Marquette Lumber Co. makes its mark in wood. The company processes American hardwoods (Northern, Southern, and Appalachian), used mostly for furniture and flooring, and wholesales it to manufacturing and construction companies. The firm operates two lumberyards and offices in Norwalk, Ohio; Sandown, New Hampshire; St. Louis; and Vero Beach, Florida. Russel H. Downey founded Marquette Lumber Co. in 1919 in South Bend, Indiana. The company moved to Vero Beach, Florida in 1972; the founding Downey family still runs it.

Marshfield just adores portals. Marshfield DoorSystems is a leading maker of commercial architectural wood doors in the US. The company sells its door and accessory products to the commercial construction industry nationwide. Marshfield DoorSystems offers customers more than 3 million possible made-to-order combinations of doors. The company's history dates back to Axel Hatteberg's establishment of Hatteberg Veneer Company in 1890. Before it was bought by Marshfield DoorSystems in 2000, the company was Weyerhaeuser's door division. Private equity firm Wind Point Partners and Marshfield DoorSystems' management own the manufacturer.

Masco's ideal customer is a home improvement junkie with a thing for cabinets -- and a hand-washing fetish. The company is a leading manufacturer of a variety of home improvement and building products. Its cabinet and plumbing products businesses account for more than half its sales. Cabinet brands include KraftMaid, Quality Cabinets, and Merillat in the US and The Moores Group and Tvilum-Scanbirk in Europe. Faucets and bath and shower accessories are sold under the Delta and Peerless brands in the US and as Hansgrohe in Europe. Masco also makes BEHR paints and stains, windows, doors, staple guns, locksets, and HVAC products. If you're more comfortable on the couch, Masco also provides installation services.

MASISA lets the chips fall where they may -- as long as they end up in its MDF (medium-density fiberboard) and particleboard. MASISA manufactures particleboard, fiberboard, and related products, such as doors in Latin America. The company sells its wood board products under such trade names as Placa Masisa and Facilplac. Customers include furniture makers and the construction industry; Masonite International accounts for more than 40% of its solid wood product sales. One of the largest forestry groups in the world, MASISA has more than 240,000 hectares of forestry and reserve land in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela. Subsidiary Forestal Tornagaleones manages MASISA's timberlands in Argentina and Chile.

MasterBrand Cabinets stands tall in the kitchen. One of the world's largest cabinetry manufacturers (as well as one of the largest in the US, after Masco), MasterBrand makes several lines of kitchen cabinets, including custom and semi-custom products, for the remodeling and new construction markets. Its brands include Aristokraft,Diamond, Kemper, and Schrock. MasterBrand makes wooden cabinetry (including maple and oak) as well as laminate-finished products. Its cabinets are sold through home centers, lumber outlets, and specialty retailers. MasterBrand is being spun off from parent Fortune Brands, which is separating its family of home, golf, and liquor businesses.

McFarland Cascade company produces wood and composite products including pressure-treated utility poles, crossarms, lumber, and plywood. McFarland Cascade also packages and distributes consumer-oriented outdoor living products and develops computer software packages for assisting consumers in designing, estimating, and constructing such outdoor projects as decks. The company sells to customers in the US, Canada, the Middle East, and Asia, and operates four treating facilities in the Northwest and Mississippi. A third-generation of McFarlands, CEO Corry McFarland and EVP Greg McFarland, control the company, which was founded in 1916.

Mendocino Redwood Company thinks green when it comes to producing wood products. The company strives to restore its forests by increasing the number of trees and improving wildlife habitats, while maintaining a successful timber supply business. Established in 1998 by the Donald and Doris Fisher (founders of the clothing chain Gap), the organization manages about 228,800 acres of forestland across northern California in the Mendocino and Sonoma counties. Mendocino Redwood Company harvests about 2% of its acreage every year. In 2008 the company acquired Pacific Lumber (since renamed Humboldt Redwood), which controls about 200,000 acres of timberlands in Humboldt county, for about $550 million.

Millar Western Forest Products Ltd. company is a leading producer of bleached chemi-thermo-mechanical pulp. The pulp is used by other manufacturers to make printing, writing, and specialty papers as well as paperboard, tissue, and paper towels. Through a company-owned mill in Whitecourt, Alberta, and a managed mill in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Millar produces 450,000 metric tons of pulp per year. The company also produces 300 million board feet of kiln-dried spruce, pine, and fir lumber from two sawmills in Whitecourt, and Boyle, Alberta. Millar Western Industries Ltd. owns the company.

Minaean International Corp., through its Minaean Building Solutions Inc. and Minaean Habitat (India) Pvt. Ltd. subsidiaries, provides building construction technologies and products designed to enhance the efficiency of the structures, both residential and commercial. Minaean's Vesta and Artisan Quik-Build Systems allow a team of 10 unskilled laborers to assemble 16 homes of 250 sq. ft. each in less than a week. The lower construction costs make the company's systems suitable for regions with a shortage of housing, especially in developing nations. Minaean's structures utilize recyclable components and technology that makes them earthquake- and hurricane- resistant. President Mervyn Pinto owns 17% of the company.

MJB Wood Group makes and distributes a multitude of wood products such as laminated veneer lumber, millwork and molding, paneling, fixtures, and door, window, furniture, and cabinet components. The company operates through manufacturing and distribution facilities in about a dozen states, primarily in the southern US. MJB also has operations in Mexico, Canada, China, and South America. In addition to its wood products, the company offers custom manufacturing, import/export assistance, inventory management, and supply chain management and logistics outsourcing services. MJB traces its roots to Tumac Lumber Company.

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