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.

Contact information

Chateau-Richer

7499, boulevard Sainte-Anne
Château-Richer, QC G0A 1N0
Canada

Christian Gauthier: 418-824-4233

Clermont

100, rue Donohue
Clermont, QC G4A 1A7
Canada

Stephane Gadbois: 418-439-5300

Address

7499, boulevard Sainte-Anne
Château-Richer, QC G0A 1N0
Canada

100, rue Donohue</br> Clermont, QC G4A 1A7</br> Canada

7499, boulevard Sainte-Anne
Château-Richer, QC G0A 1N0
Canada

100, rue Donohue
Clermont, QC G4A 1A7
Canada

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Chateau-Richer: Christian Gauthier
T 418-824-4233
Clernont: Stephane Gadbois
T 418-439-5300

Chateau-RicherChristian Gauthier418-824-4233

ClermontStephane Gadbois418-439-5300

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Production Capacity

66 million board feet
221,000 metric tons newsprint

Economic Impact

$32.4 million (CAD)

Environmental Contributions

Since 2000, the Clermont paper mill’s direct and indirect (scope 1 and 2) greenhouse gas emissions have been reduced by 96%.
100% of the electricity consumed by the Clermont plant is produced from renewable sources such as hydroelectricity. Our two facilities in the region have obtained certification according to the ISO 14001 environmental management standard. Our two facilities in the region meet at least one of the following globally recognized chain-of-custody standards: Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®); Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC); Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®).
The paper mill is a partner of the Corporation du saumon de la rivière Malbaie for the management of the salmon run.

Community Investment

The Clermont paper mill won the Resolute Board of Directors’ Safety Award, recognizing 500,000 consecutive hours without a recordable injury in 2022. For every 250,000 hours without a recordable injury, employees receive between $5,000 and $15,000 that they donate to community organizations.
The Château-Richer paper mill and facility ended 2022 without any recordable injuries.
In 2021, the paper mill was ranked fourth in Category C (less than 50,000 person-hours per month) on Pulp & Paper Canada’s 2020 list of Canada’s Safest Mills.