Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership is the exclusive agent responsible for the sales and marketing of all market pulp produced by the Howe Sound pulp mill.
Howe Sound mill is located on the coast of British Columbia. The mill is a joint venture with Oji Paper, and produces both newsprint and kraft pulps. The mill has had its management systems registered under the ISO 9001 (quality) and ISO 14001 (environmental) management standards.
The mill has access to a wide variety of high quality wood types, ranging from the high coarseness Douglas fir to the extremely fine western red cedar. A major part of this fibre supply is the residual material from local sawmills. Howe Sound was rebuilt in 1990, and as a result is one of the worlds most modern pulp mills. It has highly sophisticated distributed control systems, a twin vessel continuous MCC digester, and modern bleaching and screening systems. All bleaching is done with chlorine dioxide, oxygen and hydrogen peroxide resulting in strong, clean enhanced ECF pulps, with superior environmental characteristics. The mill is equipped with a double stage oxygen delignification system that results in extremely low levels of chlorinated organic compounds in the effluent.
HOWE SOUND 100
HS100 is a well balanced, western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) based, pulp with a high tear and good tensile strength. It is well suited for a wide variety of paper and board grades. It is produced by precise metering of a blend of coastal fibres, to achieve the properties described on our Typical Property Sheet.
| Key Pulp Properties | Typical End Uses |
|---|---|
| Balanced tear and tensile across a range of freenesses | Printing and writing grades |
| Good bulk | Twisting papers |
| Easy to refine | Fancy tissues grades |
| Low OX/AOX | Hygienic applications |
HOWE SOUND 200
HS200 is a carefully controlled blend of, western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) and Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). This combination of fibres produces a pulp with exceptional tearing strength, excellent bulk and good tensile strength. It is well suited for those paper and board grades where tear is in demand. It is produced by precise metering of the Douglas fir and hemlock, to achieve the properties described on our Typical Property Sheet.
| Key Pulp Properties | Typical End Uses |
|---|---|
| High tear across a range of freenesses | Uncoated mechanical printing papers |
| Good tensile/tear balance | Printing and writing grades |
| Good bulk | Twisting papers |
| Easy to refine | Fancy tissues grades |
| Low OX/AOX | Hygienic applications |
HOWE SOUND 300
HS300 is produced from 100% western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) chips. This species, indigenous to the coastal region of BC, produces a very strong softwood pulp with balanced tear and tensile strength. It has found wide acceptance across a variety of paper and board grades, and is especially suited for reinforcing printing and writing grades. Its properties can be seen in the Typical Property Sheet.
| Key Pulp Properties | Typical End Uses |
|---|---|
| Balanced tear and tensile across a range of freenesses | Printing and writing grades |
| Good bulk | Coated board (SBS and multi ply) |
| Easy to refine | Security papers |
| Low OX/AOX | Hygienic applications |
HOWE SOUND 400
HS400 is a carefully controlled blend of western red cedar (Thuja plicata) and white spruce/lodgepole pine (Picea glauca/Pinus contorta). This combination of slender, flexible cedar fibres and high tensile spruce/pine fibres produces a distinctive softwood pulp, with excellent tensile strength and softness, exceptionally low porosity, and outstanding sheet smoothness. It is produced by precise metering of the cedar and spruce/pine, to achieve the properties described on our Typical Property Sheet.
| Key Pulp Properties | Typical End Uses |
|---|---|
| High initial tensile | Premium tissue |
| Low porosity (closed sheet) | Film coated Mechanical printing papers (ULWC, LWC) |
| Soft, flexible, low bulk sheet | Non-woven specialities |
| Easy to refine | Ultra light weight wood-free papers |
| Low OX/AOX | Hygienic applications |
HOWE SOUND 440
HS440 is a carefully controlled blend of western red cedar (Thuja plicata) and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla). This combination of slender, flexible cedar fibres and hemlock fibres with their balanced tear/tensile properties produces a distinctive softwood pulp, with excellent reinforcing strength, and exceptionally low porosity. It is produced by precise metering of the cedar and hemlock, to achieve the properties described on our Typical Property Sheet.
| Key Pulp Properties | Typical End Uses |
|---|---|
| Low porosity (closed sheet) | Film coated papers |
| High reinforcement index | Coated Mechanical printing papers (ULWC, LWC) |
| Easy to refine | Uncoated mechanical printing papers (SC) |
| Low OX/AOX | Hygienic applications |
HOWE SOUND 700
HS700 is produced exclusively from white spruce and lodgepole pine (Picea glauca/Pinus contorta), the worlds' premier reinforcement fibre. These fibres originate in the south central interior of BC, and are specially brought to the mill to produce this grade of pulp. These species produce a pulp with excellent tensile strength and a very good tear. It has found wide acceptance across a variety of the most demanding papermaking applications. Its properties can be seen in the Typical Property Sheet.
| Key Pulp Properties | Typical End Uses |
|---|---|
| Excellent tensile strength | Speciality papers |
| Good reinforcement index | Coated and uncoated mechanical printing papers (ULWC, LWC, SC) |
| Easy to refine | Siliconising base paper |
| Low OX/AOX | Hygienic applications |