2007
The Top 50 Kootenay Companies
We present the region's top companies ranked by revenue

It's once again time for Kootenay Business to publish our annual Top 50 Kootenay Companies list.

The Top 50 list is a ranking of the region's top companies by revenue—it's a unique list gathered through much research and effort. Each of these companies plays a very significant role in the economy of the Kootenays by employing many of the workers in the region. A number of these companies also take the Kootenays to the world stage as major domestic and international exporters. Take, for example, Columbia Brewery's Kokanee beer: every one of its commercials reinforces the image of the Kootenays as a great wilderness destination—especially if you believe in Bigfoot.

The Top 50 list contains a wide variety of companies—from traditional resources companies to entrepreneurial startups and high-tech innovators.

Is your company on the Top 50 list?
If you feel your enterprise should be on the list, Kootenay Business would love to hear from you. E-mail our publisher at keith@kpimedia.com and ask for an official Top 50 Kootenay Companies submission form.


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Rank Company Sales Millions Product/Services
1 Elk Valley Coal Corporation 1,845.00 Mining
Location Head office Major shareholders Ownership
Elkford, BC Calgary, AB Publicly Traded Fording & Teck Cominco
Employies Years C.E.O. Regional manager
3000 38 Boyd Payne, Pres. Doug Stokes, GM
Rank Company Sales Millions Product/Services
2 Teck Cominco 1,802.00 Mining
Location Head office Major shareholders Ownership
Trail, BC Vancouver, BC Publicly Traded Canadian
Employees Years C.E.O. Regional manager
1475 101 Don Lindsay, Pres. Mike Martion, GM
Rank Company Sales Millions Product/Services
3 Pope & Talbot 374.00 Forestry
Location Head office Major shareholders Ownership
Grand Forks, Midway, Castlegar, BC Portland, Oregon Publicly Traded American
Employees Years C.E.O. Regional manager
700+ 38 Harold Stanton R. Neil Stuart, VP/CFO
Rank Company Sales Millions Product/Services
4 Tembec Industries Inc. 333.20 Forestry/ Manufacturing
Location Head office Major shareholders Ownership
Cranbrook, Canal Flats, Elko, BC Cranbrook, BC Tembec 100%/Publicly Traded Canadian
Employees Years C.E.O. Regional manager
9000 109 James Lopez D. Rounsville, T. Hromadnik
Rank Company Sales Millions Product/Services
5 FortisBC Inc. 207.60 Utility
Location Head office Major shareholders Ownership
Trail, BC Kelowna, BC Fortis Inc. Canadian
Employees Years C.E.O. Regional manager
570 3 John Walker Michael Mulcahy, VP
Rank Company Sales Millions Product/Services
6 Zellstoff Celgar 189.00 Forestry
Location Head office Major shareholders Ownership
Castlegar, BC Vancouver, BC Mercer International Inc. German
Employees Years C.E.O. Regional manager
398 46 Jimmy Lee Allan Hitzroth, GM
Rank Company Sales Millions Product/Services
7 Columbia Brewery

150.00

 Brewing
Location Head office Major shareholders Ownership
Creston, BC Leuren, Belgium 100% Inbev/Publicly Traded International
Employees Years C.E.O. Regional manager
135 109 Carlos Brito Murray Oswald
Rank Company Sales Millions Product/Services
8 Dowie Timber

100.00

 Forestry
Location Head office Major shareholders Ownership
Revelstoke, BC Revelstoke, BC Ross Gorman Family Canadian
Employees Years C.E.O. Regional manager
410 19 Jack Heavenor Jack Heavenor
Rank Company Sales Millions Product/Services
9 East Kootenay Realty 95.00 Real Estate/Insurance
Location Head office Major shareholders Ownership
Cran/Kimb/Fernie/Inver/Jaffray Cranbrook, BC Philip Jones 100% Canadian
Employees Years C.E.O. Regional manager
84 45 Philip Jones  
Rank Company Sales Millions Product/Services
10 LP Canada Ltd. 79.00 Forestry
Location Head office Major shareholders Ownership
Golden, BC Nashville, Tenn. Louisiana Pacific/Publicly Traded American
Employees Years C.E.O. Regional manager
400+ 51 Rick Frost Bryce Piggot, Mill Mgr.
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