CANADA (News release) -- Paper Excellence plans to invest over $13 million at its Port Alberni paper mill in British Columbia, Canada. Detailed engineering for the project will start shortly followed by procurement of needed equipment. Paper Excellence anticipates the Port Alberni upgrade being completed by the 4Q 2021.
The Port Alberni mill has initiated diversifying into unique food grade papers used by restaurants and food preparation enterprises. This project takes that winning approach to a new level by removing key production bottlenecks in the mill. It will ultimately upgrade both of Port Alberni's paper machines to make food grades at the same time.
"With help from the leadership of B.C.'s government, we are very excited to invest in a winning project like this at Port Alberni; a mill that supports over 300 jobs," said Patrick Corriveau, VP Paper and Packaging at Paper Excellence. "With the mill's best-in-class papermakers and the ability to make even more of these new food grades, we're confident in the Port Alberni mill's secure and long-term future."
Paper Excellence is a diversified manufacturer of pulp and specialty, printing and writing, and packaging papers that operates 8 facilities in Canada producing over 3.0 million tonnes annually.
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