American Stave Company
American Stave Company is an ISO registered subsidiary of Independent Stave Company based in Lebanon, MO. We are the main domestic stave producer for Independent Stave Company. We consist of three stave mills:
- New Florence Wood Products in New Florence, MO
- Salem Wood Products in Salem, MO
- Blue River Wood Products in Salem, IN
Our Log Procurement Division is staffed with 15 buyers that cover more than 10 states and work to supply the four mills with high quality white oak stave logs.
Independent Stave Company was founded by T.W. Boswell in 1912 and for the first 40 years, our business focus was on white oak staves and heading for cooperage stock. By 1951, J.E. Boswell had expanded into the bourbon barrel business that later led to the establishment of our wine barrel division, Cooperages 1912 by current CEO and Chairman of the Board John Boswell. Since 1997, we have established international subsidiaries to meet the growing demand for American white oak worldwide:
Today we are the largest barrel manufacturer in the world, marketing our products in over 19 countries. Our passion and desire to capture new markets has created our newest cooperage, Tonnellerie Quintessence, in Bordeaux, France. Additionally, the company has a subsidiary, Stave Associates International, who markets export stave and heading sets to cooperages in South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Lebanon, Missouri