Innovation

At our engineered wood products plant in Buckhannon, West Virginia, success isn’t merely a goal. It’s an ongoing journey fueled by teamwork and collaboration — a journey that has made Buckhannon one of our most consistent top performers in both safety and manufacturing reliability. ... Read More

For the third year in a row, our medium density fiberboard (MDF) mill in Columbia Falls, Montana, has won the annual Composite Panels Association Safety Innovation of the Year. In doing so, Columbia Falls — our only MDF manufacturing facility and the longest-running MDF plant in the world, celebrating 50 years later in 2024 — beat out facilities from 34 other CPA members eligible for the award. ... Read More

Last year, along with our partners at Habitat for Humanity, we launched the inaugural Weyerhaeuser Innovation Challenge and invited Habitat affiliates from across the country to submit their most creative ideas for using sustainable wood products to increase equitable access to affordable, high-quality homes. From dozens of entries, we selected six finalists and awarded each $15,000 to carry out their winning ideas. ... Read More

As our Engineered Wood Products plant in Eugene, Oregon, prepared for an expected market slowdown in late 2022, Tom Mihalik sought out novel ways to cut costs and improve efficiency. ... Read More

Before our corporate headquarters moved to Seattle in 2016, our Tax department had 99 four-drawer cabinets at our Federal Way campus, each one stuffed full of paper that had to be whittled down. The team’s ultimate goal was to be paperless, but getting there would take buy-in, collaboration and a willingness to change — plus a whole lot of work. ... Read More