Slack Hardwood Demand Hits Alabama Mill

Linden, AL, Nov. 21, 2008 — Linden Lumber, a leading manufacturer of southern hardwoods, has laid off most of its employees.

“This layoff is an emergency reaction due to an unforeseen drastic reduction in orders of hardwood lumber and hardwood flooring,” a press release from Linden Lumber said. “Reduced worldwide demand of the company’s traditional product mix is forcing the company to restructure its entire product line.”

Founded in 1955, the company supplies products for custom cabinetry, furniture, molding, and flooring applications under the “Red Crown” brand. With excess of 3 million board-feet of kiln capacity and over 80 million board-feet of production capacity, it is one of the largest hardwood sawmill facilities in the southern U.S.

“This is a very unfortunate and sad situation, however, when worldwide shipments of our products came to a halt recently, it left us with no choice,” vicer president Hugh Overmyer said.

 “We are hopeful we will see an increase in orders during the first quarter of 2009."