About

For more than a century, James L. Taylor Manufacturing has designed and built American-made woodworking machinery in New York’s Hudson Valley. From our beginnings in 1911 with bar clamps and the pioneering revolving Clamp Carrier to today’s automated systems, our focus has remained constant: help customers work safer, faster, and more profitably with durable, U.S.-built equipment and responsive support. 

Ultimizers, now part of the Taylor organization, extends that value upstream for mills and high-volume manufacturers. Founded in 1972 and based in Boring, Oregon, Ultimizers is a U.S manufacturer of end-to-end rough mill optimization systems that bring together defect scanners, high-speed optimizing cut-off saws, and plant-ready handling to recover more value from every board. 

Its lineup spans from linear and lateral scanners to cut-off saws, feeders, and “Smart-Belt” conveyors. Engineered to improve yield, reduce waste, and maintain flow at modern line speeds. Beyond machinery, Ultimizers provides layout/CAD design, custom engineering and fabrication, installation, and responsive post-sale service, supporting shops throughout North America and beyond. 

Bringing Ultimizers into the Taylor family gives customers a single, American-made, end-to-end partner from rough lumber breakdown and optimization to glue-ready parts and finished assemblies. Backed by engineering, controls, and integrated handling expertise. 

Across the James L. Taylor family, each line solves a specific step while integrating as one solution. 

• JLT Clamps equips custom shops with compact, easy-to-run systems for door, drawer, edge, and face gluing.
• Taylor scales throughput with rotary carriers, Door Pros, conveyorized glue application, and return conveyors for continuous flow. 
• Cameron Automation delivers computer-controlled optimization for ripping, crosscutting, panel sizing, color matching, and automated nesting, transforming rough lumber into precise, glue-ready components with less waste, and together these platforms reflect our commitment to practical automation and integrated material handling that reduces labor and lifts productivity.

Whether you run a custom shop or a high-speed mill, we can meet you where you are and scale as you grow.