in the M-E-C Rotary dryer for the pelletizing process (see more details on this system in our news section). road to Self-Sufficiency Groupe Savoie’s industrial facilities comprise two sawmills, a pallet plant, a component plant, and dry kilns in Saint-Quentin; a com- ponent plant and a dry kiln in Kedgwick, New Brunswick; a pallet production and recycling plant in Moncton; a sawmill in Westville, Nova Scotia; and an assembly and finishing plant in Tennessee. The company’s sawmills produce 75 million thousand-bdft (175,000 m3 ) of hardwood lumber annually and more than two million pallets. For the community of Saint-Quentin, the construction project means jobs. Twenty jobs are estimated for the plant, with more in for- estry and trucking. For Groupe Savoie, the project means self-sufficiency. “The real ad- vantage is that we have our own raw material. We do not have to rely on another industry or another mill that we don’t have control of to get the material,” says Dufour. “We are totally vertically integrated.” • -Colleen Cross The new pellet plant will be built adjacent to Groupe Savoie’s pallet and component plants in Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick (indicated by red box). INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL CONCEPTION FABRICATION INSTALLATION DESIGN BUILT Conventional & Pre-Engineered buildings SAWMILLS, FACTORIES, WAREHOUSES, GARAGES, ... 2000 to 200 000 ft2 and more [email protected] www.finar.com Licence RBQ: 8109-7099-41 1.800.267.2411 CanadianBIOMASS 33 is growing GREEN FINAR Photos: Groupe Savoie
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