Alberta Forestry Mission to Japan Highlights
Between November 11th to 15th Canada Wood Japan hosted a forest industry trade mission to Japan led by Alberta’s Minister of Forests and Parks, the Honourable Todd Loewen. The mission program highlights included a visit to Fujita Corporation to learn about the progress of largest 2×4 project ever to be built in Japan, visits to key customers of Alberta forest products including Mitsui Home, Iwakura Home, Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd and others, a plaque presentation ceremony at the Tokyo University of the Arts projects – which was the first large scale use of Alberta SPF dimension lumber in NLT applications in Japan. To inform mission participants of emerging opportunities in non-residential construction, other program components included construction site visits to a 2×4 3 storey elderly care hospice in Tokyo and a commercial redevelopment project in Sapporo. Mission participants also visited completed projects featuring Canadian wood products including an Aviation Academy building and the Arch Vision 21 manufacturing plant in Chitose, Hokkaido. A total of approximately 25 participants took part in the mission which served to help expand trade opportunities for Canadian forest products in Japan.
