Our Impact
As a leading manufacturer of engineered wood products, we enhance the sustainability and use of wood. Engineered products typically are made from fast-growing species cultivated in managed forests. They’re manufactured with less waste and carry greater loads over longer spans than solid wood of equivalent size. Eight of our plants have met rigorous standards to earn Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody Certification. View Press Release for more information.
As a wood treater, we use less energy than manufacturers of comparable steel or plastic products, extend the life of wood products, and, here, too, we use fast-growing species from managed forests. Our facilities are environmentally protective, closed-loop systems and are operated and monitored by our staff of scientists and production and regulatory specialists. We recycle the solution used to treat lumber, and our treating plants have zero wastewater discharge.
As a manufacturer of wood composites, Universal uses 25,000 tons of recycled wood dust per year, practicing active recycling on a significant scale. In addition, we recycle and re-extrude our composite downfall for industrial products.