Case Study
ALL WIRED FOR LUMBER
ALL WIRED FOR LUMBER windemuller.us CUSTOMER Biewer Sawmill VALUE $2.65 million LOCATION McBain, MI OVERVIEW In 2018, Michigan’s Biewer Lumber plotted an ambitious update for its McBain, Michigan sawmill: a $30 million turnkey project that would drastically elevate the mill’s efficiency and production bandwidth. The project went to BID Group, a company experienced in providing equipment installations and other solutions for forestry clients. BID Group hired Windemuller as a subcontractor to handle the electrical work for the project. Central to the sawmill upgrade was a state-of-the-art saw line equipped with laser optimization technology. Biewer is a company that produces lumber cuts in a variety of different sizes, such as 2x4s, 4x4s, and so on. When a log comes in to be turned into l