Manufacturing 2018 Manufacturing Week Bus Tour | Page 33

Columbia Pulp Starbuck/Dayton Its proprietary “Phoenix Process” allows Columbia Pulp to turn waste wheat straw into valuable raw material for sustainable paper and packaging products. It will also bring more than 100 full-time jobs to rural southeast Washington. The plant was still under construction when the Manufacturing Week tour visited, but the excitement was palpable as this revolutionary plant prepared to turn straw into gold by transforming waste wheat stalks into a valuable non- wood fiber resource. Columbia Pulp also received a Manufacturing Excellence award.