Anthony Forest Products

In 2015, Anthony Forest Products was acquired by Canfor Corporation, one of the world’s largest producers of sustainable lumber, pulp and paper, and a North American leader in green energy production. For more info visit www.canfor.com/AFP.

Anthony Forest Products Company (AFP), headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas, has made some dramatic changes to position itself for the twenty-first century. The generations of forest products experience passed down through the family have made this vision possible.

In 1923, the company was known as Anthony Brothers Lumber Company. The name of the company has changed, and the 4th generation of the Anthony Family has taken the reigns.

The company operates a southern pine lumber producing mill in Urbana, Arkansas; and wood chip mills in Plain Dealing, Louisiana, and Troup, Texas. The company also operates an engineered wood laminating plant in El Dorado, a laminating plant in Washington, Georgia, and a joint venture I-Joist plant, ANTHONY EACOM, Inc., in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.

The company’s sawmill and the El Dorado laminating plant have undergone massive modernization phases over the years. Due to complete computer optimization, the sawmill is now producing 30% more lumber out of the same size logs milled previously.

Not only has our sawmill diversified with changing markets, our laminating plants have diversified and have expanded to meet customer demands. Some of the company’s fastest growth has been in the engineered wood products sector. The demand for engineered wood products like I-Joist forced a need to totally modernize the El Dorado facility and to add an I-Joist plant in Canada.

The company joined forces with EACOM Timber Corporation of Montreal, Quebec, Canada to produce the Power Joist.® The Power Joist is a high quality solid sawn lumber flange I-joist. Anthony Forest has contributed its superior customer service, plant management, engineered wood products knowledge, and distribution network to meet demands for an I-joist to complement the Power Beam® I-joist compatible glulam.

When the company grows, the surrounding communities also grow. We encourage and support our employees’ community involvement. In Union County, Arkansas, we employ over 180 persons. Anthony Forest feels that civic mindedness will assist in the overall growth of the company and in the prosperity of the communities in which we reside.