Paper Excellence Canada is pleased to announce the resumption of kraft pulp operations at its Catalyst Crofton mill, bringing more than 300 workers back to their jobs. While market conditions allow for the restart of our pulp operations, the curtailment of paper operations at Crofton is being extended to the end of October.
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Canfor Corporation announces a substantial investment of approximately $200 million in the construction of a cutting-edge manufacturing facility in Houston, British Columbia. This state-of-the-art facility, characterized by its cost-efficiency and high productivity, is set to boast an impressive annual production capacity of approximately 350 million board feet.
Don Kayne, President and CEO, shared his sentiments today:
“I am delighted to make this announcement here in British Columbia, where Canfor has proudly called home for the past 85 years. This project reflects yet another substantial commitment by our company to bolster our diversified operational capabilities, ensuring our continued ability to meet the demands of our global customers with high-value products.
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The latest research results from the Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) show the success of the paper packaging circular economy and continue to confirm that the feedstock used for the production of boxboard and containerboard in Canada is made of primarily recycled content fibres.
The latest report represents the results of the 17th biennial Recycled Content survey, which is conducted to determine the average recycled content contained in the major paper packaging grades made by Canadian mills.
The 2022 results show that the average recycled content of domestic shipments for the top two major packaging grades was 80.2%. The average recycled content for domestic shipments of boxboard was 86.2%, while the average recycled content for domestic shipments of containerboard was 81%.
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Paper Excellence Canada announced today the permanent curtailment of Catalyst Paper tiskwat, its paper mill in Powell River, BC.
In the 18 months since the indefinite curtailment, the majority of employees took voluntary severance, and a small number chose to transfer to another Paper Excellence Canada mill. When fully operating, Catalyst Paper tiskwat employed approximately 200 people.
The mill is secured and has been de-risked in terms of removing all major chemicals, fibre and fuels from the site.
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Mercer International Inc. recently announced the temporary curtailment of operations at its Celgar pulp mill located in Castlegar, BC, including wood acceptance. The curtailment is currently scheduled to become effective July 29, 2023, until August 28, 2023.
This temporary curtailment results from a significant loss of rail transport capacity resulting from the Vancouver port job action. The job action has led to a complete halt in railcar circulation, severely impacting the mill’s ability to transport pulp.
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Advance results indicate that total manufacturing sales in Canada decreased ۲.۱% in June 2023. The largest declines were in the petroleum and coal product, chemical, and food product industries, as Statistics Canada reports.
canadian lumber production and export also suffered from same effects as we have mentioned in the previous report.
This estimate was calculated based on a weighted response rate of ۶۶.۹%. The average final response rate for the survey over the previous ۱۲ months has been ۹۴.۵%.
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Lumber production in Canada decreased ۱۴.۹% from March to ۴ ۰۷۴.۰ thousand m3 in April. Production was down ۶.۱% from April ۲۰۲۲, reports Statistics Canada.
Sawmills shipped ۳ ۹۳۵.۰ thousand m3 of lumber in April, down ۸.۲% from March and down ۷.۹% from April ۲۰۲۲.
According to Analytics, in April 2023, Canada decreased exports of lumber to the United States by 4.4% year-on-year. Supplies to China increased by 54.9%, supplies to Japan decreased by 39%. The average price of lumber was set at $200.7 per m3.
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Paper Excellence participated in the “Wood you find it?” event hosted by FSC International in Brussels to discuss the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), approved in April by the European Parliament. Representatives of the European Commission responsible for the approved text, public policy makers, companies, NGOs and FSC leaders discussed together what are the biggest challenges for the implementation of the EUDR.
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Packaging Logs Lumber Topics Strategy Production Сapacity Production All topics Press Releases Archive Newsletters Search Canadian wood product manufacturing shows resilience with March 2023 capacity utilization rebound
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Despite a slight decline in the overall manufacturing sector in February, Canadian wood products manufacturing demonstrated resiliency in March 2023. According to Statistics Canada, the capacity utilization rate of the wood product manufacturing industry was 80.8% in March 2023, a significant rebound from 76.8% in February 2023. However, this represents a decrease when compared to the same period last year, where the rate stood at 85.6%.
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Supremex on May 8 announced the acquisition of the assets of Graf-Pak Inc., a provider of folding carton packaging solutions to a variety of commercial markets. The transaction was concluded for a total consideration of approximately $6.0 million, on a cash-free and debt-free basis, subject to customary adjustments, financed through the company’s existing credit facility.
Founded in 1995 and employing close to 25 people, Graf-Pak operates a facility located in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, near Supremex’s primary folding carton plant in Lachine.
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