West Fraser Timber
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West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
(Pink Sheets:WFTBF)
(Toronto:WFT)
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858 Beatty St., Ste. 501 Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1C1, Canada Tel. 604-895-2700 Fax 604-681-6061 |
Type: Public
On the web:
http://www.westfraser.com
Employees:
6,850
Employee growth: 2.2%
West Fraser Timber Co.'s success lies with the trees. Through chief operating subsidiary West Fraser Mills, the company is a North American manufacturer of wood products that are marketed and sold worldwide. Its operations in Canada produce SPF (spruce-pine-fir) lumber; plywood, fibreboard, and veneer panels; and pulp and newsprint paper. Its sawmills in the southern US manufacture SYP (southern yellow pine) lumber and wood chips. In Alberta and British Columbia, the company holds licenses to harvest from timberlands controlled by Canadian provincial governments. In the US, Arkansas and Louisiana are key logging markets. About half of the company's sales come from the US, followed by Canada, Asia, and Europe.
Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2011:
Sales: $2,770.9M
One year growth: (4.0%)
Net income: $72.9M
Income growth: (56.1%)
Officers:
Chairman, President, and CEO: Henry H. (Hank) Ketcham III
EVP Finance and CFO: Lumber & Plywood Product Manufacturing
Competitors:
Canfor
Hampton Affiliates
Weyerhaeuser
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West Fraser Timber
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| Type | Public (TSX: WFT) |
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| Industry | Forestry |
| Founded | Quesnel, British Columbia (1955) |
| Headquarters | Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada |
| Key people | Henry H. Ketcham, Chairman, President & CEO |
| Products | Forestry products |
| Revenue |  $2.6 billion CAN (2009) |
| Employees | 5,000 (2011) |
| Website | www.westfraser.com |
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSX: WFT) is a Canadian forestry company based in Quesnel, British Columbia. In 2006 it became the second largest lumber producer in North America.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is a member of the Forest Products Association of Canada.
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