Finlay Forest Industries

Finlay Forest Industries

Industry	Forest Products
Founded	Mackenzie, British Columbia
Defunct	2000
Successor	Abitibi-Consolidated Ltd 2000; AbitibiBowater 2007; Conifex Timber 2010
Headquarters	Mackenzie, British Columbia
Products	Forest Products

Finlay Forest Industries was a Canadian forest products company based in Mackenzie, British Columbia.

History

Finlay Forest Industries (FFI) was established in 1970 as a joint venture between Cattermole Timber and two Japanese firms, Jujo Paper and Sumitomo Forestry. ^{[1] [2]} In 1980, operations were purchased by British Columbia Forest Products. Slocan Forest Products Ltd. and Donohue Inc. acquired FFI in 1994 as equal co-owners. In 1999, Donohue Inc. completed an $80 million takeover of Finlay Forest Industries. ^[3] This was followed in 2000, by a $7.1 billion takeover of all Donohue's operations, including their Mackenzie holdings, by Abitibi-Consolidated. ^[4] As part of this acquisition, FFI was dissolved as a company with operations now under the Abitibi-Consolidated brand.^{[ citation needed ]}

Abitibi-Consolidated operated the two sawmills, including their associated planer mills, the paper mill, and a steam/power plant until 2008 when the 2008 Recession shutdown all manufacturing operations.^{[ citation needed ]}

Conifex Timber purchased all assets in 2010 and presently operates one sawmill. ^[5]

References

1. Capital and Labour in the British Columbia Forest Industry, 1934-74
2. McMurray, Bob (5 Dec 1968). "Deep-sea terminal proposed". The Province. p. 1. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
3. Acquisition: Donohue offers $80M for Finaly Forest Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved January 14, 2014
4. Building Community in an Instant Town Archived 2004-12-29 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved January 18, 2014
5. Conifex Creates Over 100 New Jobs By Acquiring A Dormant Sawmill In Mackenzie. Retrieved January 18, 2014