A decade-long antitrust dispute resurfaced in 2025, when Jeld-Wen Inc. filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The company was seeking to overturn a divestiture order stemming from a 2016 lawsuit filed by fellow doormaker Steves and Sons Inc., in which a federal court found Jeld-Wen guilty of violating antitrust laws. Now, the legal tussle over the Towanda, Pennsylvania, door skin plant has come to a close—yet again—as Jeld-Wen filed a Notice of Dismissal on Thursday, April 2, 2026. Woodgrain Inc. purchased and moved into the Towanda facility in late 2024.
Through its appeal, Jeld-Wen previously argued that the court didn’t have the authority to force such a massive structural change as the divestiture. The company also claimed that with Steves now owning and operating a door skins plant in Athens, Georgia, the divestiture of the Towanda plant was “inequitable,” suggesting that it did more harm than good to the market.
Following Jeld-Wen’s appeal, Woodgrain responded, and the Department of Justice got involved.
The case saw little movement until last week when Jeld-Wen backed off of its appeal.
The Notice of Dismissal indicates that Jeld-Wen, along with Steves and Sons Inc., WG Towanda LLC, and Woodgrain Inc., have filed a joint stipulation of dismissal. It was followed by a Withdrawal of Motion filed by Steves and Sons to enforce the amended final judgment, and an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granting the motion to dismiss.