Prince George, BC –All‐Wood Fibre Ltd. of Prince George, has been approved under Northern Development's Capital Investment and Training Rebate program. The approval means All‐Wood Fibre Ltd. will be able to create eleven new jobs as it expands  capacity to grind, chip and process fibre to supply the bio‐energy sector.

 

Not only will All-Wood Fibre create new full time jobs, it will also be able to buy new new processing and transportation equipment. The additional capacity will allow All‐Wood to provide fibre in any state, process it for use as hog fuel for co‐generation or in the manufacture of pellets and deliver it to the end user.

 

 “Northern Development’s program is supporting our company’s effort to expand our operations,” stated Leonard Legault, President and Chief Executive Officer, All‐Wood Fibre Ltd.“With the training and equipment rebate funding, we can increase our production and further integrate supply planning, procurement and logistics into All‐Wood’s suite of products and services.”

 

City of Prince George Mayor Dan Rogers was on hand to celebrate the news “Today’s announcement of new job creation in our city that takes advantage of pine beetle impacted forests is welcomed. We appreciate that the Capital Investment and Training Rebate program offered by the Northern Development Initiative Trust allows our community to attract business investment and acknowledge how important jobs in the bioenergy sector will be for this city.”