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Paper Excellence Canada announced the indefinite curtailment of paper operations at the Catalyst Crofton facility located on Vancouver Island, BC.   Market dynamics, inflationary pressures on raw materials, energy cost opportunities, and a lack of local domestic fibre supply resulted in substantial increases in operating costs. These pressures have materially impacted the current and future financial viability of the paper operation.  

A long-struggling pulp and paper mill on Vancouver Island is shuttering its paper operations indefinitely, laying off dozens of employees after years of production pauses and temporary restarts.

Months of hoping and waiting for Paper Excellence’s paper-making operations to start up again at Crofton have ended for the 75 remaining workers.

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Paper Excellence Canada announced that the curtailment of its paper operations at the Catalyst Crofton facility will be extended to the end of February 2024 due to challenging market conditions which have not recovered as anticipated. The continued curtailment means that approximately 70 paper operations employees will not return to work in December. Paper Excellence Canada continues to work with our employees to mitigate the impact of the ongoing paper production curtailment.