Tradewinds Forest Products was formed for the purpose of establishing a value-added forest products industry in Hawaii. Tradewinds will manufacture and market veneer made from eucalyptus logs. The company is located in the town of O’okala on the Big Island’s Hamakua Coast.
Tradewinds' facility will include a wood-fired co-generation plant which will provide power and steam for the manufacturing process and sell surplus power to HELCO.
Tradewinds Forest Products will produce veneer for use in plywood and laminated veneer lumber (LVL) manufacturing. As the company matures, it may add a plywood manufacturing component, which would create plywood to sell locally.
Tradewinds will be a sustainable enterprise which will operate as a model for forest industry "best practices" in Hawaii.