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...

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...

TORONTO -- Fraser Papers has completed the sale of its two Canadian mills, located at Thurso, Que. and Edmunston, N.B., in two separate transactions, leaving the insolvent paper company with no Canadian pulp and paper operations. The Thurso mill was sold to Fortress Paper. The Edmunston facility was sold as part of the specialty papers business, along with a mill in Madawaska, Maine, and two New Brunswick sawmills, to Twin Rivers Paper Company...

Fortress Specialty Cellulose Inc. began production and sale of NBHK pulp from the company's mill in Thurso, Que., on May 28. The mill reopened May 1 after being shut down by its former owner in early 2009. Chad Wasilenkoff, CEO of parent company Fortress Paper Ltd., commented: "We are pleased that production has commenced ahead of schedule and this will enable us to take advantage of the current strong NBHK pulp prices." Fortress Specialty'...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 1, 2010) - Fortress Paper Ltd. ("Fortress Paper" or the "Corporation") (TSX:FTP) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fortress Specialty Cellulose Inc. ("Fortress Specialty"), commenced production and sale of NBHK pulp on May 28th. The mill reopened May 1st after being shut down by the former owner in early 2009. Chad Wasilenkoff, CEO of Fortress Paper Ltd. commented: "The commencement of pr...