OKANAGAN FALLS, BC — A mass timber manufacturer in Okanagan Falls has received a huge boost from the provincial government aimed at expanding their facilities and creating more jobs. Mercer Mass Timber, which purchased Penticton-based mass timber manufacturer Structurlam in 2023, will receive as much as $7 million through the B.C. Manufacturing Jobs Fund to “invest in the future of their Okanagan Falls facilities.” Mercer will be rehiring employees that were laid off when Structurlam shuttered, purchasing new advanced manufacturing equipment, modernizing the facilities, and scaling up on varieties of mass-timber projects. …“We’re happy to have the opportunity to support businesses like Mercer Mass Timber in their drive to expand local mass timber operations and create new jobs in the Okanagan: this is great news,” said Boundary-Similkameen MLA Roly Russell.
For additional coverage see BC Government News Release: Mass-timber manufacturing jobs coming to Okanagan Falls
For more information see BC’s Mass Timber Program Update and BC’s Mass Timber Demonstration Program