The Collins Companies

Collins
Company typePrivate
IndustryForest products
Founded1855
HeadquartersPortland, Oregon, USA
Key people
Eric Schooler, President;
Cherida Collins Smith, Chair of the Board
Number of employees
appx. 647 (2017)
Websitewww.CollinsWood.com

Collins is a family-owned American forest products company that began in operations July 28, 1855. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Collins was the first privately owned forest products company in the United States to have all of its hardwood and softwood forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). In addition to its forests and sawmills, Collins also manufactures siding and trim, particleboard, hardwood, and softwood lumber, and operates retail hardware and lumber yards in northern California. Divisions include: Collins Pine Company, Kane Hardwood, Collins Hardwood LLC, Collins Products LLC, Collins Builders Supply, and the Almanor Railroad.