Directory Of Secondary Manufacturing Of Wood Products In British Columbia

The directory contains information on company contacts, products manufactured, species used, and markets served for secondary manufacturing companies operating in British Columbia. Company and product information is presented in an alphabetical listing of companies, a sorting of companies by specific product, and a detailed listing by company sorted by major product category.‍?‍?The information was collected for the1999 business year by a direct survey of British Columbia secondary manufacturing. The survey identified 774 active companies involved in remanufacturing, millwork, engineered wood products, cabinets, furniture, pallets and containers, other wood products, panelboards, and shakes and shingles manufacturing. A small number of companies self-classified as roundwood mills are included due to their product mix.

This listing of British Columbia secondary manufacturing companies was developed by gathering company names from industry associations, telephone directories, and private and public sector company inventories. Companies were contacted either through a mail-out questionnaire or a phone interview. The directory provides an alphabetical company listing, identifying the company by name, address, and business type. The business type classification reflects the composition of products being manufactured within a product listing for Secondary Manufactured Wood Products. The product listing is in a Yellow-Pages format with companies listed under both major and sub-major specific products. Companies are identified by company name and the related type of business classification is again provided. Company profiles are arranged by business type and provide information on number of employees, major equipment, products manufactured, custom services, species used and sales by region, and future market interests. The company is also classified by sales proportion into a business type from within the secondary manufactured wood product listing.

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"This report presents the results of a survey of the British Columbia secondary manufacturing wood industry for 2006. The survey gathered operational, employment, production, marketing and financial information on nine business types, with supplemental information added for a tenth, firms producing panelboards. The information is analyzed to provide both a quantitative and qualitative picture of the current structure and significance of secondary manufacturing, and sector trends through comparison to previous surveys."--Document.

This report presents results of a 1998 survey of the British Columbia solid wood secondary manufacturing industry. The survey project was designed to gather operational data on 1997 sector activity to update information from earlier surveys, and to support efforts to examine the effectiveness of the Forest Renewal BC value-added program. The survey asked firms to provide information on their 1997 activity including products manufactured, employment, raw material use, sales revenue, markets, operating costs, capacity utilization, expansion plans, challenges to expansion, mill location, and contacts. Sub-sectors covered in the report include remanufactured products, engineered building components, millwork, cabinets, furniture, pallets & containers, panelboards, shakes & shingles, and other wood products.