Tolko Industries Enters Partnership With Mississippi Sawmill
Vernon’s Tolko Industries has entered into a 50-50 joint venture partnership with Southeastern Timber Products (STP), a lumber mill in Ackerman, Mississippi.
The mill will be known as Southeastern Timber Products LLC, an STP-Tolko Partnership.
“We’re pleased to have found a partner like STP that we share the same family-owned business values with,” said Tolko CEO Brad Thorlakson. “We look forward to the opportunity to invest in this, our second asset in the U.S., to support the future growth of our company. We’re pleased to support this facility and enhance its sales, marketing and logistic capabilities to service our customers across North America and abroad.”
STP manager Billy VanDevender is excited to be partnering with Tolko.
“Tolko has a long family history in the lumber manufacturing business and a proven ability to excel in our industry,” said VanDevender. “We are thrilled about our partnership.”
From the Vernon Morning Star: vernonmorningstar.com.
RELATED ARTICLES
Hunt, Tolko Plan Second Sawmill In La.
Tolko Industries Joins Up With Jasper Lumber
Latest News
Canadian, U.S. Timber Markets See Same Issues In Different Ways
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-1548381510056-0’); }); Like a pair of fraternal twins, the timber markets of the United States and Canada don’t quite look identical. In the West, both sides cut conifers mainly for the U.S. housing…
Maine’s Katahdin Forest Products Mulls Sawmill Expansion
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-1548381510056-0’); }); Katahdin Forest Products, the Oakfield-based maker of cedar log homes, is considering expanding its sawmill in Ashland at the same time that a lumber dispute between the U.S. and Canada leaves…
Global Softwood Lumber Trade Forecasted To Increase In 2016
Global trade of softwood lumber is forecasted to increase by almost 14% in 2016, driven by higher wood demand in China and the US, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. The World Trade Organization (WTO)…
Find Us On Social
Newsletter
The monthly Timber Processing Industry Newsletter reaches over 4,000 mill owners and supervisors.
Subscribe/Renew
Timber Processing is delivered 10 times per year to subscribers who represent sawmill ownership, management and supervisory personnel and corporate executives. Subscriptions are FREE to qualified individuals.
Advertise
Complete the online form so we can direct you to the appropriate Sales Representative.