Richmond,
British Columbia - April 24, 2007
Canadian
Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor) and Pinnacle Pellet Inc. (Pinnacle)
have announced the successful completion of their wood pellet
production facility located adjacent to the Canfor's sawmill in
Houston, BC. The wood pellet plant - one of the largest in the
world - is part of a larger project that includes the
installation of a new bark-fired energy system at the Houston
sawmill. 
The
combination of the pellet plant and the energy system supports the
growing movement from fossil to renewable fuels by providing an
economically viable, value-added alternative to the existing burner
currently operating at the sawmill. This project has been under
development for the past three years by a partnership between
Canfor, Pinnacle, and the Moricetown First Nation.
Construction was commenced in the second quarter of 2006 with wood
pellet production began in the fourth quarter. The energy
system will be commissioned in the second quarter of 2007. This
timeline will ensure the closure of the existing burner by the
regulated phase out date. Cogent Industrial Technologies Ltd.
(Cogent) successfully provided the complete industrial control and
automation services for the entire project.
Cogent's
proven project execution methodology and technology implementation
ensured a turn-key system integration.
"The Cogent project team's expertise and
professionalism was excellent. They engineered a solid
solution that was delivered on schedule" said Leroy
Reitsma, Business Development Manager with Canfor.
"Our employees picked up
on the operation of the plant very quickly thanks to the excellent
job that was done by Cogent on the Human Machine
Interface" he added.
Pinnacle has
already had COGENT involved in improving the performance at their
other plants.
Brock Martin, Pinnacle's Operations
Manager says: "We were so
impressed with Cogent's performance on our new Houston plant that we
chose COGENT to execute our Williams Lake plant upgrade project as
well".
There are also plans to further
increase production at the Houston facility.
About Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
Canfor
is a leading Canadian integrated forest products company based in
Vancouver, BC with interests in over 33 facilities. Canfor is
the largest producer of SPF lumber in North America while also
producing oriented stand board (OSB), plywood, remanufactured lumber
products, specialized wood products, softwood kraft pulp, and
high-performance kraft paper. The main operating company is
Canadian Forest Products Ltd., from which the name Canfor is
derived.
About Pinnacle Pellet Inc.
Pinnacle
is a privately held company based in Quesnel, BC with a reputation
for producing high quality pine wood pellets fuel, wood litter,
compressed wood shavings, and MDF wood products. Pinnacle is
currently operates production facilities in Williams Lake, Quesnel,
and Houston, BC.
About Cogent Industrial Technologies Ltd.
Cogent is a high technology company that
engineers and designs plant wide electrical, automation and
industrial IT infrastructure with projects ranging from small
expansions to complete design of green field plants. Cogent delivers excellence
to the forest products, mining and mineral, material handling and
oil sand industries
Cogent is vender
independent and applies industrial automation and information
technology solutions to improve equipment and process control
performance, enhance operator effectiveness and facilitate real time
information sharing.
This
is the Cogent advantage, as plant equipment, processes, and plant
operators are fused together for improved productivity.
Cogent is driven by high
expectations. We set a
high standard for ourselves and are determined to exceed our
client's expectations.
Cogent is committed to its client's success and our team
accepts no excuses, only results.
For
more information, please contact:
Cogent Industrial
Technologies Ltd.
phone: +1 (877)
COGENT8
e-mail:
web: http://www.cogentind.com/
