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Kenneth W. Ford (August 4, 1908 – February 8, 1997) was an American businessman and lumber mill owner from Asotin, Washington, who founded Roseburg Forest Products in 1936. In 2017, his family was the 12th largest private landowners in the United States owning 783,000 acres in the Pacific Northwest, North Carolina and Virginia.
In 2010, the company had about 3,000 employees and annual revenues of about $840 million. [6] In 2012, revenues were about $991 million, and with approximately 3,000 employees making it the fifth largest private company in Oregon. [2] In August 2014, Roseburg Forest Products received an investment from United Fund Advisors of $10 million. [7]
Tembec was founded in 1973 by Frank Dottori in the town of Témiscaming, Quebec, following efforts by former employees and Temiscaming residents to save their jobs and save their town's economy. [3] They organized to create a company through an unprecedented relationship among entrepreneurs, unionized employees, the community and several levels ...
The Missouri Lumber and Mining Company (MLM) was a large timber corporation with headquarters and primary operations in southeast Missouri.The company was formed by Pennsylvania lumbermen who were eager to exploit the untapped timber resources of the Missouri Ozarks to supply lumber, primarily used in construction, to meet the demand of U.S. westward expansion.
As of 2018, "West Fraser has become the largest lumber manufacturer in North America with 8,600 employees globally – about 5,000 in Western Canada – at about 50 locations." [ 4 ] In April 2020, it was revealed that Canadian business magnate Jim Pattison had upped his stake in West Fraser to 13.8% ownership, prompting speculation that the ...
Image credits: Bob’s Red Mill When Bob retired from his CEO position, many people tried to buy his company, but he refused it all, instead leaving 100% of Bob’s Red Mill to his employees
How did the employee die? Joshua Vyse, 40, was fatally injured May 14 while working at Mativ's Whiting mill, 3243 Whiting Road, less than 5 miles south of Stevens Point.. Law enforcement responded ...
The Meadow River Lumber Company, which operated in Rainelle, West Virginia from 1906 to 1975, was the largest hardwood sawmill in the world. It had three 9 feet (2.7 m) bandsaws under one roof. In 1928, during peak production, its 500 employees produced 31 million board feet (73 thousand cubic meters) of lumber , cutting 3,000 acres (12 km 2 ...