tolko industries ltd. type private industry forestry founded 1956 headquarters vernon british columbia canada key people brad thorlakson president & ceo revenue 2.3 billion cad 2005 number of employees 3 100 2012 website www.tolko.com tolko industries ltd. is a privately owned canadian forest products company based in vernon british columbia . it manufactures and markets specialty forest products to world markets . tolko s products include lumber plywood veneer oriented strand board and kraft papers . the company s woodlands operations in british columbia alberta saskatchewan and manitoba have received third party certification of their sustainable forest management systems . in 2004 tolko acquired weyerhauser s slave lake osb manufacturing facility and engaged in a hostile takeover of riverside forest products which in turn had just acquired lignum forest products . tolko is distinguished by its decentralized management structure in which each mill runs as though it were a standalone unit . tolko s access to the browns creek watershed has been subject to a blockade by the okanagan indian band since february 22 2010 . 1 the blockade is supported by the union of bc indian chiefs . 2 tolko industries ltd. is a member of the forest products association of canada . references edit b.c. band fights logging on site of land claim union of bc indian chiefs supports okanagan indian band in browns creek faceoff external links edit tolko official website this article about a canadian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this british columbia related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tolko & oldid 705246816 categories companies based in vernon british columbiaforest products companies of canadacanadian company stubsbritish columbia stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 february 2016 at 10 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view