SC Forestry Facts
Forest Products: A Growing Industry South Carolina exports about $1.3 billion in forest products annually. The forest industry’s economic impact on the state’s economy is more than $17 billion...
View ArticleReversing the Trade Deficit – South Carolina Style
Michael Johnson, CEO Cox Industries, Inc. The southeastern United States is the “Saudi Arabia of Southern Yellow Pine forest products”. We are blessed with one of the most amazing renewable resources...
View Article9 Story Wooden Structure: Is the Remarkable Story of Wood Finally Being Heard?
A special thanks to our friends at McShan Lumber for sharing this story… Since the recent completion of a 9 story wooden structure in London, plans for taller wooden structures are popping up around...
View ArticleWebinars on New Design Values Announced
A special note from our partners at SFPA… Two webinars next week will educate broad audiences of building professionals about the new design values for visually graded Southern Pine dimension lumber...
View ArticleCox Industries Completes Acquisition of Atlantic’s Treating Division
Orangeburg SC – July 20, 2012 – Orangeburg, SC: Cox Industries, Inc. has completed an asset purchase of Atlantic Wood Industries’ wood treating plants and related operations. This includes the...
View ArticleSouthern Pine Integral to Destin Boardwalk Project
The Destin Harbor Boardwalk Project Recently Published in PileDriver Magazine by Keith Harris Well over 15 years in the making, the Destin Harbor dream of a unified harbor boardwalk finally came true....
View ArticleSPTA Members Ship over 65,000 Poles for Storm Recovery
From the Southern Pressure Treater’s Association Southern Pressure Treaters Respond to Hurricane Sandy December 3, 2012: Today the Southern Pressure Treater’s Association (SPTA) is releasing data on...
View ArticleBoy Scouts and Cox Industries Provide Significant Contribution to South...
Columbia – Hundreds of new picnic tables were placed in South Carolina state parks this spring under an ambitious community service project called “600 in 60,” which brought together a private company,...
View ArticleOrangeburg Company Named South Carolina’s Family Business of the Year
The U.S. Small Business Administration has named Orangeburg-based company Cox Industries the 2013 South Carolina Family Business of the Year. A manufacturer of pressure-treated wood products, Cox is a...
View ArticleSC Based Cox Industries Donates Lumber to Seaside Heights NJ Boardwalk Recovery
The beautiful and iconic Jersey shore was devastated by Super Storm Sandy on October 29th, 2012. The deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the year, as well as the second-costliest in United...
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