Fibrek Temporarily Shuts Down Saint-Félicien Mill

Fibrek Inc., Montreal, Qué., Canada, temporarily shut down its market pulp mill in Saint-Félicien Qué., starting this past Sunday, July 29, to carry out repairs on the electrostatic precipitator. The shutdown is expected to last about one week, and is being taken, the mill notes, to avoid excessive particulate emissions into the atmosphere

"We will spare no effort to ensure that Fibrek's operations achieve the same environmental performance as those of Resolute Forest Products," said Richard Garneau, president and CEO of Fibrek and Resolute Forest Products Inc.

Fibrek is a producer and marketer of virgin and recycled kraft pulp. The company operates three mills located in Saint-Félicien in Canada and in Fairmont , W. Va., , and Menominee, Mich., in the U.S., with a combined annual production capacity of 760,000 metric tons. Fibrek has approximately 500 employees. The Saint-Félicien mill provides northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp to various sectors of the paper industry, mainly in Canada, the U.S. and Europe, for use in the production of specialized products. The Fairmont and Menominee mills manufacture air-dried recycled bleached kraft pulp (RBK) pulp and primarily supply manufacturers of fine uncoated papers.

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