The ancestor of company's of today's "Sklejka-Multi" was founded in 1914, under Ostdeutsche Sperrplattenwerke AG (English: East German plywood works), also called "Oswa".
[2] The plant, located in the eastern industrial district of then Bromberg, covered an area of 5 hectares (12 acres): it also comprised a storage warehouse on the Brda river, where the floated wood was matured.
[3] The establishment of "Oswa" was associated with the fast development of the wood industry in Bromberg, which culminated in 1906, when one third of all timber shipments towards the German Empire transited through the city.
[5] In 1931, the facility was purchased by the shareholders of the company Fabryka Płyt Klejonych w Bydgoszczy (English: Bydgoszcz Glued Boards Factory): this successful firm was the second largest plywood producer in Poland, exporting in the whole Europe (United Kingdom, Netherlands, Denmark, France, Belgium, Sweden and Italy).
[5] At the eve of World War II, the Państwowa Fabryka Sklejek w Bydgoszczy (Bydgoszcz State Plywood Factory), employing more than 1000 people, was the largest in its domain in Poland, accounting for 10% of the domestic production.
[5] On February 15, 1945, the "Regional Directorate of State Forests" in Toruń (Polish: Regionalna Dyrekcja Lasów Państwowych w Toruniu) took over the management of the plant.
[5] Unfortunately, a large fire broke out on 31 January 1972, paralyzing the operations for 5 months:[5] the flames, reaching 40 metres (130 ft) high, entirely consumed the production hall.
[3] In 1976, an overhaul of the sites was carried out, encompassing the following:[5] In the 1990s, after the end of the communist rule, the Bydgoszcz Tanning Extract Factory was sold and the Plywood plant at Fordońska street transformed in 1994 into a joint-stock company, Bydgoskie Zakłady Sklejek "Sklejka-Multi" SA.
[10] In December 2018, a large investment program (25 million PLN) was initiated, enabling the acquisition of a six-shelf veneer dryer apparatus, the only one of its kind in Poland.
[3] The factory cooperates, among others, with the following scientific bodies:[2] The staff of the company co-initiated and co-founded the "Association of Wood-Based Boards Producers in Poland" (Polish: Stowarzyszenie Producentów Płyt Drewnopochodnych w Polsce).