Indiana ranks nationwide:

First in production of:

• wood office furniture (by value -US$ 552 million and by payroll -US$ 20.5 million)
• manufactured homes (by # of companies -38 and by payroll -US$ 214 million)

Second in production of:

• manufactured homes (by value -US$ 1.25 billion)
• wood office furniture (by # of employees - 5,113 )
• hardwood veneer & plywood (by payroll - US$ 61 million )
• hardwood veneer & plywood (by # of companies - 28 )

Third in production of:

• wood kitchens & counter tops (by value - US$ 669 millon)
• cut stock & resawed lumber (by value -US$ 403 million)
• veneer, plywood & engineered wood products (by value -US$ 440 million)

Fourth in production of:

• blinds & shades (by # of employees -1,251)
• prefabricated wood buildings (by payroll -US$ 30 million) 

Fifth in production of:

• upholstered household furniture (by value -US$ 269 million)

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For more information contact:  

Wood Research Laboratory

Department of Forestry and Natural Resources

Purdue University
1200 Forest Products Building
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1200

Telephone: (765) 494-3634, Fax (765) 496-1344
http://www.fnr.purdue.edu/woodresearch/main.html

 

Data from 2002 Census of Manufacturers

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