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Forest Products

Engineering, project delivery, and construction support for pulp, paper, tissue, solid wood products, and bioproduct facilities.

Forest products facilities are constantly working to improve reliability, increase production, modernize aging infrastructure, reduce operating costs, and execute capital projects, often while maintaining production and minimizing downtime.

Balancing these priorities requires practical solutions informed by a clear understanding of how mills operate.

For more than three decades, Allnorth has worked alongside clients across North America to navigate the operational, technical, and commercial challenges facing forest products facilities. Many of our leaders and technical specialists have spent their careers working in mills, bringing practical insight, trusted advice, and a collaborative approach to every stage of a project.

Serving the Forest Products Industry Since 1994

Delivering successful projects requires more than technical expertise. It requires practical experience, industry insight, and a clear understanding of how facilities operate. Our team brings these strengths to every project, helping clients reduce risk, make informed decisions, and improve long-term performance.

Decades of Mill Experience

Reduce risk with guidance informed by decades inside mills.

Many of the people leading Allnorth’s team have spent their careers working in mills. More than 30 years of experience across Canada and the United States provides practical insight that helps clients make confident decisions.

Cross-Sector Insight

See opportunities through a broader industry lens.

Experience across a range of products, processes, technologies, and operating environments allows us to apply lessons learned and successful approaches from other facilities to your project.

Connections That Run Deep

Bring the right people to the table when it matters most.

Long-standing relationships with mill owners, operators, maintenance teams, facility leaders, and industry associations help connect the right expertise, build alignment, and keep projects moving forward.

Built in Operating Facilities

Make improvement decisions grounded in mill operations.

Years of hands-on experience in operating facilities help align production, maintenance, shutdowns, and capital projects to minimize disruption and support successful outcomes.

Forest Products Engineering Expertise

Our experience spans a broad range of facilities, processes, and project types across the forest products industry. By supporting projects throughout the lifecycle of operating assets, we help clients develop practical solutions that align with production requirements, business objectives, and long-term facility goals.

1850

forest projects completed since 2016
Pulp Facilities (1)

Pulp

Facilities producing pulp and fiber-based raw materials for a wide range of paper, packaging, tissue, and specialty applications.

Paper

Paper, paperboard, containerboard, and packaging producers serving commercial, industrial, and consumer markets.

Tissue

Manufacturers of tissue and hygiene products focused on quality, efficiency, and consistent production performance.

Solid Wood Products

Manufacturers of OSB, MDF, siding, engineered panels, LVL, mass timber, and other value-added wood products.

Bioproducts

Organizations advancing alternative fiber applications, biorefining technologies, and emerging forest-based product opportunities.

Wood Products White Paper

Existing Assets. New Opportunities.

Most facilities evolve over time through expansions, upgrades, maintenance programs, operational improvements, and capital investment. Our white paper explores how existing assets, infrastructure, and facility knowledge can uncover opportunities that might otherwise be overlooked.

Turning Priorities Into Executable Projects

Whether you’re addressing aging infrastructure, pursuing a capacity expansion, improving reliability, or responding to regulatory requirements, we help clients move forward with confidence by drawing on experience from facilities across the industry. Our team helps reduce project risk, support operational performance, and turn priorities into executable projects.

Project Types

Modernization, Expansion & Asset Upgrades

Modernization programs often begin with a clear objective: improve reliability, increase capacity, replace aging assets, or introduce new technology. Translating that objective into an executable project requires a clear understanding of existing conditions, technical requirements, and implementation considerations.

Related Capabilities
  • Multi-disciplinary Engineering
  • Owner’s Engineering
  • Procurement Support
  • Construction Management
  • Cost Control
  • Risk Management
  • 3D Laser Scanning
  • 3D Design & Modelling
Operational Improvement

The most valuable improvements are rarely isolated to a single system. Production, reliability, maintenance, quality, and energy performance often influence one another, requiring a broader view of facility performance. Drawing on engineering expertise and mill knowledge, our teams identify priorities, evaluate alternatives, and define practical paths forward.

Related Capabilities
  • Process Debottlenecking
  • Energy Studies
  • Process Integration
  • Process Modelling
  • Reliability Engineering
  • Energy Management
  • Opportunity Identification
  • Process & Control Optimization
Sustaining Capital Projects

Strong project definition creates a stronger foundation for investment decisions. Scope, cost, schedule, constructability, regulatory requirements, and facility priorities all play a role in determining what moves forward and how it gets delivered. Allnorth brings these considerations together early to support project planning and implementation.

Related Capabilities
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Conceptual Studies
  • Capital Planning
  • Capital Cost Estimating
  • Economic Evaluations
  • Project Scope Development
  • Regulatory Permitting
  • Environmental Impact Assessments
Shutdown & Turnaround Support

Outage windows are measured in days, but successful shutdowns are shaped by the planning that takes place months beforehand. Coordination, sequencing, resource planning, and scope definition all contribute to achieving the desired outcome when production stops.

Related Capabilities
  • Shutdown Planning
  • Maintenance Planning & Scheduling
  • Construction Management
  • Surveying
  • Materials Testing
  • Turnaround Support

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Find the Right Solution Faster

Connect with a team that brings practical mill experience, deep industry relationships, and proven ideas from projects across the forest products sector.

Connect With Our Team

With locations across Canada and the United States, Allnorth works closely with clients to deliver practical solutions tailored to their unique goals and challenges. Our local teams are backed by specialists from across the company, giving you access to the right expertise when and where it's needed most.

Start a conversation with our team and discover what's possible.

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