We provide solutions for wood product businesses.

MacDonald & Owen empowers businesses by providing wholesale wood products. Hundreds of manufacturers and distributors worldwide use M&O products to focus on the work that counts - making sustainable wood products accessible to their communities. 

In the beginning . . .

Before Archie MacDonald founded MacDonald & Owen, he was the sales director at Webster Industries - the largest hardwood company in Wisconsin at the time. Frustrated with the antiquated ways of the hardwood industry, he set out to pioneer a lumber company that was different from all the competition. 

A phrase Archie often shared with our current President and Owner, David Twite.

"The only thing you really have is your honor. There's plenty of money to be made. So treat people right. If you cheat people and lie just to make a few extra dollars, no one will trust you." 

Those ideals have continued on throughout our 50+ years of business as we seek  to provide top quality wood products to all we work with. 

Archie MacDonald standing by some green on sticks lumber

1970

Archie MacDonald incorporated MacDonald & Owen Veneer & Lumber company with Bill Owen. 

1970-1980

Bill Owen - the veneer broker left the company. Archie kept the Owen name to honor Bill's part in founding the company. 

1980's

Archie offered David Twite a sales position at M&O. David brought many great changes to the company that catapulted M&O from $1-2million in annual sales to $10 Million!

1997

David Twite bought half of MacDonald & Owen from Archie. 

1998-99

Clint West, was offered an unpaid internship by David Twite at a slow pitch baseball game.

Clint West was later hired in 1999 as M&O's 6th employee. 

Clint has since moved up to be our current CEO of the company.

2003

David Twite assumed full ownership of M&O from Archie. The construction of the Sparta, WI facility was completed.

2010

MacDonald & Owen aquired PW Hardwoods in Brookville, PA

2014

MacDonald & Owen acquired Kerr Forest Products in Bowling Green, KY

2015

MacDonald & Owen acquired St. Croix Valley Hardwoods Kiln Drying facility in Luck, WI. 

2019

The Sparta facility was closed in a strategic move to add more value-added production equipment to our kiln drying facilities in Northern WI and Pennsylvania. 

2020

In the midst of the COVID19 pandemic, MacDonald & Owen acquired St. Croix Valley Hardwoods Component division across the street from the Kilns facility in Luck, WI. 

M&O celebrates it's 50th Anniversary in business and had a record year of $81 million in sales. 

2022

M&O reached a record sales year of $120 million!

2024

M&O closed the Bowling Green Kentucky facility in a strategic move to invest in the Wisconsin and Pennsylvania facilities dimensional wood product manufacturing. 

Hardwoods Done Right

Despite much change and rapid growth from 2001 to the present, MacDonald & Owen has maintained its early ideals. High-quality wood products delivered with unbelievable service is what makes MacDonald & Owen capable of consistently delivering “Hardwoods Done Right." 

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SUSTAINABILITY

FSC® Certified

MacDonald & Owen Lumber Company is certified to the Forest Stewardship Council® Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood Standards. We can offer a variety of products and species with FSC® claims. Ask us today about availability and refer to the www.fsc.org for more details. 

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Pennsylvania - Brookville
11424 PA-36,
Brookville, PA 15825
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Wisconsin - Corporate HQ
1500 W Cty, WI-16 Suite C
West Salem, WI 54669
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Wisconsin - Luck Kilns
230 S Duncan St,
Luck, WI 54853
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Wisconsin - Luck Dimension
410 S Duncan St,
Luck, WI 54853
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Hardwoods for every home.

We believe timber is not only the most beautiful but also the world's most sustainable natural resource. We want to help you get your hands on the highest quality so your customers can see it too. 

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OUR VALUES & VISION

Our vision is to ensure our team thrives in business and in life.

Each core values guides everything we do to ensure we accomplish our vision and win together as a company. 

Honor

Do right by our customers, vendors, & each other.

Commitment

Be all in for the team

Drive

See opportunity, go after it!

Command

Know your stuff, do it on time, do it accurately, deliver expected results

Change

Relentlessly and continuously improve.

Servant Hearted

Serve, help, & care for each other.

We want our team to thrive in business and in life. Join the rocket ship. 

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Meet our sales team

Anna Melby

International Sales

Alex Wellsfry

Domestic Sales Director

Brett Cant

Chief Business Development Officer

Brandon (Domac) Do-McKenzie 

Mexico & Domestic Sales

Clint West

Chief Executive Officer

CEO

Jerry Flores

Domestic Sales

Justin Briski

Dimensional Sales Director

Mike Ladenthin

Dimensional Sales

Travis Dunn

Domestic Sales

Our History

1970

Archie MacDonald with Bill Owen founded MacDonald & Owen Veneer & Lumber Co., Inc. in with the intention of being different than other lumber companies. 

High-quality and unbelievable service were foundational concepts that Archie built his company upon and these are ideals that still drive MacDonald & Owen today.

“Profits will come if you just do it right” is a quote that still rings in the hearts of MacDonald & Owen’s employees and continues to dictate all business transactions with the company’s customers and vendors alike. 

2001

After 30+ years as president of MacDonald & Owen Veneer & Lumber Co., Inc., Archie MacDonald passed full ownership of the company to its current President & Owner, David Twite. During his time leading the company, there has been significant change and growth.

2010

The first, and perhaps most monumental change after David's ownership, was the acquisition of a concentration yard in Brookville Pennsylvania. 

2014

MacDonald & Owen expanded again with the addition of a concentration yard in Bowling Green, Kentucky. 

October 2015

MacDonald & Owen acquired what used to be the Original Duncan Yo-Yo factory in Luck, WI.

February 2020

Right before COVID-19 spread across the United States, MacDonald & Owen made it's most recent acquisition of St. Croix Valley Hardwoods - which is now the hub of MacDonald & Owen's dimensional facility which produces drawer sides, glued panels, moulded products, and more!