West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFG) NYSE

67.30

-4.43(-6.18%)

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West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

Address

858 Beatty Street

Vancouver, BC V6B 1C1

Canada

Phone

604-895-2700

Sector

Basic Materials

Industry

Paper, Lumber & Forest Products

Employees

9700

First IPO Date

February 13, 2009

Key Executives

NameTitlePayYear Born
Sean McLarenChief Executive Officer, President & Director884,1571969
Robin A. LampardSenior Vice-President of Corporate Services376,7591967
Christopher A. VirostekEVP & Chief Financial Officer435,8951973
Alan G. McMeekinSenior Vice President of Europe436,8151968
Kevin John BurkeExecutive Vice-President of North American Operations633,325N/A
Alan Anthony CaputoVice President of Human Resources0N/A
Chuck H. WatkinsVice-President of Capital & Technology0N/A
Matt TobinSenior Vice President of Sales & Marketing0N/A
Robert WinslowDirector of Investor Relations & Corporate Development0N/A
Joyce WagenaarDirector of Communications0N/A
Shannon D. WebberVP & General Counsel0N/A

Description

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., a diversified wood products company, engages in manufacturing, selling, marketing, and distributing lumber, engineered wood products, pulp, newsprint, wood chips, and other residuals and renewable energy. It offers spruce-pine-fir and southern yellow pine lumber, treated wood products, medium density fiberboard panels and plywood, oriented strand board, and laminated veneer lumber wood products. The company also provides northern bleached softwood Kraft pulp and bleached chemical thermo-mechanical pulp used to produce various paper products, including printing and writing papers, specialty grades, and various tissue products. It sells its products to major retail chains, contractor supply yards, and wholesalers, as well as industrial customers for further processing or as components for other products in Canada, the United States, China, Europe, Asia, and other countries. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. was founded in 1955 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.