HBH Prestain, Inc. Company History

HBH Prestain, Inc. - Our Company History

HBH Prestain was started in 1988 by Rick and Edward Hawley. Operating in a leased 3000 square foot building HBH started by servicing local contractors with lines of Olympic latex and oil stains. By 1989 several local retail lumber yards were aboard and the building was increased to 5000 square feet. This original site is still operating today.

In 1992 the building size was again affecting growth so it was decided to purchase a 16 acre site across town. The site of a former chair manufacturing plant had 160,000 square feet of floor space in need of repair. HBH first moved into a 12,000 square foot room operating 2 coating lines staining a wide variety of wood products.

Today this site contains our corporate offices and has 4 coating lines priming siding products. With 16 acres, storage of unprimed and primed products has also been increased to handle up to 3 million board feet of lumber.

After getting it's start by servicing contractors, the priming business moved to the retail lumber yards and then onto the wholesaler. Today HBH services only lumber wholesalers who mainly distribute to their products in the Northeast.

HBH has continued to stay the industry leader by setting most of the standards used in the priming industry today. Utilizing it's strengths, HBH fabricates all of it's equipment in house, has a full time maintenance staff and a strict quality control department all helping to deliver a "World Class Quality Product" the priming industry demands.

HBH has been a certified Olympic factory finisher since 1988. PPG/Olympic has provided the quality products HBH customers has required from a 25 year no maintenance warranty top-coat to a 2 year primer. Since it's partnership in 1988 HBH and PPG/Olympic has been developing and testing environmentally friendly coatings that are used today.

H.B.H. Prestain, Inc. joined NRLA in 1989 and has been a strong supporter of the organization, particularly the Vermont Retail Lumber Dealers Association Association as a gold sponsor.

The above text is an excerpt from "The Lumber Co-Operator, August 1994 issue." If you would like to read the complete article and learn more about our company, please see our in the news section.

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Our Locations: Arlington, Vermont | Mapleville, Rhode Island