Pressroom

Announcements:

June 1, 2009

Third Generation Assumes Presidency Trapa is proud to announce that Jim Tyrer has succeeded his father as President of Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. As of June 1, 2009, Jim took over the position of President while Barry Tyrer assumed the position of Chairman. Jim is the grandson of the late Alfred Arakawa, founder of Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. in 1954.

 

May 29, 2009

We also have moved to a new office in Japan. Starting June 1st, Trans-Pacific Trading KK's new address and contact information will be as follows:

#9-B Kabuto Bldg, 14-10
Kabuto-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku
Tokyo, 103-0026
Tel:(+81)03-5614-2268
Fax:(+81)03-5614-2278

 

May 11, 2009

Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. has changed offices. Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. is excited to announce that it has moved to a new office location as of May 1, 2009. Our brand new office is located in the same building but now on the ground level facing Viking Way. The new address is:

#140 – 3600 Viking Way
Richmond, BC
V6V 1N6

Telephone and fax numbers will remain the same. Images of our new office will be available in the coming weeks.

 

December 15, 2008

Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. can now offer FSC Controlled Wood. In line with current trends in markets for environmentally certified wood products, we updated the scope of our FSC Chain of Custody certificate to add controlled wood. Trans-Pacific can now supply various products and species coming from British Columbia and other regions, certified as “FSC controlled Wood”. For a copy of our new certificate please click here.  Trans-Pacific, also has a purchasing policy which reflects our commitment to sustainability and for implementing our best efforts to avoid trading and sourcing wood from controversial sources.     

 

September 15, 2008

Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. (sales & marketing) and Tembec Inc. (manufacturer) join forces in an effort to increase their presence and market shares in the Japanese SPF 2x4 dimension market. After shipping successful trial containers into Japan in August and September, regular shipments will commence in the fourth quarter of 2008 with approximately 20 x 40’ per month. The volume is scheduled to be increased gradually to a final monthly target of 60 containers per month. The plan is for Trapa to market Tembec’s high quality Templus (a #2 & btr prime grade) in 2 x 4, 2 x 6, 2 x 8, 2 x 10, 2 x 12 and in J-Grade 2 x 10 only. The products will be coming from Tembec’s two BC mill located in Canal Flats (annual production capacity of 180 million fbm) and Elko (annual production capacity of 270 million fbm). Tembec’s BC mills are located in the East Kootenays where the Mountain Pine Beetle has not yet ravaged the Lodgepole Pine stands. As a result, the lumber from these mills are relatively free from blue stain and other defects inherent in beetle kill wood. We feel this will provide a distinct advantage for Tembec’s products to compete in Japan against the other interior producers that are having to deal with the blue stain and dry wood issues. In addition, Tembec has FSC product available thus Trapa is able to offer FSC COC into the Japanese market.

September 14, 2008

Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. participated in the BC Wood 2008 Global Buyers Mission Trade Show, held in Whistler BC from September 11-13. It was an extremely successful time. We enjoyed meeting various delegations and customers from Mexico, Pakistan, China, Taiwan, Japan, as well as Europe.The TRAPA booth featured a timber arch with TRAPA's logo and name engraved. Thanks to BC Wood for a job well done; and to each one in our team who contributed to the success of this event. See picture below.

  May 1st, 2008

Want Big Timbers?  We have them!

We are able to quote very large specialty structural timbers in Douglas fir, Hemlock and Western Cedar.  Douglas fir appearance timbers and Douglas fir structural beams and timbers have long been known by people who need a BIG solid piece of wood. For those looking for a brighter cleaner look may we suggest Hemlock. Cedar is darker and is renowned for it's resistance to decay and its destintive "sauna smell". Need a 20 inch x 30inch timber? It is all possible.

 

March 31st, 2008

FSC Cedar now available for spring 2008 projects!  

Trans-Pacific trading Ltd. is happy to announce that we are now both FSC and  PEFC chain of custody certified. Currently we are able to offer:

• FSC certified Western Red Cedar
• FSC certified  Douglas Fir
• FSC certifed Hemlock
• Other FSC certified North American species

 Plus a wide range of South American species such as:

• FSC  Ipe
• FSC Cumaru
• FSC Massaranduba
• FSC Jatoba   

And of course, we are also able to offer a variety of PEFC certified wood products.

March 10th, 2008

Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd welcomes Tod McCallum to the Trapa sales and marketing team as European marketing manager. Tod has over 20 years of lumber experience, eight of which he was the managing director and owner of the forest product company Woodcom. Tod is a second generation lumber trader and before establishing Woodcom he spent 12 years as senior sales manager for high profile sawmills, specializing in the European market. Tod holds a broad knowledge base in cross culture communication specific to the lumber industry. Tod is also recognized as an Honorary Lumberman. In addition to Tod’s valuable business and marketing experience he possess many other credentials pertinent to the lumber industry including an all species grading and quality assurance tickets.

