Columbia Forest Products was formally recognized for 30 years of membership in the National Building Material Distribution Association (NBMDA) during the organization’s 2025 Annual Conference in...
Danielle Stilwell, the Human Resource Manager at Columbia’s Old Fort, NC facility, is in a great position to comment on the groundswell of activity their mill-based Caring Team is delivering (wh...
It’s a mouthful, and a lot of hard work, but last month, a dedicated team from our Newport, Vermont veneer facility’s Caring Team and other members of managem...
For this edition of our newsletter, Columbia Forest Products is proud to introduce customers and employees to our Mid-Atlantic Territory Sales Representative: Josh Conrad . Starting at Columbia &ldquo...
As a North American manufacturer, we’re proud to be associated with hundreds of hard-working, innovative companies who use our product to make beautiful finished goods for our homes, schools, ch...
Tammy Mitchell embodies so much about the spirit and culture at Columbia Forest Products, where we broaden the definition of “family” to include each other and our customers. She is a seco...
We can’t fill a press or a truck with great hardwood plywood if not for the fantastic suppliers we rely on every hour of the day. Recently, one of our new Inside Sales Representatives attended t...
Aaron Bocchi is Columbia’s Field Sales Representative (FSR) for the Pacific Northwest Territory (covering Northern California, Oregon and Northern Nevada). He was born and raised in Klamath Fall...
Fred Mitchell started with Columbia Forest Products on May 19, 1997, when he was only 23 years old. During his final year studying Wood Science and Business Administration at North Carolina State Univ...
Steve David has spent nearly 30 years in the woodworking supply world. He has seen first-hand how the industry functions — from inside distributors’ warehouses to customers’ shops, a...
Elvis Hood, Columbia’s Field Sales Representative (FSR) for the Great Lakes Region, has served customers in the wood industry for well over 40 years. He has always had sawdust in his veins. From...
I have been with CFP for 26 years. I worked with Dixie Plywood for years prior to that and for cabinet shops prior to that. Columbia is one big family and the relationships I have made with coworkers ...
Brandie is Columbia Forest Products’ Director of Customer Service & Logistics. She started at Columbia in 2004 as a Traffic Coordinator in Old Fort, but her connection to the industry starte...
Medium-density fiberboard (MDF) gives designers and DIYers a host of solutions for building out their projects. It might seem like a humble, basic material, but MDF can guarantee that your style reall...
Medium-density fiberboard (MDF) and hardwood plywood are both popular composite panel materials used in construction, furniture and cabinet making, and many other decorative projects. But despite bein...
Medium Density Fiberboard, or MDF, is a great product for a number of home improvement projects. It’s used for cabinetry, furniture and trim in houses around the world. But while traditional MDF...
A Goal We Should Talk More About It should surprise no one that a manufacturing company like Columbia Forest Products runs on metrics of all kinds. We track and analyze and learn from data that measur...
Getting Back to Blocking and Tackling OK, here we are…well underway with 2023, and managing everything we can to be an even more ready, willing and able supplier for you. I’m happy to rep...
When it rains, it pours! A truckload of Columbia wood showing up at a customer’s location might seem like a pretty cut-and-dry event…the logical, straightforward conclusion of an order pl...
A Columbia Employee’s DIY for his Family Joshua Houlihan, Continuous Improvement Manager at Columbia’s Newport, VT veneer facility, is focused on making sure the faces that leave the mill ...