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Who’s Underpinning Our Industry? It’s hard to believe we’re halfway through 2022!  Between the incredible pace of our markets and the constant adjustments we’re making throughout our operations, the past two years have been a real blur. I take time, as often as I need, to stop and take stock of things.  Where are we […]

Fred Mitchell, Columbia’s Value Stream Manager for Materials, has been forecasting, buying and grading face veneers for nearly 20 years.  It’s a dynamic marketplace, subject to as many or more shifting forces, trends and pressures than core materials. You’ll be hearing from Fred now and then as he details what he sees in the face […]

When Randy Marsh —Plant Manager at our Old Fort, North Carolina facility — got the call from Sheriff Ricky Buchanan, it didn’t take long for Columbia to respond.   We were asked to help with a relief truck of supplies being prepared for the Graves County, Kentucky community, which had been ravaged by an EF-4 […]

I have been in the Hardwood lumber, plywood and building materials industries since graduating from The Ohio State University in 1981 from the School of Natural Resources in Forest Industries Management. Prior to Columbia, I worked for Timberline FP, Sequoia Supply, ARC Designer Hardwoods & PrimeSource, in various jobs. These included brokerage, inside, & outside […]