MacMillan Bloedel
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Industry | Forestry Pulp and paper |
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Founded | 30 October 1951 |
Defunct | 1 November 1999 |
Fate | Acquired by Weyerhaeuser |
Headquarters | MacMillan Bloedel Building, |
MacMillan Bloedel Limited was a Canadian
Predecessor companies
Powell River Company
In 1908 two American entrepreneurs, Dr. Dwight Brooks and Michael Scanlon, created a newsprint mill at Powell River, northwest of Vancouver. The Powell River Company turned out the first roll of newsprint manufactured in British Columbia in 1912. It soon became one of the world's largest newsprint plants and today is credited with introducing the first self-dumping log barge to British Columbia.
Bloedel, Stewart and Welch
In 1911
H. R. MacMillan Export Company
The last of the three pre-merger companies was the H.R. MacMillan Export Company, which was created in 1919 by Harvey, or
During World War II, MacMillan acquired numerous small mills and timber tenures on the south coast of British Columbia.
History of MacMillan Bloedel
MacMillan and Bloedel Limited, 1951–1959
In 1951 Bloedel, Stewart and Welch merged with H.R. MacMillan to form MacMillan Bloedel Limited.[1] The two companies had timber holdings side-by-side and there was a natural synergy from this merger. Bloedel, Stewart and Welch held many timber resources and MacMillan was the first truly integrated forestry company in British Columbia. The merger in 1951 created a company that would be able to compete on the global scene.
MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell River Limited, 1959–1966
On 31 December 1959, MacMillan and Bloedel completed its merger with the Powell River Company. The merger was carried out via a stock swap, whereby MacMillan and Bloedel shares were exchanged for shares in Powell River. On 4 January 1960, the name of the Powell River Company Limited was changed to MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell River Limited.
Beginning in the 1960s, MacMillan Bloedel expanded across North America as well as to Europe and the United Kingdom. At its peak, acquisitions and construction activities gave MacMillan Bloedel worldwide assets of more than C$4 billion.
MacMillan Bloedel Limited, 1966–1999
At the company's annual meeting in 1966, shareholders voted to shorten its name to MacMillan Bloedel Limited. Along with the name change, in 1967 the company commissioned a new logo designed by Lester Beall (1903–1969).
The
In 1993, the MacMillan Bloedel company composed an agenda of expanding its logging into new areas and refused to abandon its plans to
Acquisition by Weyerhaeuser
In June 1999,
Leadership
Chairman of the Board | President |
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H. R. MacMillan, 1951–1955 |
Maj-Gen Bertram Hoffmeister, 1951–1955 |
References
- Forests.org: MacMillan Bloedel Announces They May Stop Clearcutting Oldgrowth Forests
- A Matter of Method: Merve Wilkinson's Wildwood Tree Farm
- Supreme Court of Canada: MacMillan Bloedel vs. Simpson
- MacMillan Bloedel Violates Rainforest Protection Agreement
- Taylor, G.W., Timber: History of the Forest Industry in B.C., Vancouver, B.C.: J.J. Douglas, 1975.
- ^ ISSN 1920-9894.
- ^ "MacMillan Bloedel Building". Canada's Historic Places. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
External links
- Weyerhaeuser
- MacMillan Bloedel Limited fonds – A record of the company's history from the UBC Library Digital Collections
- 1958 film footage of the VanPly division