Eau Claire, WI—McDonough Manufacturing, based here, recently announced the appointment of Hugh Hawley as vice president operations. Hawley began his career at McDonough in 2007 as the general manager of the edger division before being named general manager at McDonough Canada Ltd. in 2017. McDonough Manufacturing produces edgers, resaws, bandmills, gangs, carriages and material handling.
A graduate of the forest engineering program at the University of New Brunswick, Hawley spent his career in the lumber industry as a sawmill supervisor before moving into sawmill machinery manufacturing. Previously, Hawley worked for Valley Machine Works, Shubenacadie Lumber Company, Groupe Level and J.D. Irving. His first job in the forest products industry was as a planer mill supervisor with J.D. Irving.
Hawley was a member of the University of New Brunswick Woodsmen (team captain and coach) and is currently enrolled in the Wallace McCain Institute’s Strategic Executive Program. In his free time, Hawley enjoys hunting, fishing and coaching baseball.
Also, Meherrin River Forest Products in Macon, NC recently installed a new McDonough 6-7A bandmill. Replacing an existing circle saw, this piece of equipment will allow them to reduce their kerf and increase their yield to make more lumber and less sawdust. Installation was done by Ray Tharpe, RTM Industrial Maintenance.
For over 100 years, McDonough has been known as the “bandmill company” in the lumber industry, with more McDonough headrigs in mills than any other brand. Meherrin River Forest Products operates three mills in Alberta, VA; Macon, NC; and Weldon, NC, producing over 40 million board feet of lumber annually.
For more information, visit www.mcdonough-mfg.com.
