Northwest Hardwoods in Centralia has filed a worker adjustment and retraining notification with the Washington state Employment Security Department indicating it will lay off 70 workers effective Thursday, March 5.
The official notice had not been uploaded to the state database as of Wednesday morning, but available information shows the reason for the layoff as a “closure” and notes that the layoffs are “permanent.”
Northwest Hardwoods’ local sawmill location is at 3000 Galvin Road in Centralia.
Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2020, seeking to eliminate $270 million in debt and financially restructure the company, which had 30 facilities across North America.
Northwest Hardwoods was founded in 1967 in Portland and merged with Industrial Timber and Lumber Company in 2015. As of 2020, it served more than 2,000 customers in 60 countries and had an estimated annual hardwood lumber capacity of 320 million board feet.
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