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For the first time since I began writing this article for Columbia, I received requests from readers to provide an outlook for the remainder of 2023 and all of 2024 for the macro economy and the domestic hardwood plywood market in this quarter’s publication.   Note: the following represents the views of the author and is […]

Our belief that 2023 was going to be a “return to normal” scenario is playing out pretty well.   So far, we’re within several points of 2019 volume levels, with some differences across our distributor, OEM and retail channels. But, unlike the truly “upset conditions” we were facing in 2020, 2021 and a good part of […]

You may recall the profile of Steve David, Columbia’s Field Sales Representative in the Northeast, in a previous issue of the Hardwood Herald. It mentioned his work on the new LT Michael P. Murphy Navy SEAL Museum in West Sayville, New York, which held its grand opening last year. Steve helped arrange for Columbia’s PureBond […]

Columbia’s Newport, Vermont “Deep Roots” Garden  Now entering its third season, the team at Columbia’s Newport, Vermont veneer operation is getting the prep work done for another abundant crop.   Blessed with a large, sunny space to work with, the Deep Roots Garden was a topic of discussion before the mill’s Caring Team gave its […]