Grow Your Own ‘Redwood of the East’
Posted February 4, 2013 by Banks Staff
After 29 years of work, TACF is for the first time making limited blight-resistant seed stock available to its supporters.
Focused Coordination
Posted November 12, 2012 by Banks Staff
Without a doubt there are three key objectives we strive to achieve with a high level of competence – Quality, Consistency and Service.
Saving Fuel & Building Bonds
Posted November 7, 2012 by Banks Staff
By sharing a ride to work once a week, our sales team members Richard Peters and Scott Dickerson conservatively estimate that they save at least $400 each in fuel costs.
Commitment to FSC Values
Posted September 4, 2012 by Spencer Lutz
Banks Hardwoods, Inc. will implement its best efforts not to be directly or indirectly involved in the following activities:
Dick Peters Celebrates 25 Years
Posted July 2, 2012 by Banks Staff
This summer marks the 25th year Dick Peters has been with our company. Just the third person hired after the company was founded, Dick is now easily our most senior team member.
American Chestnut Reforestation
Posted June 27, 2012 by Banks Staff
Over three years, approximately 14,000 blight-resistant America Chestnuts will be planted by TACF and project cooperators. This planting is made possible by more than 28 years of careful breeding and research by TACF’s scientists.
Preventive Maintenance
Posted February 1, 2012 by Banks Staff
Preventative maintenance has been a major focus this year at our White Pigeon facility. We’ve made great strides in creating a ‘zero breakdown’ culture to maintain and improve our equipment for optimum performance.
Banks School Employee Training
Posted October 3, 2011 by Banks Staff
Groups of our employees recently completed requirements for “Basic Kiln Drying” and “Color Sorting”, both essential to our hardwood lumber grading programs.
Species Spotlight: Red Grandis
Posted October 3, 2011 by Banks Staff
Banks Hardwoods has been selected to be a distributor for FSC-certified Red Grandis,a substitute for Genuine Mahogany grown in the country of Uruguay in South America.
High-tech Dust Collection
Posted June 1, 2011 by Banks Staff
We've been working on a dust collection system upgrade at our White Pigeon, Michigan facility involving the installation of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and touch screens in each of the buildings.