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Interfor Corporation
Interfor Corporation is one of the largest lumber producers in the world. The company's sawmilling operations have a combined manufacturing capacity of over 4.7 billion board feet of lumber with sales to North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe. Interfor is based in Vancouver, BC and employs approximately 5000 people. In May 2014, Interfor opened its corporate office for the USA south-east region at Peachtree City, Georgia. 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. *1976 Buy Adams Lake division *1979 Sauder Industries acquired a controlling interest in Interfor (later transferred to the Sauder family's Mountclair Investment Corporation holding company). *1988 Name changed to International Forest Products Ltd. *1991 Buy Hammond Division *1995 Buy Weldwood Operation *1996 Close Bay Lumber Operation *2000 Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver
Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Metro Vancouver area had a population of 2.6million in 2021, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada#List, third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley, comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over , and the fourth highest in North America (after New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City). Vancouver is one of the most Ethnic origins of people in Canada, ethnically and Languages of Canada, linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 49.3 percent of its residents are not native English speakers, 47.8 percent are native speakers of nei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayonier
Rayonier Inc, headquartered in Wildlight, Florida, is a timberland real estate investment trust ("REIT") with assets located in softwood timber growing regions in the United States and New Zealand. Its core business segments are timber and real estate. As of December 31, 2024, the company owned or leased approximately 2.5 million acres of timberlands overall, located in the U.S. South (1.75 million acres) and U.S. Pacific Northwest (308,000 acres). The company also has a 77% ownership interest in Matariki Forestry Group, a joint venture, that owns or leases approximately 412,000 acres of timberlands in New Zealand. History Rayonier was founded in 1926 as the Rainier Pulp and Paper Company in Shelton, Washington, with a headquarters office in San Francisco, California. Its name was inspired by Mount Rainier in Washington state. Its first mill opened the next year in Shelton Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula. The mill used ''Tsuga heterophylla'' (western hemlock) trees to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
