Fruitland’s Woodgrain Millwork acquires two plastic coated lumber companies

Fruitland-based Woodgrain Millwork is expanding into plastic coated lumber production with the acquisition of two companies in Oregon and California that specialize in that product.

Woodgrain acquired EcoForm in North Palm Springs, California, and Woodguard of Cottage Grove, Oregon.

“It’s a product mix we have not dabbled in,” said Tanner Dame, marketing director of the family-owned business. “The biggest piece is diversification. This is a specialty product.”

Woodgrain manufactures doors, windows and moldings utilizing 21 mills, storage and manufacturing locations around the country. Woodgrain has 2,500 total employees, with 400 in Fruitland, nearly 300 in Nampa and 70 in Emmett. The company is Fruitland’s largest private employer.

The plastic coated lumber will allow Woodgrain to start producing furniture for outdoor use, Dame said.

Woodguard had transferred its production to EcoForm after a May fire destroyed its Oregon facility. The two companies contacted Woodgrain for a possible acquisition of both, which Woodgrain accepted for an undisclosed amount, Dame said.

EcoForm manufactures plastic coated lumber products such as reusable concrete forms and landscape edging. Woodguard products are used for agricultural and horse fencing as well as playgrounds.

Woodgrain has several separate companies including the headquarters Woodgrain Millwork, founded in 1954 in Utah. The company has been in Fruitland since 1969. Other locations include Woodgrain Chile in Los Angeles, Chile; Woodgrain Distribution in Lawrenceville, Georgia; Woodgrain Doors in Nampa; Windsor Windows & Doors and Ashworth Doors, both in West Des Moines, Iowa; Monarch Windows and Doors in Anniston, Alabama; and Nature’s in Prineville, Oregon.