Columbia Exclusives
Discover the difference with Columbia Exclusives — a curated collection of limited-edition gear and apparel you won’t find anywhere else. Designed for those who seek adventure beyond the ordinary, these unique pieces combine Columbia’s trusted performance with exclusive styles, colors, and features. Whether you’re on the trail or in the city, stand out with gear as bold and rare as your journey.
Fabrication
With over 134 years of experience in building frames, we understand how to optimize the strength and structural integrity of steel tubing. From the use of mandrel bending process, which achieves a bend that is superior in strength to press bends to frame design with parallel tubing and all exposed intersecting tubes contoured and hand brazed 360° create frames unmatched for strength and durability.
Finishes
Columbia frame finishes are not only attractive but are extremely durable and applied using our award winning environmentally sound processes. Highlighted by our state-of-the-art plating line, our exterior grade nickel chroming process provides a luxurious gleaming finish while recapturing and recycling all usable water and chemicals. Our Spec Flek® powder coat process FAR exceeds standard formulas with the use of epoxy resins resulting in a finish 17% thicker than others with very high mechanical properties.
Book Bag Hook
Columbia’s patented book bag hook is standard on several furniture models and optional on any of our combination units. Designed to allow book bags to hang neatly upright allowing for accessibility while keeping book bags out of aisles, eliminating potential tripping hazards.
Lift Lid Hinge
Our patented lid support allows tops to open well over 60° for easy access to books. Reinforced with an 18 gauge full width piano hinge.
Color Choices
Offering more color options than anyone else in the industry, many exclusive to Columbia. Choose from 14 standard seat and back colors plus 7 Designer Choice colors, 18 Book Box colors, 7 top colors, 8 frame finishes, 12 soft plastic colors, 12 table top colors and 9 table molding colors. Only Columbia offers you so many choices.
Book Boxes
Columbia is proud to offer the largest steel book box on the market to date. Over 200 cu. inches larger than others on the market, our deep drawn 20 ga. steel book box is offered as an open to view or a lift lid book box. Also available in our exclusive “see-thru” design, which provides security and ease of maintenance features without compromising quality.
All of our frames and book boxes are finished with our environmentally friendly, award winning finishing processes.
Columbia’s exclusive “see-thru” book box offers the largest seamless book box on the market to date. Our unique perforated design allows visibility of contents by both student and teacher. Design also allows for ease of cleaning and less maintenance.
Ergonomic Design
Student comfort and performance is the criteria behind our ergonomically designed polypropylene shell found on our Classic Comfort line. Our Omnia and Silhoflex lines offer the ultimate in comfort and ergonomics with seating that provide flex while encouraging good posture.