Manufacture With Hardwoods
Build better products with hardwood.
For manufacturers and OEMs, material selection impacts everything from production efficiency and product performance to quality and customer appeal.
Hardwood offers the flexibility to match the right species, grade, and characteristics to your application—while delivering the natural beauty, durability, and value customers expect from real wood.
Explore how hardwood can support your manufacturing process and help you create products built to perform.
Why Manufacture With Hardwood?
Manufacturing Flexibility
Hardwoods offer manufacturers an unmatched range of species, grades, sizes, and performance characteristics, making it easier to match to the needs of each application. Whether prioritizing appearance, durability, machinability, or cost, hardwoods offer the flexibility to optimize products while maintaining production efficiency and consistent quality.
Bring more possibilities to every project.
Proven Performance
From machining and finishing to long-term durability, hardwoods deliver dependable performance throughout the manufacturing process. Their strength, stability, and workability help create products that perform as intended while maintaining the natural beauty and quality customers expect from real wood.
Deliver quality that stands the test of time.
Manufacturer Confidence
Hardwoods give manufacturers a dependable foundation for long-term success through reliable supply, a broad selection of species, and responsibly managed renewable resources. Combined with enduring demand for authentic wood products, they provide the confidence to invest in products that remain relevant today and for generations to come.
A foundation for long-term success.
Make the right choice. Choose hardwoods.
Continue Exploring
Hardwood Species Guide
Compare species and learn more about their color, grain, hardness, workability, stability and common applications.
Material Comparisons
Understand how hardwoods compare with other materials and how different species compare with one another.
Continuing Education
Learn more about specifying North American hardwoods with NWH’s free, on-demand IDCEC-approved CEU course.
Project Gallery
See how designers, architects, and manufacturers are using hardwood in real-world projects today.
Hardwood Species Guide
Compare species and learn more about their color, grain, hardness, workability, stability and common applications.
Material Comparisons
Understand how hardwoods compare with other materials and how different species compare with one another.
Continuing Education
Learn more about specifying North American hardwoods with NWH’s free, on-demand IDCEC-approved CEU course.
Project Gallery
See how designers, architects, and manufacturers are using hardwood in real-world projects today.
