Softwood Forest Products Buyer - January/February 2019

Wood products, primarily

Wood products, primarily in Western SPF, are ready to be shipped from C&C Resources Inc.’s Edgewood plant, a stud mill located in Carrot River, Saskatchewan. C&C Resources Inc. Provides Customers with Superior Products, Expanded Offerings By Zach Miller “We have really worked hard to maintain job security, and that fits in with us when weathering the next storm. So, we view ourselves as an employer that also cares for our community.” –Ron Dunn, COO, C&C Resources Quesnel, BC–C&C Wood Products Ltd., headquartered here, started as a partnership back in 1975 with the intent of manufacturing high-quality kitchen cabinets, joinery products and assorted interior home building products. Soon after incorporation in 1977, however, it became apparent there was large demand for decorative wall paneling in North America, and the company discovered its niche. The operation was initially created to re-manufacture Pine boards bought from local sawmills, but a shortage of raw material supply led the company to construct its first dry kiln in 1978 to dry the boards to an appropriate moisture content for processing into panels. The consistency of C&C Wood Products paneling quickly earned the company a reputation as a supplier of quality plank panel products. Today, with operations in three Canadian provinces and under the banner of C&C Resources Inc., C&C has the capacity to produce more than 300 million board feet of dimension wood products, plus additional products ranging from bagged shavings to industrial wood pellets. The company also manufactures a wide variety of interior plank paneling pre-finished ready to install. C&C Resources is headquartered in Quesnel, where C&C Wood Products Ltd., is located. Its main products are Pine and Cedar paneling as well as wainscoting. The company makes up to 20 million board feet a year of specialty wood products in Western Spruce-Pine-Fir. In 2006, the company purchased Foothills Forest Products Inc. in Grand Cache, AB, a Western SPF random length dimension mill that produces 150 million board feet annually. Purchased in 2009, Edgewood Forest Products Inc., lo- C&C Resources manufactures timbers in 6x6, 8x8, 10x10 and 12x12 to help customers achieve an individual sense of style and personal touch to make any home breathtaking with wood products built to last. Continued on page 43 Page 6 Softwood Forest Products Buyer n January/February 2019

The company operates a CNC division to produce an assortment of specialized millwork creations. Smooth Sailing at Edensaw Attributed to a Cornucopia of Valued Quality Products and Services By Clare Adrian Port Townsend, WA–It takes a wide scope to encompass the full extent of what Edensaw Woods Ltd., headquartered here, has to offer because the people serving it up, their expertise and efficiency, now inherent to the company, add all the more value to a teeming and diversified product line. As company president, James “Kiwi” Ferris, stated, “Our value is in our service, breadth of product, staff product knowledge, and our ability to deliver products with our own vehicles.” “Our value is in our service, breadth of product, staff product knowledge and our ability to deliver products with our own vehicles.” –James “Kiwi” Ferris, President, Edensaw Woods Ltd. Edensaw Woods purchases 1.25 million board feet per year of Softwood, hardwood and imported species. That’s a fleet of nine trucks, consisting of curtain vans and two box vans, four semis and five straight trucks that deliver the specialty lumber supplier’s offerings to customers in and around the Port Townsend and Greater Seattle Metro area, and needed materials between the Port Townsend and Tacoma-based Edensaw locations. The Victorian seaport town of Port Townsend is situated in the heart of the West Coast forest regions full of native Douglas Fir, Red Cedar, Sitka Spruce and Western alder, all key species to the boat building trade, which was the original business for Ferris and his partner, Charlie Moore, now deceased. They started off selling up to 70 percent of wood material to the marine industry but as efforts to increase the cabinet building and millwork segment paid off, the marine wood portion de- Continued on page 44 Softwood Forest Products Buyer n January/February 2019 Page 7