May 04, 2005. Escanaba Timber LLC announced today that it will begin operating as an independent company, managing approximately 900,000 acres of forestlands in Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee. The acreage was recently acquired from MeadWestvaco (NYSE:MWV).
Escanaba Timber LLC begins operations
May 04, 2005. /Lesprom Network/. Escanaba Timber LLC announced today that it will begin operating as an independent company, managing approximately 900,000 acres of forestlands in Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee. The acreage was recently acquired from MeadWestvaco (NYSE:MWV).
Escanaba Timber is the major wood supplier in its geographic markets. It has entered into a long-term supply agreement with NewPage Corporation, to ensure that the forestland owned by Escanaba Timber will remain a key source of wood supply to the NewPage mills in Chillicothe, Ohio, Wickliffe, Kentucky, and Escanaba, Michigan.
The Escanaba Timber leadership team is made up of:
- Peter H. Vogel, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer
- Mark A. Suwyn, Chairman of the Board
- Bradley R. Homeier, Chief Operating Officer
- Matthew L. Jesch, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
- Jennifer J. Peters, Treasurer and Controller
- Charles J. Aardema, Vice President, Human Resources and Communications
