About the Division
Powell River Division, located on the mainland coast of British Columbia, is a leading producer of high-quality newsprint and uncoated mechanical specialty papers. Our specialty papers are used in catalogues, magazines, newsletters, inserts, flyers and high-volume weekend newspaper magazines.
Our division has come a long way since 1912, when it began operation as the first newsprint mill in Western Canada. In those early years, the division produced 109 tonnes of newsprint a day on two machines for newspaper publishers in Vancouver and Seattle. Today, we produce 470,000 tonnes of mechanical paper a year for commercial printers and publishers in North America, Latin America and Asia.
Quick Numbers
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83,000 tonnes |
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| Specialties: | 387,000 tonnes | |
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| Paper Machines: | Three | |
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| Employees: | 525 | |
Division Facts
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producer of Electra™ brand papers, including soft-nip calendered and high-bright papers for cold offset, heatset offset, and rotogravure printing |
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industry leader in production of thermomechanical pulp to meet the requirements of modern paper machines |
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operator of five thermomechanical pulp lines |
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