Situation Analysis Report

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

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COMPANY PROFILE

Headquarters Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada

Established 1955

Annual

revenue:

$5.134 billion

Number of employees:

8,600

Membership: Member of the Forest Products Association of Canada

Production facilities:

45 facilities in Canada and the southern United States

Industry Forestry

Product line: Lumber (spruce/pine/fir [SPF] and southern yellow pine [SYP]). The company also produces pulp (NBSK and BCTMP), panels (MDF, plywood, and LVL), as well as newsprint, energy, and wood chips. The company’s operations are located in western Canada, where they manufacture all of the company’s products, with the exception of southern yellow pine lumber and wood chips, which are produced at to company’s southern US mills.

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Competitors: Canfor, Tembec, Weyerhaeuser, International Paper, Boise Cascade, Domtar, and Georgia Pacific

Sources

Owler. (n.d). West Fraser’s competitors, revenue, number of employees,

funding and acquisitions. Retrieved from

https://www.owler.com/company/westfraser

West Fraser. (n.d.). Company. Retrieved from

https://www.westfraser.com/company

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