Roseburg Forest Products, based in

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, US is a privately owned wood–products company. Founded in 1936, the company had approximately 3,000 employees and revenues of nearly

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1 billion in 2012. Roseburg Forest Products operates mills throughout

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, and continues to be held by the founding Ford family.

History

The company was founded by

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in 1936 as Roseburg Lumber in

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. In the early 1980s it was renamed to Roseburg Forest Products. It sold off about of timberlands to

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in Northern California. In 2010, the company had about 3,000 employees and annual revenues of about $840 million. In 2012, revenues were about $991 million, and with approximately 3,000 employees making it the fifth largest private company in

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. In August 2014, Roseburg Forest Products received an investment from United Fund Advisors of $10 million.

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Reynaga v. Roseburg Forest Products
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