SIC 2441 Nailed and Lock Corner Wood Boxes and Shook

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SIC 2441

This industry classification includes companies that are primarily engaged in the production of nailed and lock corner wood boxes (lumber or plywood) and shook for nailed and lock corner boxes.

NAICS CODE(S)

321920

Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing

The nailed and lock corner boxes and shook classification covers the production of containers made wholly or partly of wood. Containers in this category include ammunition boxes, tool chests, wooden cigar boxes, and cases for packing wines, fragile items or equipment, and produce. Shook refers to sets of box parts—sides, tops, bottoms, and ends—that are ready to assemble.

The industry represents the use and marketing of much lower-grade lumber taken from the centers of logs already milled for board and panel wood. This is particularly true for the pallet industry, which is the biggest hardwood user, at 3 billion board feet annually during the mid-2000s.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 2,837 establishments operated in this industry category in 2005. Total industry employment at that time reached 52,190 workers receiving a payroll of more than $1.3 billion. Of these employees, the majority worked in production. The 2005 Aggregate Report from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission indicated that of 48 reporting units, men outnumbered women in the workforce...