My name is Tom Plaugher and I serve as Vice President of Ope. tions for Allegheny Wood Products. AWP is one of the largest producers of eastern. .S. hardwoods. We operate sawmills and dry kiln facilities throughout the state of West Virginia. We don’t make 2x4’s or 2x6’s for framing, we manufac.

Feb 6, 2023 · Tom Plaugher, vice president of operations at Allegheny Wood Products and a 25-year employee, testified about how rising fuel prices, supply chain issues, the worker shortage, rising interest rates, and overregulation, have put a squeeze on his business:

Tom Plaugher, Allegheny Wood Products vice president of operations, reads his opening statement about the economy to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee.

From buying and building mills and building a wood pellet operation to developing and growing some great teams across the company, it's been one hell of a ride! Time for a new challenge and I...

Feb 9, 2023 · Tom Plaugher, vice president of operations for Allegheny Wood Products, told the committee that supply chain problems seen across the country have made it much harder to get the parts he needs to keep his company running. He also said high inflation is making it difficult to stay in business.

Feb 6, 2023 · Tom Plaugher is the vice president of operations for Allegheny Wood Products, a family-owned company that operates sawmills and dry kiln facilities for hard wood throughout West Virginia. The company employs 800 people and sells its product worldwide.

Feb 6, 2023 · “It put businesses that continued to operate in a position of competing against the government for employees,” said Tom Plaugher, Vice President of Operations for Allegheny Wood Products...

Thomas Plaugher is a high-caliber Business and Operations Executive with experience… · Experience: W.C. Bradley Co. · Education: West Virginia University · Location: Petersburg · 500+...

The House Ways and Means Committee held a "Field Hearing on the State of the American Economy: Appalachia" February 6 at Allegheny Wood Products in Petersburg, WV, the first full hearing of the Ways and Means Committee in this Congress.

Tom Plaugher, Allegheny Wood Products vice president of operations, reads his opening statement about the economy to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee. Plaugher went on to point out five additional issues that have materialized over the past two years that are poised to impact the hardwood lumber industry again in 2023: