the boiler is also used in the kilns and to heat the planer mill in the winter. PARTNERSHIPS Along with its production flexibility and value-added products, Nechako’s strength is in its partnerships, whether it’s with the community, other producers, customers or First Nations in the area. Much of the mill’s volume is purchased from upwards of 60 private contracts. A key partner is Saik’uz First Nation, located just south of Vanderhoof, which runs one of Nechako’s main logging contractors, Tin Toh Forest Products Ltd. Nechako also employs band members in its operations. “This is something Sinclar has put a lot of effort into. Whether it’s partnership around fibre or around key customers, our goal is to continue those solid relationships,” Herzig says. Under its new ownership group, Nechako is in a transition phase. “As part of a larger organisation we have an opportunity to ask ourselves, ‘what The majority of Premium Pellet’s production is sent out bulk in rail cars, but about 10 per cent is bagged for the domestic market. is that way forward and what does the future look like?’” Herzig says. What’s not going to change is the mill’s importance to the Vanderhoof community, both as an employer and as an economic driver. “We are just a bigger family now,” Scott says. “We have more people, more resources, more expertise brought to the table. We’re keeping the mill’s community culture as it has been, but working under the same Sinclar umbrella with the same end goal.” Watch a video tour of the Nechako site at www.woodbusiness.ca/tag/video. • WOOD PELLETING PLANTS QUALITY WORLDWIDE AMANDUS KAHL GmbH & Co. KG Dieselstrasse -· Reinbek Hamburg, Germany () [email protected] · akahl.de AMANDUS KAHL GmbH & Co. KG SARJ Equipment Corp. Golfview Blvd · Bradford, Ontario LZ A, CANADA [email protected] CBM_Amandus Kahl_JulyAug18_CSA.indd 1 Canadian BIOMASS 2018-07-09 1:36 PM 13
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