International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) is one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest producers of quality wood products. The company’s sawmilling operations have a combined manufacturing capacity of 1.6 billion board feet of lumber with sales to North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe. Interfor is based in Vancouver, BC, and provides employment to approximately 3000 people. The company has manufacturing operations in British Columbia (BC), Washington and Oregon. In BC, this includes two sawmills on the Coast (Acorn and Hammond); two sawmills in the Kootenay region (Grand Forks and Castlegar); and a sawmill in the Southern Interior region near Kamloops (Adams Lake). In the U.S., the company operates two sawmills and a remanufacturing plant in Washington State (Port Angeles, Beaver and Cedarprime); and two sawmills in Oregon (Molalla and Gilchrist). Interfor holds timber harvesting rights in BC and is a leader in employing new sustainable forestry practices. The company has also received international awards including one for its involvement in an innovative approach to forestry called Ecosystem Based Management in Coastal BC. As one of North America’s leading lumber and building product manufacturers, Interfor is committed to conducting all of its operations in a socially responsible manner to meet the needs of its customers, shareholders and employees.
Nordson Corporation manufactures equipment used for precision dispensing, testing and inspection, and surface preparation and curing. Its Adhesive Dispensing Systems segment manufactures equipment for applying adhesives, lotions, liquids, and fibers to disposable products; automated adhesive dispensing systems for the food and beverage, and packaged goods industries; hot melt and cold glue adhesive dispensing systems for the paper and paperboard converting industries; adhesive and sealant dispensing systems for bonding or sealing plastic, metal, and wood products; and laminating and coating systems to manufacture continuous-roll goods in the nonwovens, textile, paper, and flexible-packaging industries. The company's Advanced Technology Systems segment comprises automated gas plasma treatment systems used to clean and condition surfaces for the semiconductor, medical, and printed circuit board industries; controlled manual and automated systems for applying materials in customer processes requiring precision and material conservation; ultraviolet equipment used in curing and drying operations for specialty inks, coatings, semiconductor materials, and paints; and testing and automated optical and x-ray inspection systems used in the semiconductor and printed circuit board industries.