Company Histories

Use the links below to access histories of early plywood industry companies, including Portland Manufacturing Company, the world's first commercial softwood plywood manufacturer. These historical monographs are published by the Plywood Pioneers Association. Hard copies are available for $3 each or in complete sets for $60.00, postage paid. To order, contact the Pioneers Association at 253-620-7429 or pioneers@apawood.org.

01: Portland Manufacturing Company (780KB PDF)
02: The Wheeler Osgood Company (616KB PDF)
03: Weed and Long-Bell (984KB PDF)
04: The Henry McCleary Timber Company (1.08MB PDF)
05: The Buffelen Lumber & Manufacturing Company (1.00MB PDF)
06: The Elliott Bay Mill Company (807KB PDF)
07: Olympia Veneer Company (374KB PDF)
08: The Peterman Manufacturing Company (478KB PDF)
09: Veneer Products Company (420KB PDF)
10: The Walton Veneer Company (661KB PDF)
11: Washington Veneer Company (414KB PDF)
12: Vancouver Plywood Company (293KB PDF)
13: Robinson Plywood & Timber Co. (457KB PDF)
14: Harbor Plywood Corporation (532KB PDF)
15: Aircraft Plywood Company (761KB PDF)
16: West Coast Plywood Corporation (1.56MB PDF)
17: Smith Wood Products Inc. (850KB PDF)
18: Anacortes Veneer Company (418KB PDF)
19: The American Plywood Corporation (443KB PDF)
20: G-P Fordyce (1.4MB PDF)
21: The Coe Manufacturing Company (1.0MB PDF)
22: Simpson Timber Company (981KB PDF)
23: From Penply to K Ply (1.2MB PDF)
24: The Westfir Story (4.0MB PDF)

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