Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 7

73 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 7 GROUPE SAVOI E INC . and furniture components, hardwood lumber, tonewood components, ecological fuels, and wood chips.” Although Groupe Savoie started as a sawmill operation, today it boasts a comprehensive service offering that employs cutting-edge technologies to provide end-to-end services to customers. The Westville mill is just one of the facilities that Groupe Savoie runs. “Our other facilities include two sawmills, one pallet plant, one component plant, one pellet plant, and dry kilns in St-Quentin; one component plant and a dry kiln in Kedgwick; and one pallet production and recycling plant in Moncton,” says Watters. There is also a dry kiln located in Westville, drying softwood lumber for Scotsburn Lumber, another local mill located outside of Westville. The firm employs around 600 people across the various facilities, with about 45 working at the Westville unit. However, like most lumber