MILAN â Milan Lumber Co. is undertaking a $12 million expansion of its softwood dimension sawmill located off Route 16. Added will be a new planer, a fifth drying kiln and new truck scales. Some of the equipment is already being built, and the permitting process is underway by Nobis Engineering.
Richard Carrier, owner and founder of the Carrier Group, said he hopes to begin construction as soon as the ground allows this spring and have the new equipment up and running in September.
Currently, the mill has two planers, but Carrier said one is outside under cover but not heated. That will be replaced with a new planer that will be built inside an expanded building.