2024 Spring Regional Meeting
Pack your hard hats and plan on joining the HMA in the Franklin, Tennessee, for our Spring Regional Meeting, Wednesday–Thursday, June 12–13. You won't want to miss this opportunity to hear from others in the industry and go behind the scenes to gain insight into their operations.
Thompson Appalachian Hardwoods
Huntland, Tennessee
Thompson Appalachian Hardwoods is committed to full forest utilization as an integrated forest products manufacturer. Their mission has propelled the company into sustainably competing as a strong producer of high-quality hardwood lumber, industrial products, and wood biomass within the forest products supply chain.
Their supply chain connects the regional landowner, public and private, with the global marketplace for a variety of forest products. From their facility, products are sold globally to meet the need of manufacturers creating furniture, flooring, and millwork along with crosstie treaters and the pulp and paper industry.
Mayfield Lumber
McMinnville, Tennessee
Mayfield Lumber Company began operations in 1971 as a wholesale business, and transitioned into a concentration yard in 1980, specializing in red and white oak, ash, hickory, and poplar. In 2018, they upgraded their grading line sorter system. Today, the company has 900,000 square feet of kiln capacity and S2S planing capability.
Middle Tennessee Lumber Company
Burns, Tennessee
Back in the 1930s, Middle Tennessee Lumber Company (MTL) founder Bill Cockrall operated a sawmill on Cleveland Street in downtown Nashville. As the business grew, he expanded with two additional mills on the city’s outskirts.
Word of the Appalachian timber spread and its demand gave MTL the ability to move to their current 22-acre location in Burns, Tennessee.
Since becoming a family-owned business in 1985, MTL has successfully become one of the most diversified hardwood companies marketing lumber, flooring, and mouldings across the U.S. and internationally.
Clark Hardwoods
Erin, Tennessee
Clark Hardwoods is part of Clark Lumber Company, which also operates mills in Red Boiling Springs and Lafayette. The company was established in 2018 after the purchase of J.V. Averitt Lumber Co.—a family-owned operation with a 114-year history—and has since increased production by 80% by focusing on increasing yield and efficiency. The facility features state-of-the-art saws, lumber handling equipment, and dry kilns.
With 35 full-time employees, the location produces 11 million board feet of green lumber and industrial material, 4.5 million board feet of kiln dried lumber, and 28,000 tons of by-products each year. Clark Hardwoods specializes in poplar, red and white oak, ash, hard maple, walnut, and cherry—mostly sourced from local, independent loggers.
