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Columbia Flooring company history timeline

1996

In 1996, the company purchased Levesque Plywood in Hearst, Ontario, giving the company a larger presence in the Canadian marketplace.

1997

Under Demorest, Columbia continued its focus on expansion through acquisition; it acquired a hardwood plant in Cuthbert, Georgia, in 1997 and also purchased a veneer raised panel and door insert plant in Corpus Christi, Texas.

1999

Logs from these forests were followed under chain-of-custody procedures so that customers could be sure that the products they bought were "green." In 1999, Columbia joined the FSC, and its Klamath Falls plant began producing plywood using logs harvested from FSC certified lands.

As of late 1999, there were about 45 million forested acres under FSC certification, including 6.4 million acres in the United States.

2000

In 2000, it won certification of its plywood from SmartWood, a program of the Rainforest Alliance accredited by the FSC and began offering a line of environmentally certified hardwood plywood and particle board.

2003

In 2003, it struck an agreement with Dow BioProducts to become the only hardwood plywood manufacturer to use Dow's Woodstalk Fiberboard made from formaldehyde-free and renewable wheat straw fiber.

2004

2004 Columbia acquires McMinnville Manufacturing Company of McMinnville, Tennessee; completes the equity buyout of Appalachian Precision Hardwood Flooring and Appalachian Custom Dry Kilns, Holden, West Virginia.

2005

In 2005, Columbia Flooring acquired Malaysia Wood Industries in Sungai Petani, Malaysia, the manufacturer's first large-scale investment in offshore manufacturing facilities.

2008

Slide 2: The Skyline Ballroom during the 2008 renovation project.

In the spring of 2008, the building was closed to undergo extensive renovations conducted by Bogdanow Partners Architects, PC. One of the chief renovation goals for the Bogdanow team was to ensure that each of Faculty House’s four floors be designed with its own distinct personality.

2009

On September 2, 2009, Faculty House reopened its doors to Columbia and the greater community, ready once again to host seminars, meetings, receptions, social events, and weddings.

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