West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSX: WFG)
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108.93
-0.63 (-0.58%)
May 9, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT

West Fraser Timber Company 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, douglas fir-larch, hem-fir, and southern yellow pine lumber, treated wood products, medium density fiberboard panels and plywood, oriented strand board, and laminated veneer lumber wood products, as well as particleboards.

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, paperboard products, tissue and towel products, and a variety of other paper grades.

Further, it offers bioproducts, including bioenergy and biomaterial. Its products are used in home construction, repair and remodeling, papers, tissue, and box materials, and industrial applications.

The company 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, the United Kingdom, Europe, and internationally.

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
Country Canada
Founded 1955
Industry Lumber & Wood Production
Sector Materials
Employees 11,000
CEO Sean P. McLaren

Contact Details

Address:
885 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 3E8
Canada
Phone 604 895 2700
Website westfraser.com

Stock Details

Ticker Symbol WFG
Exchange TSX
Fiscal Year January - December
Reporting Currency CAD
ISIN Number CA9528451052

Key Executives

Name Position
Sean P. McLaren Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
Christopher A. Virostek CA, CPA, HBBA Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Robin A. Lampard Senior Vice-President of Finance
Kevin John Burke Executive Vice-President of North American Operations
Chuck H. Watkins Vice-President of Capital and Technology
Robert B. Winslow C.F.A. Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Development
Shannon D. Webber LL.B Vice President and General Counsel
Matthew V. Tobin Senior Vice-President of Sales and Marketing
Alan Anthony Caputo Vice President of Human Resources
James W. Gorman Senior Vice-President of Corporate Services and Government Relations