American Woodmark to Expand with New 250,000-SF Facility

ALLEGANY COUNTY, MD-The new 150-acre Barton Business Park for Advanced Manufacturing, located off US 220 near Cumberland, will become home to American Woodmark Corp.’s newest manufacturing facility. In an effort to accommodate increasing demands for product, the Winchester, VA-based cabinetmaker has decided to build a 250,000-sf plant in the Maryland Department of Economic Development-owned park, and will spend $12 million to complete it. AWC has 14 other manufacturing plants in nine states, including its headquarters state of West Virginia.

“We looked at several locations for our newest manufacturing facility, and chose Allegany County over several other equally competitive locations because the community offers an economically competitive environment, is strategically located and will provide a high-quality way of life for our employees,” says AWC president and CEO Jake Gosa. “The new site is purposely located near our existing manufacturing network, affording AWC the ability to maximize synergies with its existing operations in Virginia and West Virginia, and to more easily supply the growing Northeast and Midwest new construction and remodeling markets.” The facility is expected to be partially operational in early 2005.