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Article: Woodcraft finds home in Wood County

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June 3, 1996
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PARKERSBURG--Once a person enters a Woodcraft store for the first time, company President Bryan Katchur feels he has a customer for life.

It's easy to see why.

Woodcraft Supply Corp., with 21 stores in 16 states, is a woodworkers' paradise. Woodworking tools, supplies and books--6,000 items in all--line the walls and shelves in the retail store and warehouse at Wood County Industrial Park.

Woodcraft moved its headquarters and warehouse/distribution center from Boston, where the company was founded in 1928, to Wood County in 1989.

SBR Inc. of Parkersburg, former owner of West Virginia's 7-Eleven stores, purchased Woodcraft in 1987.

Woodcraft relocated to West Virginia because it was cheaper ...

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