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Grays Harbor County Manufacturing
The manufacturing base in Grays Harbor County is dominated by lumber and wood processing plants. In 1996, the lumber industry accounted for half of all manufacturing employment in the county. Today 9 of the top 15 industrial companies in the county are wood-product related and sustained-yield forestry, reforestation, lumber, plywood, and paper remain the county's industrial base. Other significant industries include food and seafood processing and boat building.
WOOD PRODUCTS: Grays Harbor County first and second tier manufactures are centered on wood products.
• Grays Harbor Paper, a locally owned, specialty paper Company, is one of the largest producers of 100% recycled paper. They are the County’s largest wood products employer with 254 employees at their Hoquiam facility.
• Simpson Door Company is a world class manufacturer of custom and standard wood doors. Their door plant in McCleary employs approximately 234, producing high quality doors.
• Weyerhaeuser Company manages forestry lands in Grays Harbor and employs 95.
• Hoquiam Plywood Company is a long-standing plywood manufacturer with over 100 employees.
• Sierra Pacific Industries, a state-of-the-art dimensional lumber sawmill just east of Aberdeen, employs 194 workers.
• Mary's River Lumber is a dimensional cedar lumber mill with 130 employees. The Company is currently expanding at the East County Industrial Park.
• TMI Forest Products employs 50 people producing hemlock and cedar fencing for the home, garden and landscaping industries.
• Murphy Company produces specialty veneer and trusses employing 50.
• PanelTech International manufactures green composite products such as Paper Stone as well as ballistics products that meet or exceed stringent military requirements.
• Over 80 other small to medium size companies that provide or process materials for the wood products industry.
FOOD PROCESSING: Grays Harbor County companies are committed to adding value to the products that are harvested in the county.
• Seafood is processed, frozen or canned for market by Ocean Gold, Washington Crab Producers, Quinault Pride Seafood Products and Westport Seafood Exchange. Together these companies employ over 700 seasonal workers. Additionally, Ocean Protein produces fishmeal, fish oil and bone meal for a worldwide market.
• Ocean Spray Cranberries process the county's large cranberry harvest, a producer of jelly, cranberry sauce and the newly added Craisin production line employ 125.
• In addition, 57 employees of Harbor Pacific Bottling Company distribute soft drinks.
• A host of commercial fishermen and other small processors provide valuable services to the area.
SHIP BUILDING: Shipbuilding has been a tradition in Grays Harbor County since 1886 when tall-masted schooners were built along the banks of the county's rivers to ship lumber throughout the world. Today, Grays Harbor is a top producer of fiberglass hulled yachts and small craft.
• Westport Shipyard is a world recognized specialty manufacturer of luxury yachts. The company currently employs over 300 workers in Grays Harbor.
• Another manufacturer, Little Hoquiam Shipyard, also produces quality fiberglass craft.
OTHER MANUFACTURING: There are a number of other manufacturers in the county. For example:
• Imperium Renewables operates the largest Biodiesel Processing Plant on the west coast in Grays Harbor.
• Invenergy produces electrical power at the 650 Megawatt combined cycle gas turbine steam plant located within the Satsop Development Park. The company, which employs 25, has plans for an expansion that will double their output.
• The Dow Chemical Company, formally Rohm & Haas employ 50 people in the manufacturing of sodium borohydride and potassium borohydride.
• Vaughan Company employs over 70 and produces chopper pumps used in manufacturing and waste processes.
• A cluster of local metal machine shops exist that separately or in cooperation produce custom parts and repair industrial equipment. |
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