84 Lumber opening first S.C. truss plant
As 2023 winds down, 84 Lumber continues to close out the year with expansion plans that are coming to fruition.
The prodealer announced today that it will open a truss plant in the state of South Carolina, just outside of Columbia. This marks 84 Lumber’s first truss facility in the state.
The plant is tentatively set to open in January 2024, the Eighty Four, Pennsylvania-based lumber and building supplies dealer said.
This new truss plant, located in Lugoff, will provide trusses and wall panels while providing a greater supply of materials and services for customers.
The facility will also be equipped with brand-new, state-of-the-art equipment for operation. Once open and operating, the 78,624-square-foot facility will employ roughly 90 associates when fully staffed.
“We are very excited to open our first truss plant in the state of South Carolina,” said Ken Kucera, vice president of installed sales and manufacturing at 84 Lumber. “This is a prime location for us, being in the center of the state, as it enables us to supply to multiple locations in the Carolinas and parts of Georgia.”
84 Lumber said that it has been supplying builders and contractors in the area since 1991.
In 2007, the dealer’s yard in the market was relocated to its current Lexington location. That move was followed by the company’s door production team being relocated to a Columbia standalone facility in 2007. The move allowed the team to exclusively focus on door sales and production.
According to 84 Lumber, In the decades since the original opening, the market and store have “grown to become one of the most promising opportunities for 84 Lumber and its customers.”
“We are confident we will see great success upon the opening of this plant,” Kucera said, regarding the new South Carolina plant.
Last week, 84 Lumber announced that it plans to open a new truss plant in Cartersville, Georgia by the end of December. The facility will serve the greater Atlanta market while working in tandem with an existing plant in Oxford.
Other recent expansion moves by the company have been in the West, including the opening of a new door shop in the Denver, Colorado market.
In California, 84 Lumber recently opened new stores in Stockton, Lancaster, and Riverside. A new Bakersfield truss plant is also in the works.
Action within the truss manufacturing field has been red-hot in recent weeks.
In the first week of December, US LBM announced that it had acquired Holderness Supplies based in Tuscon, Arizona and the Zy Tech floor and roof truss manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas.
On Nov. 1, Mead Lumber revealed that it had purchased Component Manufacturing Company and Reaves Buildings of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Component Manufacturing Company is a truss fabrication facility that manufactures trusses, wall panels, and floor joists. Reaves Buildings designs, builds and supplies engineered buildings.
84 Lumber is privately held and operates about 310 facilities, including stores, component manufacturing plants, custom door shops, and engineered wood product centers in 33 states.
The prodealer also offers turnkey installation services for a variety of products, including framing, insulation, siding, windows, roofing, decking, and drywall.
