Universal Forest Products
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Universal Forest Products, Inc. is a multibillion-dollar corporation and the leading supplier to its five business segments. Universal is the nation’s leading manufacturer
and distributor of wood
and wood-alternative products, the leading pressure-treated wood producer, North America
's largest manufacturer of engineered roof systems for site-built construction and manufactured housing
, and the country’s leading solid-sawn lumber buyer.
Universal is the parent company to brands spanning a range of products aimed at the construction
and home improvement
industries.
Universal’s key markets are retail/building materials (national home centers, regional chains, independent lumber dealers), industrial (specialized packaging and material handling products), commercial construction and concrete forming (roof trusses, wall panels and floors systems for commercial structures), manufactured housing/RV (components designed specially for the industry) and residential construction (wood components and framing services for builders of single and multi-family homes).
The company has landed repeatedly in the Fortune 1000
list of America’s largest corporations and in Forbes magazine’s Platinum 400 ranking of the best-performing U.S. companies with annual revenue of more than $1 billion.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...
and distributor of wood
Wood
Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...
and wood-alternative products, the leading pressure-treated wood producer, North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
's largest manufacturer of engineered roof systems for site-built construction and manufactured housing
Manufactured housing
Manufactured housing is a type of prefabricated housing that is largely assembled in factories and then transported to sites of use...
, and the country’s leading solid-sawn lumber buyer.
Universal is the parent company to brands spanning a range of products aimed at the construction
Construction
In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...
and home improvement
Home improvement
Home improvement, home renovation or remodeling is the process of renovating or making additions to one's home.-Types of home improvement:...
industries.
Universal’s key markets are retail/building materials (national home centers, regional chains, independent lumber dealers), industrial (specialized packaging and material handling products), commercial construction and concrete forming (roof trusses, wall panels and floors systems for commercial structures), manufactured housing/RV (components designed specially for the industry) and residential construction (wood components and framing services for builders of single and multi-family homes).
The company has landed repeatedly in the Fortune 1000
Fortune 1000
Fortune 1000 is a reference to a list maintained by the American business magazine Fortune. The list is of the 1000 largest American companies, ranked on revenues alone...
list of America’s largest corporations and in Forbes magazine’s Platinum 400 ranking of the best-performing U.S. companies with annual revenue of more than $1 billion.