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/
