Canfor
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Canfor Corporation (TSX: CFP) is an Canadian integrated forest products company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canfor produces softwood lumber, northern softwood kraft pulp, kraft paper, plywood, and remanufactured lumber products. The majority of the company's operations are in British Columbia and Alberta; however, it owns a sawmill and timber harvesting rights in Quebec.
In 2004 Canfor merged with the Canadian company Slocan Forest Products Ltd. Canfor has three pulp mills located in Prince George, British Columbia. Canfor is the owner of the world's largest sawmill in Houston, British Columbia with an annual production of 600 million board feet (1,400,000 m³). Canfor also co-owns Howe Sound Pulp with Oji Paper in Port Mellon near British Columbia and has another pulp mill in Taylor British Columbia near Fort St. John. Additionally, Canfor's sawmills in British Columbia include Houston, Plateau (near Vanderhoof, Isle Pierre, Prince George, Rustad, Polar, Clear Lake (all in or near the city of Prince George), Fort St. John, Chetwynd, Quesnel, Vavenby, Radium and Mackenzie. Sawmills outside of BC include Grande Prairie Alberta and Sainte-Foy Quebec. Oriented Strand Board plants are located in Fort Nelson, British Columbia and Fort St John and a plywood plant is located in Prince George. Canfor also owns remanufacturing plants in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Chilliwack, British Columbia and Bellingham, Washington.
Canfor has approximately 10,290 employees.
| Financial Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | |
| Net Sales (C$M) | 2,095.5 | 2,112.3 | 1,985.7 |
| Net Earnings (C$M) | 153.3 | 11.5 | 26.4 |
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