About Brown Wood Products

OUR PEOPLE

Creativity, lateral thinking, innovative mindset, imaginative leap. These are all synonyms for “thinking outside the box” and a good description of what you get when you work with any of our Brown Wood Associates. Whether helping you design a new product, stepping in to help when your supply chain falters or working with you to improve efficiencies in your JIT programs, our Associates will partner with you to get the job done. Through its two distinctive brands, Made To Spec and Designs of Distinction, Brown Wood Inc. serves as an industry leading partner to manufacturers, retailers, distributors, engineers, architects and interior designers. Founded in 1927 and FSC certified since 2001, Brown Wood offers cutting edge capabilities, a consultative approach, and a vast array of products to help each customers project realize it’s greatest potential.

OUR HISTORY

In 1927, George Brown, an entrepreneur, recognized that OEMs lacked a source for quality wood products in the Midwest. Mr. Brown initially focused on providing wood turnings for tool handles and garden implements. But his efforts quickly expanded to include wood bearings for agricultural equipment and fully machined parts for military needs. By the early 1950s, Mr. Brown had evolved his business into a full service company providing wood parts and component for virtually every conceivable need for diverse markets across the US. Today, Brown Wood, Inc. continues to grow. The firm has facilities just outside Chicago as well as in Maine, and Ohio.