Mill Programs

North American Products for Global Markets

NFP’s Total Product of the Run™ program (TPR) starts with an in-depth review of your mill configuration, fiber source and transportation infrastructure.
Our team will:

Analyze your Current Product Mix

• Species and quality of fibre
• North American ALS/CLS and export products currently produced
• Grades, sizes, lengths available
• Other product qualities (KD or green, packaged by length, paper-wrapped, etc.)

Analyze your Mill Configuration

• Mill design and existing manufacturing equipment (sawmill, planer, trim saws, sorting bins, resaws, dry-kilns, etc.)
• Ability to utilize existing equipment to produce export sizes and lengths
• Volume per shift, minimum volume per production run
• Log bucking
• Anti-stain treatment, kiln-dry/heat treat, paper-wrapping, export packaging
• Flexibility to convert to export program
• Distance to ports, rail access, cost and availability of trucks to container transloads and port terminals
• Analyze feasibility and cost of retrofitting mill to produce export sizes (equipment, labour, etc.)

Assess the Fit of your Current Product Line to Export Markets

• Price levels of export products compared to current product mix (net return to fibre)
• Ability to pull export products from existing product line
• Ability to run a dedicated export cut

Develop a Total Product of the Run™ Solution

• Design a feasible and simplified export program that encompasses all aspect of production, including log bucking, sawmilling, kiln-drying, planing, trimming and product merchandising
• Move all sizes, lengths, grades from export run to achieve a higher overall mill net return than existing product line
• Market and promote entire “run” into international markets
• Create and develop the mill’s reputation as a niche supplier of high-quality export products
• Extract the “maximum” net value of fiber from each run of logs