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History of Operations
| PULP PRODUCTION
1947 - pulp and paper mill built in Port Alberni. 1947 - 1993 - kraft pulp production. 1955 - 1963 - stone ground wood pulp production. 1989 - Chemi-thermomechanical pulp (CTMP) production. 2012 - current CTMP production of about 600 tonnes per day. MILL OPERATIONS 1947 - single-line kraft mill 1956 - paper machine was added to produce linerboard. 1958 - paper machine added 1964 - paper machine added. 1970 - effluent treatment added to reduce BOD and TSS in the inlet. 1982 - liner board production ceased. 1983 - first telephone directory paper was produced 1989 - installation of a power boiler stack precipitator. 1990 - peroxide addition to bleaching process 1992 - Port Alberni Pulp and Paper Effluent Regulations issued under the Fisheries Act. 1993 - activated sludge treatment system added 1993 - Kraft line shut down. 1995 - paper machine #5 was reconfigured to produce lightweight coated papers. 1996 - installation of the fluidized bed burner in power boiler #4. 1999 - started burning chipped rubber tires (TDF or tire-derived fuel). 2000 - newspaper production ceased. 2005 - one paper machine shut down indefinitely. 2010 - removed oil burning infrastructure - now dependent on natural gas and hog fuel. 2012 - current annual production of 338,000 tonnes of specialty papers used in telephone directories, catalogues, magazines, brochures, inserts, and flyers. |
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