1937
01 · ORIGIN
1937
A machine shop begins in Vancouver
Fred Neth opens the operation that becomes Columbia Machine, establishing a practical engineering culture built around solving production problems.
OUR STORY · FROM 1937
Built over decades. Still engineered for the next line.
A global industrial history and a distinct Brazil operating story.
REQUEST A CONSULTATIONGLOBAL HISTORY
Progress, recorded as engineering chapters.
The timeline remains intentionally separate from the Brazil story. Scroll through the global milestones, then continue into the local operating chapter.
SCROLL THE CHAPTERS
- 196002 · PLATFORM1960
Palletizing becomes a core platform
Mechanical row-forming and layer-handling experience develops into a repeatable industrial palletizing discipline.
- 198503 · GLOBAL SCALE1985
Engineering expands across markets
International operations and specialist capabilities extend Columbia support across Europe, Latin America and Asia.
- 200504 · ROBOTICS2005
Robotics joins the portfolio
Robotic palletizing broadens the application range for flexible products, patterns and production environments.
- 201505 · BRASIL2015
A direct Brazil presence
Columbia Brasil connects local applications, project coordination, service and parts with the wider group.
- HOJE06 · CONNECTEDHOJE
One group, multiple specialist operations
Teams collaborate across conventional palletizing, robotics, packaging systems, concrete products and regional service.
BRAZIL PRESENCE
Global depth, translated to the Brazilian plant floor.
Columbia Brasil is not another global milestone. It is the local operating chapter: closer application conversations, project coordination, service and parts connected to group engineering.
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Direct local access
A Brazil-based team for application discussions, commercial coordination and project communication.
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Lifecycle support
Local service and parts planning shaped around the realities of Brazilian production.
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Connected expertise
Specialists across the Columbia group join when the application requires deeper capability.
READY WHEN YOU ARE
Let our engineers design your end-of-line.
Tell us about your product, throughput and layout — a Columbia specialist will reply within one business day.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Questions worth answering early.
A practical guide to Columbia's engineering approach, application fit and the next step for your team.
STILL HAVE A QUESTION?
Talk to an engineerWe start with the product, rate, layout, pallet pattern and operating environment, then build the automation concept around those real constraints.
