Georgio-Pocific Plywood Division Exponding Southwest Services With fflodern Efficiency

It was just a little more than a year ago that Georgia- Pacific Corporation acquired the warehouse facilities of Martin Plywood Company at 5910 Bandini Bvd., in the heart of the Central Manufacturing District in Los Angeles. This is now the headquarters for the Southwest district under the capable manag'ement of Virgil Oliver, Jr., district manager of the plywood warehouse division.

Today Georgia-Pacific operates four well-located warehouses :in the San Fernando Vallev. Riverside (for the Inland Valley dealers), Phoenix, Arizona, and the'district gefleral warehouse and offices in Los Angeles.

Plans are on the drawing board for the completion early next year of a new southern headquarters to be erected on a 2fu-acre site in Pico Rivera in the heart of the new CMD industrial area. This modern new plant will have a storage area in excess of 55,000 square feet, with many innovations such as high beams, doors and ramp areas afiording faster, more efficient handling of inventory, shipping and receiving.

Georgia-Pacific stocks a complete line of softwood and hardwood plywood, prefinished hardwood paneling, overlay surfaced plywood, hardboards, flush and panel doors, parkwood laminates, imported plywood and mouldings in all its Southwest locations.

In Riverside, hardwood and pine lumber are made available to dealers, and in Phoenix a redwood department is in full operation managed by Delbert "D.el" Ivie, veteran Ari-zona lumberman.

The Los Angeles sales territory is under the direction of Two views of the G-P Phoenix installation are shown ln the adioining column. while the Riverside warehouse, where witliam t$,rj:?i.Tj!:. the ,,Kite'i.area-trade, ii srrown oi