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Hampton Lumber, a producer of sustainable building materials, announced it selected Allendale County to establish the company’s first sawmill on the East Coast.
The company’s $225 million investment will create at least 125 jobs, according to the South Carolina Department of Commerce.
Headquartered in Oregon, Hampton Lumber is a fourth-generation, family-owned producer of quality wood products sourced from sustainably managed forest resources.
Operating nine sawmills in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, Canada, the company markets and sells building materials worldwide.
Hampton Lumber will build a state-of-the-art, 375,000-square-foot lumber mill at Highway 321 and Barker Mill Pond Road in Fairfax.
The new operation will specialize in producing quality Southern Yellow Pine framing lumber.
Operations are expected to be online in 2027.
“The enthusiastic, heartfelt support from the state and local community helped us come to the conclusion that this is the right location for us,” said Hampton Lumber CEO Randy Schillinger.
Schillinger added, “We’re happy to join the healthy wood products industry already present in the region, and we look forward to building partnerships in the area and supporting the communities in and around Allendale County.”
Those interested in joining Hampton Lumber can learn more about employment opportunities on the company’s careers page.
The state’s Coordinating Council for Economic Development approved job development credits related to the project.
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