The Government of Canada is investing $265,500, while the Province of New Brunswick is investing $100,000, and Arbec Forest Products Inc. is contributing $165,500 toward this initiative. Funding will allow Arbec to purchase an automated bundle wrapper and undertake improvements to the surface area around the rail lines to allow for more efficient product loading.
Les Flett, Mill Manager, Arbec Miramichi said: “Arbec Forest Products appreciates the support of the Government of Canada and the Province of New Brunswick in partnering with us on our investment in achieving a more efficient way in packaging and delivering our product to our customers. Their assistance in our Automated Bundle Wrapper project to wrap our product for shipment on open rail cars allows us to be more efficient in delivering our product to existing customers as well as the opportunity to deliver it to distant North American markets.”
Incorporated in 2005, Arbec Forest Products Inc. is a Quebec company that manufactures various products and Oriented Strand Board (OSB) panels.
