History
Tapping over 30 years of experience and expertise in the pulp industry, the new Fibrek rests on the shoulders of visionaries willing to use their business acumen to forge new ground.
Leaders in sustainable production, innovative solutions, market development and responsible governance, Fibrek's origins and recent genesis are built on solid strengths.
Follow our transformation
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2010
- Fibrek is created following the conversion of SFK Pulp Fund into a corporation
- Refinancing completed in July 2010
- New name, new vision, new values : innovative solutions for a sustainable future
- A more agile organization to address market realities, better meet customers' evolving needs and ensure long-term profitability
- Employees: more than 500
Three mills:
Saint-Félicien, Québec
Fairmont,
West Virginia
Menominee, Michigan
Production:
1,025 tonnes of NBSK pulp per day
1,055 tonnes of RBK pulp per day
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2006
- Acquisition of the Menominee and Fairmont mills by SFK Pulp
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2002
- Spin-off of the Saint-Félicien mill to create SFK Pulp Fund
- “Local management” creates SFK Pulp Fund
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2000
- Donohue is bought by Abitibi-Consolidated
- Saint-Félicien mill becomes part of Abitibi-Consolidated
- ISO 14001 certification obtained by the Saint-Félicien mill
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1996
- Cogeneration at the Saint-Félicien mill
- Second 3 MW turbo-generator
- Total installed capacity: 33 MW
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1995
- Start-up of the Menominee and Fairmont mills, owned and operated by GLPC and AFR
- Combined annual production capacity: 985 tonnes of RBK pulp per day
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1981
- Cogeneration at the Saint-Félicien mill
- First turbo-generator
- Installed capacity: 21.5 MW
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1978
- Start-up of the Saint-Félicien mill, following a $270 million investment by Donohue
- Annual production capacity: 670 tonnes of NBSK pulp per day