Forest Industry in West-Central Canada, 1972

1977 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 332-335
Author(s):  
Alan G. Teskey ◽  
Jack H. Smyth
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Forest Products Industry ◽  
West Central ◽  
Central Canada ◽  
Economic Ties

In 1972, west-central Canada's forest products industry of 691 establishments had gross sales of $300 million ($264 million net), and provided the equivalent of 5,900 full-time jobs directly and another 6,100 indirectly. More than two-thirds of the gross sales came from export, generating valuable foreign exchange earnings for Canada. Major products were 600,000 tonnes of pulp and paper, 431 million m2 of fibreboard, waferboard and plywood, 8 million pieces of pressure-treated products and more than 2 million m3 of lumber.Beyond these direct impacts were the secondary business activity and employment generated in other industries and sectors of the economy which had economic ties with the forest industry.

THE PLACE OF FORESTRY IN THE ECONOMY OF NEWFOUNDLAND

1960 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 330-341
Author(s):  
Parzival Copes
Keyword(s):  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mills ◽  
Paper Mills ◽  
Annual Earnings

The forest industry is of major importance in the economy of Newfoundland. However, its contribution in absolute terms has declined slightly, and in relative terms considerably, since 1951.A major problem of the industry is low productivity in woodswork and in sawmill operations, in which annual earnings are very meagre. Increased mechanization is called for, as well as rationalization of the pattern of forest holdings and the procedures of sawlog procurement. The establishment of a full-time logger force will also be beneficial.A future expansion of the forest industry of Newfoundland may be foreseen. This could involve both an expansion of production at the existing pulp and paper mills and the establishment of one or two additional mills.

Protecting the Forests of New Brunswick Against "The Insect" – An Overview

1985 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 382-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. D. Lockhart
Keyword(s):  
New Brunswick ◽  
Spruce Budworm ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Forest Products Industry ◽  
Industrial Base ◽  
Paper Company ◽  
Aerial Spraying

In 1951, one pulp and paper company and the New Brunswick Government decided to try to prevent or at least lessen losses from the spruce budworm by aerial spraying of insecticide. Today, 33 years later, protection is still carried out, not with any thought to eradicating the pest, but rather to maintain the industrial base and the resulting employment. Without this protection, the forest products industry in New Brunswick would have suffered many mill closures – a catastrophe in a province where one job in seven depends on a healthy forest products industry.

Potential for Expansion of the Special Forest Products Industry in the Northern Rockies

1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 138-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Schlosser ◽  
Keith A. Blatner ◽  
Ervin G. Schuster ◽  
Matthew S. Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Forest Products ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Forest Products Industry ◽  
Wild Edible Mushrooms ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Northern Rockies ◽  
Natural Resource Base ◽  
Special Forest Products

Abstract The special forest products industry has the potential of making substantial contributions to the troubled forest-based economies of the Northern Rockies. Comprised of floral greens, Christmas ornamentals, wild edible mushrooms, other edibles and medicinals, and Pacific yew segments, the industry has the potential to provide both full-time and part-time employment on a nearly year-round basis. The region's natural resource base and available labor supply seem well-suited to developing special forest products firms. The existing transportation system and business environment is also well suited to expansion of this industry. West. J. Appl. For. 10(4):138-143.

"Too young to retire, too bloody old to work": Forest industry restructuring and community response in Port Alberni, British Columbia

1999 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 781-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor J. Barnes ◽  
Roger Hayter ◽  
Elizabeth Hay
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Financial Distress ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Forest Products Industry ◽  
Economic Strategies ◽  
The Town

British Columbian coastal forest communities have suffered substantial job losses over the last twenty years as the forest products industry has been restructured. One of the most dramatic results has been severe community dislocation. Our paper examines both the economic restructuring and the associated community dislocation that occurred in one such coastal community, Port Alberni on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. The paper is divided into two main sections. The first provides a conceptual framework that interprets the recent restructuring of British Columbia's forest industry as a transition from an older Fordist model of manufacturing to a newer model are based on principles of post-Fordism. The second uses that framework to understand the massive changes occurring in the town, which include severe job loss (more 2600 positions have been lost over the last twenty years), various forms of financial distress, and attempts to assemble alternative local economic strategies of amelioration. Key words: forest economy, British Columbia, industrial restructuring, Fordism, Post-Fordism, single-industry towns, local economic development

Cross-sector collaboration in the forest products industry: a review of the literature

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 1269-1278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose E. Guerrero ◽  
Eric Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Cost Reduction ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Business Culture ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Forest Products Industry ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Oil Derivatives

