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Columbia Pulp is North America’s first tree-free market pulp mill, using wheat farmers’ waste straw to create pulp for paper products as well as bio-polymers for a variety of industrial uses.
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Swartz new Safety Coordinator
Newly named Columbia Pulp Safety Coordinator Dustin Swartz, left, commutes to the Starbuck Plant from Washtucna, Wash, where he lives with his wife Michelle, right, step-daughter Madelyn Meade and son DJ–due November 28, 2020, not pictured. STARBUCK– Columbia Pulp, LLC has named Dustin Swartz as Safety Coordinator at the Lyons Ferry plant. Read more ... [...]
Lovgren named plant manager by Columbia Pulp LLC
Columbia Pulp LLC has announced the promotion of a new plant manager at its Lyons Ferry tree-free pulp operation. Read more ...
Brian St. Clair promoted as the operations Director of Finance
Columbia Pulp has announced the promotion of Brian St. Clair as the operation’s director of finance. Read more ...
Columbia Pulp Announcement
On Monday evening, March 23, the Governor of Washington State issued an executive order requiring everyone in Washington to “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” as part of the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic, with exceptions for "essential activity". The Company's management promptly began to plan how to execute an orderly suspension of manufacturing activities. Further clarification indicated that commercial [...]
Columbia Pulp announced as a finalist for the PPI Awards 2020 in Environmental Leadership – From Sustainable Forestry to Waste Management
2020 PPI Awards finalists announced - Winners to be revealed March 10th at Awards Dinner We are pleased to announce the PPI Awards 2020 finalists. The winners will be announced at the PPI Awards Dinner on March 10th at the Sheraton Lisboa Resort in Lisbon, Portugal, the second evening of the European Conference. The Awards Dinner provides an exclusive networking opportunity for [...]
PaperWeek Canada – Kristi Kobetich to Present
Pulp and paper professionals from across the country descend on Montreal next week for PaperWeek Canada, running Feb. 3 to 6 at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth hotel. Here’s a preview of what’s happening at PAPTAC’s flagship conference: Read more ...

Association of Washington Business (AWB)
2018 Operational Excellence Award
Recognizing a company that has a distinctive manufacturing process, including continuous improvement, innovations, lean and six sigma and/or application of high technology.