About Us
CONIFEX is an amalgam of the words CONIFer and
EXcellence.
Conifex Timber Inc. is an independent, privately owned softwood forest products
company operating in the Northern Interior region of British
Columbia. Our primary business is the manufacture of structural
grade SPF dimension lumber. Our operations are conducted in a
sustainable, safe and environmentally sound manner and they include
timber harvesting, reforestation, sawmilling and lumber finishing.
Conifex Timber Inc. completed the purchase of the Fort St. James forestry and
sawmilling assets in August 2008. We have an extensive timber supply
comprised of high quality and affordable fibre. Our conversion
facility is substantial, well maintained, cost-competitive, and well
matched to our available fibre supply. We have an experienced and
competent leadership team coupled with a skilled hourly labour
force. We are partnered with an experienced sales marketing and
logistics team,
Welco Lumber
Corp. that handles all our sales and transportation logistics to
markets in North America and Asia.
On a two-shift basis our Fort St James sawmill is capable of
producing approximately 300 million board feet of SPF lumber and
230,000 oven-dried tonnes (ODt) of chips, sawdust, shavings and hog
annually. All of our lumber is sold to customers in the US, China,
Japan and Canada.
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