Woodfold: More than a Company. A Culture

We work lean. At Woodfold, we’ve embraced the now-proven concept of Lean Manufacturing and integrated it into every step of our efforts. Better use of space … better use of precious raw materials … better use of each person’s time – it’s a constant process of ongoing improvement which has paid off, big time. Today, we’re able to produce twice the volume of Roll-Up Doors in just half the space. We’ve increased our manufacturing flexibility to meet the ebb and flow of product orders without impacting efficiency. And our production velocity has skyrocketed, now eight times faster than before, resulting in an on-time customer delivery record close to 100 percent.

We also work clean.

Monitoring and minimizing our impact on the environment has always been an important part of the Woodfold culture, and as an employee-owned company, we take great pride and personal ownership in protecting the community in which we live.  A few ways we’ve worked to benefit not only the customers we serve, but the planet we live on:

• In 1993, we committed to converting our coating processes to water-based products – an uncommon switch back then in the wood manufacturing business. This has reduced our VOC emissions by 84 percent.
• We craft our hardwood shutters exclusively from select Western Red Alder – a fast-growing, furniture-quality species that’s highly renewable and totally compatible with valuable old growth timber.
• We recognize how the daily commute can impact air quality, so we’ve established a compressed work week that’s reduced vehicle-contributed emissions by more than 10 percent.
• All of us at Woodfold recognize that the water leaving our facility through storm drains eventually enters our region’s river system, so we utilize best management practices to minimize the impact of our waste water stream.
• We’re the proud recipients of several awards for our solid waste prevention efforts, and now recycle or reuse
  75 percent of such materials.
• We’ve implemented several lighting upgrades and weatherization projects in order to reduce energy consumption.