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Oct 15, 2007 - N Scale

New Lumber Loads from Columbus Trainmaster

News from Columbus Trainmaster:
The September release of Kruger (72045H) is ready to ship in N scale. Here is information from the KRUGER website for those interested... on who Kruger is.
"Founded in 1904, Kruger Inc. is a major producer of publication papers, tissue, lumber and other wood products, corrugated cartons from recycled fibers, and green and renewable energy. The Company is also a leader in paper and paperboard recycling in North America. It recently continued its expansion in the retail sector with the acquisition of the Maison des Futailles, a leading wines and spirits merchant in Québec. Kruger operates facilities in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, in the United States and the United Kingdom and has 10,000 employees."

Scheduled for release at the end of October 2007 is CHESLATTA (72027H) in HO scale.

International Forest Products Limited (Interfor), with sales of more than $800 million is one of the Pacific Northwest's largest producers of quality wood products for sale to markets around the world. The company has operations in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, including three operating sawmills in the Coastal region of B.C., one in the B.C. Interior, one sawmill in Washington and two in Oregon. Interfor also operates a number of value-added remanufacturing and specialty products facilities in B.C. and Washington. These operations have a combined manufacturing capacity of 1.4 billion board feet and employ 2,000 people.

The company has numerous woodlands operations in B.C. and is an industry leader in employing innovative forestry practices and certifying its forest operations. Interfor is committed to conducting all of its operations in a socially responsible manner to meet the needs of its customers, shareholders and employees.

  • NORTHERN WOOD (72048) is planned for November 2007,
  • and another run of GEORGIA PACIFIC (72004) in N scale for December.

Georgia-Pacific LLC. is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, building products and related chemicals. It has over 55,000 employees at 300 facilities in the United States, Canada and many other countries.

Georgia-Pacific was founded by Owen Robertson Cheatham in 1927 in Augusta, Georgia as the Georgia Hardwood Lumber Co. Over the years it expanded, adding sawmills and plywood lumber mills. In 1956 the company changed its name to Georgia-Pacific Corp. In 1957 the company entered the pulp and paper business by building a kraft pulp and linerboard mill at Toledo, Oregon. The company continued to make acquisitions, including Great Northern Nekoosa Corp. in 1990 and the Fort James Corp. in 2000.

In August 2001, Georgia-Pacific completed the sale of four uncoated paper mills and their associated businesses and assets to Canadian papermaker Domtar for US$1.65 billion.

The Georgia-Pacific Tower in Atlanta houses the company's headquarters. It was announced on November 13, 2005 that it would be acquired by Koch Industries.[1][2]

On December 23, 2005, Koch Industries finalized the $21 billion acquisition of Georgia-Pacific. Georgia-Pacific was removed from the NYSE (it had traded under the symbol GP) and shareholders surrendered their shares for about $48/share.

  • Starting in January 2008, you can expect to see BLANCHETTE & BLANCHETTE (72050), Bois Blanchet International Inc.
  • GRANT (72051)

    Grant Forest Products Inc. is a leader in the production of oriented strand board (OSB) and engineered wood products. Since commencing operations in 1981, Grant has successfully expanded its operations within Canada and the United States. Grant Forest Products are extremely proud of their industry-recognized achievements in technology, production, quality, safety and leadership at all of our facilities.

    While Grant Forest Products currently operate the largest OSB manufacturing facility in the world in Canada, they plan to build an even larger facility in South Carolina. The new facility, under Grant Allendale Forest Products Inc., did commence operations in the summer of 2006. It will need a great team to ensure the success of this significant investment. Grant Forest Products goal is to build that team and help them create a work environment that is safe, challenging, rewarding and enjoyable.

  • and ROSEBERG (72055) in that order.

    Roseburg Forest Products is one of the largest privately wood products company in the United States. Based in Roseburg, Oregon, Kenneth Ford founded the company in 1937. It was originally named Roseburg Lumber and operated mills throughout Central Oregon. In the early 1980s it was renamed Roseburg Forest Products. It continues to be held by the Ford Family.

For those of you that have preordered the Kruger loads, they were sent out last week, you should have them in a day or two if not already.

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