Alberta-based TriWest Capital Partners (“TriWest”) has invested in PRT Growing Services Ltd. (“PRT”), as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
Rob Miller, CEO of PRT said, “PRT management is very excited to be partnering with TriWest. We are confident that this new partnership will benefit both our customers and employees throughout North America and play an important role in the continued growth and success of PRT. We look forward to our partnership with TriWest.”
Founded in 1988 and based in Victoria, British Columbia, PRT is an industry leader in commercial-scale containerized growing processes for a wide range of forestry seedling species. PRT currently operates 18 growing and cold storage facilities serving both Canada and the US, primarily supplying North American forestry and timber players, as well as land owners and government agencies. PRT’s nurseries have a combined capacity to produce in excess of 215 million seedlings per year.