Charlie Andersen had owned Canadian Overseas, Canadian Pulp Chip and Northview Enterprises for almost 30 years before purchasing Andersen Pacific Forest Products.

He purchased the partially completed mill in 1993 from a bankruptcy court. In 1994, Mitsui & Co. Ltd. and Mitsui & Co. (Canada) Ltd. acquired a minority position in APFP—which Mr. Andersen re-purchased in 1999. One of his life long dreams had been to own a manufacturing facility and with all of his knowledge and experience in the log and lumber industry, APFP was the perfect fit.

Carl grew up in the interior of BC where his dad was a logger and sawmill owner. As a kid, he would shovel sawdust from under the head rig and pile lumber on the green chain after school and on weekends. Carl knew the different species and lumber grading characteristics by the time he was 15.

After graduation, Carl worked for a sawmill in Mission for 12 years before joining Andersen Pacific Forest Products from the day we began operations in 1993. He started off operating the forklift, barker, pulling on the green chain and whatever other position he could assist with. Carl was promoted to Mill Manager in 2003 and enjoys working at APFP and servicing our various customers.

Sam has been in the lumber industry since 1994; he worked for a Japanese trading company before joining Andersen Pacific in 2003. Sam works with all species but specializes in Cypress, Sitka Spruce, White Spruce, Douglas Fir and Western Red Cedar. He deals with quality control and supervises the cut specifications, ensuring all custom cuts retain their maximum value. Sam deals with the marketing and sale of lumber in both the local and export market. He is fluent in both English and Japanese.

Rod started his sawmilling career in 1979, working for Interfor until joining Andersen Pacific in 1993. Rod started as a sawyer with us and has since been promoted to sawmill supervisor.

Rod has proficient knowledge of sawmill maintenance & mechanics, and is very “hands on” with respect to this aspect of the mill.

Dave manages our custom cutting, finding appropriate logs and turning them into specified lumber products. Custom cutting allows us to time the cuts to match market demand and the customer's inventory. This allows our customer to provide a "just-in-time" lumber delivery service.

Dave has been in the lumber industry since 1989. Before joining COLL in 2001, Dave worked for MacMillan Bloedel and then Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd. He has extensive experience in Japan lumber export sales, production supervision, remaning and custom cutting. He specializes in custom cutting Cypress, Sitka Spruce, White Spruce, Hemlock, Douglas Fir and Western Red Cedar.

Dave is fluent in both English and Cantonese.