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Climaxing six years of rapid growth as one of the West's largest manufacturers of solid and grid core doors, folding doors and sliding doors, California Wood Products, Inc., early this year moved to its new, completely modern plant in the Rohnert Industrial Park area near Santa Rosa, California. The Cal Wood plant is one of the first buildings to be completed in the huge industrial park located in this rapidly growing industrial area north of San Francisco Bay.

With almost 50,000 square feet of production area, the plant employs an average of 55 workmen and has a daily production capacity of 2500 completed units. Anticipating a continuing and growing demand for home and commercial buildings throughout the country, the new Cal Wood plant is designed.with knock-out wall panels to permit quick, easy expansion when the need arises.

NWP railroad spur track to the loading platforms and 101 State Freeway adjoining make possible better and faste-r shipping seryice to customers by ?ail or motor freight in all parts of the United States.

Cal Wood was formed ]n 1952 bv E. M. "Bud'r Critch-

" Babe, that there's what I call a SOaND FOUNDATION I " observed Paul Bunyan as he delicately lifted up the old house with his pinkie. The Blue Ox grunted. "See them mudsills, girders an' posts? Been settin' there 25 years in the damp an' dark, supportin' 50,000 pounds o' house-an' not a trace o' rot or termites anywhere. Sound as the day they was cut...Babe, sure as you're true blue, that's BAXCO Pressure Treated Foundation Lumbe$

SOUTHTRN r2o fielcl, u'ho, n'ith the aid of rine helper, began prortrrcing flrrsh doors to supply tl're neecls cif locai clistributors. Duriirg the next ferv years, the yourrg firm contirtrred to gr.rl'arrd expatd. It was ir-r this periocl that nrrrcl'r of the nrachinery, inclucling a grirl core assembly machine, r.vas clesis.ned ari<l built b1' Bud Critchfield ancl his empkiycs. \,Iarr,v of these labor arrrl tirne-saving machines are still unique'in tl.re industry. In six years, the plant had sprearl to fil sevc'n builclings of assortecl shzrpes ancl sizes in thc Sonom:L County Airport :r rra.

CALIFORNIA DISTRICT OFFICE: 3450 Wilshire Blvd., Los Anseles 5, Collf.

T1-re 15-nti1e rnor-e into the ueu', itrtegratecl marrrrfactrtring facilitr' \\ras accomplished u'itl.r r-er1. little loss of pro- clnction by follou-ing a tight schedule of pre-arranged par- tial shutclo'n'ns a.nrl quick nroves. After hear'1'str-rckpiles hacl been developcrl at tl.re olrl plant, lrrrnber pr()(lrlctiorl \\-as stopl>erl and that rlepartmeut rlto\-e(l tt-r the nen' locat'ion to start stockpiling there. L:rrnirration an<l fir.ris1'ring departlnents continrled operation at the olcl plant rrr-rtil the lrrmber stockpile u'as exh:rrrstecl.

Carefrrl timing therr enablerl the conrpletion of tlrc coml)a1ry 111ove to the alreacly creatccl 1r-rr.nbcr stockpile in t1-re rre.r'l' factor\'. ].rroclrrctir-e time lost in the crrtire lnove \\.as nlcasrlrablc in hours. A11 otlrer relate<1 ()l)eratir)r-rs \\.ere scherlulecl to coincicle u,it1'r the tu'o ruaior urur.enrents l.ithorrt time loss.

The firnr is nou' supplying all nrorlels of its cloors tt.r any part of the l-lnitecl States u'herc a neecl exists for lou.-cost rloors o{ exceptional qtlalit}' irt rel:rtion to ltrice. Contractors arr<1 clealers are irl\'ited to visit the nen- California \\'oocl 1)ro<lrrcts plant alld beconre fanriliar u.ith the nor-el prorluctiorr methocls that hat'e rtrore thart rkrrrblecl the contoarrr.'s volunre each r-ear for the ltast fir-e.

\\'ratsonvi1le, Calif.-The Coast Counties Hoo-Hoo Club 11,t met June 25 at the Jliranrar Grill here for a regrrl:rr rneeting, reports l)resiclent Herb Su.enson. H & H I-rrmber Co. The fr& Cocktail Hour u'as corrrtesy of Pacific Lrunber & Srrpplv Co. and

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