LP Building Solutions (LP) announced the first production of LP SmartSide products at its Sagola, Michigan facility, followed by the production of the first APA-approved SmartSide board.
LP’s Sagola facility opened as an oriented strand board (OSB) mill in 1988. In 2021, the company announced a phased, multi-year plan to expand its siding production capacity to meet the increased demand for SmartSide products. At that time, LP Sagola was among the two facilities, including LP’s Houlton, Maine mill, announced for conversion from the manufacturing of OSB to SmartSide siding.
LP safely and successfully completed the initial phase of Sagola’s conversion to a siding mill, which culminated in the pressing of the mill’s first siding board. Following confirmation testing by APA – The Engineered Wood Association (an organization accredited by the American National Standards Institute for developing national consensus standards for engineered wood products), LP Sagola is now producing APA-certified and trademarked siding.
At full capacity, LP Sagola will be able to produce approximately 330 million square feet of SmartSide siding annually, bringing the company’s total siding production capacity to approximately 2.3 billion square feet.
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