"Business on the coast is pretty challenging," Western Forest Products CEO Don Demens told Business in Vancouver. "I think it's self-evident when you look at recent mill closures." He referred to the announced permanent closure of of the Hammond cedar sawmill in Maple Ridge, and a smaller mill closure in Errington. Western Forest Products is B.C.'s largest west coast forestry company. It owns six mills on Vancouver Island. Like most other large B.C. forestry companies, it has been investing in the U.S. in recent years, and now owns sawmills in Arlington and Vancouver, Washington.