Business View Magazine | July 2022

78 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 7 “After processing the viable logs from the tree, the tops of the trees and bark get processed into byproducts like hardwood chips for the paper industry & sawdust to be used in wood pellet production. The bark is recovered and sent to a biomass plant in northern New Hampshire, where burned for the production of renewable energy, or taken to our sister company, PR Russell in Brentwood, NH to be processed into landscaping materials.” HHP’s primary service areas are hardwood lumbering, the manufacturing of pallets and roundwood chips, and woodland management. The company’s hardwood sawmill is the cornerstone of its 45-acre operations site, producing over 14 million board feet of green and 5.5 million board feet of kiln-dried lumber per year. “We recently installed four new kilns, which has bolstered our production,” says Carrier. “With the new kilns, we were able to take the three older ones offline, refurbish them, and convert them to propane kilns, which has increased their capacity and efficiency significantly.” The equipment upgrades and tweaks have made the plant’s processes more efficient from production and labor standpoints. “With more streamlined processes, our workers don’t need to manage so many moving pieces, making it easier to work faster, more safely, and efficiently,” states Carrier. HHP primarily draws wood stock from the southern tier of New Hampshire, where its facility is located. The area is better known as the Red Oak Basket AT A GLANCE HHP INC. WHAT: A leading integrated forest products company WHERE: Headquarters in Henniker, New Hampshire WEBSITE: www.hhp-inc.com