SmartLam Plans for New Headquarters Location at Former Weyerhaeuser Plant in Columbia Falls, Montana

COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. (October 12, 2017) – SmartLam Technologies Group, the first U.S. manufacturer of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) products, announced today that it is locating a new headquarters office at the former Weyerhaeuser lumber mill.

The site, located in Columbia Falls, will also house the company’s expanding manufacturing functions, and anticipates employing more than 75 SmartLam employees by the end of 2019. The SmartLam campus will be part of the 40-acre site, which was recently purchased by Columbia Rising, LLC with the intention of redeveloping the space into a rail-served industrial park serving the greater Flathead valley.

“As more architects and builders learn about the performance and efficiency of CLT, demand for our products has accelerated rapidly,” said Casey Malmquist, president of SmartLam. “We have been looking for the right location to continue to grow our company as we launched it: mindful of the available resources, positioned optimally to receive locally-sourced raw materials, and accessible to multiple modes of transportation. This site is the right home for us.”

SmartLam expects this expansion, which will feature a new state of the art CLT equipment line, will allow the company to quadruple its production as well as pave the way for additional product certification, development, and innovation. The company plans to occupy its new space by January 1, 2018.

About CLT

First developed in Austria more than 25 years ago, CLT has a documented track record supporting its widespread use across Europe. North American adoption of this construction method has grown with the green building movement. With careful, yet conventional planning and engineering considerations, the service life of a CLT building can last as long as buildings constructed from other materials like concrete or steel. Unlike concrete and steel, CLT is made entirely from wood, the only renewable building material.