Fortress Paper Ltd.

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...

Fortress Paper Ltd. ("Fortress Paper" or the "Company") (TSX:FTP) is pleased to announce today that it has closed the acquisition of the pulp mill assets located at Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Quebec (the "LSQ Mill") previously announced on June 14, 2012. The collective agreements with the unionized employees of the LSQ Mill have been ratified, the documents held in escrow have been released and the acquisition has now completed. Source: Fortress Pap...