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Chopin, LA – (March 8, 2021) – Today, RoyOMartin’s plywood and timbers manufacturing plant in Chopin, Louisiana, marked its twenty-fifth anniversary of operations. Construction began in August 1994 on the Natchitoches Parish facility, which continues to be one of the largest of its kind in North America. Its first press-load of southern yellow pine plywood […]

Alexandria, La. – (January 27, 2021) – Home building is a local industry, but with benefits and setbacks stemming from outside variables across different parts of the country. The RoyOMartin Board Brief lays out the stats for our customers in key areas, namely the southwest region, so you can better understand the many factors affecting

Alexandria, La. – (December 9, 2020) – Home building is a local industry, but with benefits and setbacks stemming from outside variables across different parts of the country. The RoyOMartin Board Brief lays out the stats for our customers in key areas, namely the southwest region, so you can better understand the many factors affecting

Alexandria, La. – (October 29, 2020) – RoyOMartin hosted its Fourth Annual RoyOMartin Women in Manufacturing Day, held for the first time in a virtual format, on October 29, 2020. Celebrated annually each October, RoyOMartin Women in Manufacturing Day is designed for young women in grades 7-12 to gain an awareness of career opportunities available

Alexandria, La. – (November 3, 2020) – Over the past two days, RoyOMartin participated in a hurricane-relief effort with partners from across the U.S. California-based Morning Star, producer of tomato products, donated 200,000 pounds of food products, which arrived via railcar from Union Pacific Railroad. Working with Morning Star and Union Pacific to receive, supply,

Alexandria, La. – (September 15, 2020) – The Southern Public Relations Federation (SPRF) has honored RoyOMartin with a Lantern Award – Award of Merit in the category of “Long-Term Strategic Programs (7 Months or Longer): Integrated Communications.” The award recognizes communications programming supporting RoyOMartin’s “I Believe” employee-recruiting and engagement program, which involved a multi-channel promotional approach

Alexandria, La. – (September 14, 2020) – Home building is a local industry, but with benefits and setbacks stemming from outside variables across different parts of the country. The RoyOMartin Board Brief lays out the stats for our customers in key areas, namely the southwest region, so you can better understand the many factors affecting

Alexandria, La. – (August 13, 2020) – Martco L.L.C. (dba RoyOMartin) has announced that it will receive two Manufacturing Leadership Awards for its outstanding achievement in the category of Talent Management Leadership. The following RoyOMartin programs were selected for Manufacturing Leadership Awards from a highly competitive pool of worldwide applicants: 1. I Believe – an initiative

Alexandria, La. – (August 3, 2020) – Wood-products manufacturer RoyOMartin has announced that its land and timber department has completed 13 years without an OSHA-recordable injury, effective August 2. Logging and forestry have historically been among the most dangerous occupations in North America. Given those statistics and the vast amount of timberland managed by RoyOMartin foresters—nearly

Alexandria, La. – (July 24, 2020) – RoyOMartin Senior Director of Human Resources Connie Baker has been appointed by Governor John Bel Edwards to serve on the Louisiana Women’s Policy and Research Commission. The only member from the Central Louisiana region and the manufacturing industry, she was considered for this position due to her “expertise