Columbia Forest Products

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Columbia Forest Products
Company type
employee-owned
IndustryForest Products
Founded1957
HeadquartersGreensboro, North Carolina, United States
Key people
Greg Pray (CEO)
Number of employees
2,000
Websitewww.columbiaforestproducts.com

Columbia Forest Products is the largest manufacturer of

wholesale distributors, mass merchandisers and OEMs. Since 1976, the company has been completely employee-owned and currently has 10 manufacturing facilities throughout the U.S. and Canada. At the end of 2006, Columbia converted all of its standard hardwood plywood production to produce formaldehyde
-free panels called PureBond. In 2007 Columbia added PureBond formaldehyde-free particleboard to its product range.

History

The company began in 1957 in Klamath Falls, Oregon as Klamath Hardwoods, establishing its first hardwood veneer plant with 43 employees. In 1963, it was acquired by Columbia Plywood Corp. In 1966, it acquired additional facilities in Presque Isle, Maine and Newport, Vermont.

The company was restructured by an employee buy-out in 1976, acquiring its current name. In 1982, it built a manufacturing facility in Old Fort, North Carolina. In 1986, it acquired two additional plants in Chatham, Virginia and Trumann, Arkansas.

In 1989, it acquired the Laminated Products Division in

DeQueen, Arkansas. In August 1996, it acquired two plants in Hearst, Ontario (Plywood, PBC & Melamines) and St-Casimir, Quebec. In December 1996, the Laminated Products Division became Columbia Flooring. In January 1997, it acquired an additional hardwood plywood plant in Cuthbert, Georgia
. In 2000 CFP acquired an existing veneer plant in Mellen Wisconsin. And a few years after, a massive overhaul in the plant took place, and an in-line dryer system was installed to streamline production and ensure the plant stayed competitive and profitable.

In June 2007 Mohawk Industries bought four factories from Columbia Forest Products: two pre-finished solid plants and one engineered wood plant in the U.S., and an engineered wood plant in Malaysia.[1]

Columbia Forest Products relocated its headquarters at the end of 2007 to Greensboro, North Carolina from Portland, Oregon.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Mohawk purchases Columbia Flooring assets". FloorBiz.com. July 10, 2007.
  2. The Business Journal
    . May 26, 2008.

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