fad A10- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 27, 2003 TERRACE: STANDARD. By JEFF NAGEL A HARDWOOD timber venture here hopes to quickly install equipment and build a dry kiln if it gets a low-interest government loan, Coastal Milling and Wood Products is seeking a more than $500,000 loan through the federal softwood industry adjustment program, says company partner Karin Ljungh. The firm already uses its mobile sawmill to cut hardwoods like birch, alder and cotton- wood as well as cedar and other softwoads, Rather than ship green hardwood to Van- couver for drying and export there, Ljungh said Coastal Milling wants to dry and resaw the wood here into products like mouldings, siding Business REVIEw Millers eye hardwood products and flooring. New equipment would be added and a kiln would be built at Coastal Milling’s Hwy 16 plant at the turnoff to the Nisga’a Highway. Ljungh said construction could take place as early as this fall. She said the expanded operation would pro- duce about 75,000 board feet of product per month and could employ 15 people initially. “This would benefit the entire northwest : £ f 2 i KARIN LJUNGH ho Ids birch kindling at Coastal Milling and Wood Products. area,” Ljungh said. ‘approval, Ljungh said. The federal loan has .made_it:ts tHe seeond: . stage in the approval process now awaits final A kiln is key, she said, because customers want kiln-dried hardwoods, rather than green hardwood. Coastal Milling doesn’t have a direct tim- ber supply, instead purchasing logs from local contractors, private landowners and increas- ingly, the Nisga’a Lisims Government. “We're expecting to have an ongoing sup- ply from the Nisga’a Lisims Government.” Ljungh said the company is also very inter- ested in a planned trip organized by the Ter- race Economic Development Authority to ex- plore trade in China. “We're getting a lot of requests from China and different areas,” she said. Coastal Milling would also be aided enorm- ously if efforts to develop a container port in Prince Rupert succeed. The firm would then ship its hardwoods west by rail and:then-onto container ships in Prince Rupert, cutting transport costs tremend- ously. - es ~~ “Eventually our whole objective is to make that container port in Rupert happen,” Ljungh added, ewe Trip to China aims to drum up business TERRACE will have a represen- lative at a major business trade show in China next month as part of an intensified effort to find new opportunities. Campbell Stewart will be the Terrace Economic Development Authority’s rep on the 10-day trip to the Shanghai area starting Sept. 19, “The hope is that we marry up some energy from here and some interest and some capabilities with some opportunities in China,” he said. The thinking is some Terrace- area producers could find new and lucrative markets in Asia. the housing Stewart noted boom going on in China could yield demand for local wood pro- ducts. Other possibilities include fish and seafood products being ex- plored by aboriginal groups and local boat manufacturers such as Neid Enterprises. looks for new “We have some expertise ways to diversi- - around water craft construction fy the — local from aluminum,” Stewart added... economy. “We might have some interest in "We've. ‘gatt extending production.” A large number of B.C. firms will be on the trip, including wood stove and denim pine product manufacturers near Prince George. Stewart hopes to connect with local people interested in’ trade with China in advance of the trip. Ultimately, the goal is to help create new jobs in thisregion. [EE The trip comes as TEDA increasing] y§ to get out. and hustle,” Stewart said. “It’s not going to come to us on a silver platter or drop from the sky.” Campbell Stewart liaision David Hull said seeing Chinese business at work may produce ideas that could be put to work back home. “We're going over there to see what we can emulate, copy or poach,” he said. “We're not too proud to. explore any economic opportunity,” New trade opportunities with China could also fluorish once a container port is in place in Prince Rupert — a project high on the priority list for northern politi-. cians. Hull said a trip to Calgary is also planned to try to promote ex- ploration of onshore oil and gas TEDA director and city council. resources here. and CORRES || STOPPERS \‘Tarrace Crime Stoppers are asking for help to identify’: _arrest‘and conviction of the offenders: a proud sponsor of a arrest the "Pop Machine Bandit”. 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