26-— Wednesday, November 6, 1985 - North Shore News

Business.

Plywood industry looking up |

THE British Columbia -

plywood industry is showing

signs of renewed vitality, the -

Council of Forest Industries
of British Columbia has
announced. ©

COFI ‘plywood : sector
manager. Art Kempthorne
released figures showing that
B.C. plywood production by
volume was up 7.7 per cent
inthe -first six months of
iso over the same period i in
19;

While. the health of the
industry “is still .far from-.
robust says Kempthorne, we ©

are -nevertheless encouraged.
by this upturn in the market,

and.expect it to continue in.”
‘to:1986. ‘Overall, ‘production .
has been on a steady increase 7

since the recession of 1982. -
fe

per cent over the first half of *
1984." This period represents *:

- Saturday, :Novmber..9,

“Room: vA1/42,° ‘Woodward
. Building, : "2198: Health.

“2S -Seiences : Mall, UBC. ‘The

workshop will discusss cur-

co. rent: and. future: options and :

Pitfalls.

e°ll discuss’ “manufactur.
ing hardware and software -

mponents, . accessories,

., distribution and services.
ws Cost is $9S.° Phone- the’
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grams,
Continuing’ ‘Education,
222-5276,

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Program

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AUDIO PRODUCTION is
‘only one of many skills ac-
quired by students (in

_. Capilano College’s two-year
’ Media Resources Program.

Video, fi immaking, slide
and_ tape, ©: photography,
microcomputer graphics, in-
structional design and other
aspects of the program will
be discussed at an informa-
tion meeting. for prospective
applicants on Thursday,
November 7 at. 7 p.m. in

room B145, South Campus, ;
~ Capilano College. ce
‘All those interested in ap- -

plying to begin ‘the Media
Resources Program -in
September,. 1986,. are urged
to attend. ces

For more information,
call 986-1911, local 249.

Nor has the B.C. market
been dormant. The con-
striction of Expo 86 has us-
ed about 4 million board feet
of plywood to date —
enough to fill 40 rail cars.

_ority . over
‘plywood’s major com-
petitor: ‘The benefits of us-.

least. part of plywood’s in-
creased sales to its superi-
waferboards,

ing plywood continue to be

staying with plywood and
others are returning to it
because of .its inherent
qualities as a superior
building material —
strength, durability and

“moisture resistance.” ”

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; Regular $26.98 to $3198.
(deep and accent colours slightly higher)

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(Opposite Super-Valu)

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(Just West of Lonsdale)

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