AV Nackawic Site Tours

Key Details:

Register to one: Chemical Plant, Fiber-line, or Steam Plant (see descriptions below)
Group size: 12 people, individual registrations accepted
Schedule: Departure at 12 p.m.; back in Fredericton by 4:30 p.m.
Meeting place: APEGNB Head office. Carpooling encouraged. Mileage paid for three or more participants to a vehicle.
Lunch: On your own.
Other considerations: See particulars of each tour.
Cost: Free
Registration info required: Name, cell, APEGNB membership, and transportation preference (carpool with your vehicle, carpool in someone else’s vehicle, transportation on your own)

Organizers reserve the right to cancel visits with groups of less than 7.

Register by contacting France.Castonguay@gnb.ca. Registration will be exclusive to Fredericton Branch members until March 25th and open to all APEGNB members afterwards.

— NOTES FROM AV NACKAWIC —

AV Nackawic Mill is excited to welcome members of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists New Brunswick to our site! Situated in the picturesque Saint John Valley, the Nackawic Mill was originally opened in 1970. Today, the mill is a member of the Aditya Birla Group based in India. Our mandate is to produce specialty pulp products to service the textile industry. The Nackawic mill produces dissolving grade pulp, among other by products.

We invite you to join us to review our dissolving grade pulp process and plant. This will include an in-person discussion followed by a site tour of one of three key areas. Due to the nature and noise level in the plant, tour groups will be limited to 12 per tour.

AV Nackawic is an industrial facility. Minimum personal protective equipment includes CSA approved steel toed footwear, pants and long sleeves. Hard hats, safety glasses, hearing protection and respirators will be provided. Our facility is located at 103 Pinder Rd, Nackawic, NB E6G 1W4. There is plenty of parking on site. When you arrive, please report to security and they will direct you to our meeting room.

Agenda:
1:00 PM – Meet & Greet, Aditya Birla Background and Process Overview.
1:30 PM – Tours
After tours regroup for any questions or discussion.

Chemical Plant (Tour by John Astle)

Using raw salt and high energy input, the Chemical Plant produces chemicals for two AV Group Mills, as well as sale to others. Chemicals produced include: caustic, chlorine, hydrogen, sodium chlorate, sodium hypochlorite and hydrochloric acid.
Tour will include:
• Salt Pits
• Chloralkali and Chlorate Electrolyzers
• Control Room
• Areas of interest based on individuals present

*Tour area is mostly flat with some outdoor terrain. Chemical plant is not suitable for individuals that may be pregnant or have electronic pace makers due to strong EMF inside the building.

Fiber-line: (Tour by Gaurav Kaila & Adam Marion)

The Fiber-line converts wood chips to Brown Pulp by treating them with steam and white liquor. The Brown Pulp is then bleached using different chemicals to brighten and reformulate the internal structure. The stock is then washed, dried and packed into pulp sheets which are then shipped to our customers to make consumer products.

Tour will include:
• Digesters
• Brownstock Washing
• Bleach Plant
• Pulp dryer
• Bale line and Warehouse

*Tour area is indoors, humid in areas, with some stairs

Steam Plant: (Tour by Jason Reid)

The Steam Plant houses two steam generating boilers that feed and power the mill. The Steam Plant is part of the liquor loop that converts spent liquor from the Fiberline into usable liquor to continue cooking chips. This also includes a Recausticizing Department with a lime kiln, and an extensive Water Treatment Department with a 170’ diameter clarifier, gravity and sand filters, and demineralized.

Tour will include:
• Evaporators
• Recovery Boiler
• Power Boiler
• 25 MW Turbine

*Turbine hall is not suitable for individuals that may be pregnant or have electronic pace makers due to strong EMF. Can arrange to have individuals sit out this portion of tour if required. Tour is indoors with some stairs.