Fully Bleached Softwood
Pulp
Fully bleached Pulps from our Interior Mills
Canfor operates three mills in Prince George, the geographic
center of British Columbia. The mills, known as Northwood,
Intercontinental and Prince George are operated under
common management, share a common chip furnish, and
are each registered under the ISO 9001 (quality) and
ISO 14001 (environmental) management standards.
Our fibre supply is a blend of white spruce (picea
glauca), lodgepole pine (pinus contorta) and alpine
fir (abies lasiocarpa). The majority of this supply
is the residual material from local sawmills. Due to
the climatic conditions in the region - long cold winters
and relatively short dry summers - these species naturally
develop long, slender and thin-walled fibres. These
fibre properties result in pulp that not only has excellent
tensile strength properties, but also offers superior
wet web reinforcement and sheet dimensional stability.
All of our mills have highly sophisticated distributed
control systems, continuous digesters, and modern bleaching
and screening systems. Bleaching is done with chlorine
dioxide, oxygen and hydrogen peroxide resulting in environmentally
superior ECF pulps. The Intercontinental mill is also
equipped with an oxygen delignification system that
results in extremely low levels of chlorinated organic
compounds in the effluent.
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Typical Property Sheet
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Key pulp properties |
Typical end uses |
| High initial tensile strength |
ULWC and SC grades |
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High refined tensile strength |
Mechanical Publication papers |
| High reinforcement index |
Light weight specialities |
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Ease of refining |
Tissue and towel |
| Low OX/AOX |
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Lodgepole Pine |
White Spruce |
Alpine Fir |
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