Capital invested to meet environmental regulations.Capital invested to meet environmental regulations "Survival mode" is a common term used by several industry officials to describe the current business climate in the pulp and paper sector. The recession has forced several companies to scale back spending plans to essential items and projects made necessary by environmental regulations. The following is a list of capital projects being undertaken by the industry. The list also includes one notable project cancellation Project cancellation hits around half of U.S. software development projects, whether developed for in-house corporate use or for sale as retail software. When a project is cancelled early on, it has little financial impact but if project sponsors wait until the project has gone . BOISE CASCADE Boise Cascade Holdings, LLC, which uses the trade name Boise, is an American pulp and paper company, ranked as the thirteenth largest forest products company in the world. Boise Cascade Canada Ltd. is planning a $15-million upgrading of the primary and secondary effluent treatment facilities at its Fort Frances Fort Frances, town (1991 pop. 8,891), SW Ont., Canada, on Rainy River, opposite International Falls, Minn. It is chiefly a lumbering center with sawmills and a pulp and paper factory. Tourism is also an important industry, with abundant fishing and hunting nearby. mill. The project, which still requires final approval, includes the construction of a new treatment facility north of the company's current treatment lagoon. The recent announcement of the proposed project comes on the heels of the completion of several environment-related projects at the company's mills. The completed projects include a new $5-million electrostatic precipitator Noun 1. electrostatic precipitator - removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation Cottrell precipitator, precipitator electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricity at the Kenora newsprint mill to reduce ash emissions and a $7.2-million precipitator reconstruction and scrubber installation at the Fort Frances mill to reduce air-borne pollutants. An additional $20-million project completed at Fort Frances will allow the mill to increase the substitution of chlorine dioxide chlorine dioxide, n an oxidizing agent used in oral care to decrease amounts of volatile sulfur compounds that may cause halitosis. for chlorine in the bleaching process. The project included the installation of a 23-ton-per-day chlorine dioxide generator and a modification of the mill's bleaching plant. The project was necessary in order to meet federal environmental regulations. A plan to construct a thermomechanical mill at the company's Kenora site remains on the shelf until the industry's fortunes improve, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Wendy Shchepanik, Boise-Cascade's regional manager of communications. CANADIAN PACIFIC A pair of large-scale capital projects are nearing completion at Canadian Pacific Forest Products Ltd.'s Thunder Bay Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. mill. Emilio Rigato, the company's corporate manager of capital projects, said construction of the company's 345-ton-per-day recycling facility is on schedule for completion this fall. The $75-million facility will draw a majority of its supply from the American Midwest. Also on schedule for completion later this year is the company's new $36-million secondary effluent treatment facility. The plant will reduce the mill's discharges of chlorinated chlorinated /chlo·ri·nat·ed/ (klor´i-nat?ed) treated or charged with chlorine. chlorinated charged with chlorine. chlorinated acids some, e.g. organic matter and will reduce the mill's discharges of on the Kaministiquia River The Kaministiquia River is a Canadian river which empties into western Lake Superior at the city of Thunder Bay. Kaministiquia (Gaa-ministigweyaa) is an Ojibwe word meaning "(river) with islands" due to two large islands (McKellar and Mission) at the mouth of the . The treatment plant will allow the company to meet provincial environmental standards. Rigato added that company officials are also hoping to have a new $9-million chip dumping facility in operation at the newsprint mill early next year. While activity at Canadian Pacific's Lakehead facility remains high, there are no capital projects scheduled for the company's Dryden mill. E.B. EDDY Reconstruction of the Number Three paper machine at E.B. Eddy Forest Products Ltd.'s Espanola mill was completed earlier this year. The project had a price tag of approximately $36.4 million, with about $620,000 being spent this year. The company is currently undertaking two projects related to the environment and energy-conservation. E.B. Eddy entered into an agreement with Kamyr Inc. of Glen Falls, N.Y. to jointly evaluate an ozone bleaching process at the company's Espanola mill. Ozone bleaching, which has the potential to replace chlorine bleaching, does not generate any chlorinated organics. E.B. Eddy and the provincial Energy Ministry are conducting a joint project at the company's Nairn Centre sawmill sawmill, installation or facility in which cut logs are sawed into standard-sized boards and timbers. The saws used in such an installation are generally of three types: the circular saw, which