Kendrick Forest Products is a second-generation, family owned logging, sawmill, dry kiln, and cabinet operation. In 1983, Tim Kendrick bought the mill that his father once owned. Through the years he and his wife, Rhonda, modernized their sawmill operation and have brought it to the forefront of the industry.

We currently own 1,300 acres of timberland and also buy standing timber within 100 miles of the sawmill. We buy approximately 50% of our logs from independent contractors. Our two logging crews harvest standing timber from private landowners. Kendrick Forest Products procures nearly 10.5 million board feet of logs per year.

In 1988 and 1997, we installed American Wood Dryer kilns, which increased the kiln-dried production of lumber. Today we dry over 4 million board feet of lumber annually and manufacture 9.3 million board feet of hardwood lumber annually.

In 2000, we began planning a 5 year $5 million expansion which started in 2001 with the addition of a 6 foot McDonough Line Bar Resaw (pictured below) and a 3000 square foot building addition. In 2002, another 9000 square feet was added as well as a 7 foot McDonough Headrig with stereo scan. In October of 2002, a TMT Optimizing Edger with Inovec scanner was added. In 2004, a 6000 square foot truck shop and fabrication center as well as 3600 square foot of office space was added. In June of 2005, a Co-Generation System was installed to run our dry kiln and produce electricity for some of our facility. Lastly in May of 2006, a 6000 square foot building was erected which houses a Nicholson 36 inch Ring-debarker.

In 2001, Kendrick Forrest Products purchased and relocated a cabinet company to Edgewood, Iowa. Currently Forever Cabinets by Kendrick has a showroom in Dyersville, Iowa featuring their cabinets and in Edgewood, Iowa at their main office. In August, Kendrick Forest Products will be opening Elite Home Cabinets & Décor, a showroom in Cedar Rapids featuring Forever Cabinets by Kendrick & Wellborn Cabinets.

At Kendrick Forest Products, no part of the log is wasted. We take the bark and excess wood and process it into mulch and sawdust. Eighty percent of the sawdust is used to fuel the Co-Generation System.

To ensure quality we generally try to ship within 24 hours of sawing or drying lumber.

Memberships:

National Hardwood Lumber Association

Wood Component Manufactures

Lake States Lumber Association Inc.

Illinois Wood Products Association

National Kitchen & Bath Association

Indiana Hardwood Lumberman’s Association

Hardwood Manufacturers Association

Great Lakes Kiln Drying Association

Lake States Women in Timber Inc.

Colesburg Commercial Club

Manchester Chamber of Commerce

Iowa Wood Industries