$Zl million plant expansion

The first shipment of plywood manufacturer at Weyerhaeuser's expanded Klamath Falls, Ore., plant has been received by Hubbard & Johnson Lumber Co., Redwood City, the San Francisco Bay Area's largest building materials dealer.

Initiating a program to provide a diversified product line, the Klamath Falls plant will now supply plywood and particleboard in addition to Ponderosa pine and fir lumber, and hardboard products which include siding and paneling produced at the Oregon plant founded in 1928.

"This being our plant closest to the important California market makes the expansion a natural one in our over-all company service program," explains James D. Fisher, Weyerhaeuser, western region manager. "Favorable freight rates makes a diversified product line most attractive to our California, Southwest and Northwest customers."

Over $24 million has been invest. ed in the Klamath Falls plant expansion, including the new plywood plant which boasts a three-shift annual capacity of 90 million sq. ft. on u a/r" basis. The dollar expenditure is said to be the largest single investment in the history of Oregon forest products manufacturing facilities exclusive of the pulp and paper field.

The new plywood mill will produce primarily exterior sheathing of 3/et'-1/at' thickness, plus smaller quantities of underlayment, plyform and sanded material. Each of the products meets APA regulations.

The new particleboard plant will have a three-shift capacity of 56 million sq. ft. on a 3/4" basis. The principle products manufactured will be cut-tosize furniture core stock" floor underlayments, and door cores. Thickness of the particleboard ranges from 3/sn-l-lL/Ig'.

In full operation, the plant expansion will provide over 300 new jobs contributing over $2.5 million to the local economy:

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