Meadow Lake Mill
Located in northwestern Saskatchewan, Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp has a longstanding relationship with the community and local First Nations. Commissioned in 1992, Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp’s purchase by Paper Excellence in 2007 marked Paper Excellence’s entry into the Canadian pulp and paper Market. The Meadow Lake Mill is a leading producer of high quality Bleached Chemi Thermal Mechanical Pulp (BCTMP). This pulp is used by customers primarily in Asia to make a wide variety of products from tissue and paper towels to food and board packaging.
Howe Sound
Located on the western side of spectacular coastal British Columbia, Howe Sound Pulp and Paper is one of the oldest operating mills in the province. Completely rebuild to modern standard in 1991. Generations of families who were first attracted to the area by mill jobs, stayed to have made the Sunshine Coast their home. Howe Sound Pulp and Paper facility is a leading producer of high quality Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulps. These pulps are used by customers worldwide to make a variety of products from tissue and paper towels to fine writing paper.
Crofton Mill
Crofton Mill is located on Vancouver Island, in the Cowichan Valley near Duncan, and plays an important role in the cultural, social and economic health of this community. Commissioned in 1957, Crofton Mill today has two paper machines and two pulp lines. Committed to environmental sustainability, Crofton Mill derives 84% of its energy from renewable sources, with a 64% reduction in greenhouse gases since 1990.
Outaouais Operations
In1926, C.I.P. (Canadian International Paper Company) built the Gatineau newsprint mill on the Ottawa River and the Gatineau River in Quebec. From then on, thousands of workers flocked to the mill, and many of them settled nearby. In 1933, their settlement became the village of Gatineau, which became the City of Gatineau in 1946. In 2012, it celebrated the 10th anniversary of the amalgamation of the cities of Aylmer, Buckingham, Hull, Masson-Angers and Gatineau, and of the Communauté urbaine de l’Outaouais. Even though the Gatineau paper mill has changed its name several times during its history, it restarted its operations in 2013 as part of Resolute Forest Products. It now employs 124 people and, in addition to newsprint, produces 15 MWh of electricity from cogeneration, which it sells to Hydro-Québec. In this way, it generates additional revenue, reduces its production costs and enhances its competitiveness. The Maniwaki sawmill, located in the Outaouais region, employs more than 120 people. Its output is destined for the overseas export market and the North American market.
Capitale-Nationale
After being called “Nairne Falls” by farmers and settlers arriving in the 1800s, the city of Clermont was founded thanks to the efforts of Father Félix-Antoine Savard in 1935. A first mechanical pulp factory was built by Rodolphe Forget in 1910. However, the Clermont newsprint factory as we know it today was built by the Timothy brothers and Charles Donohue around 1927. Resolute has been the sole owner of the Clermont factory since the acquisition, in 2018, of the remaining 49% stake held by The New York Times Company for a consideration of $20 million. The factory now employs 157 people. From 2010 to 2020, investments of nearly $10 million were made to improve the economic and environmental performance of the factory Clermont: steam recovery from waste refiners and conversion of certain sectors with electric heating, in addition to repair work major parts of the Malbaie River dam.The Château-Richer installation, also located in the region of Capitale-Nationale, employs around a hundred people in the sector of the secondary processing of lumber. It produces in particular bed frame components. The raw material used comes from Resolute sawmills in Lac-Saint-Jean and surrounding areas, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Mauricie.
Northwestern Ontario Operations
Resolute Forest Products’ three sawmills, wood pellet plant and woodlands operations make it one of the largest forest products companies in Ontario. The company’s investments in the region over the past three years have increased production capacity by 50 million board feet annually, building on the successful integration of its Atikokan, Ignace and Thunder Bay network of sawmills. In partnership with Fort William First Nation, the company’s $17 million investment in the Thunder Bay facility in 2021 included $5.6 million to replace the unstacking system at its planer mill. Resolute’s $62 million investment to build a sawmill just east of Atikokan in 2015 gave a major financial boost to this Northwestern Ontario community, creating 100 jobs. The company also invested $30 million in 2004 to completely rebuild the Ignace stud mill, and in 2014 launched a new wood pellet plant at the Thunder Bay sawmill with a $9 million investment. Resolute has a 10-year agreement to supply 45,000 metric tons of wood pellets a year to an Ontario Power Generation plant in Atikokan.
