BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 8, 2024
Godfrey Forest Products has started the process of building an oriented strand board manufacturing facility at the Androscoggin Mill property in Jay. Oriented strand board, known as OSB, is a common type of composite plywood made from wood chips. John Godfrey, of Godfrey Forest Products, is a Bangor native, who has started other successful OSB manufacturing facilities in North America, including the LP Building Solutions’ LP Houlton plant in New Limerick. Other developers are exploring potential projects on the mill site. The Androscoggin Mill most recently produced paper under the ownership of Pixelle Specialty Solutions. The company shut down the mill in March 2023