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Economic Focus: December 2022
As 2022 winds down, we have seen a recent change in customer behavior and demand patterns that have emerged over the past two months. To look forward to 2023, we must first take a look back at recent ...
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PostsProducts and MaterialDiscover the Ultimate in Ready-to-Use Drawer Sides
We're excited to re‑introduce Columbia Forest Products’ Drawer Sides™ , the built‑for‑efficiency solution that blends craftsmanship, performance, and sustainability. Why they’re a ga...
PostsBusiness InsightsDiversification Through Acquisition: JC Pallet Company
What is DTA? One of Columbia Forest Products’ corporate initiatives is Diversification Through Acquisition (DTA). Through this program, Columbia primarily aims to acquire businesses in different...
PostsProducts and MaterialDesigning With Plywood: Solutions for Repair and Replacement
Once you’ve seen wear and tear on your decorative hardwood plywood cabinets, you can’t unsee it. Maybe you’ve noticed your plywood cabinet doors aren’t shutting as tightly as t...
PostsProducts and MaterialDesigner’s Choice: 9 Projects That Feature MDF
For experienced woodworkers and designers, medium-density fiberboard, or MDF, is often used in mock-up projects and basic workshop furniture. But MDF also works as a solution for other projects, such ...
PostsProducts and MaterialDesignEdge®: North America’s Exposed Edge Hardwood Plywood
Enter DesignEdge® , a premium, domestically produced hardwood plywood designed specifically for exposed edge applications. Manufactured by Columbia Forest Products, DesignEdge delivers all the str...
PostsBusiness InsightsDecorative Hardwood Plywood: ATTRACTIVE + SUSTAINABLE
Columbia Forest Products is proud to sponsor GreenCE’s informative webinar about decorative hardwood plywood, streaming live Thursday, December 12 . GreenCE provides continuing education courses...
PostsBusiness InsightsDecember 2024 Message from our CEO
Counting You Among Our Blessings If you’ve read our columns or met me in person, you know how deeply proud I am to serve the employees, customers and supplier partners of Columbia Forest Product...
PostsUncategorizedDecember 2023 Message from our CEO
Another holiday season is around the corner, and I’m counting all the blessings we’re thankful for at Columbia Forest Products — not just for 2023, but for what we see ahead in the N...
PostsDecember 2022 Message from our CEO
Holiday Thoughts About Columbia: The Many Meanings of Significance Nobody has had it easy the past couple of years. I think we’re all still straining from the many things we haven’t been a...
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December 2021 Message from Our CEO
Another year is almost in the record books, and from my perspective, I can’t wait for 2022. I wish we had a crystal ball to see what’s up ahead for all of us, but I can’t help but th...
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December 2020 Message From the CEO
On behalf of the 2,100 employee owners at Columbia Forest Products, I’d like to thank all our customers, vendors, and business partners for our success this year. For many reasons, 2020 has been...
PostsCreativity From Constraints
In addition to his duties as Associate Professor of Interior Architecture at Marywood University in Pennsylvania, Stephen Garrison also operates the University Hall of Innovation — a non-profit ...
PostsProducts and MaterialCreative Ways to Use MDF
Did you know people have been using MDF since the 1920s? That’s right, the versatile material goes back almost 100 years and lends itself well to upgrading any room on any budget. Here are some ...
PostsProducts and MaterialA Complete Guide to Choosing Plywood
Plywood is a staple material for professional builders, architects, designers and DIYers alike. These versatile panels are used for a number of different projects, from wall sheathing, roofing, and su...
PostsCultureA Community of Support: How Encouragement Led a CFP Employee to Write Her First Book
A Columbia Forest Products employee recently accomplished the exceptional: authorship. Under the pen name Ivy Accalia, one of our HR assistants wrote a book fueled by a love of the supernatural genre,...
PostsCultureColumbia’s Caring Teams & COVID
COVID-19 has certainly caused many business and individuals to re-adjust priorities and scale back, but it has not dampened the “Service” spirit of Columbia Forest Products’ Caring T...
PostsProducts and MaterialColumbia Renews PureBond® Declare® Transparency Declaration Label
We Declare! Again…and Again. Transparency is the new ante for building products manufacturing. Family life revolves around the materials used to create these unique spaces we call home. As an &...
PostsColumbia Product Featured In the New Navy SEAL Museum
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. Mur...
PostsCultureColumbia is Caring…
Caring Teams are the backbone of one of the ways team members live out CFP’s purpose of “Significant Service”. Each of our manufacturing facilities have a Caring Team that actively w...