- Tolko
Infobox Company
company_name = Tolko Industries Ltd.
company_
company_type = Private
genre =
foundation =1956
founder =
location_city = flagicon|Canada Vernon,British Columbia
location_country =Canada
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origins =
key_people = Al Thorlakson,President &CEO
area_served =
industry =Forestry
products =
services =
revenue = profit$2.3 billion CAD (2005)
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 4,800
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divisions =
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owner =
company_slogan =
homepage = [http://www.tolko.com www.tolko.com]
dissolved =
footnotes =Tolko Industries Ltd. is a privately owned forest products company based in
Vernon, British Columbia . It manufactures and markets specialty forest products to world markets. Tolko's products include lumber,plywood ,veneer ,oriented strand board , andkraft paper s. The Company's Woodlands operations in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba have received third-party certification of theirsustainable forest management systems.In 2004 Tolko acquired Weyerhauser's Slave Lake OSB manufacturing facility, and engaged in a hostile takeover of Riverside Forest Products, which in turn had just acquired Lignum Forest Products.
Tolko is distinguished by its decentralized management structure, in which each mill runs as though it were a standalone unit.
References
External links
* [http://www.tolko.com Tolko] - Official website
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