| SINO-FOREST is a Canadian corporation with executive offices in Hong Kong, Canada and integrated forestry products operations in southern and northeast of China. As the leading, foreign-owned, commercial forestry operator in China, Sino-Forest operates in ten key provinces in China, with over 1000 full-time employees, managing approximately 352,000 hectares of plantation trees as at December 31, 2006. The company continuously increases its plantation portfolio, plantation yield and range of forest products and services, while preserving local ecological environments and supporting local employment and community development.
In order to serve China's various wood-based industries, Sino-Forest provides value added forestry products and services along the wood product supply chain. Its primary strategic goal for the next three to five years is to increase its wood fibre output from 8 million cubic meters to 15-20 million cubic meters.
Sino-Forest was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1994. (TSX:TRE) |