Vicwest Income Fund

Vicwest Income Fund (Vicwest) is a Canada based open ended limited purpose investment trust. The company is engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of construction building products. Wide range of products offered by company include metal roofing, siding and other metal building products. All these products are sold under the brands Vicwest, Mercury Metals, Valley Truss & Metal, Westeel, Northern Steel and NSI. The company operates through three business segments which include Building construction products segment, Agricultural storage products segment and Liquid storage products segment. It has 16 manufacturing facilities across the country. The company is headquartered at Toronto in Canada.The company reported revenues of (Canadian Dollars) CAD 405.23 million during the fiscal year ended December 2008, an increase of 16.43% over 2007. The operating profit of the company was CAD 41.80 million during the fiscal year 2008, an increase of 39.01% over 2007. The net profit of the company was CAD 37.56 million during the fiscal year 2008, an increase of 29.57% over 2007.