Partners

Industry Partners

Canfor is one of the world’s largest producers of sustainable lumber, pulp and paper. We’ve built our reputation on the quality of our products, the reliability of our supply and our superior customer service.

DuPont has been bringing world-class science and engineering to the global marketplace in the form of innovative products, materials, and services since 1802. The company believes that by collaborating with customers, governments, NGOs, and thought leaders, we can help find solutions to such global challenges as providing enough healthy food for people everywhere, decreasing dependence on fossil fuels, and protecting life and the environment.

EcoSynthetix is a renewable chemicals company specializing in bio-based materials that are used as inputs in a wide range of end products. Our commercial bio-based products exhibit similar performance characteristics compared to non-renewable products they replace, often at a reduced cost.

Established in 2007, IGPC Ethanol Inc. contributes significantly to the Renewable Fuels Industry and Ontario’s agricultural sector. By producing 200 million litres of denatured fuel grade ethanol and 170,000 tonnes of distillers’ grains, IGPC Ethanol Inc., has become a leader in Southwestern Ontario’s business community by creating environmentally sustainable economic growth. IGPC Ethanol Inc. is a division of Integrated Grain Processors Co-operative Inc., established in 2002 by a group of agribusiness individuals. IGPC is a full service provider to local farmers offering a distribution solution for their corn crops while producing high protein feed supplement for their livestock.

Millar Western is an innovative, profitable manufacturer of forest products. We are a company that our employees are proud to work for. We are respected by our customers, our suppliers and our competitors, as well as the communities in which we operate. We succeed by working collaboratively and combining creativity, technology and our core values of integrity, honesty, trust and respect.

Tembec is a manufacturer of forest products – lumber, paper pulp, paper and specialty cellulose pulp – and a global leader in sustainable forest management practices. Tembec has operations in North America and France with some 3,000 employees, is listed on the TSX and has annual sales of approximately $1.5 billion.

Timber Specialties Co. is the Canadian wood preservative division of Koppers Inc., a leading integrated global supplier of carbon compounds and commercial wood treating products and services.

A diversified North American wood products company, West Fraser operates 40 mills across Western Canada and the southern United States. The Company’s main product is lumber (spruce/pine/fir (“SPF”) and southern yellow pine (“SYP”)). West Fraser also produces panels (plywood, MDF and LVL), pulp (NBSK and BCTMP), energy, newsprint and wood chips.


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