Carter Holt Harvey Limited is an Australasian forest products company, with significant interests in wood products, pulp

Wood pulp

Pulp is a lignocellulosic fibrous material prepared by chemically or mechanically separating cellulose fibres from wood, fibre crops or waste paper. Wood pulp is the most common raw material in papermaking.-History:...

, paper

Paper

Paper is a thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon, drawing or for packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....

 and packaging. The company employs approximately 10,500 people across Australasia

Australasia

Australasia is a region of Oceania comprising Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes...

. Carter Holt Harvey's head New Zealand office is located at 173 Captain Springs Road in the Te Papapa

Te Papapa

 - to the north-east  - to the east  - to the south  - to the south-west  - to the west  - to the north-west Penrose Mount Wellington Southdown Favona Mangere Bridge Onehunga...

 area of Auckland City

Auckland City

Auckland City was the city and local authority covering the Auckland isthmus and most of the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, in the North Island of New Zealand. On 1 November 2010 it was amalgamated into the wider Auckland Region under the authority of the new Auckland Council...

. The firm's head Australia office is located in Level 6 of Tower A of The Zenith Tower at 821 Pacific Highway in the Chatswood

Chatswood, New South Wales

Chatswood is a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Chatswood is located 10 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Willoughby. Chatswood West is a separate suburb...

 area of City of Willoughby

City of Willoughby

The City of Willoughby is a Local Government Area on the North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 6 km north of the Sydney central business district....

, New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

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In 1988 CHH purchased the assets of New Zealand Forest Products

New Zealand Forest Products

New Zealand Forest Products was New Zealand's largest industrial company from its creation in 1936 until the privatisation of state-owned Telecom New Zealand in 1990...

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Company brands

• Deeko
• Handee Ultra
• Libra
• Bestwood
• Customwood
• Ecoply
• Kopine
• Pinex
• Pine Solutions
• StructaFlor (Yellow-tongue sheets)
• TermaFlor

Ownership

Carter Holt Harvey is wholly owned by Rank Group Investments Limited, the investment company of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 businessman, Graeme Hart

Graeme Hart

Graeme Hart is a New Zealand businessman reported to be the richest person in Australasia with a personal fortune of NZ$8.8 billion according to the 2009 Forbes rich list. The 2007 September 22–28 issue of the New Zealand Listener listed Hart as being the 29th most powerful New Zealander...

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