Columbia Machine is one of the world's leading manufacturers of concrete products equipment, serving customers in over 90 countries. From mixing and batching to automatic cubing and splitting - Columbia builds a complete line of equipment to outfit your entire concrete products plant.
Beginnings
An ambitious 23-year-old Fred Neth, Sr. borrowed $800 in 1937 to open a small shop, Columbia Forge and Machine Works, on Main Street in Vancouver, Washington. In the early days, Columbia tackled a variety of jobs, including repairing the primitive block machines of the time. Learning the intricacies of those manually-operated block machines, Fred decided early on that Columbia could design and build a better machine.

In 1945, Columbia pioneered and built a hydraulically-operated machine ...[Click for details]