Brattleboro / Vermont / United States
Allard Lumber Company works for envoirmental protection. The company manufactures hardwoods and specializes in hard and soft maple and red oak. It also grades the lumber after the process of kiln drying. Allard Lumber Company has developed a modern re-saw mill. Its narrow-kerf and double-cut band saws make boards from a log. The kilns, holding 225,000 board feet, use Chiptec wood gasifiers that recycle mill wastes to create energy. Other chips go to the paper mill, sawdust to local farms, and bark to landscapers. It also provides woodlot service for forest harvesting. It works for small farms, sugar mills, tourism, recreational use, forest management, residential and commercial growth. It focuses on promoting conservation, woodlot owners, school groups and other community organizations. Allard Lumber is located in Brattleboro, Vt.
