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The Wood Company company history timeline

1940

The Wood Co. was founded in 1940 by Wood's father, M.W. "Scotty" Wood.

1941

The company purchased its first Guelph property at 123 Woolwich Street on the Speed River in 1941.

1947

In 1947, Wood acquired his first large on-site dining contract at Muhlenberg College, which remains a client today.

1949

In 1949, Wil Gonyea purchased Umpqua Plywood with Jay Pritzker and the Pritzker family, a partnership that has lasted more than 60 years in various business ventures, involving four generations of Gonyeas and three generations of Pritzkers.

1964

1964 Trucking division founded

1966

1966 Particle board plant established in Medford, Oregon

1970

1970 Softwood veneer plant acquired from Georgia Pacific in Yreka, California

1985

In 1985, the year Wood Co. was acquired by Abela, the company had annual revenue of $70 million.

1995

1995 First hardwood plywood company certified by Sustainable Forestry Initiative

2000

2000 sales: $9.5 billion

2001

2001 projected sales: $670 million

2004

2004 Gonyeas purchased Timber Products Company from remaining partners

2011

2011 MCTC founded Gonyeas purchased Michigan-California Lumber Company with 114,000 acres in Northern California and re-named the company Michigan-California Timber Company (MCTC)

2020

© John Wood Group PLC 2020 Registered in Scotland No: SC36219 Registered office: 15 Justice Mill Lane Aberdeen, AB11 6EQ Scotland, UK

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