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Gates Milling is family owned and operated, (front row) Nancy Tuck, CEO, Mark Tuck, COO, (back row) Kelsey Kennedy, vice president of operations and marketing and Kaitlyn Wood, vice president of finance and sales. Gates Milling Quality Products From People That Care By Terry Miller “We like to operate like a Fortune 500 company with that family feel. We are committed to the relationships that we have with our customers. When you buy from us, you are going to be dealing with a sales group that knows who else in your market has your product and where you need to be competitive. We bring you in on a level playing field.” – Gates Milling Vice President of Operations and Marketing Kelsey Kennedy Gatesville, NC – Gates Milling, located here, was founded in 1978 by Brian H. Martin. Martin bought an existing operation to become a producer and reman operation for Atlantic white cedar products. He envisioned a niche company that would allow him to go into the bigger mills and buy their products, that could then be remanufactured into custom millwork that these larger mills didn’t want to worry with. In 1981 the Gates facility was set on fire by burglars. This caused the company to rebuild and begin an expansion. Gates Milling began producing Poplar products in 1997, and Cypress products in 1999. Martin brought his son-in-law, Mark Tuck, on board to be the vice president of Gates Milling in 1988, and then his daughter, Nancy Tuck to oversee marketing and finance in 1992. Mark and Nancy bought the family business from Martin in 2012, and they now serve as COO and CEO, respectively. Mark and Nancy’s two daughters 26 MAY 2023 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE www.RealAmericanHardwood.org
New Cleereman carriage installed in 2022 breaking down a Cypress log. are the third generation to be deeply imbedded in the business with Kaitlyn Wood serving as vice president of finance and sales, and Kelsey Kennedy serving as vice president of operations and marketing. Gates Milling isn’t just a family business in the sense that it is owned and operated by family, but they make it a point to make each of their employees and customers feel as if they are family as well! “We like to operate like a Fortune 500 company with that family feel. We are committed to the relationships that we have with our customers. When you buy from us, you are going to be dealing with a sales group that knows who else in your market has your product and where you need to be competitive. We bring you in on a level playing field,” said Kennedy. Gates Milling has created their own niche market by remanufacturing products that other companies weren’t looking to create, according to Nancy. “This really started when we brought on Cypress as a green product, and we sold it all green. We ended up buying kiln-dried products back. The initial point of the business was to do the profile side of it and not have the raw material produced. Then we built the sawmill in ’99 and we were able to expand on that,” Nancy said. “We’ve found ways to become the fully integrated mill that we are today, by reverse engineering,” she continued. The company just recently, at the beginning of 2023, installed two new dry kilns that will have a capacity of Please turn to page 61 “Our ideal cutting schedule would be two weeks of American Cypress, one week of Poplar and a week of Atlantic white cedar,” said COO, Mark Tuck. www.RealAmericanHardwood.org American Cypress timber being sawn into boards on the CAE linebar resaw. MAY 2023 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 27
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