Tembec has successfully started a new tertiary refiner line at its high yield pulp mill in Chetwynd, British Columbia, which it says will increase production by 10,000 air dry metric tonnes/y (ADMT). The capital cost of the project was less than $1 million. Executive Vice President and President of the Pulp Group, Yvon Pelletier: “The increased capacity as a result of this start-up will enable us to meet the growing demand for our product in the marketplace.

“As a global leader in the high yield market pulp sector, we are continually improving our operations to ensure our competitiveness and ability to meet market demands.” Tembec is a large, diversified and integrated forest products company and one of the world’s leading market pulp producers. This optimisation will raise the total capacity of the company to about 2 Mt. Tembec’s operations are principally located in North America and in France.