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SawStop, which introduced the woodworking industry’s first flesh-detecting, finger-saving table saw system 15 years ago, finally has a market competitor. Bosch Tools of Mt. Prospect, IL, recently launched the REAXX portable job site table saw. REAXX features Bosch’s proprietary flesh detecting Active Response Technology previously incorporated in its Brute Tough hammer drill/drivers. According to Bosch, […]

A recent article in the Charlotte Business Journal by Emily Scofield, the executive director of the N.C. chapter of the U.S.Green Building Council, reiterates the many benefits associated with being a LEED certified company, like Columbia Forest Products, with factors such as;  financial incentives in facility operations, increased sales of products or services, increased worker satisfaction and alignment […]

Forestry students from North Carolina State University (NCSU) toured Columbia’s Old Fort plywood mill as part of their management courses. Traditionally, students visit plywood and lumber mills in the field and then return to the classroom to work on mathematical optimization models for those mills. Students study the economics of converting logs into forest products. […]

So often I hear the term “defect” interchanged liberally with the word “characteristic,” and it almost always makes me cringe. If we don’t understand the difference, we make it difficult to communicate, and confusion soon ensues. What IS the difference? A defect, in terms of decorative hardwood and softwood veneered panel products, is, in the […]