Specialty ‘Custom Cutters’ Added to BC Timber Sales Program
The expansion opens BC Timber Sales logs to about 40 custom cutter firms that employ roughly 250 people, officials said.
- On June 16, 2026, Forests Minister Ravi Parmar announced in Vancouver that B.C. is expanding its timber program to include specialty "custom cutters" who supply unique wood products to international buyers.
- The government established the program in 2023 by setting aside 10 per cent of Timber Sales tenure for value-added manufacturers, increasing the allotment to 20 per cent in 2025.
- There are about 40 custom cutter companies in B.C., directly employing roughly 250 people. Unlike other value-added manufacturers, these businesses do not own mills.
- "The reason we don't own a sawmill is when you're custom cutting, you're customer-specific," said Tom Sundher, president of the Surrey-based Sundher Group.
- Parmar is expanding value-added manufacturing to counter U.S. duties that have hit the dimensional lumber sector, aiming to move B.C. beyond supplying commodity lumber for Americans.
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Specialty ‘custom cutters’ added to BC Timber Sales program - Creston Valley Advance
B.C.’s Forests ministry is expanding a program that allows value-added manufacturers to access BC Timber Sales logs to include specialty “custom cutters” who supply unique wood products to buyers around the world. These manufacturers supply wood for everything from specialty windows and doors to Japanese temples. But unlike other value-added manufacturers that use BC Timber Sales logs, these businesses don’t have their own mills. There are about…
Specialty ‘custom cutters’ added to BC Timber Sales program - Fort St. James Caledonia Courier
B.C.’s Forests ministry is expanding a program that allows value-added manufacturers to access BC Timber Sales logs to include specialty “custom cutters” who supply unique wood products to buyers around the world. These manufacturers supply wood for everything from specialty windows and doors to Japanese temples. But unlike other value-added manufacturers that use BC Timber Sales logs, these businesses don’t have their own mills. There are about…
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B.C.’s Forests ministry is expanding a program that allows value-added manufacturers to access BC Timber Sales logs to include specialty “custom cutters” who supply unique wood products to buyers around the world. These manufacturers supply wood for everything from specialty windows and doors to Japanese temples. But unlike other value-added manufacturers that use BC Timber Sales logs, these businesses don’t have their own mills. There are about…
Specialty ‘custom cutters’ added to BC Timber Sales program - Vanderhoof Omineca Express
B.C.’s Forests ministry is expanding a program that allows value-added manufacturers to access BC Timber Sales logs to include specialty “custom cutters” who supply unique wood products to buyers around the world. These manufacturers supply wood for everything from specialty windows and doors to Japanese temples. But unlike other value-added manufacturers that use BC Timber Sales logs, these businesses don’t have their own mills. There are about…
Specialty ‘custom cutters’ added to BC Timber Sales program - Northern Sentinel
B.C.’s Forests ministry is expanding a program that allows value-added manufacturers to access BC Timber Sales logs to include specialty “custom cutters” who supply unique wood products to buyers around the world. These manufacturers supply wood for everything from specialty windows and doors to Japanese temples. But unlike other value-added manufacturers that use BC Timber Sales logs, these businesses don’t have their own mills. There are about…
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Specialty ‘custom cutters’ added to BC Timber Sales program
B.C.’s Forests ministry is expanding a program that allows value-added manufacturers to access BC Timber Sales logs to include specialty “custom cutters” who supply unique wood products to buyers around the world. These manufacturers supply wood for everything from specialty windows and doors to Japanese temples. But unlike other value-added manufacturers that use BC Timber Sales logs, these businesses don’t have their own mills. There are about…
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