Graf Brothers

Highly Engaged Employees

At Graf Brothers the company specializes in the Old World Craft of Rift and Quartered lumber and the company is considered the World's Largest Manufacturer of these rift and quarter sawn oak products. Rift & Quartered lumber results from a unique way of sawing that maximizes the yield of lumber with vertical grain. Lumber that has been sawn using t... his method expands evenly and vertically, which also increases the structural integrity of the wood. The company currently produce 125,000 board feet of lumber per shift and maintain stock at the company's West Coast warehouse: Long Beach, CA. This allows the company to service the just in time inventory level that specialty millwork houses and distribution yards demand in today's economic climate. Graf Brothers' main lumber headquarters and main sales office is a 70-acre site in South Shore, KY. In addition to the main sawmill, Graf Brothers is supplied by two of its other sawmills located in Otway, Ohio, and Henley, Ohio. The company's sawmills have regularly produced precision-cut Quarter Sawn boards up to 24" wide. These board widths are unheard of in the industry, but the company prides ourselves on being at the forefront of the lumber industries. In addition to the company's domestic sales offices, the company has an extensive lumber export division that provides for offices in Athens, Greece; Dalian, China; Brussels, Belgium; Berlin, Germany; and London, England. Width sorting is normal practice at Graf Brothers, allowing flooring and millwork houses to order for specific jobs. All of the company's lumber in is sorted in one-inch tolerances up to the 8-inch size, and two-inch tolerances in 9 through 14-inch sizes. Customers can also opt for 15-inch and wider stock in both White Oak and Walnut. The company also offer "Plus Strips" which is lumber that is ripped to customer specified widths and are popular with distributors in metropolitan areas.Read More