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- Schroth
Industries is a wood treatment plant and lumber yard located in
Indiana, Pennsylvania. Walter Schroth III is the owner of the business,
which has been in his family for three generations. Established in 1920
by the current owner's grandfather Walter A. Schroth Sr., the yard was
originally a sawmill that supplied mine timbers to the booming mining
industry at the time. In 1947, the business was passed on to Walter
Schroth Jr. who continued sawmill operations and added to the business'
scope by expanding it into a retail yard. In 1960 Walter Jr. exited the
sawmill industry and in 1970 transformed the yard into a lumber
treatment plant while also retaining some retail business through the
sales of belts, pulleys, fasteners, and treated lumber.
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- In 1988, Walter Jr. transferred Schroth
Industries to the current owner, Walter Schroth III. Walter Schroth has
been involved in the business since his childhood, working for his
father as a laborer in his teens and occasionally as a consultant while
attending college. In 1992, due to the decline in the mining industry,
Walter Schroth III diversified from mining timbers to a high end
pressure treated wood product called UltraWood. He is in fact the first
person to introduce UltraWood to Western Pennsylvania. Mr. Schroth has
a Bachelor's Degree in Forest Management from Colorado State University
and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Idaho.
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