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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 […]

Holiday Thoughts About Columbia: The Many Meanings of Significance  Nobody has had it easy the past couple of years. I think we’re all still straining from the many things we haven’t been able to control that came our way when we least expected them. Of course, we have no choice but to move forward and […]

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 meet Columbia’s grading standards and high customer expectations. He knows that in their final applications, our veneer faces will be what people look at for years […]