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Company Profile
Corner
Brook Pulp and Paper Limited is a vital force in the economy of western
Newfoundland. Construction of the mill began in 1923 with the first
paper produced in 1925. It was then incorporated in 1927 as the
International Paper Company of Newfoundland Limited and was acquired by
Bowater Corporation in 1938. The company became part of the Kruger
organization in December of 1984, at which time it adopted its present
name.
CBPP
Woodlands employs 275 employees in their
harvest
and silvculture operations in almost 50
Newfoundland communities. The Company employs
another 400 people at the mill in Corner Brook and the Deer Lake Power
Company.
Corner
Brook Pulp and Paper manages approximately 1.5 million hectares (3.6 million
acres) of forest land on the Island of Newfoundland These
timber limits span from the Codroy Valley on the southwest corner of the
island, to Cat Arm on the Northern Peninsula, and east to
Gander in central Newfoundland.
 Of the 1.5 million hectares of total
land area, only 760,000 hectares are productive forest. The remainder of
the land is bog, barren, water and scrub land.
Mission Statement
The mission of Corner
Brook Pulp and Paper is to provide our customers with products and
services that continually fulfill their expectations. This is
achieved by all employees optimizing the quality of each action that
takes place in the business of buying, producing, selling and servicing
our products - all within a safe work environment that encourages
personal development and satisfaction.
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