New Bloomfield firm to export log homes to China

Lynn Gastineau sits in her Gastineau Log Homes display home just south of New Bloomfield. The company signed a deal last week to export homes to China. Photo by Don Norfleet.

By Don Norfleet

Thursday, November 3, 2011

NEW BLOOMFIELD — Lynn Gastineau, owner of Gastineau Log Homes of New Bloomfield, returned home from China this week after signing a contract in Shanghai, China, to export precut oak log homes to China.

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Gastineau accompanied Gov. Jay Nixon and other state officials on the governor’s trade mission to China from Oct. 22-29.

On the trade mission, Missouri reached an agreement to sell $4.4 billion worth of products, mostly Missouri-produced grain, to China during the three-year period starting next year.

Gastineau hopes the export deal with the Chinese firm will be a boost to her business, which has been hurt by the collapse of new home construction in the United States.

She said Gastineau Log Homes is the world’s largest producer of precut oak log homes and said her firm has homes built in all 50 states in the United States and in 10 other nations around the world.

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linoge 1 year, 6 months ago

Now, if we could just find a way to get rid of those pesky minimum wage laws, this company could really take off and start showing a profit. No one really says that of course, but we know what you're thinking!

NoMoBigBro 1 year, 6 months ago

Did you bother to read this part:

"She said Gastineau Log Homes is the world’s largest producer of precut oak log homes and said her firm has homes built in all 50 states in the United States and in 10 other nations around the world."

Wouldn't that statement imply that this company has "takin' off" and posssibly shown some profit??

JMO 1 year, 6 months ago

Actually, I was thinking, "Better we sell stuff to them than they sell stuff to us."

mca1 1 year, 6 months ago

Just be prepared to see your product copied with in one year or less out of china. Two of my designs and material had showed back in this country ten years ago "MADE IN CHINA" on it,ill never send a product or contract into or anywhere out of the us ,patents ,copyrights dont stand a chance out of our borders. Mr.McCrabb KC. MO.