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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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,...
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...
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 &...
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...
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...
In 2024, Columbia Forest Products proudly introduced the CFP Internship Experience , a dynamic program designed to bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world application within our manufa...
Members of the PureBond Fabricator Network ™ across North America competed for prizes based on design distinctiveness and practical application. Greensboro, NC, September 1, 2020 ̶ Columb...
We Declare! As consumers, we are all familiar with the ingredient labels on food products for informed decision-making. And today, we all understand plywood is an important “ingredient” in...
Charlie Vaden has been with Columbia Forest Products for 32 years — long enough to see real change in the hardwood plywood industry and within the Chatham, VA mill he now manages. “When I ...
Columbia Forest Products is proud to announce the launch of its updated website . The refreshed site preserves the same great content Columbia’s known for, now presented in a more user-friendly,...
Columbia’s Purpose Statement is “Significant Service.” And “We are Family” is one of our Core Values. (Along with Customer Service, Absolute Integrity and Share the Succe...
Bill Thompson, a Team Lead in our Chatham, Virginia mill, has experienced a rather amazing story that touches on history, family, home and friendship. So amazing, that 60 Minutes chose to report on it...