Port Alberni Mill

Port Alberni Mill

The mill in 1970
Location of Port Alberni Mill
Built	1946
Location	Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates	49°14′53″N 124°48′40″W / 49.2481°N 124.8112°WCoordinates: 49°14′53″N 124°48′40″W / 49.2481°N 124.8112°W
Industry	Pulp and paper
Products	Paper Directory paper Lightweight coated paper
Employees	324 (2014)
Owner(s)	Catalyst Paper

Port Alberni Mill is a pulp mill and paper mill located in the Canadian town of Port Alberni, British Columbia, on the edge of the Alberni Inlet. Part of Catalyst Paper, the mill has two paper machines which produce 340,000 tonnes annually. One machine produces 116,000 tonnes of directory paper, the other 224,000 tonnes of lightweight coated paper. The mill has 324 employees as of 2014.^[1]

The mill was established by Bloedel, Stewart and Welch in 1946, originally operating only a kraft pulp mill.^[2] This came by after an injunction by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, who prohibited the use of the sulfite process. In addition to being the first significant new BC mill in decades, it was the first BC mill to integrate residuals from sawmills.^[3] By way of merger, ownership passed to MacMillan Bloedel in 1951.^[2] The two paper machines were installed in 1957, at first producing newsprint.^[3] Ownership passed to Pacifica Papers in 1998, Norske Skog Canada in 2000 and Catalyst Paper in 2005.^[2]

References

1. "Our Mills: Port Alberni, BC" (PDF). Catalyst Paper. May 2014. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
2. "Out history: Over a century of papermaking" (PDF). Catalyst Paper. January 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
3. Christie, Doug (1 January 2004). "Looking West: Historical Overview of the Industry in BC". Pulp and Paper Canada. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.