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County spotlights Sauder Timber expansion, citing local jobs and CLT manufacturing
Summary
Clackamas County economic development staff presented a business spotlight for Sauder Timber and described the firm's Estacada operations, enterprise-zone participation and potential to attract complementary suppliers; commissioners praised the facility's production and local economic benefits.
Economic development manager Laura Edmonds told the board that today's business-spotlight video highlights Sauder Timberand that the county used lottery and general-fund dollars to support video production. Edmonds described Sauder Timber's roots in German timber joinery, its shift to precision precut and mass-timber (CLT) production and the company's decision to site a facility in Estacada as part of the county's enterprise zone incentives.
A company representative described cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels and the production equipment at the Estacada facility, explaining that CLT "is basically, like, plywood where we cross-laminate big boards into each other" and that CLT panels reduce settlement and can be fabricated efficiently on modern machinery.
Commissioners praised the site, noted interest in wooing complementary suppliers to the industrial park in Estacada and said the operation helps local jobs and reduces supply-chain shipping impacts. The board did not take formal action; Edmonds said the full video will be posted on the county website and social media.
What happens next: the county will post the full spotlight and continue outreach to potential suppliers and industrial tenants in the Estacada business park.
