Cooper Machine Company, Inc. is proud to celebrate 60 years of dedicated service to customers and continuous innovation to the sawmill industry, including the Overhead and Sharp Chain Scraggs.
In addition to Cooper Machine celebrating 60 years, we also celebrate Company President Robert Cooper’s 60-Year commitment and service to our customers and this industry. Cooper Machine was started by Billy and Mary Cooper in 1965 and was run by Robert and Bill Cooper until Bill retired in 2008. The company is currently run by Frances Cooper, who is a third generation Cooper.
Since its founding, starting with Billy Cooper and the first Overhead Scragg, the company has focused on the needs of their customers and making the equipment to fit those needs. Cooper Machine is deeply committed to continuing that tradition.
Over the last several years, the employees at Cooper Machine have continued this innovation by expanding our product offerings with an Optimized Merchandising and Sorting System for the post and pole industry. We created an updated design of the VSA for cutting pallet boards for our pallet customers using circle saws instead of bands, as well as expanding our sawmill product offerings by including EWD sawmill equipment and added Ledinek equipment to our cooperage offerings.
“I want to express my gratitude to the employees of Cooper Machine, without whom this company would not have been successful, as well as our customers and partners for their support over the years. We want to continue to earn that support and strive for the company’s continued commitment to service and adapting to market needs in the future,” states CEO Frances Cooper.

Job Title: Mechanical Engineer

Job Description: Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools and machines. Design Sawmill machinery using Cad that are utilized in the manufacturing of products and the construction of sawmills. Collaborated with customers and engineers to discuss design ideas utilizing skills in Fundamentals of Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, Machine design 1, & Mechanical analysis and design.

Job Location: Will work in Wadley, GA.

Contact: Interested applicants may send their resumes to Cooper Machine Company, Inc., Attn: Human Resources, 50 W Smith St., Wadley, GA 30477. Resume must specifically identify all education relevant to job offered.

Cooper Machine Company, a long-established manufacturer of quality sawmill equipment located in Wadley, Georgia, announces that it is partnering with the sawmill machine manufacturer EWD Sagetechnik, of Altötting, Germany, as of February 2023.

We at Cooper Machine have been offering our customers located in the US, Canada, and other countries, wood processing equipment for sawmill, pallet, and post and pole mills since 1965. This equipment has set new standards in the industry for quality, efficiency, and productivity. All Cooper Machine equipment is built with our customers in mind to minimize labor and to get the most out of each log. Our company, now in its third generation of successful management, covers all services from technical development, to commissioning, to sawmill staff training on our machines. Cooper Machine’s focus is always on customer success.

Since 1862, the premier European innovative company EWD, with 250 employees in Germany, is one of the world’s leading companies in sawmill plant construction. Quality awareness, reliability, and customer orientation are among the most important values of the company and represent an extremely positive success factor.

The partnership with EWD Sagetechnik, allows Cooper Machine to expand its portfolio and take advantage of the opportunity to offer an expanded range of sawmill equipment to further serve our customers’ needs.

“In the future, with labor getting more expensive and harder to find, we want to offer our customers fully automated sawmills. With the same shared beliefs, we believe we have found the ideal partner in EWD Sagetechnik” explains Frances Cooper, CEO of Cooper Machine.

Working with EWD will offer many advantages for Cooper Machine customers since we will be able to offer their wide array of well-designed, German engineered sawmill equipment, along with service and parts located here in the US. Cooper Machine has committed to providing successful customer service on all EWD equipment it sells and will stock the parts needed to back the service. We at Cooper Machine are excited to be able to offer this new world of opportunities to our North American customers.

The primary objective of both companies is to offer customers the best and most efficient sawmill solutions to promote long-term customer loyalty. This can only be achieved with trust, good teamwork, and positive results for our customers.

For information on both Cooper Machine and EWD offerings, please give Cooper Machine a call at 478-252-5885.

Cooper Machine Company, Inc. of Wadley, Georgia, would like to announce that it has promoted Daniel Sherrod to Vice President of Manufacturing. We would also like to announce that in January 2023 Robert Cooper plans to hand ownership of the business to his daughter and CEO Frances Cooper, and to Daniel Sherrod, who began at Cooper Machine in 1996 and who has been in charge of the shop floor for many years. Robert has no plans to retire. Instead, he will continue working with the company indefinitely, both from his office at the business and his home office located in his workshop, where he enjoys making barrel and other wood furniture. He will also still be on the road visiting customers just as he has been doing. Although Robert hopes to spend more time in his workshop and less time at the business, he appreciates his customers, many of whom he has worked with for decades, and wants them to know that they can still count on him and the Cooper Machine team to take care of their equipment and service needs.