Western Forest Products Inc. (Western) is a Canada-based integrated softwood forest products company engaged in timber harvesting and lumber manufacturing for worldwide markets. Western’s operations are located in the Coastal region of British Columbia. The Company's operations includes the harvesting of timber, reforestation, forest management, the manufacture and sale of lumber and wood chips, and the sale of logs not consumed in the manufacturing process. Western’s lumber products are sold in over 30 countries worldwide. The sawmills process logs, including hemlock, Douglas fir and western red cedar, into primarily long-length, wide-width and higher-grade lumber, commodity grades of lumber and residual wood chips that are sold externally and used for pulp production. The lumber re-manufacturing plants dry, saw and trim lumber for use in producing products, such as mouldings, frames and paneling.