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Scotch Plywood company history timeline

1968

Another joint venture with Reed and Feldmuehle AG of Germany creates Intercontinental Pulp Company Ltd., which starts up in 1968.

1969

As demand increased for plywood, they expanded their timber procurement area by constructing a veneer mill with a log yard 60 miles West in Waynesboro, Mississippi, in 1969.

1973

Canfor acquires a majority interest in Westcoast Cellufibre Industries Ltd., a supplier of chips to Howe Sound Pulp mill, in 1973.

1979

In 1979, as demand continued to increase for plywood, Scotch looked East to expand.

1981

An important expansion in the north occurs in 1981 when the company acquires Swanson Lumber Co.

1983

On June 27, 1983 Canfor Corporation becomes a public company.

1989

In 1989 Canfor acquires all of the shares of Balfour Forest Products Inc., which includes the Clear Lake, Netherlands, Taylor and Polar operations.

2008

July 30, 2008, Canfor announces that it will not rebuild its North Central Plywood plant in Prince George, B.C., which is destroyed by fire on May 26th, 2008.

2009

All remaining outstanding shares were purchased in 2009.

2013

He was CEO of Scotch Gulf, which joined Canfor in 2013 through a phased purchase agreement.

2016

Canfor Corp. and Scotch Gulf Lumber announce a phased purchased agreement that will see Canfor’s ownership increase until 2016 when it will own Scotch Gulf.

2019

Canfor's Vavenby sawmill permanently closed in July, 2019.

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1965
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