Buyout of independent plymill speeds modernization, growth

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Columbia Forest Products acquired Levesque Plywood following the death of co-founder Yvon Levesque in 1993. Levesque Plywood had undergone a reorganization and was seeking a strategic partner when Columbia finally completed the acquisition in 1996. The acquisition will enable Levesque Plywood to increase its growth rate, and it will give Columbia a foothold in the Canadian market.

Millwork, Plywood & Structural Members, Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing, Millwork, Plywood & Structurals, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Structural wood products, Building materials industry, Columbia Forest Products Inc., Levesque Plywood Ltd.

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Land-for-timber talks widen in British Columbia

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MacMillan Bloedel Ltd, the first company to negotiate with the government of British Columbia on the topic, has said that it is prepared to give up some of its timber land in compensation for a reforms in land and timber tenure.

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, Paper & Allied Products, Paper Manufacturing, LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS, Wood & Wood Products, Wood Product Manufacturing, Management, Paper industry, MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Cafferata, Bill

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Outlook for BC forest sector remains bleak

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Speakers at the PricewaterhouseCoopers 12th annual BC forest industry conference contrasted a strong US economy to a weak Canadian one, and a good outlook for solid wood to a poor outlook for pulp and paper.

British Columbia, Forecasts and trends

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