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Columbia Manufacturing of Westfield adds PPE to its portfolio for COVID response
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
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In 1993, so it could focus solely on school furniture, Columbia authorized another company to make bicycles.
“The company has a tradition of reinventing itself,” says Ali R. Salehi, president and CEO.
That tradition of reinvention was harnessed again during the COVID-19 pandemic. Columbia was faced with a decline in demand for school furniture as districts switched to remote learning and budgets tightened amid economic uncertainty.
“Volume took a major, major hit,” he explains. “School construction stopped or slowed.” And, school systems steered funding toward the purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE).