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How Chinese Spy Balloons and Earthquakes Figure In To Forecasting (or Do They?) In the world of prediction, we use models to glimpse into the future.  In a simplistic manner, the models used for prediction assume the event or time horizon we’re examining will be played out a large number of times.   Assuming we […]

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 report that Columbia Forest Products is seeing some very good “returning to normal” indicators that will have us on a much better […]

New Dryer in Hearst Will Increase Capacity in 2023 A new dryer being installed now in our Hearst, Ontario facility will increase the plant’s production capacity by 25%. The team from the dryer’s manufacturer, Raute, will be on-site beginning in Q1 to finalize the work. According to Gilles Levesque, Columbia’s Vice President of Canadian Operations, […]

As 2022 winds down, we have seen a recent change in customer behavior and demand patterns that have emerged over the past two months. To look forward to 2023, we must first take a look back at recent history to understand the shift.  Back when the COVID shutdowns first began, we saw a near-immediate drop […]