Columbia Forest Products appointed Conrad Matthiessen as OEM sales manager for its new California-based rice straw MDF operation in partnership with CalPlant I. Matthiessen reports to Chavez and Ed Woods, Columbia Vice President of Corporate strategy, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
Matthiessen has been appointed OEM sales manager for MDF and will head up sales efforts for Columbia’s OEM customer base, which includes furniture, fixtures and components.
Matthiessen joins the company with more than 25 years of experience in the wood products business with an extensive sales background in the composite panel industry, most recently at GW Industries, brokering MDF sales for New Zealand producers Dongwha and Daiken.
Columbia Forest Products is North America’s leading manufacturer of hardwood plywood and hardwood veneer products.
