Minister Officially Opens Global Buyers Mission

September 8, 2006

Minister of Forests and Range Rich Coleman was part of BC Wood's 2006 Global Buyers Mission, another success for British Columbia's value-added wood products industry. Minister Coleman spoke to an international audience about the high quality of B.C. wood products and officially opened the Global Buyers Mission, which attracted 208 company representatives and 190 buyers from around the world.



Minister Coleman addresses an audience of wood-product importers from the United States, Europe, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Australia and Mexico at the Whistler Conference Centre.	Minister Coleman cuts the ceremonial ribbon officially opening the Global Buyers Mission. Pictured alongside Minister Coleman are (left) Bill Downing, BC Wood president, and Roy Manion, BC Wood chair.	Minister Coleman in the exhibit area with (left to right) Roy Manion, BC Wood chair; Korea's Choon Sung Lee, BC Wood Global Buyers Mission leader; and Korea's Hyun-Doo Park, a wood-buyer with the Global Management Instititute.