Here at Langdale Forest Products Co., our “foundation and roots” in trees date back to 1894 with founder, John W. Langdale on the western edge of the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia. Beginning in gum naval stores (turpentine and rosin) and later diversifying into lumber and pulpwood, our focus today is the timber industry.

One of the cornerstones of Langdale Forest Product’s continued success is our commitment to innovation through research and development. We have been and continue to be pioneers in complete utilization of each tree, while planting more trees than harvested each year. As of 2003, we have planted a total of 86,807,727 seedlings!

The following timeline shows that we have seen many changes in the past century, but one thing that has not changed is our dedication to consistently provide our customers with a quality product.

Timeline:

• 1894 John Wesley Langdale leases crop of turpentine timber, which became the Company’s foundation.
  
• 1911 Death of John Wesley Langdale. He left approximately 5,000 acres, a turpentine “place” and “a good many” cows and hogs to his three sons, John J., Noah, and Harley, Sr.
  
• 1912 Harley, Sr. graduates from Mercer Law School, Macon, GA and moves to Valdosta, GA to begin law practice, ultimately becoming a judge. He remains involved in the operation of the Company.
  
• 1922 Judge Langdale begins buying timber leases around Mayday, Georgia. He continued to buy land with the foresight that the pine tree would become the area’s most important crop.
  
• 1930 Langdale begins to sell pulpwood – a previously untapped resource.
  
• 1937 Judge Langdale has acquired 20,000 additional acres and is working nearly three million trees for turpentine purposes and operating 25 turpentine camps and stills.
  
• 1937 Harley Langdale, Jr. graduates from Forestry School at the University of Georgia. He was the first person in Lowndes County to study forestry as a science, and became Georgia’s third registered forester.
  
• 1944 Modern stainless steel turpentine operation completed at Valdosta, GA, and became world’s largest naval store producer.
  
• 1945 Wood processing operations and wood preserving plant added, since evolving into one of the nation’s largest, most diversified family held forest products manufacturing operation.
  
• 1954 Sweetwater, TN facility opens
  
• 1980 Chauncey, GA facility opens
  
• 1982 Southern Reman, Valdosta, GA facility opens
  
• 1985 Greenleaf Wood Products, Valdosta GA opens
  
• 1986 Blackshear, GA facility opens
  
• 1987 Langboard, Inc., OSB facility opens in Quitman, GA. First in State of Georgia.
  
• 1988 Langdale International Trading Corp., Valdosta, GA opens
  
• 1991 Langdale plants 50 millionth seedling.
  
• 1995 Jim Langdale assumes position of General Manager, LFP
  
• 1998 New sawmill - LFP facility
• 1998 Langboard, Inc., MDF facility opens in Willacoochee, GA
  
• 1999 TLC Mouldings, Inc., Willacoochee, GA facility opens
  
• 2002 TLC Doors and Trim, Inc., Quitman, GA facility opens