Wood Products
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1. 70+ companies in Martin and surrounding counties
• 6 in paper products
• 60+ in timber / lumber / millwork
• Includes one major pulp facility and one major kraft paperboard mill
2. Wood Resources
The US Forest Service indicates there are over 1.45 million acres in timber in Martin and
surrounding counties (Waiting for stumpage figures from NCSU Extension Forestry)
3. Workforce
|
Estimated |
Estimated |
Estimated |
Estimated |
|
| Production Occupations | 1,070 | $8.69 | $15.90 | $19.51 |
| First-Line Supervisors/ Managers of Production |
100 | $14.60 | $26.55 | $32.53 |
| Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers |
30 |
$10.97 |
$13.82 |
$15.25 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers |
** |
$9.54 |
$10.14 |
$10.44 |
| Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers & Weighers |
** |
$8.42 |
$13.30 |
$15.73 |
| Transportation and Material Moving Occupations |
500 |
$7.56 |
$12.38 |
$14.79 |
| First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Helpers, Laborers |
20 |
$8.65 |
$11.71 |
$13.24 |
| First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Transportation |
20 |
$18.50 |
$33.29 |
$40.68 |
| Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer |
40 |
$12.28 |
$14.83 |
$16.11 |
| Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators |
50 |
$10.47 |
$16.65 |
$19.74 |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock and Material Movers, Hand |
90 |
$8.55 |
$10.54 |
$11.53 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand |
** |
$7.51 |
$7.94 |
$8.15 |
4. Proximity to bulk port facilities at NC Ports in Wilmington and
Morehead City and in Virginia Port in Norfolk.
Export Metric? Tonnage
|
Wilmington, NC (1) 2010 |
Morehead City, NC (1) 2010 |
Norfolk, VA (2) Metric Tons |
| Forest Products and woodchips | 443,287 | 462,610 | |
| Woodpulp | 208,021 | 926,080 | |
| Paper, paper board | 569,180 |
(1) Source: NC Ports, Economic Contribution of the North Carolina Ports Final Report,
http://www.ncports.com/userfiles/FORMS/Economic Contribution Final Report ITRE.pdf
(2) Source: Port of Virginia, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2011,
http://www.portofvirginia.com/media/19260/cafr final web version.pdf