ALBERTA NEWSPRINT COMPANY (ANC) AT A GLANCE

Alberta’s first and only paper mill, Alberta Newsprint Company (ANC), is a joint venture of The Stern Group (Whitecourt Newsprint Company Limited Partnership) and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

With a strong commitment to excellence shared by every member of the team, ANC supplies companies worldwide with high quality, cost effective and socially responsible newsprint.

MISSION STATEMENT

"We deliver the best paper, products, and services to our customers by working together as a safe, innovative, and responsible team."

OUR VISION

Build on our success and continue to grow, innovate, and prosper.

OUR GOAL

Have an incident-free workplace.

Diversify our paper products by adding new grades to enhance profitability.

Pursue opportunities that add value.

OUR VALUES

OUR PEOPLE

It's the people at ANC that make all the difference. We planned it that way by recruiting people with old fashioned common sense and values; people with the desire to excel at whatever they do. We scrapped narrow job classifications, encouraging team members to develop multiple skills and handle wide-ranging tasks. Our work environment is one in which team members are expected to ask questions, share information, and to look for better ways of doing things. Through this participatory style of management, we have built an outstanding team, totally committed to quality in every aspect of our business. We believe our people oriented approach to management, based on common sense and the free exchange of information, is the key to efficiency, quality, productivity, and job satisfaction.

At the core of the operation are some of the best and most experienced pulp and papermakers in the industry. They provided the expertise for our in-house training programs. Many of our team members came to us from other industries, such as petroleum, mining, and nuclear power. Their diverse backgrounds and problem-solving skills have helped us to develop a fresh, innovative approach to an old industry. Together, we make an unbeatable team. Just ask our customers.

KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Alberta Newsprint Company has positioned itself as the leading producer of superior quality newsprint. Its success is due, in large part, to the team approach we take and to the commitment to excellence shared by every member of the team. Every team member accepts responsibility not only for their own job, but also for the overall success of the Company. The effect is very much a positive one; we continue to find new ways to improve our product, our operational efficiencies, our service to customers, safety and environmental performance. Our Whitecourt mill is a concrete example of what can happen when you bring talented people together in an open, creative, and cooperative work environment. It is a great privilege for me to be a part of ANC.

Ronald N. Stern,
President and CEO