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| 1972 Kuhns Bros. Lumber Co. is incorporated and employs 12.
1978 The lumber company adds a fully automatic, electric-powered sawmill capable of producing six million board feet of lumber per year. The company now employs 21. 1983 The lumber company branches into the log home industry. (Later, a separate company, Kuhns Bros. Log Homes, Inc., is created.) 1984 A kiln with a capacity of 50,000 board feet is added, allowing Kuhns Bros. Log Homes to offer top quality kiln-dried components to its home buyers. 1986 A third sawmill is added to keep up with the increased demand for Kuhns Bros. white pine log homes. 1987 A second kiln with a capacity of 50,000 board feet is installed. 1988 A fourth sawmill is added for additional production. 1993 The precutting department doubles production capacity. The whole new custom-designed production line features specially made equipment and a 12,000 square foot building. 1995 A third kiln with a capacity of 50,000 board feet is installed. 1997 Expansion projects double office and protected lumber storage areas. Two new planers add four new log profiles. 1998 three kilns are added with combined capacity of 200,000 board feet. A 6,500-square-foot building is added to the production facility housing another cut line with specialty equipment capable of producing a variety of precut products. 1999 Operations expand to the Mid-West and the addition of a third corporate sales office in Central Missouri - 1 2,754-square-foot standard Northumberland model. 2000 Six new kilns are erected which double kiln drying output. A 5,000-aquare-foot office is built to house an expanded service and engineering staff. A third cut line is added, which doubles that department's capacity. A newly acquired high-speed planer is installed, increasing planing production by 30 percent. A 6,000-square-foot storage building is added. Operations expand t the South with the construction of a fourth corporate sales model in North Carolina. 2005 Introduction of the Signature Design Series making Kuhns Bros. Log Homes, once again, the leader in the industry. Present Kuhns Bros. Log Homes, Inc. remains a leading manufacturer of log homes, annually delivering more than 350 homes across the United States and abroad ... from Maine to California, to the countries of Japan, the Dominican Republic, Denmark, the Netherlands, South Korea, Portugal, Canada, and Mexico. And Kuhns Bros. now encompasses more than 135 acres, employs more than 200, and has a nationwide dealer network of over 100. Annual production is greater than 14 million board feet of lumber. Not only is Kuhns Bros. Log Homes noted for their kiln dried logs, they also have the most complete package in the industry, backed up by their "No Shop Guarantee". The more research you do about log homes and log home companies, the better Kuhns Bros. Log Homes looks! |