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Founded in 1957, Columbia owns and operates 20 plants in North America and Asia
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Founded in 1957, Columbia Forest Products is North America’s largest manufacturer of hardwood plywood and hardwood veneer products. Columbia’s decorative interior veneers and panels are used in high-end cabinetry, fine furniture, architectural millwork and commercial fixtures. Employee-owned and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Columbia has more than 4,000 employees and operates plants throughout the United States and Canada. Columbia’s products are sold through a network of wholesale distributors, mass merchandisers and original equipment manufacturers from three distinct business units: plywood, veneer and imports. For more information visit www.columbiaforestproducts.com. Hardwood Plywood
Columbia maintains a strong market presence in every plywood species, core and size category, including veneer core, medium density fiberboard (MDF), combination core and lumber core. Wood species include ash, birch, cherry, hickory, maple, red oak, alder, walnut and others. Newer proprietary products from Columbia’s hardwood plywood plants include Columbia Alder, Appalachian Traditions™, Europly™ and UV Wood™ (prefinished plywood panels). In 1999, Columbia’s Klamath Falls, Oregon, plant began producing its plywood using logs harvested from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified forestland. Today, Columbia facilities in Presque Isle, ME (veneer); Chatham, VA; Hearst, ON; St. Casimir, PQ; Old Fort, NC; and Trumann, AR; produce certified products as well. SmartWood, a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Rain Forest Alliance, certifies Columbia Forest Products to FSC requirements. Hardwood Veneer
Columbia veneer is created using Northern Appalachian hardwoods such as birch, red oak, maple, ash, poplar, cherry, hickory, pine, walnut and others. Columbia’s rotary cut veneer ranges in thickness from 1/30 to 1/42 inches and is supplied throughout the decorative plywood, furniture, cabinetry, door and profile-wrap industries.
Imports
To complement Columbia’s domestic production, the company’s international division began importing hardwood plywood in 1995. Since then, Columbia has grown to become the largest importer of Russian birch plywood in North America. With a wide selection of imported panel and flooring products from Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Africa and countries throughout South America and Europe, inventories are maintained regionally at strategic North American ports and Columbia plant sites.
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1957
Klamath Hardwoods hardwood plywood mill started with 43 employees.
1963
Klamath Hardwoods sold to Columbia Plywood Corporation.
1966
Columbia Plywood Corporation purchased Indian Head hardwood veneer operations in Presque Isle, Maine and Newport, Vermont.
1976
Columbia Corporation sold to the current owners (ESOP), who changed the name to Columbia Forest Products.
1982
Built the hardwood plywood manufacturing plant in Old Fort, North Carolina.
1986
Acquired two hardwood plywood plants in Chatham, Virginia and Trumann, Arkansas.
1989
Acquired Laminated Products Division in Thomasville, North Carolina.
Acquired hardwood veneer manufacturing mill, Rutherglen, Ontario, Canada.
Acquired half-round slicing operation in New Freedom, Pennsylvania.
1990
Built Craigsville, West Virginia poplar core veneer plant.
1996
Acquired two hardwood plywood plants in Danville, Virginia and DeQueen, Arkansas.
Acquired two hardwood plywood plants in Canada – Hearst, Ontario and St. Casimir, Quebec.
Converted Laminated Product Division to Columbia Flooring.
1997
Acquired hardwood plant in Cuthbert, Georgia.
Purchased the veneer raised panel and door insert plant, Columbia Wood Components, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Launched corporate website.
1998
Closed DeQueen, AR, hardwood plywood plant.
1999
Columbia Flooring subsidiary converted Danville plywood plant to produce engineered hardwood flooring; acquired equity position in Arkansas-based Century Flooring.
Closed New Freedom, PA, slicing plant.
2000
Expansions underway at Trumann, Arkansas; Craigsville, West Virginia; Klamath Falls, Oregon; and Hearst, Ontario, Canada hardwood plywood plants.
Acquired hardwood veneer manufacturing mill, Mellen, Wisconsin.
2001
Sold Thomasville, NC, laminate flooring plant to Belgium-based Unilin.
Sold Corpus Christi, TX, veneer raised panel and door insert plant.
Partnered with West Virginia-based International Industries in constructing Holden, WV, solid-strip hardwood flooring plant.
2002
Closed Manchester, KY, plywood plant.
Acquired Nipigon, Ontario, Canada, hardwood plywood underlayment plant.
2003
Acquired Millwood Specialty Flooring (solid strip hardwood flooring), Ellijay, Georgia; completed equity buyout of Century Flooring, Melbourne, Arkansas.
2004
Acquired McMinnville Manufacturing Company (solid strip hardwood flooring), McMinnville, Tennessee; completed equity buyout of Appalachian Precision Hardwood Flooring and Appalachian Custom Dry Kilns, Holden, West Virginia.
2007
Sold Columbia Flooring division to Mohawk Industries.
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