Paper Excellence is pleased to announce the first barge has been successfully loaded with chips produced by Atli Chip Limited Partnership which is a new First Nations partnership for the Company.

The Atli Chip Limited Partnership, situated in Beaver Cove, is majority owned by Atli Resources LP with minority stakes owned by Paper Excellence and Wahkash Contracting Ltd. Atli Resources LP is the forestry arm of the B次元官网网址楴amgis First Nation. Wahkash Contracting Ltd. is a stump-to-dump logging contractor specializing in remote logging in coastal BC.

B次元官网网址淎s part of this partnership, Paper Excellence also entered into a chipping services agreement to receive all the chip and hog production from the facility,B次元官网网址� said Paper ExcellenceB次元官网网址檚 Chief Forester, Quinton Hayward, RPF. B次元官网网址淭his first barge of chips will be consumed by one of our four coastal mills located in Powell River, Port Mellon, Crofton and Port Alberni. It is an exciting milestone in this partnership.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檝e been working hard at the chip plant since this partnership was announced last month and the team is really excited to have achieved this milestone,B次元官网网址� said Warren Roberts, General Manager, Atli Chip Limited Partnership. The chip plant employs seven to 10 people who live in Beaver Cove and the surrounding North Island communities.

B次元官网网址淲e are very excited to have such strong partners in this new business and that includes the employees working at the chipping facility,B次元官网网址� said Doug Mosher, RPF, CEO of Atli Chip LP. B次元官网网址淥ver the past few weeks, the contributions and efforts of everyone has been outstanding. Our goal now is to increase the utilisation and volumes of wood waste and pulp logs to grow the chip plant business for the benefit of the B次元官网网址楴amgis First Nation and the surrounding communities.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淭his is also an important milestone for Paper Excellence from a fibre supply perspective,B次元官网网址� explains Hayward, B次元官网网址淭hese chips were made from logging wasteB次元官网网址� including treetops, broken logs and chunksB次元官网网址攑roduced by local logging operations and dryland sorts. Turning this material into chips is reducing the amount of usable fibre left behind after primary forest harvesting to ensure better utilization of the forest resources and carbon reduction.B次元官网网址