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Article: Branching out; Lumber company explores new niches to stay profitable.(MONEY)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
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- October 1, 2009
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Byline: Brian Lee
POMFRET - The president of Hull Forest Products Inc., a family business and the largest sawmill in southern New England, says it's almost as if lumber just keeps the business's lights on.
"To make money, you have to do other things," Jeffrey M. Durst said during a tour Sept. 24 of Hull's 25-acre, 11-building facility. At that time, the business held 1.1 million feet of wood.
Key lines that are still productive include retail flooring and post-and-beam timbers for homes, Mr. Durst said.
But the biomass energy niche continues to grow, he said.
For seven years Hull Forest Products has supplied Mount Wachusett ...