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Canfor
Canfor Corporation, headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, and established in 1938, functions as a fully integrated forest products firm with a global reach across the United States, Asia, Canada, Europe, and other international markets. Its business is structured into two primary segments: Lumber, and Pulp and Paper. The Lumber division is responsible for manufacturing and distributing products such as finger-jointed lumber, engineered wood materials, wood chips, pellets, and logs. It also provides bespoke specialty items, including strength-rated trusses, beams, and tongue-and-groove timber, and generates green energy. Meanwhile, the Pulp and Paper segment focuses on producing and selling various pulp and paper goods, notably bleached and unbleached softwood kraft pulp, along with bleached, colored, and unbleached kraft paper.
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Canfor at a glance
Canfor is a forestry technology company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. It is publicly listed (CFP) with a market capitalisation of $1.2B. Xcout tracks 21 named people at Canfor, including Karl-Johan Löwenadler (Chief Executive Officer, Vida Group).
Canfor leadership
- Karl-Johan LöwenadlerChief Executive Officer, Vida Group
- Susan YurkovichPresident & Chief Executive Officer, Canfor Corporation
- Stephen MackieChief Operating Officer, Canfor Corporation President, Canfor Pulp
- Pat ElliottChief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary
- Katy PlayerSenior Vice President, People & Technology
- Kevin PankratzSenior Vice President, Sales & Marketing
15 more named people on record for Canfor, with roles, board committees and tenure — see the full roster →
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Canfor competitors
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Western Forest Products Inc. operates across various segments of the timber industry, from harvesting raw timber and milling logs into specialty lumber to advanced value-added remanufacturing processes. The company also engages in the purchasing and wholesale distribution of lumber. Its diverse product line caters to a wide array of uses, including outdoor living projects, aesthetic exterior finishes, interior applications, and critical structural components. Established in 1955, Western Forest Products Inc. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, and distributes its offerings globally, reaching customers in Canada, the United States, China, Japan, and throughout Europe.
International Paper Company, established in 1898 and headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, functions as a leading global packaging enterprise. Its extensive operational footprint spans the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific Rim, Asia, and various other regions across the Americas. The company's business activities are structured into two principal divisions: Industrial Packaging and Global Cellulose Fibers. The Industrial Packaging segment is dedicated to producing a diverse range of containerboards, which encompass linerboard, medium, whitetop, recycled linerboard, recycled medium, and saturating kraft. Concurrently, the Global Cellulose Fibers division supplies fluff, market, and specialized pulps. These pulps are integral components for a wide array of products, including absorbent hygiene items such as baby diapers, feminine care, and adult incontinence products, alongside other non-woven goods, and traditional tissue and paper products. Additionally, they find application in numerous non-absorbent sectors like textiles, filtration systems, building materials, paints and protective coatings, reinforced plastics, and various other industrial uses. International Paper distributes its products directly to ultimate consumers and converters, as well as through an established network of agents, resellers, and paper distributors.
Asia Pulp & Paper is a major global pulp and paper manufacturing company producing sustainable paper, tissue, and packaging products.
Acadian Timber Corp. is a key producer of essential raw forest materials, serving markets across Eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States. Its operations are structured into two main divisions: NB Timberlands and Maine Timberlands. The company's diverse product portfolio includes both softwood and hardwood sawlogs, pulpwood, and various residual biomass products. Acadian Timber holds ownership and management responsibilities for approximately 1.1 million acres of private timberland situated in New Brunswick and Maine. Furthermore, it provides timberland management services for an additional 1.3 million acres of government-licensed forest exclusively within New Brunswick. The company's main office is located in New Brunswick, Canada.
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