In response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic West Fraser is taking additional steps to respond to changing operating and market conditions.
Effective March 30, lumber production at all British Columbia, Canada, sawmills will be curtailed for one week. This will result in the elimination of an additional 24 million board feet of production for the week in addition to the curtailments and reduced production announced on March 19.
Effective March 30, plywood production at the company’s Alberta Plywood and Slave Lake Veneer facilities will be temporarily suspended until at least April 6. This will reduce the company’s plywood production by an additional 6,500 msf per week.
West Fraser is a diversified wood products company producing lumber, LVL, MDF, plywood, pulp, newsprint, wood chips, other residuals and energy with facilities in western Canada and the southern United States.
