PRINCE GEORGE – Over the next few months, the Pacific BioEnergy pellet plant will be dismantled and sold. It was back in December the company announced it would cease operations permanently.
Roughly 55 employees will be directly impacted by the closure of the operation, like Aron Moscrip for whom this day is an emotional one.
“I’ve been here 20 years. I started from the bottom. The lowest job I could and worked my way through the progressive line from loader operator, plant operator all the way up to production supervisor and leading the team to what we are now.”
And that will be the focus for the company in the coming weeks.
“We’re working really hard right now to make sure that everyone finds a good job leaving here,” explains Karen Stahl, Vice President of Finance. “That’s the focus now for the next few months.”
Pacific BioEnergy started as Pellet Flame in 1994. This plant was built in 2007 and became Pacific BioEnergy.
But access to fibre and logisitics have become increasingly challenging. John Stirling is proud of the work done by Pacific Bioenergy as a green endustry, using what other traditional industries call waste wood.
