SIC 2429 Special Product Sawmills, Not Elsewhere Classified

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SIC 2429

This industry classification includes mills, not elsewhere classified, that make excelsior (wood shavings used for packing or stuffing), wood shingles, and cooperage stock; or mills that make specially sawed products. This category also includes companies that make pads and wrappers made from wood excelsior, and makers of all types of wood shingles and shakes. Cooperage stock is comprised of the staves, headings, and hoops used for making barrels, although barrel construction is classified in SIC 2449: Wood Containers, Not Elsewhere Classified.

NAICS CODE(S)

321113

Sawmills

321912

Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing

321999

All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing

The value of sawmill product shipments in 2005 was slightly more than $26.0 billion, up from $24.4 million in 2004. Cooperage stock also is included in this industry classification. This includes stock for both tight (used to hold liquids) and slack (for nonliquid use) cooperage, including buckets, hot tubs, storage vats, and barrels. Another industry segment is excelsior, also known as wood wool.

During the early 1990s, the use of wood shingles came under attack in areas prone to fires. In California, for example, several local governments banned new roofs made of wood products, due to the number of homes lost to fire during summer droughts. Wood shingle producers also faced competition from companies that made nonwood roofing materials, such as asphalt shingles. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, alternatives to wood shingles continued to gain market share.

Shakertown 1992 Inc. (Winlock, Washington), previously known as Shakertown Corp., also made cedar shakes and shingles in addition to siding. It had 50 employees and sales of $3.6 million in 2005. Another industry leader was Blue Grass Cooperage Co. (Louisville, Kentucky), with 200 employees and sales of $26 million. This subsidiary of Brown-Forman Corp. made white oak whiskey and wine barrels. Independent Stave Company Inc. (Lebanon, Missouri) made white oak tight barrels, staves, and headings. It had 1000 employees and sales of $44 million in 2005.

Most special product sawmills were small operations with fewer than five employees. By the early 2000s, one of the largest firms in the industry was Miller Shingle Company Inc. (Granite Falls...