Fortress Paper Ltd.

At the recent Brazilian Technical Pulp and Paper Association (ABTCP) Pulp and Paper International Congress & Exhibition, pulp and paper exhibition and congress in Sao Paulo, Brazil, pulp and paper leaders noted a movement towards biotechnology despite market downturns in the industry. Due to the international economic crisis, Brazilian pulp and paper exports fell this year.  Despite predictions that the market downturn will continue, the ...

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Pulp and paper producer Tembec Inc. has officially inaugurated a new anaerobic treatment facility which will produce methane biogas and greatly reduce the use of fossil fuels at its high-yield pulp mill in Matane, Québec. The announcement of the investment was made earlier this year.  The upgrade is phase one of an overall $310-million investment. Funding for this investment was provided mainly by the Government of Canada with $19....

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) congratulates the federal government for the "unprecedented success" of its $1 billion Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Fund (PPGTP) and it’s continued commitment to the ongoing transformation of the Canadian forest products sector. A new FPAC report was released on this phase of the government’s ongoing strategic support for the industry.  FPAC found that the program has funded 98 proje...

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Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered a way to capture the intense, no-fade colour in a particular plant that could be replace pigments used in industry with natural plant extracts in products. The Pollia condensata plant (sometimes called the marble berry)- a species that grows wild the forests of Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania and other African countries– produces a berry that is iridescent blue and metallic, a colou...

Early last week, in a significant step to eliminate coal-fired power generation, the government announced the burning of the Atikokan plant’s last piece of coal- making it the end of an era. The conversion of the Atikokan plant from coal to biomass is now underway. This project, the first of its kind in the province of Ontario. The project creates new economic opportunities for Ontario’s forestry sector, which will provide the biomass fuel...

Founded in 1966, the pulp mill in Lebel-sur-Quévillon was constructed by Domtar for the production of northern bleached softwood kraft pulp. The northern Québec mill operated for nearly 40 years until it was shut down in 2005 by Domtar, leading to the loss of 700 jobs in the small region that was home to only 3000. The mill sat idle until earlier this year when Vancouver-based Fortress Paper Ltd. purchased the facility with the intent...

With the recent acquisition of a pulp mill in Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Fortress Paper will add a second dissolving pulp facility to its production line. The mill was previously owned by Domtar but had been closed since 2005. The Northern Québec town has a long history of pulp and paper manufacturing. In fact, it was founded in the mid 1940s by loggers who arrived in the remote area to send logs down the Bell River. The industry really began to...

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) says the federal government should continue to fortify forestry trade and investment ties with China. The recommendation follows a study released earlier this month by Ed Fast, Canada’s Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and China’s Minister of Commerce Chen Deming. The conclusion of the study, titled the Canada-China Economic Complementarities Study, ...