The company looks at Skeena Industrial Park to set up a sawmill manufacturing unit. The Langley-based forestry company San Group says it wants to expand its northwest presence, just weeks after announcing it is spending $100 million in Port Alberni. San Group owners...
Jennifer Weightman of Port Alberni started working at the Coulson Sawmill, now owned by San Group, on the green chain when she was a teenager. Now she is the sole operator of the new hewsaw. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News) Jennifer Weightman runs San Group’s new...
Workers organize loads of logs to be lifted onto the bulk carrier Mount Rainier at Port Alberni’s deep sea port on May 28, 2021. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News) San Group, Port Alberni Port Authority announce multi-million-dollar shipping deal This story is part of...
San Group plans to invest $100 million into its Port Alberni forestry operations over the next year, company owner Kamal Sanghera announced Wednesday. The largest portion of the investment is between $50 million and $60 million as part of an agreement to ship lumber...
The Port Alberni Port Authority (PAPA) and San Group Incorporated (San Group) have reached an agreement for the operation of PAPA’s Port Alberni Shipping Terminals’ Berth 3 dock and adjacent land facilities. Under the agreement San Group, which is British Columbia’s...
One of San Group's sawmills in Port Alberni. SAN GROUP This week, Langley-based forest company San Group was rewarded when the province unveiled plans to make the value-added sector a priority by improving access to timber. On Thursday, the company reciprocated by...
Port Alberni mayor Sharie Minions listens as San Group owner Kamal Sanghera explains the chop line inside one of the buildings at San’s remanufacturing plant on Stamp Avenue in Port Alberni. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News) Federal travel restrictions hold up final...
