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Forest City Trading Group is consolidating the operations of its subsdiaries American International Forest Products, Portland, Or., and Affiliated Resources, Lake Oswego, Or.
The move coincides with the appointment of Affiliated Resources president Chris Vaughan to president of AIFP, effective Nov. 1. He succeeds John Vranizan, who had served as president of AIFP for the last 13 years.
Under Vranizan’s leadership from 2011 to 2024, AIFP entered new markets and development innovative trading strategies. Soon after taking the helm of AIFP in 2011, he successfully led the merger of Western International Forest Products and AIFP and has since provided steadfast leadership and direction that has left a lasting impact on FCTG and AIFP. Although Vranizan is retiring from his role as resident at AIFP, he will continue to be an advisor to Vaughan and will work on special projects.
According to FCTG, Vaughan’s dynamic leadership, strategic vision, and commitment to our company’s values make him the ideal choice to lead AIFP and AR into their next phase of growth and innovation. Both AIFP and Affiliated Resources will continue to trade independently as separate companies but will consolidate certain back-office functions to streamline operations and optimize trading.
Founded in 1964, American International Forest Products, LLC was the first operating company of Forest City Trading Group, LLC. Headquartered in Portland, AIFP has over 60 years of industry experience and is a leader in the building materials and lumber industry.
Affiliated Resources was founded in 1995 by Mike Wilkins and was acquired by Forest City Trading Group, LLC in September 2021. Affiliated Resources specializes in products that are developed to meet specific customer end use requirements in the boating, technology, RV manufacturing, agricultural, and home building segments. Affiliated Resources has developed specialty and proprietary products that are incorporated into homes, boats, RVs, manufacturing facilities, vineyards, and other industrial applications. Affiliated Resources is a wholly owned subsidiary of FCTG and headquartered in Lake Oswego.
FCTG and its subsidiaries engage in diverse wholesale distribution globally and are collectively one of the largest wholesale building products trading and distribution companies in North America, selling more than 6 billion board feet of building products annually. FCTG is made up of 12 operating companies that connect supply with demand and provide solutions to thousands of customers and suppliers. FCTG is an employee-owned business headquartered in Portland.
