Business Spotlight: Matson Lumber a Family-Owned Business for More Than 200 Years

| February 5, 2018

BROOKVILLE, Pa. (EYT) — If you are considering selling your timber or land, look no further than Matson Lumber Company. Matson Lumber Company is a local and family-owned business in Brookville, Pa. The timber and lumber business has been a way of life for the Matson family for more than 200 years.

Matson Lumber has built a reputation for honesty and integrity by doing the job the right way for landowners.

They have several registered foresters and their practice is “To treat your land like we treat our own.”

No one has higher standards than Matson Lumber when it comes to taking care of your property.  Every job is supervised by a professional SFI certified forester that will ensure that you have a plan in place that will meet your specific goals.

matson lumber-foresterSeveral Matson employees have decades in the lumber business and that experience makes all the difference when you are choosing a company that will take care of your land and get you a great return on your investment.

Just recently, Matson recognized eight employees with 20 years or more of service, including four with 30 years and two more that have been on the job for 40 years.

This speaks volumes to the experience in the industry and the presence in the community.

Matson Lumber started when John Matson, a pioneer lumberman and one of the first residents in Jefferson County, built the first sawmill in 1804.

In the 1890s, R.M. Matson’s company built one of the first band sawmills in the country, right in Brookville.

R.M. Matson’s grandson, Robert Matson, was a pioneer in his own right. He worked with his father George in the mill as a teenager and started his own company after serving in World War II.

Robert Matson understood the importance of ensuring resources for the company’s future and invested in high-quality timber so he could manufacture the best hardwood lumber.

Robert Matson belonged to a small group that initiated the exporting of hardwood lumber. He started exporting lumber in 1970, and the company continues today, more than 40 years later, with business in more than 28 countries.

Matson Wood Products has earned Pennsylvania’s Governor’s Export Award in the Agriculture group on two different occasions for demonstrating excellence in exporting hardwood lumber.

Matson currently operates three facilities, all located in northwestern Pennsylvania.

Their motto “From Start to Finish” relates to Matson’s continuous involvement with our product from growing timber to selling a quality product. The company grows, saws, dries, stores, markets, packages and ships Northern Hardwoods both domestically and internationally, with more than 40 years experience in exporting.

Matson’s reputation has been built on consistently providing a quality product.

Through the years, Matson has built strong relationships both inside and outside of the United States.

With the death of Robert D. Matson in January 2005, the company continues, directed by the eighth and ninth generation of the Matson family in the lumber business.

They share the same pioneering spirit, commitment to quality, and dedication to customers as their predecessors did.

Contact Matson Lumber today to schedule a meeting with a professional forester to develop a plan for your timber or land at no cost to you.

Matson Lumber can be reached at 814-849-5334 or visit their website at matsonlumber.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/matsonlumbercompany/.


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