Residential Interior Door Facings
Residential Interior Door Facings
Question #2: Market Entry - Facings Plant
Facings Production Facilities are Multiyear Construction Projects
A timeline of ~4 years to ramp to meaningful production*
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Production Hurdles
Wood species perform differently
Access to wood basket
Requires significant testing
High initial cost of quality
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Multiple environmental concerns
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Bio-scrubbers
MACT compliance
Production flexibility
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# of press openings
Change over times
Cycle time
Site Selection, Planning & Permitting
~12 months
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Construction
~24 months
Startup, Qualification
~12 months
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(*) Management's estimates
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Laurel consumes the equivalent of ~10,000 trucks / year of fiber or ~27 acres of timber daily.
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