consists of a disk with teeth around its edge; the band saw, which . The energy savings test involves the sorting of green lumber according to moisture content prior to making up loads for kiln drying. The company is also upgrading its mill and woodlands operations at a projected cost of approximately $16.1 million. JAMES RIVER James River or Dakota River River in the U.S. rising in central North Dakota and flowing southeast across South Dakota. It joins the Missouri River about 5 mi (8 km) below Yankton after a course of 710 mi (1,140 km). As one capital project nears completion at the James River-Marathon's mill in Marathon, the groundwork is being laid for an even larger venture. Bob Gregor, president and resident manager of the mill, said that an $8-million upgrading project is expected to be on-line by the end of the month. The project involves replacing the mill's original power boilers with packet boilers. According to Gregor, the company is now seeking government approval and acquiring land for the construction of a new $40-million secondary treatment plant. The plant will reduce the chlo effluent and reduce its oxygen demand on water. James River-Marathon recently completed a $22-million rebuilding of the mill's bleach plant, part of a series of initiatives designed to reduce the amount of chlorinated organic matter produced by the mill. Gregor added that there are additional projects on the horizon. For example, the company has earmarked $150 million for a five-year capital investment program scheduled to begin sometime next year. KIMBERLY-CLARK A spokesman for Kimberly-Clark of Canada Ltd. said the firm plans to spend approximately $30 million on capital projects over the next three years at its bleached kraft pulp mill A pulp mill is a manufacturing facility that converts wood chips or other plant fiber source into a thick fiber board which can be shipped to a paper mill for further processing. in Terrace Bay. Approximately 20 per cent of the total will be spent on environmental projects and the balance will be used for upgrading and expanding existing operations. MALETTE INC. The sole capital project for the Timmins-based company is a $150-million expansion of the Malette Kraft Pulp and Paper mill in Smooth Rock Falls Rock Falls, city (1990 pop. 9,654), Whiteside co., NW Ill., on the Rock River opposite Sterling; inc. 1867. It is an industrial center in a farm region with corn, soybeans, cattle, and hogs. Electronic equipment, feeds, and plastics are manufactured. . The project, expected to be completed next summer, will boost the mill's production capacity from the current level of 300 tons per day of bleached kraft pulp. ST. MARY'S Jim Withers withers the region over the backline where the neck joins the thorax and where the dorsal margins of the scapulae lie just below the skin. fistulous withers see fistulous withers. , the vice-president of operations for St. Mary's Paper St. Marys Paper Ltd. operates a 240,000 tons per year paper mill producing SCA premium, SCA and SCB paper grades under the trade names Sequence, Sequel and Synpress. Paper produced at the mill is primarily purchased by magazine publishers and large retail companies for high quality Inc., said the company has no plans to spend money on capital projects other than routine upgrading of equipment. Withers pointed out that the Sault Ste. Marie Sault Sainte Marie — pronounced "Soo Saint Marie" (IPA /su seɪnt məˈɹi/) — is the name of two cities on the Saint Marys River, which forms part of the boundary between the United States and Canada. mill recently competed a $4-million installation of scrubbers at its generating plant. He anticipates that the company will announce capital projects aimed at satisfying federal environmental regulations in the near future. ABITIBI-PRICE Abitibi-Price Inc. recently announced that the planned addition of a $50-million 140,000-ton-per-day de-inking line at the Fort William Fort William: see Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada. mill has been cancelled. Abitibi officials stated that the recycling line cannot be operated profitably at the Lakehead site because the Canadian Paperworkers' Union refuses to agree to a seven-day work week. Bob Tait, the company's manager of investor services, noted that many forestry companies have "pared back their capital spending capital spending Spending for long-term assets such as factories, equipment, machinery, and buildings that permits the production of more goods and services in future years. plans quite a bit." Tait added that Abitibi-Price is currently allocating all funds for capital improvements to projects required to meet environmental regulations which are scheduled to come into effect next year. Work on the projects is expected to begin early next year and will cost the company a total of about $350 million. PHOTO : The new $75-million recycling facility at Canadian Pacific Forest Products Ltd.'s Thunder Bay millis scheduled for completion this fall. PHOTO : At its mill in Fort Frances Boise Cascade Canada has completed a $7.2-million precipitator reconstruction and scrubber installation as well as a $20-million project which will allow the mill to increase the substitution of chlorine dioxide for chlorine in the bleaching process. |
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