Culpeper Wood Preservers has completed a multi-phase capital upgrade at its Elizabeth City, North Carolina treating facility and returned the plant to full operation, with the location now producing CCA (chromated copper arsenate) and CA-C (copper azole) marine treated lumber.
The facility was taken offline earlier this year as part of a planned upgrade program and is now back online as the company's dedicated CCA and CA-C marine hub for coastal North Carolina and the Tidewater-Virginia Beach region.
The Elizabeth City facility supports applications where CCA and CA-C-treated lumber are specified for marine, agricultural, and heavy industrial use, offering CCA retention levels of 0.80 pcf for ground contact and 2.5 pcf for marine applications, along with CA-C retention levels of 0.15 pcf and 0.31 pcf for ground contact. Dealers in the region benefit from a full range of marine products including dimensional lumber, timbers, and pilings.
Chris Brown, Executive Vice President of Culpeper Wood Preservers, noted that the company's focus is on supporting dealers with the products, programs, and service they need to grow their treated lumber business, with continued investment across the network positioning the company to serve coastal North Carolina, Tidewater, and the broader Mid-Atlantic.
Culpeper Wood Preservers has been a trusted supplier of pressure-treated lumber for more than 50 years and is one of the largest independent producers in the United States.