The group's principal activity is to produce integrated forest products. The group operates in five segments: pulp, forest products, paper, paperboard and chemical and other. The pulp group has 10 manufacturing units with products divided into 2 major sectors: paper pulps which include softwood kraft pulp, hardwood kraft pulp and high yield pulp and specialty pulps which include specialty cellulose pulp, fluff pulp and dissolving pulp. The forest product segment consists primarily of forest and sawmill operations which produce lumber, building materials and wood chips, the paper segment primarily produces and sells newsprint and coated papers. The paperboard segment manufactures coated bleached board. The chemical and other segment consist primarily of the transformation and sale of resins pulp by-products. Pulp accounted for 37% of fiscal 2002 revenues; forest products, 28%; paper, 26%; paperboard, 6% and chemical and other products, 3%.
