The sawmill has operated at the site since 1993 and has been producing approximately 100 million board feet of lumber annually.
West Fraser plans to adjust current operations and expand annual production capacity to approximately 130 million board feet. The timber rights acquired have a current operational annual allowable harvest of approximately 440,000 cubic meters of coniferous timber.
"We are pleased to welcome Manning Diversified and its 120 employees to the West Fraser family of mills in Alberta," said West Fraser's President and CEO Ted Seraphim.
West Fraser is a diversified wood products company producing lumber, LVL, MDF, plywood, pulp, newsprint, wood chips and energy with facilities in western Canada and the southern United States.
