Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation

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Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation

• Businesses for the Bay Annual Meeting
• November 3, 2005

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Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp.

• 41-year old PA based cabinet component
  manufacturer
• Headquartered in East Earl, PA
• 7 locations predominantly along the East Coast
• 4 locations in Chesapeake Bay Watershed
• Over 2,200 employees

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Corporate Structure

• 3 distinct business units
• Dimension Mills Process raw lumber into useable
  material
• Custom Business Unit Produces components one
  kitchen at a time in excess of 10,000 pieces per
  day
• Contract Business Unit Mass producer of
  SKU-based components in excess of 20,000 pieces
  per day

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What We Do

• Manufacturer of a full line of wood components to
  the kitchen and bath industry
• Procure and process rough lumber into finished
  goods
• Manufacture over 30,000 finished pieces per day
  company wide

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Product Offering

• The largest cabinet component manufacturer in
  North America
• Doors
• Mouldings
• Drawer boxes
• Cabinet systems
• Accessories
• Complete offering of wiping stains and opaque
  finishes for the custom kitchen market

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Byproducts of Operations

• Wood Waste sawdust, wood chips, scrap
• Packaging Materials cardboard, pallets, metal
  strapping, etc.
• Finishing Emissions VOCs, VHAPs
• Universal Wastes Light bulbs, batteries,
  electronics
• Oils and lubricants

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Wood Waste Management

• Yield maximization technologies
• Utilization of cosmetically imperfect wood
• Paint Grade material
• Sawdust recycled into cattle bedding, wood
  heating pellets, and composite decking material
• Also used as a fuel source for select Conestoga
  locations

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Packaging Materials Management

• Zero Pack Program Reduces packaging materials
  by 50
• Skid Reclamation Program skids are collected
  from customers and reused or recycled
• Cardboard and metal strapping is recycled

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Finishing Emissions

• Constant reformulation of finish materials to
  lower VOC content
• Testing new coating technologies to lower VOC
  emissions
• Reclaim finishing materials from automated
  coating line for reuse
• Distill contaminated cleaning solvents for reuse

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Universal Waste Management

• Batteries, lamps, and computer monitors are
  recycled at all CWS locations
• Transitioning to low mercury lamps

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Oil and Lubricant Management

• Service own fleet of trucks
• Machinery and automotive oils are collected and
  recycled
• Waste oils used as heating source

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2004 Pollution Prevention Efforts

• Wood Waste Over 20,000 tons recycled/reused
• Cardboard and paper 75 tons recycled
• Scrap Metals 40 tons recycled
• Finishing Solvents 2,000 gallons recycled
• Finishing Emissions 5,000 pound reduction
• Hazardous Waste 3,500 gallon reduction

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Environmental Management Structure

• Environmental Management
• Corporate Environmental Manager
• Site Environmental Coordinators
• Environmental Community Outreach (ECO) Team
• Cross-functional team of Conestoga personnel

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Environmental Management

• Manage all pollution prevention activities
• Recycling programs
• Employee education
• Maintain environmental permits
• Manage proper waste disposal
• Conduct routine compliance inspections
• Works closely with state and federal
  environmental agencies
• Manage state/federal environmental reporting

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ECO Team

• Manages Conestogas environmental and community
  efforts at each location
• Tree Donations/Conestoga Urban Reforestry Program
• Community Involvement
• Habitat for Humanity, local park clean-up
• Local school environmental education
• Field trips, Smokey Bear visits, tree plantings,
  educational grants, etc.

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ECO Team Projects

• Sponsored environmental education summer camp for
  inner-city children
• Donated more than 120 trees to the greater
  Philadelphia area, cities of Reading and
  Lancaster
• Donated and planted trees with Habitat for
  Humanity in several communities

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Future Plans

• Continue developing EMS
• Expand ECO projects
• Include additional locales, schools, children
• Continue to research ways to reduce emissions
• Continue to explore waste elimination and/or
  reduction opportunities

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