Carl Diebold Lumber Cuts Energy Costs

Founded in 1945 by Carl Diebold and located in Troutdale, Ore., the Carl Diebold Lumber Company (CDLC), a third-generation family business, processes mostly clear and higher grade lumber products that they don’t actually sell to customers. “We don’t have any product sales,” says Dave Smith, plant manager. “All this wood we’re processing belongs to somebody […]

In Northern California, Peter Musser has been working in an interesting niche since 2002: making conga drums out of old wine barrels. “I was building drums out of local hardwood for years when a friend brought an old Cuban drum in for repair,” Musser explained. “I noticed that it was oak and that all the […]