Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 9

119 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 9 professionally-managed multi-million-dollar company with a service footprint spread across North America. Weston Forest offers a broad range of services spanning industrial, commercial, and retail lumber sales. Its industrial supply services cater primarily to manufacturers and OEM providers in Canada and the United States. On the commercial supply front, the company is one of the largest distributors of forest products to the construction, pallet, and box manufacturing industries in Canada. More recently, it has started making forays into retail sales, especially as retail lumber demand peaks. The company also provides truss lumber distribution, U.S. commodity lumber trading, wholesale lumber, and mill sales. Across all services, Weston Forest Products is keen on providing top-quality products at a competitive rate to create and maintain long- term relationships, while ensuring high levels of environmental stewardship. “We are FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified and can provide chain of custody certification to our clients,” says Steve Rhone, President at Weston Forest. “We also make sure that all materials that come through our facility get repurposed instead of ending up in a landfill.” Weston Forest currently has around 250 full-time equivalent employees working out of several facilities in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Nova Scotia, New York, and Michigan. Having won an award for Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, Rhone explains why employees love working with Weston Forest. “The average employee tenure in our company is 11 years,” he says. “Our longest-serving employee has been here for 40 years, just six years more than I have been here. Although we have been a fast-growing company for a long time, averaging about 15 percent growth per year, most of the people who join tend to stick around, including those joining through an acquisition.” WESTON FOREST PRODUCTS