Interfor Corp. will become the only lumber company with operations in all four producing regions of North America with its purchase of Eacom Timber Corp. for $490-million. The Burnaby, B.C., company says it signed a deal that increases its total lumber production capacity by 25 per cent and expands its business in Eastern Canada. “This transaction makes Interfor a truly North American lumber producer, with operations in all the key fibre regions on the continent, further diversifying and de-risking our operating platform and enhancing our growth potential and opportunity set,” said CEO Ian Fillinger ...