Since its founding in 1955 as a single sales office serving the manufactured housing industry, Universal Forest Products has become a leading supplier to four major markets. The company manufactures and engineers:

1. wood and wood-alternative products for do-it-yourself retail home centers;
2. engineered wood components for the site-built construction market;
3. specialty wood packaging for the industrial and other markets; and
4. structural lumber products for the manufactured housing industry.
   

Headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI, Universal is a multi-billion-dollar corporation that is publicly traded (NASDAQ: UFPI) with 9,500 people who work in more than 100 facilities across North America