also: せいばんじょ
noun
sawmill; lumber mill
A facility where logs are cut into boards or planks.
この町には古い製板所がまだ残っている。
An old sawmill still remains in this town.
製板所で働くには安全靴が必要だ。
You need safety boots to work at a sawmill.
製材所 is a more common word for a lumber mill or sawmill; 製板所 is a less frequent synonym.
Compound of 製板 (seihan, 'board manufacturing') + 所 (sho, 'place'). The reading せいばんじょ is a less common variant.