Fortress Paper Ltd.

When Fortress Specialty Cellulose (FSC) re-started the mill at the site in Thurso, Quebec, they couldn’t just jump into the dissolving pulp game. Since deriving dissolving pulp (or specialty cellulose) entails different pulping processes, equipment upgrades, and general production line changes had to be implemented first. In the meantime, FSC has restarted the mill as a northern bleached hardwood kraft (NBHK) pulp mill, resuming operations a...

Though the mill in Thurso, Quebec is currently a northern bleached hardwood kraft pulp mill and will be transformed into a specialized dissolving pulp mill by 2011, processed pulp isn’t the only commodity produced by the mill. At several different stages in the pulping process, energy is harnessed and recycled, saving the mill both time and money. Here are four ways energy is reduced, reused and recycled at the Thurso pulp mill: #1 –...

While waiting for the full transition to dissolving pulp, Fortress Specialty Cellulose (FSC) has re-started the Thurso mill as a northern bleached hardwood kraft (NBHK) mill, which was its previous role prior to the FSC purchase. This is the last article in a three-part series explaining how the kraft process works. Part 3: The Finished Product After the pulp has been cooked and the chemicals have been recovered for the next pulping proc...

While waiting for the full transition to dissolving pulp, Fortress Specialty Cellulose (FSC) has re-started the Thurso mill as a northern bleached hardwood kraft (NBHK) mill, which was its previous role prior to the FSC purchase. This article is the second in a series explaining how the kraft process works. Part 2: Recovery Once the pulp has been cooked, the next step is to wash it and dry it in order to ship it out to buyers. However...

Though Fortress Paper Ltd. originally purchased the pulp mill in Thurso, Quebec for the purpose of creating specialty cellulose, a number of transitions have to take place before the mill can start churning out the product that will eventually be used to make commodities like rayon clothing and cellophane. While waiting for these transitions, Fortress Specialty Cellulose (FSC) has re-started the mill as a northern bleached hardwood kraft (NBHK...

Chadwick Wasilenkoff, CEO and Director of Fortress Paper has been nominated by Ernst & Young for Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010. The firm recognizes high-achieving entrepreneurs who make a difference in the global economy Canada's most successful entrepreneurs improve the quality of life for people across the globe. "This year's exceptional Pacific finalists all share a commitment to innovation, an inherent ability to spot opportunities and...

Last week, Fortress Specialty Cellulose Inc. (FSC) signed an agreement with Forevergreen Energy Inc. to supply recovered energy to the mill in Thurso, Quebec. Recovered energy is energy that is harnessed from hot streams with potential high energy content, such as hot flue gases, steam from cooling towers, or even waste water from different cooling processes. In the case of the Thurso mill, energy gathered from recovery boilers used during the...