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HIGH STRENGTH KRAFT PULP

We manufacture high-quality softwood and hardwood kraft chemical pulps, and chemi-thermo-mechanical pulps, that in turn are used to make packaging, papers, tissues, and other specialty products.

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Different Types of Pulp

Kraft pulp is a distinctively high strength type of pulp and a key building block of many familiar and important products in our daily lives. Some of the products made from our Paper Excellence pulp grade are:

Household tissue, towel and hygienic grades, commercial tissue papers, and other consumer products

A wide range of specialty paper and non-paper products including food or beverage contact applications, industrial papers, Japanese Washi papers, fibre cement, and plastic-fibre composites

Wood-free printing and writing papers, office papers, photocopy, and converting papers

4.3 MILLION TONNES OF PULP

Paper Excellence has a combined annual pulp production capacity of 4.3 Million tonnes from locations in Canada, France and Brazil.

CROFTON / BRITISH COLUMBIA / 591 EMPLOYEES
Production – 380,000 T Kraft Pulp

Catalyst Crofton produces northern bleached softwood kraft pulp grades (NBSK) from western coastal and interior BC wood species, primarily with wood chips from sawmill residuals. Their northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) grades have been designed to take advantage of the special characteristics of western Canadian softwood fibre species. Crofton grades are valued for their distinctive properties including high strength, important functional benefits, consistency and excellent runnability. Shipments to key markets are made directly from Crofton mill’s deep sea dock facility.

Crofton Pulp Mill

HOWE SOUND / BRITISH COLUMBIA / 379 EMPLOYEES
Production – 455,000 T Kraft pulp

As one of the oldest operating mills in BC, Howe Sound mill is the producer of high quality northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulps. These pulps are used by customers worldwide to make a wide variety of products paper products. Shipments to customers are directly from Howe Sound’s deep sea port facility for economic access to the pacific rim.

Pulp Mill Howe Sound

MACKENZIE / BRITISH COLUMBIA / 242 EMPLOYEES
Production – 245,000 T Kraft pulp

Located in Northern British Columbia, Mackenzie manufactures some of the brightest, cleanest and strongest pulp on the market with unique characteristics of white spruce, lodge pole pine and alpine fir which thrive in the cold northern climate. They are a leading producer of high quality northern bleached softwood kraft pulps that are used by customers worldwide.

MacKenzie Pulp Mill

SKOOKUMCHUCK / BRITISH COLUMBIA / 284 EMPLOYEES
Production – 280,000 T Kraft pulp

Commissioned in 1968, Skookumchuck pulp has seen substantial modernization work making the mill one of Paper Excellence’s most sophisticated facilities. Skookumchuck Pulp mill is a leading producer of high quality northern bleached softwood kraft pulps. These pulps are used by customers worldwide to make a variety of products.

Skookumchuk Pulp Mill

MEADOW LAKE / SASKATCHEWAN / 192 EMPLOYEES
Production – 420,000 T CTMP pulp

Located in the boreal forest of northwestern Saskatchewan, Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp’s purchase by Paper Excellence in 2007 marked its entry into Canadian pulp and paper market. Meadow Lake mill produces high quality bleached chemic thermal mechanical pulp (BCTMP). This pulp is used by customers primarily in Asia to make a wide variety of products.

Meadow Lake Pulp Mill

NORTHERN PULP / NOVA SCOTIA / 339 EMPLOYEES (Curtailed)
Production – 305,000 T Kraft pulp

Over the past 50 years of managing lands in Nova Scotia, Northern Pulp has helped set aside over 60,000 hectares of high-value conversation lands to contribute to Nova Scotia’s parks and protected areas. They have the largest nursery operation, growing six million trees annually for replanting. Northern Pulp is a leading producer of high quality norther bleached softwood kraft pulp and of 23 MW of electricity daily with the majority being green energy.

Northern Pulp Mill

CROFTON / BRITISH COLUMBIA / 591 EMPLOYEES
Production – 380,000 T Kraft Pulp

Catalyst Crofton produces northern bleached softwood kraft pulp grades (NBSK) from western coastal and interior BC wood species, primarily with wood chips from sawmill residuals. Their northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) grades have been designed to take advantage of the special characteristics of western Canadian softwood fibre species. Crofton grades are valued for their distinctive properties including high strength, important functional benefits, consistency and excellent runnability. Shipments to key markets are made directly from Crofton mill’s deep sea dock facility.

