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Jan-Feb 2019 Lumber Lowdown | M. Bohlke Lumber new arrivals include beautiful, highly figured Purple Heart live-edge slabs & boules. The Purple Heart slabs will be priced and ready for purchase very soon! Along with Purple Heart products, we are also spotlighting our Tigerwood slabs and square edge lumber, as well as a very...

New Purple Heart slabs have been dried and graded at M. Bohlke Lumber. Sometimes called Amaranth, this hardwood is tremendously popular for furniture and designs that call for a unique splash of color. Another characteristic of Purple Heart is its strength. Used in applications where strength is important, this wood is for both form...

(M. Bohlke Corp. facilities located in Fairfield, Ohio) Fairfield-Ohio / Rietberg (Germany), in October 2017: “Our strategy is to maintain a technical head start,” says Manfred Bohlke. Manfred is the founder and President of the successful American company, M. Bohlke Veneer Corp. Today, the company is investing even more in cutting edge technology to...

Last month, M. Bohlke Corp. saw the completion of our new lumber warehouse. Construction began September 2016. At 75,000 square feet, there is plenty of room to store our ever-growing imported hardwood inventory. It will also house a vacuum dry kiln, a 55-inch bandsaw, a resaw edger, and an 18-foot slab planer. Our extensive...

2016 is a big year for us—we’re celebrating our 50th year in business! Our company was founded in March 1966 by President Manfred Bohlke. Mr. Bohlke’s first glimpse into the North American wood veneer industry began in the early 1960’s. He had come to America to buy Walnut logs for his German mentor. It...