Interfor Corp T.IFP

Alternate Symbol(s): IFSPF

Forest Products Lumber & Wood Production

Interfor Corporation is a Canada-based forest products company. The Company and its subsidiaries produce wood products in Canada and the United States for sale to markets around the world. It operates through the solid wood products segment. The Company’s product categories include Dimension Lumber, Specialty Lumber and Engineered Wood Products. Its products include Spruce-Pine-Fir, Douglas Fir-Larch, Hem-Fir, Southern Yellow Pine, Western Red Cedar, Douglas Fir-Larch, and P3-Joist. Its sawmills provide a diverse range of sustainable products to supply North American markets with a complete offering of framing materials. Its Western Red Cedar products include Elite Decking, Elite Fascia & Boards, Elite V-Joint Paneling, Elite Fineline Paneling, Elite Channel/Lap Siding, Elite Bevel Siding and Elite Shadow Gap Siding. It has an annual lumber production capacity of approximately 5.0 billion board feet and offers a diverse line of lumber products to customers around the world.

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Post by eyeliv2rydeon Dec 16, 2010 9:12am

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Wood products outlook

Conference Board of Canada report two days ago.

Canada’s Wood Products Industry: Industrial Outlook Autumn 2010 This report offers a detailed five-year forecast of Canada’s Wood Products Industry. Report by Jacqueline Palladini The Conference Board of Canada, 11 pages, December 2010 Document Highlights: U.S. Housing Market—While uncertainty permeates the U.S. housing market, housing starts have begun to recover and strong increases are expected in the next few years. Canadian Housing Market—The market became overheated at the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010, and now faces a correction that will result in fewer housing starts in 2011. Chinese Demand—After Russia placed a tax on wood exports, China turned to Canadian producers as a replacement source. Exports were up 78 per cent over the first nine months of 2010 and show no signs of slowing.

Canada’s Wood Products Industry: Industrial Outlook Autumn 2010

This report offers a detailed five-year forecast of Canada’s Wood Products Industry.

Report by Jacqueline Palladini
The Conference Board of Canada, 11 pages, December 2010

Document Highlights:

U.S. Housing Market—While uncertainty permeates the U.S. housing market, housing starts have begun to recover and strong increases are expected in the next few years.
Canadian Housing Market—The market became overheated at the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010, and now faces a correction that will result in fewer housing starts in 2011.
Chinese Demand—After Russia placed a tax on wood exports, China turned to Canadian producers as a replacement source. Exports were up 78 per cent over the first nine months of 2010 and show no signs of slowing.