Coe Manufacturing Co. was founded in 1852. In their early days they built steam engines and sawmill machinery. In 1870 the company studied the problem of creating splints for lighting street lamps, and as a result they developed the first practical rotary veneer lathe. Machinery for veneer production quickly became the company's specialty.
In 2007-8 Coe went under during the global economic downturn, and their product line was acquired by wood-processing product vendor USNR.
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