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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

Alexandria, La. – (July 14, 2020) – The RoyOMartin retirement plan has been recognized by PLANSPONSOR Magazine as a finalist for 2020 Plan Sponsor of the Year – Total Retirement Offering. The RoyOMartin 401(k) plan is one of five finalists for this award, which, according to plansponsor.com, “recognizes retirement plan sponsors that show a commitment to

Alexandria, La. – (June 25, 2020) – Nine employees from across our organization graduated from our RoyOMartin University Leadership Essentials leadership-development program this morning: • Richard Beard, production team leader, RoyOMartin-Plywood • Graham Guillory, production team leader, RoyOMartin-Plywood • Mark Rills, human-resources manager, RoyOMartin-Plywood • Jerry Vaughn, general supervisor, RoyOMartin-Plywood • Patrick Laborde, production team leader,

Alexandria, La. – (June 19, 2020) – RoyOMartin celebrates employee innovation by giving an annual innovation award. Yesterday, we recognized Jeff Greene, electrical lead at the Chopin, La., plywood mill, as this year’s winner of the RoyOMartin Innovation Award, along with three other innovative employees. Honorees were nominated and selected by members of our Strategic Action

Alexandria, La. – (May 27, 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

Baton Rouge, La. – (April 17, 2020) – RoyOMartin President and COO E. Scott Poole has been named to the Louisiana Legislative Advisory Task Force on Economic Recovery, it was announced today. According to a Louisiana Legislature press release: “Today, Senate President Page Cortez and House Speaker Clay Schexnayder announced the creation of a private-sector task

Alexandria, La. – (March 19, 2020) – RoyOMartin has published an online COVID-19 Resource Center to aid in its coronavirus communications. Users can access important information from Legacy Health & Wellness providers, tips from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on controlling the spread of the virus, and other links.