Cross-sector collaboration has gained attention from researchers in different fields of science in recent years because it represents significant business potential for forest companies to work with sectors possessing a more positive demand outlook, including those facing increasing pressure to detach from oil derivatives. Despite this, there is a lack of research regarding company-level, cross-sector collaboration in the forest-sector literature. This paper seeks to enhance the understanding of the cross-sector collaboration concept in the forest-sector literature and explore alternatives for forest companies to collaborate with other industries, rather than to compete. A systematic literature review is conducted to explore the relevance of cross-sector collaboration in the forest industry. Furthermore, the main drivers, benefits, and challenges of collaboration in the forest industry are identified. Results show that the literature has emphasized the importance of cross-sector collaboration for forest companies, but little empirical work has been done regarding the link between forest companies and other industrial sectors. Cost reduction, competitiveness, and environmental sustainability are among the principal drivers and benefits. Forest business culture, lack of trust, and lack of parameters to evaluate costs and savings generated are key challenges to forest companies implementing cross-sector collaboration.

Productivity of capital and labour in the Canadian forest products industry, 1965 to 1972

1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Sandoe ◽  
Morris Wayman
Keyword(s):  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Wood Product ◽  
Forest Products Industry ◽  
Productivity Data ◽  
Capital Productivity

This paper presents labour productivity data for several wood product industries, namely sawmilling, veneer and plywood, millwork, pulp and paper, and wrapping paper and paperboard. They registered respective gains of 2.5, 8.0, 4.5, 2.8, and 3.75% per year over the period 1965–1972. Capital productivity studies for selected companies within the industry failed to show conclusive trends in the efficiency of capital. No correlation of gross capital and labour productivities was observed.

The Evolution of Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent Effects Knowledge and Issues - A Career-Based Retrospective

2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-273
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Hall ◽  
Dennis L Borton
Keyword(s):  
Information Needs ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Forest Products Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mill ◽  
Paper Mill Effluent ◽  
Career Experience ◽  
History Of ◽  
Receiving Waters

Abstract The two recently retired authors have a combined career experience of over 65 years in carrying out research directed at assessing effluent effects on marine and freshwater receiving waters. As such, their work directed at the environmental information needs of the forest products industry has represented a continually evolving research program. This paper reflects a history of issues and progress on pulp and paper mill effluent research before their careers began, the progression of issues and research during their careers, how questions have changed and evolved, and also looks forward to the remaining questions that need to be addressed concerning effluent effects.

scholarly journals Ownership Changes and Harvesting Patterns Associated with the Forest Products Industry in West-Central Alabama from 1984 to 2014

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Seth David Hunt ◽  
Rebecca Barlow ◽  
John Kush ◽  
Larry Teeter ◽  
Conner Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Forest Products Industry ◽  
Government Ownership ◽  
Timber Management ◽  
Real Estate Investment ◽  
Nipf Landowners ◽  
Forest Product Industry ◽  
Product Industry

Since the beginning of the 1980s, vertically integrated forest products companies have divested their forestland with much of the new ownership being real estate investment trusts (REITs) and timberland investment management organizations (TIMOs). These new landowners and their associated behavior of intensive timber management and higher and better use conversion has given rise to issues such as land-use change, fragmentation, and conservation. To better gauge harvesting patterns and ownership changes associated with the divestment of forestland by forest industry and the arrival of TIMOs and REITs on the forested landscape, eleven Landsat scenes were used to detect harvest activity within the Alabama counties of Bibb, Hale, Pickens, and Tuscaloosa from 1984 to 2014. Detected harvesting activity was paired with county parcel data and then classified based on landowner type: REITs, TIMOs, forest product industry, government, and non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners. Overall harvest trends showed a decrease in harvest rates from 1984 to 2005 with a slight increase in harvest rates after 2005. Per scene interval, acres harvested were highly variable for NIPF and relatively stable for forest industry during this time. Government ownership maintained relatively low and stable harvesting behavior throughout the study period. Acres harvested by REITs was relatively low. TIMOs showed an ever increasing rate of harvest within the study area until the last scene interval (2011-2014).

scholarly journals Evaluation of forest products trade economic contribution by entropy-TOPSIS: Case study of Turkey

BioResources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1419-1429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahadır Çağrı Bayram
Keyword(s):  
Medium Density Fiberboard ◽  
Trade Deficit ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Making ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Particle Board ◽  
Forest Products Industry ◽  
Economic Contribution

The forest products industry is one of the most powerful industry branches of Turkey, and as in other developing countries, Turkey has a persistent trade deficit. The present paper aims to evaluate the forest industry products of Turkey regarding their economic contribution by Entropy-TOPSIS, which is a hybrid multicriteria decision making method. The evaluation was done to specify the products which will be able to create currency inflow most for reducing the trade deficit and help economic development. According to computations, the most contributing products are medium-density fiberboard (MDF), high-density fiberboard (HDF), industrial roundwood, and particle board. In addition, household and sanitary papers, as well as other paper and paper board products were found to have great economic potential.

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