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4 unusual facts about Columbia Forest Products


Columbia Forest Products

The company began in 1957 in Klamath Falls, Oregon as Klamath Hardwoods, establishing its first hardwood veneer plant with 43 employees.

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

The company distributes its products primarily through a network of wholesale distributors, mass merchandisers and OEMs.

Nipigon

Less than a month earlier workers at the mill had purchased it from Columbia Forest Products of Portland, Oregon.


Hearst, Ontario

Currently the major employers include a Tembec hard and soft wood facility as well as a plywood mill operated by Columbia Forest Products.


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