International Forest Products of Foxborough, Massachusetts, opens Atlanta office with focus on exporting pine, plywood to Caribbean, Central and South America

Wendy Lisney

FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts , December 5, 2011 (press release) – International Forest Products Corp. is pleased to announce a strategic addition to the company with the opening of a dedicated Solid Wood Products office in Atlanta, GA.

Joel Osterloh, Mel Lundberg and Nirian Ordonez have joined IFP’s Solid Wood Products Division with an emphasis on exporting pine and plywood to the Caribbean and Central and South America. Mr. Osterloh will be the Director of Solid Wood Sales, and Mrs. Lundberg and Mrs. Ordonez have accepted positions as Sales Managers.

“We are excited to have Joel, Mel and Nirian as a part of our team,” said Daniel A. Kraft, IFP’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We expect that their existing supplier and customer contacts will be a great complement to IFP’s network, providing new opportunities for our growing Solid Wood Products group.”

About International Forest Products:
Founded in 1972 by Robert Kraft, IFP is a member of the Kraft Group of companies and is one of the largest traders of forest products commodities in the world. IFP provides solutions for sales and marketing, transportation and logistics, and finance for suppliers and converters, as well as advice on the technical and legal aspects of a transaction. IFP has subsidiary offices located in Portland, Oregon, Yuba City, California, Miami, Florida, Albany, New York, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Tel Aviv, Gothenburg, London, Santiago, Moscow, and Vancouver.

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