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Domtar’s activities in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean include some 18 facilities as well as forestry operations. In 2020, Domtar announced significant investments in the region, including the construction of a commercial facility specializing in the production of cellulose filaments, a new sustainable biomaterial derived from wood fibre, at its Kénogami paper mill in Quebec, as well as the optimization of the mill, at a total cost of $38 million. The start-up phase of the facility was launched in November 2022 and the inauguration took place in April 2023. In the spring of 2022, Domtar announced the acquisition of Louisiana-Pacific’s 50% interest in two joint ventures in the region that produce I-joists. In doing so, Domtar has solidified its presence in the attractive and growing engineered wood products segment with familiar assets and more than 175 skilled and dedicated employees. Our hydroelectric production and transmission network, HydroSaguenay, helps supply our Alma and Kénogami paper mills. In 2022, the seven plants produced more than 1,079 GWh of electricity.
Abitibi and Nord-du-Québec Woodlands
Resolute is well established in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region thanks to its wood harvesting and processing activities. In 2021, Resolute announced an investment of $36 million to modernize equipment at the Senneterre sawmill in Quebec, which will improve the overall efficiency and productivity of its facilities in the region. The investment includes the purchase of a new planer and automated sorting bins. In the spring of 2022, Resolute also announced the purchase of a 34.5-megawatt thermal power plant adjacent to its Senneterre sawmill. With this plant, Resolute will maximize the use of biomass from its regional facilities to generate green energy and create a platform for growth and increased competitiveness in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. The Comtois and Senneterre sawmills, respectively, employ 79 and 166 people, and have an annual production capacity of 134 and 172 million board feet of lumber. The Amos paper mill, built in 1982, is located two kilometres from the Harricana River in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, one of the longest waterways in Canada. It was the first mill in the world to produce newsprint exclusively from thermomechanical pulp. Hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis and the decline in demand for paper in the markets it serves, the mill had to suspend its operations for an indefinite period on April 23, 2020.
Port Alberni Mill
Located at the head of picturesque Alberni Inlet on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Port Alberni Mill is the single largest employer in the community. Commissioned in 1946, Port Alberni was the first British Columbia mill to integrate residuals from sawmills. Committed to environmental sustainability, Port Alberni Mill derives 89% of its energy from renewable sources with an 81% reduction in greenhouse gases since 1990. The Domtar Port Alberni Mill is a leading producer of telephone directory, lightweight coated, and specialty papers for publishers, commercial printers and converters throughout North America, South America and Asia.
Skookumchuck
Located on the western edge of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia, Skookumchuck Pulp is a vital employer to the area. Commissioned in 1968, Skookumchuck Pulp has seen substantial modernization work making the mill one of Domtar’s most sophisticated facilities. Skookumchuck is a word derived from the local First Nations language meaning “strong water” and the name of the creek that supplies the mill with water. The Domtar Skookumchuck Pulp Mill Incorporated facility is a leading producer of high quality Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulps. These pulps are used by customers worldwide to make a wide variety of products from tissue and paper towels to fine writing paper.
Grenada Mill
Domtar’s Grenada (Mississippi) mill operates one of the most modern, high-speed and efficient newsprint machines in North America. The mill produces a high-quality, cost-competitive product sold to newspaper publishers across the Southeastern United States, Mexico and Latin America. Proximity to ports along the Gulf of Mexico provides cost-effective access to international markets. The mill, which was built in 1989, is considered one of region’s preferred employers and has been recognized on several occasions by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for its work to improve energy efficiency.
