Old South Wood Preserving to Establish Operations in Lawrence County

TENNESSEE GOV. BILL LEE, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER BOB ROLFE AND OLD SOUTH WOOD PRESERVING, LLC OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED TODAY THE COMPANY WILL ESTABLISH OPERATIONS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY.

OLD SOUTH WOOD WILL INVEST MORE THAN $5 MILLION AND CREATE 35 NEW JOBS AS THE COMPANY LOCATES A LUMBER TREATMENT FACILITY IN SUMMERTOWN.

LOCATED AT 4907 HIGHWAY 43 NORTH, OLD SOUTH WOOD’S OPERATIONS WILL COMPRISE OF AN OFFICE, LUMBER BARNS FOR WOOD STORAGE AND A TREATMENT PLANT. AS PART OF THE TREATMENT PROCESS, SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE LUMBER WILL BE PLACED IN AIRTIGHT CYLINDERS TO BE FLOODED AND PRESSURIZED WITH WATER AND CHEMICAL CONCENTRATE. THE LUMBER WILL THEN BE VACUUMED AND STORED UNTIL COMPLETELY DRY FOR SHIPMENT TO THE COMPANY’S RETAILERS.

IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, TNECD HAS SUPPORTED NEARLY 60 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE RESULTING IN ROUGHLY 7,600 JOB COMMITMENTS AND $4.8 BILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

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