Specialty products manufacturer Huber Engineered Woods LLC (“HEW”) will increase production capacity through a contractual manufacturing agreement with Arbec Forest Products Inc. The agreement establishes the opportunity for HEW to produce its ZIP System® sheathing at Arbec’s Quebec, Canada facility, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
"We have seen a strong start to 2016 in our industry and are optimistic for continued growth in the coming years,” said HEW President Brian Carlson. “We are making arrangements to augment capacity as part of our ongoing commitment to keep pace with the growing needs of our customers for AdvanTech® and ZIP System® products.”
All specialty products manufactured under the agreement between HEW and Arbec will be stamped and sold under the HEW brand.
Since its introduction in 2007, ZIP System® sheathing and tape has been widely adopted by many builders as a replacement for traditional sheathing and housewrap.
The innovative exterior wall and roof system consists of an enhanced moisture-resistant, engineered wood panel, with a built-in, moisture-resistive barrier that eliminates the need for housewrap or felt.
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Huber Engineered Woods has manufacturing operations in Maine, Georgia, Virginia, and Oklahoma, as well as research and development facilities in Georgia.
