Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 7

65 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 7 SCAN HERE TO LEARN MORE. PARTNERS. THE BEST PART OF ALL. TM GROUPE SAVOI E INC . Fuels, a family-owned business that has supplied us with diesel, hydraulic oil and other lubricants for many years.” Some of Groupe Savoie’s other suppliers include Northern Pulp, Scotsburn Lumber, Motion Industries, and Great Northern Timber. Securing hardwoods from private landowners is an ongoing challenge for Groupe Savoie, which led the company to acquire a Crown Land license in Nova Scotia. “This license is our first, and it represents the direction we want to take going into the future,” Watters says. “Although our current allotment is relatively small compared to our milling capacity, it does give us a foothold in the lumber supply market.” In the future, he hopes the mill can secure larger Crown allocations, which will provide a basis for further investments in the mill. These investments will help the mill process the logs further, which will drive down the cost of transportation to the Saint-Quentin facility. On his part, Hamper hopes to see better hardwood utilization in the province, and he’s banking on the company remaining consistent with putting this message across to everyone in Nova Scotia.