- Tembec
Tembec Inc. (TSX|TBC), a
paper company inCanada , was created in1973 in the town of Témiscaming, inQuebec near the border ofOntario . The town’s economic lifeblood, a pulp mill owned by a large multinational corporation, was shut down in1972 . The mill’s former employees and Temiscaming residents gained national attention in their fight to save their jobs, and their efforts created a unique and unprecedented relationship among entrepreneurs, unionized employees, the community and several levels of government. The mill was purchased and Tembec came into being.Today Tembec has approximately 10,000 employees located in Canada,
United States ,France andChile .Tembec's operating divisions include: (Forest Products), (Pulp, Paper & Paperboard) and (Chemicals).
The Forest Products Group comprises 31 manufacturing operations producing softwoodlumber, engineered wood products, and specialty wood products.
The Pulp, Paper & Paperboard Group consists of 9 pulp manufacturing plants, 5 paper manufacturing plants and 1 paperboard plant.
The Chemicals group produces
resins ,ethanol andlignin from the pulping discharge in five of its pulping plants.Tembec has parterned with Aditya-Birla Group to operate the paper mill in
Nackawic, New Brunswick (AV Nackawic) and the paper mill inAtholville, New Brunswick (AV Cell).External links
* [http://www.tembec.ca/ Company website]
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