Tolko

{{for|the Polish village|Tolko, Poland}} {{Infobox company | name = Tolko Industries Ltd. | logo = Tolko logo.png | type = [[Private company|Private]] | genre = | foundation = 1956 | founder = | location_city = [[Vernon, British Columbia|Vernon]], [[British Columbia]] | location_country = [[Canada]] | location = | origins = | key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Pino Pucci, ([[CEO]])|Brad Thorlakson, ([[Executive Chairman]])}} | area_served = | industry = [[Forestry]] | products = | services = | revenue = {{profit}}$2.3 billion [[Canadian dollar|CAD]] (2005) | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = 3,100 (2012) | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | owner = | company_slogan = | homepage = [http://www.tolko.com www.tolko.com] | dissolved = | footnotes = }} '''Tolko Industries Ltd.''' is a privately owned Canadian [[forest product]]s company based in [[Vernon, British Columbia]]. It manufactures and markets specialty forest products to world markets. Tolko's products include [[lumber]], [[plywood]], [[Wood veneer|veneer]] and [[oriented strand board]]. The Company's Woodlands operations in British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan have received third-party certification of their [[sustainable forest management]] systems {{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}.

Tolko employs approximately 3000 people across B.C., Alberta, and Saskatchewan.

In February 2018, the company announced it had formed a joint partnership with family-owned Hunt Forest Products to create LaSalle Lumber Company{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}. The two companies will work together to build a $115 million, state-of-the-art lumber mill in Urania, Louisiana. This is Tolko's first venture into the U.S.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} Tolko's access to the Browns Creek watershed has been subject to a blockade by the [[Okanagan Indian Band]] since February 22, 2010.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-band-fights-logging-on-site-of-land-claim-1.899440 B.C. band fights logging on site of land claim]</ref> The blockade is supported by the [[Union of BC Indian Chiefs]].<ref>[http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/News_Releases/UBCICNews02211001.htm Union of BC Indian Chiefs Supports Okanagan Indian Band in Browns Creek Faceoff] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716021629/http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/News_Releases/UBCICNews02211001.htm |date=2011-07-16 }}</ref>

Tolko Industries Ltd. is a member of the [[Forest Products Association of Canada]].

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==External links== *[http://www.tolko.com Tolko] - Official website

[[Category:Companies based in Vernon, British Columbia]] [[Category:Forest products companies of Canada]]