Southeastern US focus OUR SKILLED TEAM DELIVERS AND SUPPORTS YOUR USNR PRODUCTS!
USNR’ s Florida operations
Southeastern US focus OUR SKILLED TEAM DELIVERS AND SUPPORTS YOUR USNR PRODUCTS!
USNR’ s facility at Jacksonville, Florida is home base for our team of nearly 100 personnel in that region. These dedicated individuals take great pride in the the manufacture and delivery of a wealth of USNR’ s products, but primarily the largest machines that make up our vast array.
The operation’ s roots stem all the way back to 1879 when Lafayette Moore built his first dry kiln. In the early years Moore was based at Cordele, Georgia, and through several partnerships he manufactured kilns for mills in south Georgia, Alabama and Florida. In 1906 Moore moved to Jacksonville where, through partnership with C. J. Williams they established the L. Moore Dry Kiln Company. They sold their first kiln on the west coast to a Weyerhaeuser mill at Snoqualmie, Washington in 1916. In 1919 they opened a second kiln manufacturing facility at Portland, Oregon and changed the company name to Moore Dry Kiln Company. Moore died in 1922 at the age of 76 years.
In 1923 then sole owner C. J. Williams separated the two arms of the company into two distinct corporations. After his death in 1956 ownership of the two companies was also separated. Eventually the Jacksonville company was acquired by US Natural Resources( USNR), and the Portland company was acquired by Coe Manufacturing, now USNR as well.
Today the Jacksonville site is where USNR’ s lumber dry kilns( Counter-Flow kilns, track kilns, package kilns, Kiln Boss controls, Sloped Grate Green Burners), Coe veneer dryers, industrial freezers and some of our lumber handling machines are manufactured.
The Jacksonville complex covers 10 acres( 7 city blocks), and 130,000 square feet of buildings housing engineering, sales, administration, purchasing, manufacturing, warehousing and a technical service hub. Recent improvements have seen the expansion of the manufacturing plant
to accommodate a healthy list of orders for new products, upgrade components and parts.
Troy Johnson leads the Jacksonville team. He has been with USNR since 2006, first in project management and now in operations. Troy is ably supported by a talented team of individuals that is expanding as well, as it works to meet the needs of USNR’ s customers in all corners of the globe.
6 Millwide INSIDER | ISSUE 3- 2013