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Western Forest Products Announces Departure of CFO
Western Forest Products Announces Departure of CFO.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nTSX: WEF\n\n\nDUNCAN, BC, July 13 /CNW/ - Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX: WEF)\n("Western") today announced that Paul Ireland, Chief Financial Officer, will\nbe leaving the company to pursue other opportunities on or about September 30,\n2007. Reynold Hert, President and Chief Executive Officer commented "I would\nlike to thank Paul for his efforts while at Western and wish him success in\nthe future."\n\n\nMr. Ireland joined the company in January 2005 and had overall\nresponsibility for the financial organization. The company is conducting a\nsearch for a CFO to succeed Mr. Ireland.\n\n\nWestern Forest Products\n\n\nWestern is an integrated Canadian forest products company and the largest\ncoastal British Columbia woodland operator and lumber producer with an annual\navailable harvest of approximately 7.5 million cubic metres of timber of which\n7.3 million cubic metres is from Crown lands and 0.2 million cubic metres from\nprivate timberlands and lumber capacity in excess of 1.5 billion board feet\nfrom eight sawmills and four remanufacturing plants. Principal activities\nconducted by the Company and its subsidiaries include timber harvesting,\nreforestation, sawmilling logs into lumber and wood chips, and value-added\nremanufacturing. Substantially all of Western's operations, employees and\ncorporate facilities are located in the coastal region of British Columbia\nwhile its products are sold in over 20 countries worldwide.\n\n\n","length":1531,"tagName":"div"}]