The Company
Canfor's Vision - " We will be the dominant global provider of
wood product solutions to our highly valued customers."
Canfor is a leading integrated forest products company based in Vancouver, British Columbia (BC) with operations in BC, Alberta, Quebec, Washington state, and North and South Carolina. The Company produces primarily softwood lumber and also produces oriented strand board (OSB), remanufactured lumber products and specialized wood products. Canfor shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CFP. The main operating company is Canadian Forest Products Ltd., from which the name Canfor is derived.
Canfor also owns a 50.2% interest in Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership, which is one of the largest producers of northern softwood kraft pulp in Canada and a leading producer of high performance kraft paper.
Canfor has an annual production capability of approximately 5 billion board feet of lumber, 270 million square feet of plywood, and 1 billion square feet of OSB. Canfor also has approximately 11 million cubic meters of allowable annual cut under its forest tenures, 97.5% of which is CSA SFM certified.
As at December 31, 2009, Canfor employed approximately 3,380 persons in its wholly owned subsidiaries and approximately 1,770 in jointly owned operations for a total of approximately 5,150 employees.