Denoon Lumber founder William Denoon Sr. started his company with not much more than an axe, a chainsaw … and a fierce work ethic. Today, the company sells lumber, molding, flooring and paneling made from Appalachian hardwood to customers throughout the United States. “He started in 1963 with a tiny operation, just himself and one employee,” said Jade Smith, purchasing agent for the company. “Back in the old days, they made mine props-the pieces of lumber used to shore up mines.”
Today, Denoon Lumber is still based in Bergholz, Ohio, a village with a population of about 600, according to 2020 Census estimates. Bill Sr. passed away nearly a decade ago, but his widow, son (Bill Jr.) and daughters continue to own the company. Nearly 60 years after its founding, the company employs around 130 people at facilities including a sawmill, a log yard, and a sales center. The company produces 30 million board feet of hardwood annually, including kiln-dried products, molding and millwork.
Denoon became a Columbus Equipment Company customer in 1995, purchasing a Komatsu WA250 wheel loader. That same wheel loader is still on the job, where it’s used to load mulch into semi-trucks and clean up around the mill. “We also use it for snow removal in the winter. It has a 10-foot-wide bucket, so you can push a lot of snow with it,” Smith said. “We even use a salt spreader on it in the winter.”
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