In the fall of 2024, our Bethel Eastern White Pine (EWP) Mill hosted a two-day Total Production Maintenance (TPM) training event with 17 Team Hancock members traveling from all three of our mills including Casco and Pittsfield. TPM training focuses on maximizing the productivity of equipment for its entire lifespan. TPM fosters an environment where […]
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Celebrating Our Partners in Building and their Craftsmanship!
What an incredible year of building 2024 has been! As the year winds down, we wanted to pull together some of our building partners’ projects that we’ve captured or have had shared with us and say a big THANK YOU to all our loyal builders. From new homes, kitchens, remodels, commercial structures, and more, there […]
Holiday Health Tips & Checklist from Hancock’s HR Team
Team Hancock’s HR Specialist, Hannah Goriss, has been on a roll sharing benefit spotlights with our employees in 2024. She recently created and shared her most recent benefit spotlight on Holiday Health Tips & Checklist, and we wanted to share it beyond our employee audience. Take a few minutes to read through the info below […]
Honoring Eddie Cox’s Incredible Legacy with Hancock Lumber
Eddie Cox, long time Commodity Buyer for Team Hancock will be celebrating his retirement at the end of 2024, marking the end of his 14-year career with Hancock Lumber. Eddie joined us in November of 2010 as a Product Category Manager after a previous 21-year career with Roper Bros Lumber Company. Eddie has always been […]
Hancock Lumber Awarded the Sebago Fuller Housing Community Service Award
Earlier this fall Hancock Lumber attended the Sebago Fuller Housing Gala, an event created to recognize the organization’s five anniversary and impact in the community—and, where Team Hancock was awarded their first Community Service Award! The Sebago Lakes Region Fuller Center for Housing works with locals, including veterans, to help bring them more affordable home […]
Hancock’s Online Experience
Hancock Lumber has expanded direct-to-consumer services through its custom-built e-commerce platform, shop.HancockLumber.com. “Transparency and customer intimacy are two of our core values and were foundational in building out our new online experience that launched in May 2022,” CMO Erin Plummer commented. “One of our goals for the online store was to provide access to all […]
Hancock Lumber Repositions Itself for the Future—as One Company, with One Strategy + One Vision
Leadership Team Realignment Includes Two New Executives and an Internal Promotion Hancock Lumber is repositioning itself as a ‘division-less’ organization with a bright future as one company, with one vision + one strategy. As part of this change, the company enthusiastically welcomes two new members to its executive team, announces a significant internal promotion, and […]
Hancock Lumber Attends 11th Annual Arctic Circle Assembly and Business Forum in Iceland
During the month of October, Hancock Lumber’s COO Mark Hopkins travelled to Reykjavik, Iceland to participate in the 11th Annual Arctic Circle Assembly and continue conversations on how Maine and Hancock Lumber could support Greenland and supplying building materials for their housing demand. While at this event, Mark presented with four others on Greenland’s Trade […]
Hancock Lumber Celebrates Ranking #11 at Best Place to Work Ceremony
Last month, members from Hancock Lumber attended the Best Places to Work in ME awards ceremony that took place at the Augusta Civic Center. Over 133 companies from across the state attended who were recognized as a Best Places to Work across the small, medium, and large employer categories. While Hancock Lumber learned we were […]
Hancock Lumber Hosts 2024 Maine Teacher’s Tour
In late July, Hancock Lumber welcomed 30 educators from across Maine to tour our Casco White Pine Mill and Jugtown Forest Conservation Land. Part of the Maine TREE Foundation, the Forests of Maine Teachers’ Tour program has been hosting two four-day Teachers’ Tours annually since 1997. Designed to bring Maine educators to commercial forests, recreation […]