RUSTON, Louisiana – Hunt Forest Products and Tolko Industries announced that they will build a $240 million, state-of-the-art sawmill near Taylor, Louisiana. Construction is expected to start in early 2022, and the new facility will employ approximately 60 people when operations begin in the first half of 2023. The sawmill will employ approximately 130 people when it is operating at full capacity. “We are excited to be bringing our second high-tech sawmill to Louisiana,” said James D. Hunt, co-owner of Hunt FP. …The new sawmill project is a joint venture [with] Tolko, a 60-year-old family-owned Canadian forestry industry company. Tolko partnered with Hunt FP to build a modern sawmill in Urania, Louisiana in 2018. …“Our first venture into the US was in partnership with Hunt FP, a family-owned company like ours, and that has been very successful,” said Brad Thorlakson, Tolko CEO. “So, we are looking forward to working with the Hunt family again.”