Fortress Paper Ltd.

In a previous article, we told you a little about the history of the Thurso pulp mill. This article provides you with some more information about the facility, including some technical specs for the Western Quebec mill. The recent arrival of large digesters floating down the Ottawa River was a sign that the conversion process at Thurso’s pulp mill was about to get underway. The digesters are key components to the transformation of pulp i...

Two weeks ago, we wrote about two large digesters arriving in Thurso by barge after a near two-month trek from Finland.  The digesters will be installed at Fortress Paper's Thurso pulp mill, and will be key to converting the mill from a northern bleached hardwood kraft pulp producer to a specialized dissolving pulp producer. The digesters, in which wood pulp is cooked and compartmentalized into cellulose, are a key element in the process of ...

For the town of Thurso, Que., a shot at economic renewal is literally arriving on massive barges in the Ottawa River. Next month, the first shipment of bulky industrial equipment from Finland is scheduled to arrive in Thurso, in western Quebec. It will be used to transform the town’s hardwood pulp mill into a facility that makes a key ingredient used in the manufacture of rayon, which is seeing big spikes in demand in Asia and elsewhere....