Workers sort planed lumber Friday at Kennebec Lumber Co. in Solon. Sawmills are among the wood products businesses doing well in Maine.

Ryan Knowles operates the head saw Friday at Kennebec Lumber Co. in Solon. The head saw strips bark from logs and squares it into a beam for further production.

Nick Bowman operates a grading station Friday at Kennebec Lumber Co. in Solon. The station fine-tunes the size and dimensions of lumber at the end of the production line.

A worker places a rough-cut piece of lumber into a machine on Friday at Kennebec Lumber Co. in Solon. The machine will cut the board into a specific lumber dimension.

Denis Carrier, president of Kennebec Lumber Co. sits in his office Friday in Solon.

Scot Linkletter, manager at the Maine Woods Pellet company in Athens, explains on Thursday the process of using a machine to press wood sawdust into pellets. Wood pellet manufacturing is expected to increase as energy needs change.

Maine Woods Pellet company manager Scot Linkletter, shown Thursday, holds a handful of wood pellets made at the Athens company.