Mosaic Timber: California’s First CLT Facility Receives Manufacturing Equipment

Mosaic Timber, LLC, a capstone project of the Sierra Institute for Community and Environment, has received a shipment of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)equipment – the first of its kind in the state of California. On Tuesday, November 18th, a specialized XE press, planer, and supporting equipment manufactured by Ledinek Engineering arrived in Crescent Mills from Slovenia.

This equipment arrival heralds a significant step forward in the development of Mosaic Timber, LLC, poised to be California’s first CLT manufacturing facility. Mosaic will produce lightweight, fire-resistant, carbon-sequestering housing panels from small-diameter trees. This facility exists on the Indian Valley Wood Utilization Campus, which was previously a Louisiana Pacific Mill site that has undergone years of EPA brownfield remediation clean-up led by Sierra Institute.

Reviving Timber Jobs and Supporting Communities

Mosaic Timber is a community-based business that will produce panels for California homes, using California wood. With a vision of revival and reinvention for timber industry jobs in the North State region, we will provide CLT panels for easy-to-assemble, safe, high-quality homes and create more than fifty full-time jobs within the first five years. Partnering with the USDA Forest Service and local mills, Mosaic Timber will improve forest health by utilizing overstocked trees and thus decrease the risks of catastrophic wildfire. Building with fire-resistant, seismically sound materials is good for California–both for post-wildfire rebuilding and as a means to prevent it.