Linden Lumber Closes Hardwood Flooring Division

Linden, AL, May 18, 2016-- Linden Lumber is closing its hardwood flooring division effective yesterday, May 17.

As a result, its work force will be reduced by 37 employees.

The solid flooring market across the United States has been in a slump for the past year, and Linden Lumbers’ flooring sales have been no different. Nationwide, solid wood flooring mills have struggled on and off the last few years dealing with volatile price swings, while engineered flooring mills seem to be quite healthy and growing at a robust pace. Industry insiders believe that solid wood flooring is losing market share to its nearest relative—engineered flooring.

Linden Lumber is a hardwood sawmill located in Linden, Alabama. Linden Lumber specializes in the manufacture of red oak, white oak, and white ash lumber. With some 30 million board feet of annual production, Linden remains one of the largest single-site hardwood producers in the country and a major exporter of southern hardwood lumber worldwide.

The company says its decision to exit the flooring business in no way affects the ongoing operation and manufacturing of its lumber and industrial wood products. Linden Lumber has invested heavily in recent years in new machinery, and has outpaced many of its competitors through the investment of the latest optimization technology for sawing lumber.

The 150-acre site where Linden Lumber operates today has been the home of a high-quality lumber operation since 1963.