Smith & Fong adds midwestern distribution

December 3 - San Francisco – Bamboo interior products pioneer Smith & Fong Co.today announced it has signed Metro Hardwoods Inc., of Maple Grove, Minnesota, as a Plyboo plywood distributor for the Midwestern United States.

“We’re very pleased to have formed an alliance with a distributor as committed to sustainability as we are,” Smith & Fong vice president Angus Stocks said. “Metro’s reputation and reach in the Midwestern market is unmatched.”

Metro (whose parent company is Midwest Hardwoods) holds the FSC chain-of-custody number SW-COC-08 and will provide warehousing and sales coverage for Smith & Fong’s Plyboo® FSC-certified bamboo plywood products. Service coverage will include Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North and South Dakota, and Nebraska.

Founded in 1989 and headquartered in San Francisco, Smith & Fong Co. was the first U.S. company to manufacture bamboo flooring in China for sale in North America, offering its initial product under the brand name Plyboo in 1993. In 1996 the firm began producing bamboo plywood, followed by coconut palm flooring and plywood products in 2000. For information call 866-835-9859 or visit http://plyboo.com.