Port Alberni Division
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Port Alberni-Vancouver Island, B.C. Paper machines Employees Directory Coated Papers
2 310 116,000 tons 231,000 tons
Powell River-South Coast, B.C. Paper machines
3
Employees
412
Specialties
469,000 tons
Crofton-Vancouver Island, B.C. Paper machines Pulp machines Employees
2 2 574
Newsprint
270,000 tons
Directory
57,000 tons
NBSK Market Pulp
350,000 tons
Catalyst Paper, Port Alberni Division
Located in Port Alberni, BC Vancouver Island
Population - 18,000
Economy based on • Forestry, Paper, Lumber, Fishing & Tourism
Facts about Alberni Division 330 Direct employees and 1375 spin-off jobs
Over 100 employees hired in the last 24 months 2012 the mill contributed - $36 million in wages and benefits, - $4.2 million in property taxes, - $10 million in local business spending, - $275 million in local and regional spin-off economic activity. Local Major business suppliers to the Mill - Walco Industries Ltd, - Haggard Trucking, - Rayner & Bracht Ltd, - JW Berry Trucking Ltd, - Western Forest Products
SERVING DIVERSE MARKET DEMAND WITH A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS
18% Newsprint | 270,000 tonnes 32% Uncoated Mechanical | 469,000 tonnes 12% Directory | 173,000 tonnes 15% Coated Papers | 224,000 tonnes Total Papers: 1,136,000 tonnes 23% Market Pulp | 350,000 tonnes Total Production: 1.5 million tonnes
OUR PRODUCTS TOTAL CAPACITY (TONNES)
224,000
162,000
307,000
------- 173,000 ------- 270,000
SAGE: A WISER SHADE OF GREEN
Sage are our top-performing green paper products. They meet rigorous environmental standards. Manufactured carbon-neutral Comes with PEFC & SFI certification
Recent Accolades
One of the 50 Best Corporate Citizens in Canada by Corporate Knights magazine
One of the 50 Most Socially Responsible Corporations in Canada by JantziSustainalytics and Maclean’s magazine
Green Living’s Excellence in Corporate Responsibility Award
“Firmly among the best of the best” - Carbon Disclosure Project
Our deep networks
Catalyst’s Fiber Supply
Trees are converted to dimensional lumber for homes Bark is used for green energy generation Chips are used to make paper
Protecting the Great Bear Rainforest
25,000 sq miles of temperate rainforest size of West Virginia 8,000 sq miles of forest now fully protected 350% increase in parks Only 16% will be harvested in next 250 years 0.15% harvested per year
Importance of the Mill
Impacts beyond fiber must be considered 75% of the environmental impact of paper occurs at the manufacturing facility. This is the piece of the sustainability equation that many are missing. Energy, air pollution, solid wastes, water consumption and supply chain all relate to the manufacturing site Where and how is your paper made?
Port Alberni Division’s Energy Story $4.7 million in capital invested in 2011 to improve the efficiency/reliability of our Port Alberni Biomass Boiler. Improvements to the Boiler combustion air system and Economizer (preheats the feed-water) resulted in a total increased efficiency of 1.5%. We are achieving close to 95% steam from Wood-waste (Biomass) in our Boiler.
Catalyst Paper- Port Alberni Division’s Environmental Performance
Effluent Quality: • Special Regulations for BOD and TSS reduction to protect dissolved oxygen levels in the Inlet. • Well designed and operated effluent treatment system easily achieves permit limits BOD- Biochemical Oxygen Demand TSS- Total Suspended Solids 7 6
tonnes/day
5 4
Permit Limit
3
Alberni 2012
2 1
0 BOD
TSS
Port Alberni - Air Particulate (98% reduction) 300
200 150 100
Permit limit
50 2012
2010
2008
2006
2004
2002
2000
1998
1996
1994
1992
0 1990
Boiler Particulate mg/m3
250
Port Alberni – Greenhouse Gases (86% reduction) 800 700
91% of energy comes from renewables
500 400 300 200 100
2012
2010
2008
2006
2004
2002
2000
1998
1996
1994
1992
0 1990
Kg GHG per tonne paper
600
Greenhouse gas emissions in context Facility
GHGs
Port Alberni
89
Powell River
126
UPM Blandin
350
Verso (ave)
533
New Page (ave)
1650
2011 / 2012 data
2007 to 2011 data
Catalyst Paper, Port Alberni Division
Mechanical Pulping Chemical Thermal Mechanical Pulp mill – Andritz - Twin Sixty Refiners – Production 245,000 tonnes per year with $9 million expansion project in 2009 – Established world record production rates
Catalyst Paper, Port Alberni Division No. 4 Papermachine
Production - 325 tonnes per day - 118,000 tonnes per year
Speed - 4,000 feet per minute
Products - Telephone Directory “Catalyst”
Trim - 247 inches
Making directory paper since 1983
Catalyst Paper, Port Alberni Division No. 5 Papermachine
Production - 625 tonnes per day - 239,000 tonnes per year Speed -4,300 feet per minute Products - Light Weight Coated “Electracote” ,“Pacificote” & “Ascent” - Uncoated Mechanical “ElectraCal”
Trim - 294 inches
This machine was rebuilt in 1996 to become the only producer of lightweight coated paper in western North America
Supporting our community
Supporting our community
Supporting Town initiatives
“Our greatest danger is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” -Michelangelo
Proud to be part of the Alberni Valley community
