CARIBOU — For more than 100 years, 172 to be exact, the S.W. Collins Company has been serving the northern Maine community, supplying lumber and other building materials to builders, remodelers and homeowners — and providing a livelihood for generations of employees.
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S.W. Collins Co. was recently named a member of the LBM Century Club by LBM Journal, which represents the lumber and building material industry. With the plaque at the Caribou office are Collins employees, from left, front row, Mark Moody, Dave Riopelle, Nick Levesque, Kyle Hews, Darren Newbegin, Amanda Violette and Carol Plourde. Back row, Colby Johnson, Tony Collin, Phil McDonough, Adam Lombard, Jeffrey Kitchen, Nick Plourde, Richard Bennett and Todd Pelletier. |
In recognition of these accomplishments, the company has been named a member of the LBM Century Club by LBM Journal, which is the leading media organization serving America’s lumber and building material industry.
“We’re honoring lumberyards with a century or more of service to their communities and to our industry,” said Rick Schumacher, LBM Journal publisher and editor. “Since 1844, S.W. Collins Company has served customers without fail. They have weathered economic storms with resilience and have adapted to ever-changing trends in housing, business management, environmental requirements and design trends, and have kept communities strong along the way.”
From the original lumber mill’s start in 1844 at the same plot of land the Caribou store now occupies, the company has grown to become a fifth-generation Aroostook County lumber and building supply dealer. It now has four locations throughout Aroostook County – Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou and Fort Kent – and has expanded into Penobscot County with its Lincoln store.
“We are honored to be included in this special group of building material dealers,” said Sam Collins, current president of the company, “and we attribute our continuity to our loyal customers and our dedicated talented employees that are driven to serve the customers and their communities in which they live.”
The company received a plaque in recognition of the LBM honor.
