Where’s This Wild Ride Taking Us?
- December 9, 2021
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- by Nick Allison, Analytics Manager
As a child visiting Disney World, I really enjoyed Space Mountain, but my favorite attraction was Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. I was shattered as an adult to learn that the attraction had been closed in 1998. However, another wild ride continues — the wild ride for domestic hardwood plywood producers. Like Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, […]
Swollen Laptop Batteries?
- March 5, 2021
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- by Columbia Forest Products
If you’ve ever had a laptop case expand, a trackpad malfunction, or a phone screen popping out, your device may be suffering from a swollen battery. Many devices use lithium-ion batteries, which can swell for a variety of reasons such as age, manufacturing issues, continuous charging over time (always plugged in), or if the wrong […]
The Role of Housing In Hardwood Plywood Forecasting
- March 1, 2021
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- by Nick Allison, Analytics Manager
In the December edition of the Hardwood Herald, I noted, “the three primary channels of the hardwood plywood market (Distribution, OEM and Retail) behaved very differently in 2020 due to differing reactions to the COVID-19 crisis and the resulting economic shutdowns.” This phenomenon—along with the subsequent economic recovery from COVID-19 (specifically in the housing market […]
Economic Outlook: What’s In Store For the Hardwood Plywood Market?
- September 12, 2020
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- by Nick Allison, Analytics Manager
2020 is the type of year that can make or break those of us whose job is to predict future events with a high degree of accuracy and precision. These “black swan” events, from the COVID-19 epidemic and the ensuing shutdowns, to collapsing oil prices, to civil unrest in the United States make the forecaster’s […]