Thirty years of lumber, one family rule.

The story

From DeQueen to Hot Springs, AR

Elmer Hamel opened the first Hamel Plywood in DeQueen in 1995 with a simple pitch: buy plywood straight from the mill, skip the middlemen, and pass the savings to whoever's doing the building. Contractors drove from three counties over. Cabinet shops became weekly regulars.

The yard in Hot Springs, AR carried that reputation to the lakes. And the lakes changed what people needed from us — dock builders on Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine don't just need panels, they need framing and decking that can live in the water.

So Hamel Plywood became Hamel Supply — same family standards, broader mission. Today we're Arkansas’ Owens Corning® Lumber and Marine Grade Decking® dealer, stocked deep, alongside the mill-run plywood we built our name on.

The rule hasn't moved an inch since DeQueen.