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Determination of effective criteria in decision making to find optimum location for industrial units is very
important in any country. To identify effective criteria for location selection of plywood and veneer units in
Iran, four units were evaluated in provinces of Gilan, Mazandaran, Ghazvin and Hamadan . These criteria were divided into five major groups: economical, materials, infrastructure, technical, and instructions as well as 25 sub-criteria. The priority rates of these criteria and sub-criteria obtained from AHP method and Expert Choice Software. The results indicated that among 25 effective sub-criteria in location selection of the units, the sub
criteria of purchasing raw material, reliability of supply, quality of raw material, and granted facilities had the
highest priorities.