Ryan Gooch, and his father Mike, are working to bring a wood products manufacturing facility to the borough of Driftwood. Ryan is a graduate of Coudersport high school, and earned a Wood Products and Manufacturing degree from Penn State University, and his father is a long time Adelphia employee.
The new business, to be called Pennsylvania Pellets and Millwork Inc., will manufacture wood moldings and trimwork, as well as pellet fuel for the heating market. The project is expected to cost $4.5 million, and could create as many as 30 new jobs in Driftwood. The project is expected to begin in mid 2006.