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5 Inch Tigerwood Flooring – Brazil Mill Production

May 17, 2022June 12, 2018 by theipeguy

Our Brazil mill just finished milling this beautiful 5 inch Tigerwood flooring. This flooring will be shipped to the US to be finished and ready for distribution to our customers. You will notice plenty of figure in our Tigerwood flooring. Owning a mill in Brazil allows us to control the quality and give our customers …

Changing The Blades On a 53″ Planer/Sander

March 9, 2022May 28, 2018 by theipeguy

There are 520 individual carbide cutting knives on this 53″ planer/sander. One of our hardworking mill employees is doing the first cutter right now and he only has 519 more to go. Yes this process takes a long time but we don’t mind investing the time and money into good equipment to produce the best …

Our second sawmill line at our mill in Brazil is now up and running

April 27, 2018 by theipeguy

Our second sawmill line at our mill in Brazil is now up and running. Cutting FSC certified Tigerwood logs for decking, flooring, and deck tiles. This line is smaller but is fully rebuilt and cutting some very accurate rough sawn blanks. Having good rough sawn lumber can effect the moisture consistency when kiln drying and …

Keep Up With The Latest At Our Locations!

June 7, 2023December 27, 2016 by Mr. Ipe Hardwood

It’s the last month of 2016 and we continue to bring exciting news and new products to all of our facilities. Each one has something very amazing to share that will bring a wider variety and faster order processing for our customer’s benefit.

First Appreciation BBQ in Brazil

November 4, 2016 by Mr. Ipe Hardwood

Time really does fly and this past year has been nothing short of quick! Our Brazilian Mill has been rapidly expanding and it’s ready for production to ramp up on all our Brazilian hardwood products.

Florida Breaking Ground For New Kiln & Wood Slab Expansion

April 13, 2016April 8, 2016 by Mr. Ipe Hardwood

This week our Sarasota, FL facility broke ground for a new kiln and an extensive wood slab production space. The new wood slab space will provide us with more area to store and air-dry a greater selection of wood slabs. The 10,000-board-foot dehumidifying kiln will bring our company-wide drying capabilities to 600,000 board feet. This includes dehumidification, vacuum, and conventional steam kilns.

Improvements Continue in Brazil

February 5, 2016February 5, 2016 by Mr. Ipe Hardwood

Our new mill in Brazil needed some upgrades. Some of the machines were neglected and needed refurbishing. Others were beyond repair and were replaced.

We started doing work on a massive boiler that will power 11 dry kilns capable of drying 500,000 board feet of hardwood per month. This behemoth was torn down to its frame; we replaced all tubes, valves, controls, and fire brick to make it operate like new.