Cogent Fiber is an American producer and exporter of pine wood chips. It Produces different kinds of wood chips by harvesting em from the natural thinning of trees and export em to Asian and European customers for the manufacture of fiberboard, particleboard, wood pellets, and pulp and paper products [2] The privately held company Maintains offices in Stamford, Connecticut and Toronto , Ontario in Canada. [2] In 2010, the organization ranked 402 out of 500 companies on the INC.’s annual 500/5000 listing of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. [2] [3]
History
The company was founded in 2005. [4] In 2011, Cogent provided 70 percent of all wood chips imported from Austria, China, and Italy. [5] [6] RISI, a company that named Cogent Fiber the largest exporter of US wood chips to Europe. [5] [6] In late 2010, the company was featured on the 21st Century Business Television series, a production of Multi-Media Productions. [2] [7]
In 2011, Cogent Fiber reopened a wood chip facility at the Port of Morehead City in North Carolina. The company, along with Industrial Marine Services, invested $ 1.5 million to rehabilitate the facility. [8] [9]
In 2008, Cogent Fiber earned its certificate of registration for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, which is “responsible for maintaining, overseeing, and improving sustainable forestry certification that is internationally recognized.” [10]
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