About the Division
Located near Campbell River on Vancouver Island, Elk Falls Division is a world-class, integrated pulp and paper facility that produces newsprint, uncoated ground wood specialty papers, sawdust-based kraft pulp and kraft paper products.
With our own modern deep-sea docking facility, Elk Falls is strategically located to connect to major shipping routes and other transportation networks. This allows us to deliver our products to customers around the world.
Elk Falls began operation in 1952 as a single-line newsprint mill. Today, we have an annual production capacity of 857,000 tonnes of pulp, paper and kraft paper.
Quick Numbers
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373,000 tonnes |
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| Specialties: | 153,000 tonnes | |
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| Market Pulp and Kraft Paper: | 331,000 tonnes | |
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| Paper Machines: | Three | |
| Kraft Paper Machines: | One | |
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| Pulp Lines: | One | |
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| Employees: | 880 | |
Division Facts
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one of the first paper mills in western North America to employ soft-nip calendering technology |
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a leading West Coast supplier of soft-nip calendered paper, which is produced on a dedicated machine |
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producer of an innovative sawdust-based pulp branded Elk Prime™, a product developed by the mill as an excellent and economical substitute for NBSK pulps |
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producer of specialty whitetop linerboard branded Silverliner™ for the packaging industry |
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provider of mechanical paper products used by publishers and commercial printers to produce newspapers, catalogues, magazines, inserts, and flyers |
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history:
1952 — single-line newsprint mill began operation |
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