John Stewart Thorlakson

Tolko Industries Ltd. manufactures and distributes forest products. Its products include lumber, plywood and veneer, timbers and ties and kraft papers. The firm manufactures lumber, unbleached kraft papers, panel products, co-products, biomass power and a growing number of specialty wood products. The company was founded by Harold M. Thorlakson in 1956 and is headquartered in Vernon, Canada.

Riverside Forest Products Ltd. produces softwood forest products. The company's products include harvesting timber and producing lumber, plywood, veneer, and wood chips. It is headquartered in Kelowna, Canada.