Please contact Tod to discuss your needs of Hemlock, Douglas Fir and Western Red Cedar, in grades such as shop and better, for the

E-mail: tmccallum@trapa.ca

Direct tel: (+1) 604 232 5446

 

February 26th, 2008

Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. is happy to introduce a new member of our team, Jorge Duran. Jorge, a Peruvian native, has several years of experience sourcing wood and wood products from different countries in South America. He is constantly seeking out new reliable suppliers for Trapa's growing customer base. He is also working to develop FSC certified supply to expand the variety of certified products that we can offer.       

 

August 24th 2007

Trans-Pacific trading Ltd. is happy to announce that we are now chain of custody PEFC certified. We can offer at this point PEFC certified Western Red Cedar, Douglas Fir, Hemlock, SPF, Spruce and Cypress.  By March 2008 we will also become FSC certified and we will able to offer:

• FSC certified Western Red Cedar
• FSC certified  Douglas Fir
• FSC certifed Hemlock
• FSC and other BC Coast species

 Plus a wide range of South American species such as:

• FSC  Ipe
• FSC Cumaru
• FSC Massaranduba
• FSC Jatoba   

 

April 9, 2007

Having re-establishing itself in the Western Red Cedar business in 2005, Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. welcomes John Bae as WRC and Specialty Sales Manager. John earned a B.Sc. (Forestry) degree and the University of British Columbia in 1994. A year after working in remanufacturing, John joined Canfor where he learned his marketing skills working for seven years marketing S-P-F, Hem-Fir, Douglas Fir and Western Red Cedar globally. In 2002, John teamed up with Rusfor International, a Siberian Pine sawmill venture loacted in the Irkutsk region of Siberia. At Rusfor, John worked with Trapa and other customers to develop the mill's marketing activities. John fully understands the challenges facing large, small and developing mills. John has a COFI WRC and All Species lumber grading ticket and is currently publishing a lumber exporting handbook due in late 2007. Please contact John to discuss your WRC and Specialty needs.

E-mail: jbae@trapa.ca

Direct Tel: 604-232-5402

 

January 2, 2007

Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. is pleased to announce the signing of Yasuo (Mike) Ibaraki as a sales agent for Trapa's Richmond office. With over 29 years of sales and marketing experience in the international lumber trade, concentrating primarily on imports into Japan from North America and Europe, Mr. Ibaraki provides Trapa with further access into the Japanese lumber market. Past lumber industry experience include positions such as President of Nichiei Canada and General Manager of Dainihon Wood Preserving Co., Ltd. in Aichi, Japan. Mr. Ibaraki's lumber sales and marketing efforts have recently been in the SPF J-Grade dimension business and he will be continuing to develop this business for Trapa. Other markets Mr. Ibaraki will helping to develop for Trapa are lam stock, zairai, konpozai and specialty items. Mr. Ibaraki will be based out of his Yokohama office and can be reached at the following:

Tel: +81 (045) 593-6011

Cell: +81 (090) 8506-7302

E-Mail: mibaraki@ybb.ne.jp

 

November 1, 2006

After 14 months of a successful start-up of Trapa's first Japan branch office, the company has officially incorporated in Japan as Trans-Pacific Trading K.K. During it's first 14 months, Trapa K.K. has managed to steadily increase its customer base and sales amounts. Selling lumber products it has imported from Canada, China, Russia and domestically, Trapa K.K. has quickly become a key supplier/customer to so many of the companies that have supported this start-up office since it's inception. We heartfully thank all of its business supporters and look forward to growing our businesses well into the future.

 

August 24, 2006

Having worked for 6 years in the Forestry Department for Stuart Lake Lumber in Ft. St. James, Brendan MacDonald is working for Trapa in both the custom cut department and lumber trading department. Holding a Professional Forester’s degree and his years of experience in the field makes Brendan a nice addition to our log and lumber business. Please join us in welcoming Brendan to the team!

 

 

Trapa in Japan

September 1, 2005

Trans-Pacific Trading is pleased to announce the official opening of its Japan Branch Office located in Tokyo, Japan. Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. is taking this step to demonstrate its commitment to this major market, one that we have been serving from Canada for over fifty years. We firmly believe that Japan remains a very important market to our suppliers and will continue to be for many years to come.

With a sales team made up of Japanese staff, Trans-Pacific Trading will be able to pass on to the supplier better market intelligence, offer just in-time delivery (as we will carry inventories), manage quality control issues more efficiently and, most certainly, offer more program opportunities, and thus, higher mill nets.
The office is situated in the Monzen-Nakacho area of Tokyo. This area is conveniently located approximately half way between Shinkiba Dock and Tokyo Station. Many of our Tokyo based customers also have offices situated in this area.

The address and contact numbers are as follows:

Saga Flats #504
1-9-12 Saga, 1-Chome, Koto-ku
Tokyo, Japan
135-0031

Tel: (+81) 03-5621-5335

Fax: (+81) 03-5621-5337

The office is staffed with three very competent business people who combined have over 65 years of lumber business experience. They are:

Mr. Hideyuki Ueda Branch Manager Mobile: 090-276-25814

Mr. Toshio Okamoto Sales Manager Mobile: 090-438-09691

Mrs. Hiroko Murakami Office Manager

We hope to have the opportunity to meet with you soon to discuss this new office and the benefits it will provide. Your continued support is most important to Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. and we look forward to continuing to build our businesses together.