Company Profiles
Appalachian Hardwood Center

Mount Hope OSB Plant
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
PO Box 192, 79 North Pax Avenue
Mount Hope, WV 25880

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Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Products Manufactured:

Structural panels - oriented strand board (OSB)

Present Annual Production:


325 million board feet

Raw
Material:

Species: yellow-poplar and other soft hardwoods

Amounts: 10,000 tons per week

Types: logs, minimum 4" top diameter, maximum 24" diameter, 12 to 22 feet long

Plant History

Contacts

Procurement Distance:

130 mile radius from Mount Hope, W. Va.

Logs are delivered via truck and rail (mostly truck) 24 hours per day, 7 days per week

Operation Information:

The Mount Hope plant employs 133 people, and operates two 12 hour shift per day, 7 days per week.


Last modified Jan. 6, 1998
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