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Classic American Hardwoods

Our Mission: The mission of Classic American Hardwoods is to enrich the lives of its employees, customers, and vendors by responsibly purchasing, manufacturing, and marketing hardwood lumber products; our world’s only renewable natural resource.

CAH History

CAH Started in president and founder Bill Courtney’s living room in 2001, Classic American Hardwoods, Inc. has become one of the most respected and recognized hardwood lumber companies in the world.

We take and adhere to a forward thinking, customer-oriented approach to hardwood lumber production, sales, and service. It is this attitude, paired with our willingness to meet customer specifications and sorts, that has grown our sales to over $50,000,000 USD annually.

Our foundation began on an old, industrial parcel of 17 abandoned acres in North Memphis, Tennessee. Today, Classic American Hardwoods now encompasses a 43-acre facility and employs 120 people. From our meager 2001 beginnings servicing customers in just a handful of U.S. states, we exported our first load of lumber to China in 2006. In 2007 we opened our first overseas office in Shanghai, China, and shortly thereafter in 2008, we ventured to open an additional overseas office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. These expansions have led to our active customer service in 39 U.S. states, and 27 countries.

Tractor preparing woog rips to go into the drying kiln.
The shipping yard with a large load of custo ripped Red Oak.
Line 2 processing with a load of Mahogany.

Rich in innovation, growth, and most importantly, customer satisfaction.

Operationally, we have grown to meet the demands of our expanding customer base. In 2010 we built 360,000bf (board-feet) of new dry-kiln space, bringing our total dry-kiln capacity to 1,000,025bf. During our dry kiln expansion, we updated our boilers to meet all new EPA standards, updated the electronic control and conditioning processes of our existing kilns, added a third kiln-dried lumber production line, and cleared ground for our brand new, state-of-the-art, automated and optimized LICO merchandising production line.

Classic American Hardwoods’ mere 19-year existence in a centuries-old industry is rich with innovation, growth, and most importantly, customer satisfaction. Because we refuse to be bound by traditionally perceived restrictions of the national hardwood lumber industry, we have been able to outperform our competition by meeting our customers’ ever-changing needs and specifications. We look forward to ongoing business with our current customers and partners while seeking novel growth and development for new relationships around the globe.