International Forests Products

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International Forests Products

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        Dates of existence

        [193-?]-

        History

        1930s began with a sawmill in Whonnock, BC.
        1963 incorporated as Yorkston Lumber Co.
        1963 name changed to Whonnock Lumber Co.
        1967 converted to a public company.
        1967 name changed to Whonnock Industries.
        1979 Sauder Industries acquired a controlling interest in Interfor (since transferred to the Sauder family's Mountclair Investment Corporation holding company).
        1988 name changed to International Forest Products Ltd.
        1995 buy Weldwood Operation
        1996 close Bay Lumber Operation
        2000 sell Flavelle Mill
        2001 Buy Primex Mills
        2001 Close Fraser Mill
        2002 Close MacDonald Operation/Open Sumas Operation
        2004 Close Squamish Operation
        2005 Buy Crown Mills
        2005 Buy Floragon Mills
        2005 Close Marysville and Field Operations
        2006 Sell Saltar and MacKenzie Operations
        2008 Buy Portac
        2008 Close Queensborough Operations

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        International Forest Products Limited is one of the Pacific Northwest's largest producers of wood products. Interfor has sawmills in British Columbia (BC), Washington and Oregon. In BC this includes two sawmills (Acorn and Hammond) on the Coast; two sawmills in the Kootenay region (Grand Forks and Castlegar); and one sawmill in the Southern Interior region near Kamloops (Adams Lake).

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        Dates of creation, revision and deletion

        Revised on April 24, 2012 by KS.

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        • English

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