VANCOUVER,
Oct. 30, 2015 /CNW/ - Canfor
Corporation (TSX:CFP) announces that further to its news release
dated September 28, 2015 the Company
has completed its acquisition of Anthony Forest Products Company
located in El Dorado, Arkansas
("AFP").
AFP operates six facilities including a sawmill
and laminating plant in Arkansas,
a laminating plant in Georgia, two
chip plants and an I joist plant through a 50/50 joint venture.
Don Kayne,
President and CEO of Canfor said, "We are pleased to welcome
Anthony Forest Products Company to our Southern Pine family which
will add to the variety of quality products offered to our
customers."
Canfor is a leading integrated forest
products company based in Vancouver,
British Columbia ("BC") with interests in BC, Alberta, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Arkansas. Canfor produces primarily softwood
lumber and also owns a 51.4% interest in Canfor Pulp Products Inc.,
which is one of the largest producers of market northern bleached
softwood kraft pulp and a leading producer of high performance
kraft paper. Canfor shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol
CFP.
SOURCE Canfor Corporation
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