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NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release: March
2, 2004
Tolko Meets the Community of Slave
Lake
Slave Lake, AB – Employees and local community
leaders had the opportunity to meet with the newest employer in
town, Tolko Industries Ltd. this week as company representatives
came from Vernon, BC to introduce themselves. The sale of the former
Weyerhaeuser mill to Tolko completed on February 27th and Tolko
didn’t want to waste any time making people feel at ease with
the change in ownership. Tolko’s President and CEO, Al Thorlakson
spoke directly to the employees, their families and to many community
leaders during his 2-day stay in Slave Lake. “We wanted to
come and meet with employees at our newest Division and give them
an opportunity to ask any questions they might have.”
Crew talks were held Monday and Tuesday where employees
had the chance to meet Thorlakson and other company officials. Employees
and their families were invited to a casual social evening on Monday
while local community and business leaders attended a similar social
on Tuesday evening.
Rick Huff, Tolko’s General Manager OSB &
Kraft Papers, says that over the next three to six months, the Company
will be looking at a number of options to maximize the value of
the Slave Lake facility, and fully utilize available timber supplies.
These modernization options will then be presented to Tolko’s
Board of Directors. The priority right now is business as usual
until they have a thorough understanding of the Slave Lake Mill
and its potential.
Tolko, a Vernon, BC based company, manufactures and
markets specialty forest products to world markets. The Company
has lumber operations in Lavington, Merrit and Quesnel, British
Columbia, High Level, Alberta and The Pas, Manitoba. The Company
also owns a plywood plant in Heffley Creek, BC and OSB operations
in High Prairie and Slave Lake, Alberta and Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan.
Additionally the company owns a kraft paper mill in The Pas, Manitoba.
Corporate service centre and sales offices also exist in Vernon,
BC, Edmonton, Alberta and Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Company employs
more than 2,400 employees across the western provinces of Canada
and saw sales of $899 million in 2003.
For more information:
Sheila Catlin
Manager, Communications & Public Relations
Phone: 250-545-4411
Dave Knight
Regional Manager, Woodlands
Phone: 306.240.8450
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