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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...

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...

 Fortress Paper Ltd. announced December. 5, 2011 that it had commenced dissolving pulp production at its Fortress Specialty Cellulose Mill.The centerpiece of the project, a new state of the art pre-hydrolized kraft cooking plant, came on line successfully on December 4, 2011. The commencement of dissolving pulp production signifies the successful completion of the conversion of the Fortress Specialty Cellulose Mill into a dissolving pulp ope...

After several years of downturn, Ottawa’s historic pulp & paper region is on the road to recovery thanks to new innovations in the sector. “The Ottawa region’s forest products firms are rebounding as the industry shifts from an emphasis on pulp and newsprint to specialty, high-end products,” the Ottawa Citizen reported this week. Over the last decade, companies such as Glatfelter Inc. have doubled their plant’s capacity where they...

Japan’s recent and ongoing tragic are impacting a variety of industries, including the niche Specialty Cellulose market. Specialty cellulose is used for a number of applications including consumer electronics.  Electronics makers such as Sony and Toshiba, have had to close down their plants due to the tsunami, earthquakes, power outages. Japan’s crisis has impacted ultra-purified wood cellulose producers for specialty a...

Once one of Canada’s leading industries, the pulp and paper sector has been feeling the brunt of changing worldviews and fluctuating consumer attitudes for the past several years. With the technology sector growing, demand for paper-oriented communication mainstays such as newsprint, telephone directories, copying paper, books, magazine and glossy print have gravely diminished. The result has been an unprecedented closure of pulp and paper mi...

At the beginning of the month, Fortress Paper Ltd. announced the purchase of equipment that would be necessary to begin the conversion of the Thurso hardwood pulp mill into a dissolving pulp specialist. Acquired from Finnish company Stora Enso Oyi Cellulose Inc., three digesters (as well as several other pieces of specialized processing equipment) began their journey from Finland to Thurso, Quebec this week. So what are digesters and why ar...

When life deals you pulp, you make cellulose. Learn how to recognize business opportunities, then reach out and grab them. Any business needs a coherent strategy if it hopes to succeed. However, in a climate where marketplace and financial changes are becoming ever more rapid, clinging mindlessly to a strategy can be a recipe for disaster. Simply put, companies today must be more agile in their thinking to take advantage of business opportunit...

When Fortress Specialty Cellulose Inc. (FSC) resumed pulp production ahead of schedule at it’s newly acquired mill in Thurso, Quebec in May, the Vancouver-based company put the wheels in motion to transition the mill into a world-class dissolving pulp manufacturer by mid-2011. Dissolving pulp is a major source of natural cellulose, a key ingredient used for the production of rayon. And with the demand for rayon at a tipping point around the...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 10 2010 - Fortress Paper Ltd. www.fortresspaper.com ("Fortress Paper" or the "Corporation") (TSX:FTP) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fortress Specialty Cellulose Inc. ("Fortress Specialty") has entered into a pulp purchase and sale agreement (the "Agreement") with International Forest Products Corp. ("IFP") of Foxboro, Massachusetts. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, IFP will be the exclusive...