Northwest Hardwoods Acquires Industrial Timber & Lumber

Washington, US: Northwest Hardwoods (NWH) has recently completed the acquisition of Industrial Timber & Lumber Company (ITL) based in Beachwood, Ohio. Headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, NWH has operations in the US, Canada, China and Japan.

 

ITL is one of the largest suppliers of North American hardwood. It sells over 200 million board feet of high quality hardwood lumber annually and has approximately 400 employees. 

According to TJ Rosengarth, president and CEO for NWH, they are adding a business with highly motivated and experienced employees, outstanding quality products, highly automated and efficient mills, as well as an attractive worldwide customer base that relies on ITL for essential products and industry leading customer service. 

“Our employees are very excited about this combination of two great companies. Our customers have grown accustomed to the high quality products and industry leading service model that ITL provides. This combination with NWH will allow us to better serve those customers with an even wider array of products” said Larry Evans, President of ITL who will continue to lead the ITL organization for NWH as it operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of NWH.

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