads, risers,
handrails, mouldings and edged glued
panels, Lebanon Oak Flooring boasts a
diversified product mix. The 60-employee
company operates from 26 acres of land
and 150,000 square feet of covered space
here.
Lebanon Oak Flooring uses about
300,000 board feet of lumber every
month, primarily 4/4 and 5/4 Red and
White Oak, Maple, Hickory, Cherry,
Ash and Walnut. Rick Goodin, plant
manager, said the firm prefers
Appalachian Oak, which it buys from
sawmills and brokers in Kentucky,
Southern Indiana, Southern Ohio,
Tennessee, West Virginia and North
Carolina. A sales team based in Lebanon
and California sells to customers throughout
North America.
Rewind back to the late-1800s and
Lebanon Oak Flooring got its start as a
sawmill. In the early-1900s, it began man-
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1. Sixty employees manufacture Lebanon
Oak’s products from a facility constructed on
26 acres of land.
2. Today, Lebanon Oak Flooring produces
flooring in various thicknesses, including
5/16-inch “top nail flooring,” which is
becoming rare in the U.S.
3. Lebanon Oak’s plant covers 150,000
square feet of space.
4. Other popular flooring sizes produced by
Lebanon Oak Flooring include 3/4, 3/8, and
1/2-inch tongue and groove.
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