{{notability|Companies|date=June 2017}} '''North Pacific Group''' (NOR PAC), founded in 1948 as ''North Pacific Lumber Company'', headquartered in [[Portland, Oregon]], was a major [[wholesaler]] and [[distributor]] of [[wood product]]s, [[building material]]s, steel and agriculture commodities in the United States.
Annual sales exceeded $1.2 billion. The company had 800 employees located in 28 offices and 150 inventory locations in the United States and abroad.
In August 2010, North Pacific announced that it had agreed to sell all of its stock to an unidentified “nationally-recognized [[private equity firm]].”<ref name="bizjournals">{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/01/18/daily43.html|title=Receiver appointed for $1B North Pacific Group Inc. - Portland Business Journal|publisher=bizjournals.com|accessdate=2016-01-20}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/94/North-Pacific-Group-Inc.html|title=North Pacific Group, Inc. - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on North Pacific Group, Inc.|publisher=referenceforbusiness.com|accessdate=2016-01-20}} *{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/21/privates08_North-Pacific-Group_5365.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622012742/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/21/privates08_North-Pacific-Group_5365.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 22, 2009|title=America's Largest Private Companies: #425 North Pacific Group - Forbes.com|work=forbes.com|accessdate=2016-01-20}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/north-pacific-group-inc-history/|title=History of North Pacific Group, Inc. – FundingUniverse|publisher=fundinguniverse.com|accessdate=2016-01-20}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.globalwood.org/company/mgodetail.asp?id=4017|title=Timber & Wood Products Manufacturers and Suppliers - North Pacific Group (NOR PAC)|publisher=globalwood.org|accessdate=2016-01-20}}
==External links== *http://www.northpacific.com home page (defunct)
[[Category:Forest products companies of the United States]] [[Category:Companies based in Portland, Oregon]] [[Category:1948 establishments in Oregon]] [[Category:Privately held companies based in Oregon]]