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Pan Pac 50 Years & Growing

50 Years & Growing – Pan Pac Vol II 1993-2023 has been a few years in the making as the book was put on hold during the cyclone but the company has now published the second instalment in Pan Pac’s history. Source: Timberbiz

50 Years & Growing charts the company’s growth since 1993, along with the personalities, challenges and innovative solutions along the way.

Pan Pac’s Pulp business has been supplying mechanical pulp (TMP) to the Oji Group for nearly 50 years, almost since Pan Pac was founded.

In the forestry sector, Pan Pac is the largest forestry grower in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand owning around 35,000ha of forest, managing around 1.5 million tonnes of wood and exporting 400,000 tonnes of logs to China and other countries.

In terms of lumber, Pan Pac is New Zealand’s largest producer of appearance grade lumber and exports its products to the US, China and other countries for use in windows, doors, mouldings and solid-wood furniture.

You can download the book here.