Mar 23, 2018 | News, News/PR
Attracting new corporate headquarters to Georgia draws lots of attention — deservedly so. Announcements of business expansions are similarly celebrated, again as they should be. And the idea of creating manufacturing jobs in America is seemingly today’s holy grail. So...
Dec 19, 2014 | News, News/PR
Interfor announced today that it has reached agreement with Simpson Lumber Company, LLC to acquire Simpson’s sawmill operations in Meldrim, GA, Georgetown, SC, Longview, WA and Commencement Bay, WA. The Sawmill Operations are located within geographic proximity of...
Feb 14, 2014 | News, News/PR
International Forest Products Ltd. (Interfor) agreed to purchase operations including two Georgia sawmills for $180 million from Ilim Timber Continental SA to expand in the U.S. Southeast. International Forecast Products, the Vancouver-based company known as Interfor,...
Aug 21, 2013 | News, News/PR
International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) has announced that less than six months after acquiring the Swainsboro, GA, sawmill, it has completed a new $2.8-million state-of-the-art Dual Path Kiln. “When Interfor acquired the Swainsboro mill, we said we would...
Jun 17, 2013 | News, News/PR
Hurt by the collapsing housing market, the timber industry in Georgia is showing signs of a potential rebound. The state’s $15 billion timber industry was punished during the Great Recession. Forestry industry payrolls peaked at nearly 68,000 before the housing bust,...
