The American Wood Council

T he American Wood Council (AWC) is the voice of North American wood products manufacturing, an industry that employs almost 450,000 men and women in the United States, with an annual payroll of over $21 billion. AWC represents 86 percent of the structural wood products industry, providing an organizational structure for wood products companies and associations to work together on building codes and standards, sustainability and green building policy issues, and a focused set of environmental regulations. AWC is both one of the youngest and one of the oldest major trade groups in the nation. AWC was re-chartered in June 2010, evolving from a number of predecessor groups. Immediately prior to the founding of the new AWC, the forest products industry was represented by the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA). AF&PA grew REPRESENTING THE WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AMERICAN WOOD COUNCIL THE