Once again, the proposed activities focus on growing market share in Canada and the United States, while solidifying our hard earned presence in the Asian markets.

 

Recognizing the on-going need to continue our push into emerging markets, BC Wood has a gain scheduled a mission and participation in a trade show in Mexico in August, 201 9. The Global Buyers Mission, celebrating our 1 6th year, will be bigger and better than ever, with an anticipated 3 00+ buyers and specifiers coming to Whistler September  11th to 13th.

 

I would like to recognize and thank the staff of BC Wood for the extra effort they put towards writing these funding proposals, as well as the Industry representatives that provided their own input at the meetings and through our member survey. The result is that BC Wood has another strong program of approved trade events and activities for the coming fiscal year.

 

For those of you interested in the updated list of proposed trade show activities, please  click here.

 

If you have any comments or questions regarding these planned activities , they can be directed to me at  [email protected]  or by calling our office at 604-882-7100.

Join BC Wood for a half-day workshop that will help you: find government grants and funding to grow your business; learn about the pertinent trade agreements and how they could affect your access to new markets; find out how to financially secure your orders and leverage your money - risk free; how you can harness the federal government services to not only find new market opportunities, but help you cover your marketing costs; and more!

When:	June 18th, 2019
Time:	Registration starts at 8:30am, Presentations 9:00 - 2:00pm
Where:	Surrey City Hall, 13450 104 Ave, Surrey, BC V3T 1V8 *Free parking for the first two hours
Cost:	$99 for 1 company attendee $149 for 2 attendees (max attendees 2 per company)

If this mass timber tower is built as originally envisioned, the tallest of its kind in the world, it could set an extraordinary precedent and benchmark for not only green building construction but also the future of development along Vancouver's Central Broadway corridor.

In an interview with Daily Hive on Wednesday, Bruce Langereis, the president of Delta Land Development, unravelled his company's proposal to transform a 1.3-acre lot at 1745 West 8th Avenue - the northwest corner of the intersection of West 8th Avenue and Pine Street, just one block away from Burrard Street and West Broadway.

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Upcoming on the market development front, we have the PCBC Builders show in San Francisco and AIA National in Las Vegas, both taking place in the next three weeks. BC Wood and value-added companies will be participating in our coordinated wood products pavilion at both these events. If you find yourself at either event, please stop by the pavilion to say hello.

For manufacturers in the re-manufactured, pre-built housing and finished products sector, BC Wood will once again participate in the annual Circle of Trade event as part of Assembly of First Nations (AFN) - Circle of Trade Conference. After a successful event in Vancouver, the 2019 event moves right across the country to the Maritimes, landing in Fredericton, New Brunswick at the end of July. Circle of Trade provides a good opportunity to meet directly with community leaders and decision makers from Indigenous and First Nations Communities from across the country. From past experience at these events, opportunities develop on both the procurement of fibre side, and on the supply of much needed pre-built housing. If this is of interest, I would be happy to provide further details.

In other news, I had the pleasure of touring the new C&C Wood Products plant in Cranbrook this week and wow, was it impressive. Not so much in the world class automation, equipment and plant layout that is all there and skillfully thought out, but rather impressive for what it produces. The Cranbrook plant is essentially taking waste wood, end-cuts and fibre that would normally be destined for the chipper, and producing amazing exterior trim and siding products for the residential and light commercial construction sector. I won't go into all the details here, but keep an eye out for these products as they enter the market in the next while. Kudos to Ted Dergousoff, Mike McInnes and the team at C&C for putting in all the hard work ,and having the fortitude to see their vision become a reality.

As always feel free to reach out to me at [email protected] for more information on the US market development program and the opportunities that are available.