Crofton Pulp Mill

HOWE SOUND / BRITISH COLUMBIA / 379 EMPLOYEES
Production – 455,000 T Kraft pulp

As one of the oldest operating mills in BC, Howe Sound mill is the producer of high quality northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulps. These pulps are used by customers worldwide to make a wide variety of products paper products. Shipments to customers are directly from Howe Sound’s deep sea port facility for economic access to the pacific rim.

Pulp Mill Howe Sound

MACKENZIE / BRITISH COLUMBIA / 242 EMPLOYEES
Production – 245,000 T Kraft pulp

Located in Northern British Columbia, Mackenzie manufactures some of the brightest, cleanest and strongest pulp on the market with unique characteristics of white spruce, lodge pole pine and alpine fir which thrive in the cold northern climate. They are a leading producer of high quality northern bleached softwood kraft pulps that are used by customers worldwide.

MacKenzie Pulp Mill

SKOOKUMCHUCK / BRITISH COLUMBIA / 284 EMPLOYEES
Production – 280,000 T Kraft pulp

Commissioned in 1968, Skookumchuck pulp has seen substantial modernization work making the mill one of Paper Excellence’s most sophisticated facilities. Skookumchuck Pulp mill is a leading producer of high quality northern bleached softwood kraft pulps. These pulps are used by customers worldwide to make a variety of products.

Skookumchuk Pulp Mill

MEADOW LAKE / SASKATCHEWAN / 192 EMPLOYEES
Production – 420,000 T CTMP pulp

Located in the boreal forest of northwestern Saskatchewan, Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp’s purchase by Paper Excellence in 2007 marked its entry into Canadian pulp and paper market. Meadow Lake mill produces high quality bleached chemic thermal mechanical pulp (BCTMP). This pulp is used by customers primarily in Asia to make a wide variety of products.

Meadow Lake Pulp Mill

NORTHERN PULP / NOVA SCOTIA / 339 EMPLOYEES (Curtailed)
Production – 305,000 T Kraft pulp

Over the past 50 years of managing lands in Nova Scotia, Northern Pulp has helped set aside over 60,000 hectares of high-value conversation lands to contribute to Nova Scotia’s parks and protected areas. They have the largest nursery operation, growing six million trees annually for replanting. Northern Pulp is a leading producer of high quality norther bleached softwood kraft pulp and of 23 MW of electricity daily with the majority being green energy.

Northern Pulp Mill

ST. GAUDENS / HAUTE-GARONNE / 270 EMPLOYEES
Production – 290,000 T Kraft pulp

Located at the foot of the Pyrenees, the Saint-Gaudens mill was built between 1957-1959, and started production on March 22, 1959. It produces two types of pulp, with different and complementary characteristics: hardwood and softwood. Fiber Excellence Saint-Gaudens pulp is shipped mainly in Europe and used to produce printing & writing paper, toilet paper, food packaging and special papers.

TARASCON / BOUCHES-DU-RHONE / 283 EMPLOYEES
Production – 262,000 T Kraft pulp

The Tarascon mill started in 1956 and rebuilt in 1981, Tarascon mil produces high quality bleached softwood kraft pulps. Tarascon is in the process of developing an unbleached softwood kraft pulp. Fibre Excellence Tarascon sells its pulp primarily in Asia and Europe.

ST. GAUDENS / HAUTE-GARONNE / 270 EMPLOYEES
Production – 290,000 T Kraft pulp

Located at the foot of the Pyrenees, the Saint-Gaudens mill was built between 1957-1959, and started production on March 22, 1959. It produces two types of pulp, with different and complementary characteristics: hardwood and softwood. Fiber Excellence Saint-Gaudens pulp is shipped mainly in Europe and used to produce printing & writing paper, toilet paper, food packaging and special papers.

TARASCON / BOUCHES-DU-RHONE / 283 EMPLOYEES
Production – 262,000 T Kraft pulp

The Tarascon mill started in 1956 and rebuilt in 1981, Tarascon mil produces high quality bleached softwood kraft pulps. Tarascon is in the process of developing an unbleached softwood kraft pulp. Fibre Excellence Tarascon sells its pulp primarily in Asia and Europe.

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