SPF PRECUT
LUMBER: 2020

For three decades, SPF Precut Lumber has strived to stretch the horizon of the Canadian softwood lumber industry. It is a history of entrepreneurial pursuit. It is a legacy of an immigrant family’s resilience. It is a testament to the boundless opportunities in the country of Canada.

In 1990, a young couple – within only one year of immigrating to Canada – leased a typewriter and a fax machine. From their small basement suite in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Muhammad Amir and Shaheen Zafar founded Pacific Prince Investments Inc (later known by its trade name, SPF Precut Lumber). With little, aside from their insatiable ambition and grand vision, the family would embark upon a lifelong mission, to promote and export Canadian softwood lumber products across the globe.

Over the years, SPF Precut Lumber broadened its export activities and ventured into remanufacturing. In 1996, Fareed Amir joined the company, which further supported SPF Precut Lumber’s expansion into markets that had never before imported Canadian softwood products. In 2009, Mo Amir joined and helped further develop the company’s innovative operational model. To this day, SPF Precut Lumber is wholly family-owned.

With an annual export of about 150-million boardfeet to the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Mexico, SPF Precut Lumber is proud to be an ambassador for Canadian softwood lumber. In countries such as Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Bahrain, Jordan, and Israel, SPF Precut Lumber introduced specific Canadian wood products – such as Stud Grade lumber, wane-free lumber, and pallet stock – that had never been used before in those markets. In 2013, SPF Precut Lumber made history in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when it independently hosted the first-ever Canadian Softwood Lumber Grading Seminar in the Gulf region. The event was reprised in 2015. Both events garnered international media coverage.

With its winning team and the support of its stakeholders, SPF Precut Lumber enthusiastically celebrates the bright future ahead that has been built upon three decades of promoting Canadian softwood lumber products all over the world.