Interfor Corp (IFSPF)

Description:

Interfor Corp was incorporated under the Company Act (British Columbia) on May 6, 1963. The Company is a supplier of diverse lines of lumber products. It manages its business as a single operating segment, solid wood. The Company harvests and purchases logs which are sorted by species, size and quality and then either manufactured into lumber products at the Company's sawmills, or sold. Substantially all operations are located in British Columbia, Canada and the Pacific Northwest and U.S. Southeast, U.S. The Company operates five sawmills in British Columbia, two sawmills and one remanufacturing plant in Washington, USA, two sawmills in Oregon, USA, and four sawmills in Georgia, USA. These operations produce a wide range of products for sale in North American and offshore markets. The products range from commodity structural lumber through to specialty products, such as exterior decking and siding, machine stress rated products, industrial timbers and a wide range of appearance grade items. The mills are capable of cutting logs of various species and grades ranging in diameter from 4 inches to 80 inches. Many of its manufacturing facilities have been upgraded and modified to improve the matching of timber resources with customers' lumber requirements. The Company uses modes of surface transportation to deliver its lumber products. Shipments to export markets are made in container and breakbulk vessels while shipments of lumber within North America are made by truck and rail. The Company's operations are subject to extensive provincial, state, federal or other laws and regulations that apply to aspects of its business activities.