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Hood Industries, Inc.
Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
Hattiesburg, Mississippi 5,614 followers
The Hood Way - People, Process, Performance
About us
The Hood Way - People, Process, Performance Our Vision: To provide rewarding employment opportunities by being a company that is safety-focused, customer centric, process driven, sustainable and growing. Hood Industries, Inc. is a blend of wood manufacturing and distribution concerns that include two plywood and four lumber manufacturing plants, and fourteen specialty wood product distribution operations, located in thirteen states serving the northeast, southeast and southwest United States. After acquiring plywood manufacturing plants in Beaumont and Wiggins, Mississippi, these plants were merged into one company in 1986, Hood Industries. The company continued to grow with acquisitions including four lumber manufacturing plants in Waynesboro and Silver Creek Mississippi, Bogalusa, Louisiana and Metcalfe, Georgia. With these plants, Hood Industries enjoyed phenomenal growth. Because of this growth, the company decided to add broader strength to the company by balancing the manufacturing endeavors with acquisitions in the distribution industry. In 1995, they purchased the McEwen Company from International Paper. Then in 1998, Hood Industries had the opportunity to acquire another specialty distributor, this time in the New England area, the McQuesten Company.
- Website
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http://www.hoodindustries.com
External link for Hood Industries, Inc.
- Industry
- Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1986
- Specialties
- Lumber Manufacturing, Plywood Manufacturing, and Distribution
Locations
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Primary
Get directions
1978 Hood Boulevard
Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39401, US
Employees at Hood Industries, Inc.
Updates
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We always enjoy seeing old friends and making new ones at this event each year and we're proud to support Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Association. See y'all next year! #TheHoodWay
Thank you Jeremy Pitts and Nyle Dry Kilns for supporting MLMA. We appreciate your sponsoring the closing reception and thank you for creating and sharing this amazing highlight video. A great time was had by all in attendance and we couldn’t have done this without sponsors like you. See you next year. #MLMA #drykilns #lumber #wood #mills
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Providing a safe and efficient work environment is important to us and with advances in technology, the opportunities are endless. RIOS Intelligent Machines' use of AI in the lumber operation gives us a much-improved view of the product throughout the production process. When our operators can see 100% of the product, it's a win-win. Better vision means safety is improved and shorter downtime periods increase efficiency.
There are many ways to leverage Intelligent Agents in your sawmill. Here, we're counting boards as they cross a virtual counting line. The status bar in the top right corner increments as the boards cross over. The different colored boxes around the wooden blocks represent object detection and are used by the agent to identify potential problems as the boards approach the lug loader. Video courtesy of Hood Industries, Inc. Learn more: https://hubs.li/Q02zSc_Y0 #ai #innovation #manufacturing #automation
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Our Wiggins Plywood operation recently welcomed Metro Howell to Hood Industries as Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist. He has past safety experience in the oil and gas industry having worked as a safety technician, and has also worked as a trainer and instructor with Universal Safety Institute. Welcome to the team, Metro!
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Yesterday, we partnered with Vitalant to host a blood drive at our corporate office in Hattiesburg, Miss. Several of our employees bravely rolled up their sleeves and generously donated the gift of life, earning a t-shirt, the respect of their colleagues and the gratitude from a family who benefit from their heroic act. These are a few of our heroes from yesterday, but not all of them. See their capes?
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We'd like to extend a warm Hood welcome to Phyllis Bogan, our newly named People Operations Manager at our Plywood operation in Beaumont. Phyllis has a strong background in human resources, having gained expertise in the field in a number of industries across varying job markets. This expertise will serve her well as she leads the recruiting efforts at Beaumont over the next several months ahead of the operation restart. Welcome aboard, Phyllis!
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Hood Industries, Inc. reposted this
Thank you to Hood Industries, Inc. for donating a hunt for two at Longleaf Plantation. This is a great addition to our live auction items for the 70th Convention & Trade Show. This is an item you for sure won't want to miss. See you soon in Biloxi. #lumber #wood #mills #MLMA
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We in-house tested a portion of a Plywood Finishing Line for Hood Industries' new plant in Beaumont, MS. Plywood panels will come from a press and get loaded onto this conveyor. Then they're graded and sorted to a saw or stacker. Follow us to learn more about this line in future videos! #ConVeyInnovativeSolutions #plywood #efficiency #innovation #manufacturing #materialhandling #engineering #industrialautomation #automation #automatedsystem #engineeredwood #manufacturer #manufacturingcompany #manufacture #factoryautomation #woodproducts #masstimber #equipment #heavymachinery #heavyequipment #materialhandlingequipment #conveyor #conveyors #conveyorbelt #conveyorsystem #custommade #customfabrication #engineer #mechanicalengineering #electricalengineering