MASONITE - CORNING

The Masonite-Corning Components plant produces door parts from fir and pine lumber and ships the components to company owned door assembly plants throughout the United States and Canada. Masonite, previously Premdor, is a global building products company and the largest U.S. door producer, operating 75 facilities in sixteen countries, with approximately 14,000 employees.

The Corning plant has been in operation since 1976 employing from 70 to 100 individuals and has the capacity to produce enough components to make 21,000 doors each day.

Environmental restrictions on logging and reductions in the sale of government owned timber have nearly eliminated local sources of lumber for this plant. Today lumber is sourced from Alaska, Canada, Brazil, Chile, China, Russia and other European Countries.

Doors produced by company plants in British Columbia, Nebraska, Texas or California for West Coast distribution are found in retail outlets such as Home Depot and Lowes. A majority of new home construction in the United States will include doors produced by Masonite, and may very likely contain components produced in Corning, California.