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September 2023 Message from our CEO
- August 30, 2023
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- by Greg Pray, President and CEO
Charting our Digital Future… More and more, it’s clear that “visibility” is one of the biggest problems we have in the hardwood plywood (or overall building materials) market. If we knew, for example, what demand would be for our range of products every day for the next two months, we’d be able to dial in […]
Plywood Pups
- May 24, 2023
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- by Columbia Forest Products
Although furry friends and plywood are staples in most homes, you don’t usually think of them together. But for our teams in Mellen, Wisconsin and Craigsville, West Virginia, the caring connection was obvious. Mellen Recently, the Mellen Caring Committee held a benefit for the Chequamegon Humane Association in Ashland, Wisconsin. The Chequamegon Human Association provides […]
Meet The FSR: Aaron Bocchi
- May 24, 2023
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- by Aaron Bocchi, Field Sales Representative
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 Falls, Oregon. His story and Columbia’s are rooted in the same spot where the company began years ago. Aaron grew up with several family members working at Columbia, […]
Economic Focus: June 2023
- May 24, 2023
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- by Nick Allison, Analytics Manager
For the first time since I began writing this article for Columbia, I received requests from readers to provide an outlook for the remainder of 2023 and all of 2024 for the macro economy and the domestic hardwood plywood market in this quarter’s publication. Note: the following represents the views of the author and is […]